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BACON, SIR FRANCIS. Sylva sylvarum; or, A Natural History . . . Together with the History Natural and Experimental of Life and Death, or of the Prolongation of Life. Whereunto is added Articles of Enquiry, touching Metals and Minerals. And the New Atlantis. [16] (of [18]), 235, [3], 271-340, [219]-227, [3], [237]-207 [i. e. 267], [1], [4], 32 pages, including engraved additional title; lacks the portrait. Folio, contemporary sheep, spine chipped at top, joints cracked, cords intact; light dampstaining at beginning and end, clean tear in additional title, portions torn from margins of C3 and L4 minimally affecting text. Armorial bookplate of the lawyer and politician Sir Simon Harcourt (1661?-1727) dated 1702 on title verso; 19th-century armorial bookplate of a descendant on front pastedown. Gibson 182; Wing B334. London: Bennet Griffin, 1683
