Shelfmark
Gb.4.04a (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Em.6.15 (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Of the proficience and advancement of learning]
Title
The two bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane. To the King..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford, : Printed by I. L[ichfield]. Printer to the University, for Thomas Huggins., 1633..
Physical description
[2], 166, 169-335, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (4to.)
Note
Signatures: A-Z⁴ Aa-Tt⁴.
Note
At foot of title: "With permission of B. Fisher."
Note
Title-page vignette.
Note
Headpiece and initial; printed marginalia.
Note
Later expanded as "De augmentis scientiarum".
Citation/references note
ESTC, S100514
Citation/references note
Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 83
Citation/references note
Madan, I, p.164
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 1166
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Inscription in 18th or 19th century hand on front flyleaf: My Present to Richd; Oldne[r?]. Tho. Wyld.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Eton College Library booklabel on inside front board, together with inscription: Bought 1900.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Late 19th or early 20th century armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton; Eton School Library bookplate on facing flyleaf, recording Hatton's donation; 'School Library Eton' stamp on second flyleaf recto.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Card catalogue and photocopy of card loosely inserted (ex Eton School Library?).
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Manuscript notes on this edition (?in Robert Birley's hand), loosely inserted.
Binding
[Copy 1]: Contemporary semi-limp parchment case; five sewn bands; title in ink on head of spine.
Binding
17th century reddish-brown sheepskin over pasteboard, sewn on three recessed alum-tawed supports; probably bound in England. On both covers, an outer border of blind double fillets intersecting at corners. Spine smooth, divided into four panels by transverse blind fillets with the same at head and tail; later ?paper spine label (?18th century); no endbands.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1]: ECL previous shelfmark: Gb.3.4.
Subject
Logic Early works to 1800.
Subject
Science Methodology Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Huggins, Thomas, fl. 1609 - 1636 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Lichfield, John, fl. 1605 - 1635 printer.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner, donor.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46991