Sylva sylvarum: or, A natural history, in ten centuries : whereunto is newly added the history naturall and experimentall of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Both written by the right honourable Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St. Alban
by Bacon Sir Francis
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- Condition
- Very Good
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed by J.F. and S.G. for William Lee, and are to be sold by Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little-Brittain , 1664. Book measures 29x20.cm. Collation, [16], 218, [24], 221-228,[2],36, [8], 64pp, engraved portrait and title page. Rebacked, retaining the period boards, raised bands. Boards rubbed, minor wear loss. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages edges uneven. Pages in very good clean condition. A good solid clean copy. F. Eighth Edition. Leather. Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014590
- Title
- Sylva sylvarum: or, A natural history, in ten centuries : whereunto is newly added the history naturall and experimentall of life and death, or of the prolongation of life. Both written by the right honourable Francis Lord Verulam Viscount St. Alban
- Author
- Bacon Sir Francis
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Eighth Edition
- Publisher
- Printed by J.F. and S.G. for William Lee, and are to be sold by Thomas Williams at the Bible in Little-Brittain
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1664
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Sir Francis Bacon
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Natural History;
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George Jeffery Books
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
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- Quarto
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- Title Page
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- Raised Band(s)
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