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Resvscitatio; or, Bringing into pvblick light several pieces of the works civil, historical, philosophical, and theological, hitherto sleeping of the Right Honourable Francis Bacon ... In 2 parts

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Rawley, William, 1588?-1667, Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1775-1851 (bookplate), Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869 (bookplate), Spedding, James, 1808-1881 (association) · 1671 · London, Printed by S.G. and B.G. for W. Lee · 48 pictures

Resvscitatio is a 1671 London collection of Francis Bacon's civil, historical, philosophical and theological writings, gathered and published by William Rawley for a learned readership. Its pictures are the printed headpiece and tailpiece ornaments, long horizontal woodcut friezes of scrolling acanthus, masks and grotesque figures that a designer could adapt as decorative borders or dividers.

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