The Advancement of Learning: A Reproduction of the Copy in the British Library Owned by Charles I Oxford 1640
by Francis Bacon
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 185297012X
- ISBN 13
- 9781852970123
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About This Item
Norfolk, England: Archival Facsimiles Limited, 1987. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards without a jacket. Facsimile of an edition published in Oxford in 1640.
Synopsis
Francis Bacon was born in London in 1561. A powerful member of Parliament and lord chancellor under King James I, he was among the first of the English philosophers. He died in 1626. Stephen Jay Gould is the Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology and professor of geology at Harvard and the Vincent Astor visiting professor of biology at New York University. Recent books include Full House, Dinosaur in a Haystack, and Questioning the Millennium. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.
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- Bookseller
- Ryde Bookshop Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 078535
- Title
- The Advancement of Learning: A Reproduction of the Copy in the British Library Owned by Charles I Oxford 1640
- Author
- Francis Bacon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 185297012X
- ISBN 13
- 9781852970123
- Publisher
- Archival Facsimiles Limited
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, England
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 477
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- philosophy
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- Cloth
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- Reprint
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- Jacket
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...