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BACON, FRANCIS, Sir. Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning. [36] (of [38]), 60, [14], 352, 351-477, [21] pages, including engraved pictorial title by William Marshall; lacks the frontispiece portrait. Folio, 275x178 mm, modern 1/2 calf; light soiling on title, scattered minor marginal stains, small hole in blank portion of Y4, small rust hole through 2F4 and 3I3 affecting a few letters, gnawing along top edges of approximately the last 70 leaves, marginal browning on last 2 leaves. Ownership inscription of John Atkinson dated 1696/7. Oxford: Leon Lichfield for Rob. Young & Ed. Forrest, 1640
first edition in english translated from the 1623 enlarged Latin version of Bacon's 1605 book on learning and the organization of human knowledge; second state of the colophon leaf, dated 1640 instead of 1639. Gibson 141b; Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration 6; STC 1167.3.
