Foundational Texts in Seventeenth-Century Observational Science
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Francis Bacon’s Advancement of Learning (Oxford, 1640) stands at the threshold of modern science: a systematic re-mapping of human knowledge, richly engraved title and portrait This book is foundational to the empirical worldview that shaped the Royal Society.
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965 J Bacon, Francis 1561-1626 Resvscitatio Or, bringing into Pvblick Light Several Pieces Of The Works Civil, Historical, Philosophical, and Theological, Hitherto Sleeping Of the Right Honourable Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. , According to the best... Continue Reading →
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Francis Bacon has always been " THE Seventeenth Century in England" to me, he was a polymath's polymath. His books are all weirdly accessible and fun to read. Sylva Sylvarum is on of my favorite books to show to people... Continue Reading →
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690J Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling 1567-1640 Recreations VVith The Mvses. By William Earle of Sterline. [including] Dooms-Day, Or, The Great Day of Ivdgement. By William, Earle of Sterline. London: Printed by Tho. Harper, 1637. $1,500 Folio 277 x 177 mm Signatures:... Continue Reading →
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Undoubtedly the three books in this blogs are in some form are represented in most libraries. Of course EEBO or microform and certainly in later reprints or variorum editions. I need not here discuss the importance of original editions, yet... Continue Reading →
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815F Sir William Cornwallis d. 1631 Essayes, by Sr William Cornwallyes, the younger, knight. Newlie corrected. London: Printed by Thomas Harper for I. M., 1632 $3,500 Octavo 5 ½ 5 x 3 ½. [A3] missing A1 blank, B-Z8, Aa-Oo8. This... Continue Reading →
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815F Sir William Cornwallis d. 1631 Essayes, by Sr William Cornwallyes, the younger, knight. Newlie corrected. London: Printed by Thomas Harper for I. M., 1632 $3,500 Octavo 5 ½ 5 x 3 ½. [A3] missing A1 blank, B-Z8, Aa-Oo8. This... Continue Reading →
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