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BACON, FRANCIS, THOMAS TENISON, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY Baconiana. Or Certain genuine remains of Sr. Francis Bacon, baron of Verulam, and viscount of St. Albans; in arguments civil and moral, natural, medical, theological, and bibliographical; now the first time faithfully published. An account of these
Remain London, Printed by J. D. for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1679, First Edition, second issue. Hard Cover, 19 cm. ;[14], 270, l, 104 Pp. Includes Errata. Ill.: Portrait Engd. By H. Van Houe. Very Good/None. No.ΒΆ (imprimatur on A4r) "An account of all the Lord Bacon's works" (p. 1-104) signed: T. T. Each part has special t.-p. As the publisher Tenison writes: "An account of these remains, and of all his lordship's other works, is given by the publisher, in a discourse by way of introduction." The last posthumous publication of Bacon's writings which exerted much influence on the early members of the Royal Society: Huygens, Robert Boyle and on Locke, Leibniz, Voltaire, and others throughout Europe. Archbishop Tenison inherited the Bacon manuscripts from Rawley, Bacon's chaplain, and here publishes them. It contains an interesting work entitled The Abecedarium which is an alphabet of nature describing the nature of bodies, their properties and interactions. A manuscript version of this work was discovered in 1980 in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris and was found to be remarkably close to that of Baconiana. A complete list of the parts : Politico-moralia, Physiologica, Medica, Theologica, Bibliographica. Wing (2nd ed. 1994), B269; Pforzheimer, 25; Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon, 237b; ESTC R009006. With the signature "C Godolphin" on the TP, overleaf penned notation: "Liber Wadham Collegii Academia Oxonensis ed Dono Caroli Godolphin Acmi.The b'plate of U. Miami[OH], book label of H. G.Doggett. Orig. Bds. ruled edge lines, ruled line on internal rectangle, fleurs on a diagonal in gilt at each corner, modern calf spine, raised bands, gilt Mro. label, VG..
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