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Sylva sylvarvm : or, A naturall historie, in ten centuries

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Wilson, Robert (autograph), Howard, Thomas (autograph), Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1775-1851 (bookplate), Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869 (bookplate), Rawley, William, 1588?-1667 · 1627 · London : Printed by J. H[aviland] for W. Lee · 31 pictures

Sylva sylvarvm, or A Naturall Historie, is a 1627 London natural history by Francis Bacon, printed by J. Haviland for W. Lee, with earlier owners' autographs and a bookplate. The pictures are decorative printer's ornaments: a pattern strip, a historiated woodcut initial T showing a kneeling figure among foliage, and a large ornamental W with scrolled leaves, useful for designers seeking early seventeenth-century letterforms and border motifs.

Natural history

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