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(INDIA, 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS ON). FINDEN, WILLIAM and EDWARD, Engravers BACON, THOMASBiblio.com

THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL; CONTAINING A SERIES OF TALES LEGENDS AND HISTORICAL ROMANCES

1839réf. ST20302-03London: Published for the Proprietor by Charles Tilt 1839-40. FIRST EDITION. 198 x 122 mm. 7 1/2 x 4 7/8". Two volumes. Extremely pleasing contemporary crimson pebble-grain morocco covers with a double gilt rule surrounding a large scrolling central frame raised bands spine gilt in compartments with elaborate small tools radiating from floral centerpieces turn-ins gilt patterned endpapers all edges gilt. WITH A TOTAL OF 36 ENGRAVED PLATES 18 in each volume by William and Edward Finden and others as called for after sketches by Bacon and Captain Meadows Taylor. Joints just a bit rubbed at head and tail two small scratches to one cover corners with just a whisper of wear occasional faint offsetting from plates the faintest foxing or stains to a very few plates a bit of thumbing otherwise beautiful copies with only the most trivial of imperfections. These are handsomely bound and extraordinarily well-preserved copies of the final two volumes of a series inspired by the author's time on the Indian subcontinent. The son of a noted sculptor Thomas Bacon 1813-92 was a talented artist whose service in the Bengal Horse Artillery furnished him with endless fascinating and "exotic" subjects for his sketches and drawings. In 1837 he published "First Impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan" which found an appreciative audience at a time when illustrated travelogues were much in vogue. He produced illustrations for Wilson's "Oriental Portfolio" and for the present "Oriental Annual" which had brought stories and views of the Far East to the British public beginning in 1834. In the 1839 edition Bacon and his very able engravers the Finden brothers present dramatic scenes of the seas around Tenerife and of the peaks of the Himalayas along with wonderfully detailed depictions of "monumental architecture" including temples tombs and military installations. For the 1840 volume Bacon collaborated with his friend Captain Philip Meadows Taylor 1808-76 a longtime British administrator with extensive knowledge of the region. There is more focus on cities in this volume and the authors recount both legends and historical facts to set the scene. The plates include a portrait of the emperor of Delhi but focus on city views and fine architecture. Produced when William 1787-1852 and Edward 1791-1857 Finden were in an extended period at the top of their craft the plates here are characterized by the great delicacy of detail sophisticated gradation of light and rich texture of surface for which they were known. While volumes from this periodical series appear on the market regularly they are rarely so finely bound and in such remarkable condition as the present pair. Published for the Proprietor, by Charles Tilt unknown

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(INDIA, 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS ON). FINDEN, WILLIAM and EDWARD, Engravers BACON, THOMASABAA

THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL; CONTAINING A SERIES OF TALES LEGENDS AND HISTORICAL ROMANCES

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis988,00 $US≈ 882,70 €

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Fr. Braconis De Vervlam Angliae Cancellarii De Augmentis Scientiarum Lib IX

réf. 60316E-252. Very Good. Vellum. Vellum. 12mo. Apud Henricum Wetstenium Amsterdam Netherlands. 1694. 12 562 pgs 61 pp. Ex-library item with spine label present to the spine. Bound in vellum boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown name present to the FFEP library stamp present to the second blank page name present to the title page. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Francis Bacon presents a paradox. He is celebrated by many as the earliest thinker to grasp the implication of the scientific method. Bacon nevertheless rejected the most celebrated scientific discoveries of his own time and opposed the Copernican system with particular severity. Harvey the discoverer of the circulation of the blood remarked that Bacon wrote science more like a Lord Chancellor than a scientist. Bacon however persistently attacked scholasticism for he wished to deliver the world from Aristotelianism and did much with his persuasive writing to substitute for it the inductive method. The De Augmentis Scientiarum is an expansion of Bacon's earlier work The Advancement of Learning first published in 1605. It was part of a tremendous project The Great Renewal which was left far from complete. In the preface Bacon wrote I have propounded my opinion naked and unarmed not seeking preoccupate the liberty of mens judgment by confutations. The New Atlantis written in 1627 is a scientific Utopia; the central establishment was the so-called House of Solomon the laboratory of co-operating scientists honored above all other men. In Wisdom of the Ancients he tries to explain ancient fables by ingenious allegories. Bacon polished all his prose sentences until they reached a shining beauty that was almost poetic. His purpose was teaching men to think more wisely and his motto was Discriminate. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover

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Bacon, NathanielBiblio.com

An Historicall Discourse of the Uniformity of the Government.

1647réf. 742901647. The Suppressed Second Edition of a Controversial Work Bacon Nathaniel 1593-1660 Attributed. Selden John 1584-1654 Attributed. An Historicall Discourse of the Uniformity of the Government of England. The First Part. From the First Times Till the Reign of Edward the Third. London: Printed for Matthew Walbancke at Grays-Inn-Gate 1647 i.e. 1672. xii 323 13 pp. Bound with Bacon Nathaniel. Selden John. The Continuation of an Historicall Discourse Of the Government of England Until the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With a Preface Being a Vindication of the Ancient Way of Parliaments in England. By Nath. Bacon of Grays-Inn Esquire. London: Printed for Matthew Walbanck and Henry Twyford and are to be Sold at Grays-Inn-Gate and in Vine-Court Middle Temple 1651 i.e. 1672. xxiv 307 9 pp. Quarto 7-1/2" x 5-3/4". Contemporary mottled calf rebacked in later sheep blind rules to boards raised bands to spine hinges mended. A few worm holes to boards moderate rubbing to extremities rear joint partially cracked twentieth-century owner bookplate of John Francis Neylan 1885-1960 designed by W.H. Wilke to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior light edgewear to endleaves annotation in small early hand to title page of An Historicall Discourse attributing authorship to Bacon. $1000. Second editions. Nathaniel Bacon was a supporter of Cromwell and Parliament and an outspoken foe of royal prerogative. His father was the half-brother of Francis Bacon. Originally published in 1647 and 1651 "Bacon's Historicall Discourse is a sort of constitutional history of England showing much knowledge of the development of the institutions civil and ecclesiastical and pervaded by a strong spirit of hostility to the claims of the royal prerogative and to hierarchical pretensions. . The statement that the present work was composed by Bacon from the manuscript notes of John Selden seems to have no better foundation than a vague assertion of Chief Justice Vaughan one of Selden's executors that the 'groundwork' of the book was Selden's" DNB. Since this work opposed claims of royal prerogative the second edition was printed secretly with false imprint dates. This edition was suppressed however and the publishers were prosecuted when. unknown