BACON, Francis
Scripta in naturali et universali philosophia (with) Historia naturalis & experimentalis de ventis
Amsterdam & Leiden, Ludovico Elzevir, 1653 & Francis Hack, 1648, 1653 (with) 1648£1,250.00
12mo. Two volumes in one. pp. (xii) 336 + fold-out 337-496, (xvi) 232, (xvi).
FIRST EDITION of first, and FIRST LATIN EDITION of second work. 1) Roman and Italic letter, head- and tail-pieces, engraved title page depicting three debating philosophers with various instruments (astrolabe, globe, sextant), printed title page with Elzevir device. 2) Roman and Italic letter, head- and tail-pieces, engraved title page depicting the creation of a tempest through magic. Light age yellowing, fold-out plate torn with no loss, C19 ex libris on fly, in contemporary polished vellum, title written in brown ink on spine, all edges speckled blue.
Gibson 223 “important collection”; 110a.In stock
