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The two bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, : of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane
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Uniform Title
Advancement of learning
Title
The two bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, : of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane.
Published
Oxford, : Printed by I. L. [i.e. John Lichfield] Printer to the Vniversity, for Thomas Huggins,, 1633.
Physical Description
[2], 166, 169-335, [1] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Local Notes
BEIN 1986 95: Bookplate: Frederick Whiley Hilles. Binder's stamp: Proudfoot Bindery.
BEIN 1988 545: Autograph: Wm Coates price by auction 2-6. Binder's stamp: Stern. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together.
BEIN Ih B132 605c copy 1: Bookplate: John Camp Williams. Autograph: Johannis Lagar; John An[illegible] 19th cent. ms. annotations in pencil.
Notes
Title page vignette.
At foot of t.p.: "With permission of B. Fisher." Benjamin Fisher was a London bookseller.
Signatures: A-2T⁴.
Numerous errors in pagination; notably p. 167-168 omitted in numbering.
Printer's name from STC.
Better known under the title: Advancement of learning. An expanded translation was first published in 1623 under title: De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum, becoming afterward better known as De augmentis scientiarum.
Variant and related titles
Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and human
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 1166
Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon, 83
Madan, F. Oxford books, v. I, p. 164
English short title catalogue, S100514
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Binders' stamps (Binding) - Proudfoot Bindery.
Binders' stamps (Binding) - Stern.
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