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The historie of life and death : With observations naturall and experimentall for the prolonging of life. Written by the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Standardized Title:
- Historia vitae et mortis. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life (Biology)--Early works to 1800.
- Life (Biology).
- Longevity--Early works to 1800.
- Longevity.
- Death (Biology)--Early works to 1800.
- Death (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (14 unnumbered pages, 323 pages, 1 unnumbered page)
- Other Title:
- Historia vitae et mortis.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by I. Okes, for Humphrey Mosley, at the Princes Armes in Pauls Church-Yard, 1638.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Anonymous translation of "Historia vitae et mortis". The foreword to the edition printed later the same year by John Haviland calls this translation "lame, and defective, in the whole".
- The second section of part 3 of Bacon's projected "Instauration magna".
- With an initial imprimatur leaf and an additional title page, engraved.
- Reproduciton of the original in Cambridge University Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English Books, 1475-1640 ; 619:02) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 1157.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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