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Francisci Baconi, Baronis De Verulamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani Operum moralium et ciuilium tomus : qui continet Historiam Regni Henrici Septimi, Regis Angliae, Sermones fideles, sive Interiora rerum, Tractatum de sapienta veterum, Dialogum de bello sacro, et Novam Atlantidem : ab ipso honoratissimo auctore, praeterquam in paucis, Latinitate donatus / curâ & fide Guilielmi Rawley ... ; in hoc volumine, iterum excusi, includuntur Tractatus de augmentis scientiarum, Historia ventorum, Historia vitae [et] mortis.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio B1153 1638
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. Latin. 1638
- Language:
- Latin
- Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor)
- Higgins, Guilielmus (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 16 unnumbered pages, 176, 179-386 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 475 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 29 cm (folio)
- Other Title:
- Operum moralium et ciuilium tomus
- Opervm moralivm et civilivm tomus
- Operum moralium et civilium tomus
- Place of Publication:
- Londini : Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini ... apud Richardum Whitakerum, 1638.
- Contents:
- Historia Regni Henrici Septimi, Regis Angliae
- Sermones fideles, sive, Interiora rerum
- Tractatus de sapienta veterum
- Dialogus de bello sacro
- Nova Atlantis
- Tractatus de augmentis scientiarum
- Historia ventorum
- Historia vitae et mortis.
- Notes:
- First collected edition of Bacon's Latin works.
- "Historia regni Henrici Septimi Regis Angliae", "Sermones fideles sive, Interiora rerum" [from the Essays], "Francisci Baconi, equitis aurati procuratoris secundi, Iacobi Regis Magnae Britanniae, De sapientia veterum liber", "Dialogus de bello sacro", and "Nova Atlantis fragmentorum alterum" each has special dated title page. "Francisci Baconi, equitis aurati procuratoris secundi, Iacobi Regis Magnae Britanniae, De sapientia veterum liber" includes "annuente Francisco Constabulario" in its imprint. "Dialogus de bello sacro" and "Nova Atlantis fragmentorum alterum" each has imprint: "Londini, typis Ioh. Haviland. Prostant ... apud Iocosam Norton & Richardum Whitakerum." Pagination is continuous throughout all these works. "Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, Tractatus de dignitate & augmentis scientiarum" has separate pagination and two special dated title pages, the first with imprint: "Londini, typis Ioh. Haviland. Prostant ... apud Iocosam Norton & Richardum Whitakerum."; the second omits Joyce Norton from its imprint. Within this pagination, "Francisci Baconi, Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, Historia naturalis et experimentalis ad condendam philosophiam" and "Francisci Baconi, Baronis de Verulamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, Historia vitae & mortis" each has special dated title page. Signatures are continuous throughout the volume.
- Variant: issued with unsold sheets of "Francisci de Verulamio, summi Angliae Cancellarij, Instauratio magna" (STC 1163). Some of these have the engraved title page cancelled by a letterpress one with imprint "Londini, apud Ioannem Billium .. M.DC.XX.". Cf. ESTC.
- Signatures: pi² A-2H⁶ 2I-2L⁴ 3A⁸ 3B-4R⁶ 4S⁴ (pi1, A4, and 2E6 blank).
- Woodcuts: title vignettes, initials, head- and tail-pieces.
- Typographical ornaments.
- Errata on leaves 2L4v and 4S4r.
- Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640; 617:07 on UMI microfilm.
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy contains STC 1109 only.
- Penn Libraries copy imperfect: leaf pi1 (blank) wanting; last leaf, back free endpaper and back cover detached from spine.
- Penn Libraries copy: either leaf 4D2 or 4D5 is a cancel.
- Penn Libraries copy has a few ms. marginal notes, marks and underlining in ink; early ms. notes in ink on back pastedown.
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 1109
- ESTC S106899
- Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 196
- Contains:
- Dialogus de bello sacro.
- OCLC:
- 33078117
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