Sylva sylvarum: or A natural history, in ten centuries. Whereunto is newly added the history natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Published after the authors death, by VVilliam Rawley, Doctor in Divinity, one of his majesties chaplains. 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 honourable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans. The tenth edition, in which is added an epitomy of another peice of his Lord ship's works intitled 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. Whereunto is newly added the history natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Published after the authors death, by VVilliam Rawley, Doctor in Divinity, one of his majesties chaplains. 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 honourable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Albans. The tenth edition, in which is added an epitomy of another peice of his Lord ship's works intitled novum organum (being translated for the clearer understanding of this his natural history) never before published in English.
- New Atlantis. A vvork unfinished History natural and experimental Articles of enquiry, touching metals & minerals Novum organum
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London: printed by S[arah]. G[riffin]. and B. Griffin for Thomas Lee, at the sign of the Turks-head in Fleet street between Mitre Court and Ram-Alley, over against Fetter-Lane, 1677.
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- 1677-1677
- ESTC No.
- R2822
- Grub Street ID
- 111305
- Description
- [16], 340, [3], 222-227, [7], 32 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 2⁰
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- Printer's name from Wing CD.
With additional engraved title page ([A]1v) dated 1676 and signed: Tho: Cecill sculp:
Frontis. port. = plate.
With divisional title page on leaf Y1r: New Atlantis. A vvork unfinished.
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- Bacon gives date of publication of "History natural and experimental" as 1676, however L copy clearly has date of 1677.