Sylva sylvarum: or A natural history, in ten centuries. Together with the history natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Whereunto is added articles of enquiry, touching metals and minerals. And the new Atlantis. With an alphabetical table of the principal things contained in the ten centuries. Written by the right honorable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans. Published after the authors death, by William Rawley, D.D. his lordships chaplain: and afterwards one of His Majesties chaplains. Now is added an epitomy of his lordships Novum organum; being translated for the clearer understanding of this his natural history. Never before published in English.

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  • Sylva sylvarum: or A natural history, in ten centuries. Together with the history natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Whereunto is added articles of enquiry, touching metals and minerals. And the new Atlantis. With an alphabetical table of the principal things contained in the ten centuries. Written by the right honorable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans. Published after the authors death, by William Rawley, D.D. his lordships chaplain: and afterwards one of His Majesties chaplains. Now is added an epitomy of his lordships Novum organum; being translated for the clearer understanding of this his natural history. Never before published in English.
  • Nevv Atlantis. A vvork unfinished New Atlantis. A work unfinished History natural and experimental Articles of enquiry, touching metals & minerals Novum organum
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Imprint
London: printed for Bennet Griffin, and are to be sold at the Griffin in the great Old-Bayly, and by most booksellers in London, 1683.
Publication year
1683-1683
ESTC No.
R227110
Grub Street ID
100018
Description
[16], 340, [3], 222-227, [7], 32 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 2⁰
Note
With additional engraved title page (plate), with imprint "Printed for W. Lee ..." and signed "Tho. Cecill Sculp:".

With divisional title page on leaf Y1r: Nevv Atlantis. A vvork unfinished.

"History natural and experimental." has separate title page, with imprint "printed for Thomas Lee ... 1676" on leaf 2B1r.

"Articles of enquiry, touching metals & minerals." has separate title page, with imprint "printed for Thomas Lee ... 1676", and register; pagination begins on leaf ?A2v with p. 222.
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Variants may appear with 1677 internal title pages