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Sylva Sylvarum, or, A Natural History, in Ten Centuries Whereunto is newly added, The History Natural and Experimental of Life and Death, or the Prolongation of Life. Published after the Authors Death. By William Rawley, Doctor in Divinity, One of His Majesties Chaplains. Whereunto is added Articles of Enquiry, touching Metals and Minerals. And the New Atlantis. .As also the Life of the Right Honorable Francis Bacon, never added to this Book before. Written by the Right Honorable Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. The Ninth and Last Edition, With an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Things contained in the Ten Centuries. London, Printed by J.R. for William Lee ,and are to be sold by George Sawbridge, Francis Tyton, Thomas Williams, John Martin, Thomas Vere, Randolph Taylor, Henry Broom, Edward Thomas, Thomas Passenger, Nevil Symmons, Robert Clavel, William Crook, and James Magnes; and other Booksellers in London and Westminster. 1670, modern spine with original boards, 14 pp, 227 pp, 31 pp, 11.5 x 7.5", super octavo. In fair condition. Original front board exhibits a water dampness stain to bottom corner & tail of gutter. This has caused discoloration & general soiling. Edges of boards are scuffed & corners are bumped/worn. Modern leather spine clean, head and tail slightly rubbed. Front paste-down exhibits same water dampness stain from front board. Previous ownership signature found on front end-page. Modern binding exposed at front gutter. Engraved title page exhibits a tear at tail of gutter, which has been previously repaired with tape. Previous ownership signature found at head of title page. Light toning & foxing throughout text-block. A few instance of marginalia. An (assumed) frontispiece missing associated with the title page: "The Life of the Right Honorable Francis Bacon" by William Rawley found after first table of contents. Pages 30-1 of "The New Atlantis" exhibit water dampness staining to head of gutter. P. 31 of "The New Atlantis" is also fragile & almost detached from binding. Previous ownership bookplate found on rear paste-down, but has been half torn - last name lacking. Modern binding intact. Please see photos. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific method and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution. Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. He argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. William Rawley (c. 1588-1667) was the personal chaplain of Francis Bacon and when the Lord died in 1626, Rawley was bequeathed Bacon's private papers and a large sum of money. In this role, he served as Bacon's literary executor, with the standing and means to preserve many of Bacon's papers and see to the posthumous publication of many of his written works. This included the English edition of "The New Atlantis", a controversial work of utopian magic realism. A reading copy of Bacon's philosophical and scientific works & experiments - engraved title page & original boards.
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