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Of the advancement and proficiencie of learning; or, The partitions of sciences, nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious and famous Lord Bacon

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Wats, Gilbert, d. 1657, Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1775-1851 (bookplate), Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869 (bookplate) · 1674 · London, T. Williams · 12 pictures

Francis Bacon's Latin treatise on the divisions of knowledge, translated by Gilbert Wats and printed in London by T. Williams in 1674 for scholars and readers of philosophy and logic. The pictures are not book plates but ornamental headpieces and borders: woodcut bands of flowers, urns, scrolled strapwork, and a small figure, useful to a designer looking for dense, symmetrical period ornament.

Science · Logic

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