Folio (283 x 175 mm). [12] 1-172, 181-360, 1-36 [2] pp., including engraved title by Simon van der Pass, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials. Signatures: [pi]2 �4 (A-C)6 (D-2S)4 2T6, (a-d)4 e4(-e3). With the initial blank, colophon and errata on e4r, e3 cancelled as usual. "Parasceue, ad historiam naturalem, et experimentalem" with divisional title, separate pagination and register.Bacon originally conceived his revolutionary work in six parts, of which only the first and second parts, the De augmentiis scientiarum (1623, a greatly expanded version of the Advancement of learning) and the Novum organum were completed. More than a mere portion of the Instauratio, however the Novum organum, as its title implies, "contains the central ideas of Bacon's system, of which the whole of the Instauratio is only the development" (Pforzheimer, p. XXI). Bacon's aim was to lay an entirely new foundation for science, "neither leaping to unproved general principles in the manner of the ancient philosophers nor heaping up unrelated facts in the manner of the 'empirics'" (DSB I, p.374). He conceived a new method of acquiring knowledge of the world through observation, experiment and inductive reasoning, which he envisioned as a tool for the "total reconstruction of sciences, arts and all human knowledge. to extend the power and dominion of the human race. over the universe. Dibner 80; Horblit 8b; PMM 119; Norman 98; Sparrow 17; Gibson 103b; DSB I, pp.373-5; Pforzheimer, App. 1. FIRST EDITION, later title page without the mention of London or date and a rare late 17th century copper engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Francis next door, later perhaps, a curious copy with a later title page but with the extra essays on Paracelsus and Naturalism and Aphorisms a curious and priced thus, however, the period full calf binding is very fine with tight joints and the text block is quite fresh for its age and crisp, the joints are tight.

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T�tulo: Novum Organum
Editor: London
Fecha de publicaci�n: 1620
Encuadernaci�n: Hardcover
Ilustrador: Simon Van Der Pass
Edici�n: 1st Edition Later Issue
Estado: Near Fine

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