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Of the advancement and proficiencie of learning, or, The partitions of sciences : nine books
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De augmentis scientiarum. English
Title
Of the advancement and proficiencie of learning, or, The partitions of sciences : nine books / written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious and famous Lord Francis Bacon ... ; interpreted by Gilbert Wats.
Published
London : Printed for Thomas Williams at the Golden Ball in Osier-Lane, 1674.
Physical Description
[32], 38, [14], 322, [22] p., [1] leaf of plates : 1 port. ; 30 cm. (fol.)
Local Notes
BEIN: In the Elizabethan Club copy the leaf with "Typographicus lector" on recto is bound following [L]2 instead of following 2V2; variant with 2N2 missigned N2, 2S1 missigned 2S2, and 2T2 missigned 2T3. (Eliz +40)
Notes
Translation of the "De augmentis scientiarum" (first part of the Instauration magna) which is an enlargement, translated into Latin, of the Advancement of learning of 1605.
Signatures: [A]-[K]⁴ [L]² A-"V⁴ (2V4 blank).
Variant and related titles
Of the advancement and proficiency of learning.
Partitions of sciences.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon, no. 142
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), B312
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