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Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon.
London: Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, 1605.
First edition, quarto, C4r, line 5 with variant "maniable" instead of "amiable," tiny rust hole in E4 verso touching one letter, occasional toning, 3H mottled; this issue without the two added leaves of errata at the end present in some copies; "not often found" according to Gibson; lacking final blank; bound in later full leather with gilt-tooled spine (marks of vertical scoring to spine), signature G misbound after I; 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.
