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LONDON, PRINTED BY J. D. FOR RICHARD CHISWELL, 1679. FIRST EDITION, SMALL OCTAVO, FULL LEATHER (REBOUND IN 1911). FRONTIS., TITLE PAGE, ERRATA, CONTENTS, IMPRIMATUR, ACCOUNT OF BACON'S WORKS (3-104), REMAINS CIVIL AND MORAL (3-73), REMAINS PERTAINING TO NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (73-151), REMAINS TOUCHING MEDICAL MATTERS (155-175), REMAINS RELATING TO DIVINE MATTERS (179-183), REMAINS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL (187- 259), CHARACTERS OF THE LORD BACON (263-270). WITH VARIOUS TITLE PAGES. BOUND IN AT THE REAR IS THE TITLE PAGE FOR BACON'S BOOK 'THE HISTORIE OF THE RAIGNE OF KING HENRY THE SEVENTH'. THE BOOK IS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES BUTLER (1821-1910) OF WARREN WOOD, HERTS, JP AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF HERTFORDSHIRE. HIS LIBRARY WAS SOLD IN 1911 AT SOTHEBY'S. A VERY GOOD COPY, FIRMLY BOUND.

London: Richard Chiswell, 1679 Printed by J D for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and Crown. Bound in calf with the front board detached and approximately 2/3 the spine missing. Bookplate of Isaac Hull Platt, author and biographer of Bacon and Shakespeare, notes on Bacon front free endpaper in Latin and English, name on title page. 2 ffep,2 ts.,, blank, 3-104, imprimatur, errata, 3-270, one blank leaf. Contents very clean and bright.