The two bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane. : To the King.
1633
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Title
The two bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane. : To the King.
Uniform title
Advancement of learning
Created/published
Oxford : Printed by I. L[ichfield] printer to the Vniversity, for Thomas Huggins, 1633.
Description
[2], 166, 169-335, [1] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
Later expanded as "De augmentis scientiarum".
At foot of title: With permission of B. Fisher.
B. Fisher was in London (STC).
Signatures: A-2T⁴.
At foot of title: With permission of B. Fisher.
B. Fisher was in London (STC).
Signatures: A-2T⁴.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 1166
Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 83
Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p.164
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S100514
Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 83
Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p.164
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S100514
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.
Item Details
Call number
STC 1166 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Pencilled markings throughout. Provenance: signature on t.p.: Geo: Grey (George Grey); in manuscript on t.p. 'B' and (lower) 'T'; armorial bookplate (initials W.W.?) with motto: orna verum; W.T. Smedley copy
Call number
STC 1166 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH17/8. Provenance: inscription of Robt. Ashe on second front free endpaper; bookplate of Archibald Campbell (1708); Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 1166 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs877. Wormholed. Provenance: bookplates of Alfred Cock and Isaac Hull Platt copy
Call number
STC 1166 copy 4
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Occasional manuscript markings and notations. Provenance: bookplate of W.T. Smedley
Call number
STC 1166 copy 5
Folger-specific note
cs791. Manuscript notations and markings
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STC 1166 copy 6
Folger-specific note
cs318. Printed leaves used as endpapers. Provenance: signatures of James Dickson; Jam: Dickson; Mary Butterfield; John Ball; manuscript notes by Charles Stanhope, Baron Stanhope; Stanhope's crest on covers
Call number
STC 1166 copy 7
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Cambridge-style binding. Provenance: signatures of Robert Barclay; Barclay, 1719; Anna Brucie Arthur J. Munby - W.T. Smedley copy
Call number
STC 1166 copy 8
Folger-specific note
cs94. Manuscript notations on first front free endpaper
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STC 1166 copy 9
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Manuscript notations and markings. Provenance: signatures of H. Hanmer; Mistris Edwrds; Wilfrid Edwards (?); bookplate of W.T. Smedley
Call number
STC 1166 copy 10
Folger-specific note
Smedley. T.p. and last leaf mounted; outer margins of A2, A4, B1 and D1 trimmed close; F1-2 torn and repaired with missing text supplied in facsimile. Manuscript notations. Provenance: signature of J. Henry Shorthouse, 1858; bookplates of J. Henry Shorthouse and W.T. Smedley