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1964réf. 102743London: Methuen 1964. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on Francis Bacon. Octavo original boards illustrated throughout. Presentation copy boldly inscribed on the front free endpaper "For George with all best wishes Francis Bacon." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph of Bacon on the front panel by Cecil Beaton. Francis Bacon was a figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery and fixation on personal motifs. Best known for his depictions of popes crucifixions and portraits of close friends his abstracted figures are typically isolated in geometrical cages which give them vague 3D depth set against flat nondescript backgrounds. Bacon said that he saw images "in series" and his work which numbers c. 590 extant paintings along with many others he destroyed typically focuses on a single subject for sustained periods often in triptych or diptych formats. His output can be broadly described as sequences or variations on single motifs; including the 1930s Picasso-influenced bio-morphs and Furies the 1940s male heads isolated in rooms or geometric structures the 1950s screaming popes the mid-to-late 1950s animals and lone figures the early 1960s crucifixions the mid to late 1960s portraits of friends the 1970s self-portraits and the cooler more technical 1980s paintings. Bacon took up painting in his twenties having drifted in the late 1920s and early 1930s as an interior decorator bon vivant and gambler. He said that his artistic career was delayed because he spent too long looking for subject matter that could sustain his interest. His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion which sealed his reputation as a uniquely bleak chronicler of the human condition. From the mid-1960s he mainly produced portraits of friends and drinking companions either as single or triptych panels. Following the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971 his art became more sombre inward-looking and preoccupied with the passage of time and death. The climax of this later period is marked by masterpieces including his 1982's "Study for Self-Portrait" and Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych 1985–86. Methuen hardcover
1635réf. 19986London: John Haviland for William Lee 1635. FIFTH EDITION. Complete with frontispiece portrait of the author and the uncommon second engraved title the tables and the recipe for gout in the first work woodcut vignette on the title page of New Atlantis. Contemporary calf rebacked; an excellent copy. Fifth edition of Bacon’s collection of exceedingly significant scientific experiments and observations on natural history published posthumously by his personal chaplain William Rawley. It was in this work that Bacon strove to separate his views of natural history from those of his contemporaries by building on a notion of the “new science” rather than collecting pleasant pictures and descriptions. The second work is Bacon’s highly acclaimed yet unfinished utopian novel New Atlantis which details the customs people society and history of the fictitious island of Bensalem and the Salomon House their cooperative college of science. The “new science” described in this work along with Bacon’s other writings was so influential that it eventually contributed to the formation of the Royal Society DSB I p. 376 and generally pp. 372-377. Bacon 1561-1626 was an English statesman natural philosopher and advocate of the inductive method in science. Ahead of his time Bacon conceived a new means of acquiring true knowledge by observation experiment and inductive reasoning. His new experimental method was to encompass an account of the current knowledge of the world with the new instruments where everyone would be capable of engaging in scientific investigation for the betterment of humankind. Although his personality was unattractive his views of scientific methods were influential. Gibson 174; STC 1172. John Haviland for William Lee unknown
1635réf. 19986London: John Haviland for William Lee 1635. FIFTH EDITION. Complete with frontispiece portrait of the author and the uncommon second engraved title the tables and the recipe for gout in the first work woodcut vignette on the title page of New Atlantis. Contemporary calf rebacked; an excellent copy. Fifth edition of Bacon’s collection of exceedingly significant scientific experiments and observations on natural history published posthumously by his personal chaplain William Rawley. It was in this work that Bacon strove to separate his views of natural history from those of his contemporaries by building on a notion of the “new science” rather than collecting pleasant pictures and descriptions. The second work is Bacon’s highly acclaimed yet unfinished utopian novel New Atlantis which details the customs people society and history of the fictitious island of Bensalem and the Salomon House their cooperative college of science. The “new science” described in this work along with Bacon’s other writings was so influential that it eventually contributed to the formation of the Royal Society DSB I p. 376 and generally pp. 372-377. Bacon 1561-1626 was an English statesman natural philosopher and advocate of the inductive method in science. Ahead of his time Bacon conceived a new means of acquiring true knowledge by observation experiment and inductive reasoning. His new experimental method was to encompass an account of the current knowledge of the world with the new instruments where everyone would be capable of engaging in scientific investigation for the betterment of humankind. Although his personality was unattractive his views of scientific methods were influential. Gibson 174; STC 1172. John Haviland for William Lee unknown books
1768réf. 834111768. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. A Complete Set of Bacon's Abridgment "Quite a Law Library in Itself" Bacon Mathew fl. 1730. Gilbert Sir Jeffrey 1674-1726. Sayer Joseph fl. 1750. Ruffhead Owen 1723-1769. A New Abridgment of the Law. Corrected; With Many Additional Notes and References. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers For J. Worrall et al. 1768 1770. Five volumes Volume 5: 1770. Complete set. Folio 13-1/4" x 8-1/4"; 33.5 x 21 cm. Modern three-quarter calf over buckram blind fillets to calf edges blind fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spines endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to extremities spines somewhat darkened front joint of Volume 3 starting at foot. Light toning to interiors occasional light foxing light soiling and faint spotting in a few places tiny recent ink shelfmark to upper outside corner of Volume 1 title page small tear to gutter of last leaf of Volume 5 not affecting text. Brief early pencil and ink notes to a few leaves in each volume. A very good set. $2500. Third edition. Bacon's Abridgment is a digest of cases and treatises written by Gilbert. It was popular among English and American practitioners into the early nineteenth century because its logical system of subdivisions within each title was a significant improvement over previous compendia. It was also considerably more comprehensive. As Marvin notes it was "quite a law library in itself." Jefferson who owned a copy of the fifth edition saw it as the definitive statement of English law the successor to the works of Bracton and Coke. The Abridgment was compiled and mostly edited by Bacon. The first volume was published in 1736 and new volumes were issued until the work was interrupted by Bacon's death. His last entry was "Sheriff." The rest of the work was edited by Sayer and Ruffhead. It went through some seven English and two American editions the latter edited by Bird Wilson and John Bouvier. Marvin Legal Bibliography 85. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1792 citing the fifth edition. English Short-Title Catalogue N5624. unknown
1768réf. 836141768. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. A Complete Set of Bacon's Abridgment "Quite a Law Library in Itself" Bacon Mathew fl. 1730. Gilbert Sir Jeffrey 1674-1726. Sayer Joseph fl. 1750. Ruffhead Owen 1723-1769. A New Abridgment of the Law. Corrected; With Many Additional Notes and References. London: Printed by his Majesty's Law-Printers For J. Worrall and Co. et al. 1768-1770. 5 volumes the fifth dated 1770. Complete set. Folio 14-1/4" x 7-3/4"; 36.2 x 19.70 cm. Contemporary calf rebacked period-style spines with raised bands lettering pieces and gilt ornaments fillets volume numbers and publication dates corners of Volumes 1 3 4 and 5 restored blind tooling to board edges endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends heavier rubbing to corners which are bumped hinges just starting at ends. Moderate toning negligible light crinkling to heads of text blocks light spotting and foxing in places moderate staining to fore-margins of Volume 2 lower outside corner of leaf 5H pp. 393-394 in Volume 4 lacking with no loss to text minor worming to margins of Volume 5 in a few places early owner signature John Lane to its title page. A very good set. $2500. Third edition. Bacon's Abridgment is a digest of cases and treatises written by Gilbert. It was popular among English and American practitioners into the early nineteenth century because its logical system of subdivisions within each title was a significant improvement over previous compendia. It was also considerably more comprehensive. As Marvin notes it was "quite a law library in itself." Jefferson who owned a copy of the fifth edition saw it as the definitive statement of English law and the successor to the works of Bracton and Coke. The Abridgment was compiled and mostly edited by Bacon. The first volume was published in 1736 and new volumes were issued until the work was interrupted by Bacon's death. His last entry was "Sheriff." The rest of the work was edited by Sayer and Ruffhead. It went through some seven English and two American editions the latter edited by Bird Wilson and John Bouvier. Marvin Legal Bibliography 85. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1792 citing the fifth edition. English Short-Ti. unknown
1768réf. 834111768. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. A Complete Set of Bacon's Abridgment "Quite a Law Library in Itself" Bacon Mathew fl. 1730. Gilbert Sir Jeffrey 1674-1726. Sayer Joseph fl. 1750. Ruffhead Owen 1723-1769. A New Abridgment of the Law. Corrected; With Many Additional Notes and References. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers For J. Worrall et al. 1768 1770. Five volumes Volume 5: 1770. Complete set. Folio 13-1/4" x 8-1/4"; 33.5 x 21 cm. Modern three-quarter calf over buckram blind fillets to calf edges blind fillets and red and black lettering pieces to spines endpapers renewed. Moderate rubbing to extremities spines somewhat darkened front joint of Volume 3 starting at foot. Light toning to interiors occasional light foxing light soiling and faint spotting in a few places tiny recent ink shelfmark to upper outside corner of Volume 1 title page small tear to gutter of last leaf of Volume 5 not affecting text. Brief early pencil and ink notes to a few leaves in each volume. A very good set. $2500. Third edition. Bacon's Abridgment is a digest of cases and treatises written by Gilbert. It was popular among English and American practitioners into the early nineteenth century because its logical system of subdivisions within each title was a significant improvement over previous compendia. It was also considerably more comprehensive. As Marvin notes it was "quite a law library in itself." Jefferson who owned a copy of the fifth edition saw it as the definitive statement of English law the successor to the works of Bracton and Coke. The Abridgment was compiled and mostly edited by Bacon. The first volume was published in 1736 and new volumes were issued until the work was interrupted by Bacon's death. His last entry was "Sheriff." The rest of the work was edited by Sayer and Ruffhead. It went through some seven English and two American editions the latter edited by Bird Wilson and John Bouvier. Marvin Legal Bibliography 85. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1792 citing the fifth edition. English Short-Title Catalogue N5624. unknown books
1768réf. 836141768. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. London: His Majesty's Law Printers 1768-1770. A Complete Set of Bacon's Abridgment "Quite a Law Library in Itself" Bacon Mathew fl. 1730. Gilbert Sir Jeffrey 1674-1726. Sayer Joseph fl. 1750. Ruffhead Owen 1723-1769. A New Abridgment of the Law. Corrected; With Many Additional Notes and References. London: Printed by his Majesty's Law-Printers For J. Worrall and Co. et al. 1768-1770. 5 volumes the fifth dated 1770. Complete set. Folio 14-1/4" x 7-3/4"; 36.2 x 19.70 cm. Contemporary calf rebacked period-style spines with raised bands lettering pieces and gilt ornaments fillets volume numbers and publication dates corners of Volumes 1 3 4 and 5 restored blind tooling to board edges endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and some shallow scuffing to boards moderate rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends heavier rubbing to corners which are bumped hinges just starting at ends. Moderate toning negligible light crinkling to heads of text blocks light spotting and foxing in places moderate staining to fore-margins of Volume 2 lower outside corner of leaf 5H pp. 393-394 in Volume 4 lacking with no loss to text minor worming to margins of Volume 5 in a few places early owner signature John Lane to its title page. A very good set. $2500. Third edition. Bacon's Abridgment is a digest of cases and treatises written by Gilbert. It was popular among English and American practitioners into the early nineteenth century because its logical system of subdivisions within each title was a significant improvement over previous compendia. It was also considerably more comprehensive. As Marvin notes it was "quite a law library in itself." Jefferson who owned a copy of the fifth edition saw it as the definitive statement of English law and the successor to the works of Bracton and Coke. The Abridgment was compiled and mostly edited by Bacon. The first volume was published in 1736 and new volumes were issued until the work was interrupted by Bacon's death. His last entry was "Sheriff." The rest of the work was edited by Sayer and Ruffhead. It went through some seven English and two American editions the latter edited by Bird Wilson and John Bouvier. Marvin Legal Bibliography 85. Sowerby Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 1792 citing the fifth edition. English Short-Ti. unknown books
1960réf. 3316851960. Near Fine. Original watercolor painting on artist's board. Measures 29 ½" x 21 ½" to the inside edges of a silver aluminum metal frame 30" x 22 ¼". Captioned by the artist at lower right corner: "Sketch for a Corporate Headquarters Maurice Warder Bacon Arch. Eng." A very attractive futuristic architectural design circa 1960 most likely proposed for the Michelin headquarters located at Clermont-Ferrand France. Light toning near fine. unknown
1960réf. 3316851960. Near Fine. Original watercolor painting on artist's board. Measures 29 ½" x 21 ½" to the inside edges of a silver aluminum metal frame 30" x 22 ¼". Captioned by the artist at lower right corner: "Sketch for a Corporate Headquarters Maurice Warder Bacon Arch. Eng." A very attractive futuristic architectural design circa 1960 most likely proposed for the Michelin headquarters located at Clermont-Ferrand France. Light toning near fine. unknown books
réf. 12007Bacon Peggy. Bacon Peggy American 1895-1987. ICE CREAM. Flint 6. Drypoint 1918. Edition size not known but likely very small. Titled "Ice Cream" dated "Nov. 1918" and signed in pencil. 3 15/16 x 5 inches. Printed by the artist with her smudges in the margins. In very good condition but with traces of adhesive verso. Rare. 1918 was the first year that Bacon made prints producing drypoints using a heavy steel needle on zinc plates which she printed on an unused press which she found in the corner of Kenneth Hays Miller's life drawing studio at the Art Students League. Working with fellow student Anne Rector she became so interested in drypoint that it supplanted painting as her main artistic medium. "The abstraction of design the physical distortion of the figures and the large flat areas of light and dark found in Peggy Bacon's earrly drypoints.dated November 1918 were a result of her confrontation with the avant-garde forces active in New York at the time." Roberta K. Tarbell "Peggy Bacon - Personalities and Places" Smithsonian Press DC 1975 pp. 9-10. unknown
1765réf. 5332Annapolis: Jonas Green 1765. Measuring approximately 16.5" x 10.25" with 1763 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Heavy chipping and wear to the leather boards with loss at the spine ends. Partially restored. Moderate foxing to the interior pages. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #H1-18. Jonas Green unknown
1778réf. 157043London: printed for J. Rivington and Sons; L. Davis; T. Payne; B. White; T. Davies; and 6 others in London 1778. Beautiful and accurate A handsome set of this "beautiful and accurate edition" Lowndes Vol. I p. 93 following the text edited by Thomas Birch which was first published in 1765. 5 vols quarto 296 x 231 mm. With 4 frontispieces and 2 folding tables. Contemporary calf recently rebacked with twin red and green labels Signet library supralibos to covers. 19th-century inscription in inner margin of title page shelflabel and inscription to front endpapers a few pencilled annotations. Lightly toned and foxed chip at foot of vol. I pp. xxxix/xl offsetting from plates 5 cm closed tear at foot of vol. II first contents leaf. A very good copy. ESTC T88307. unknown
1913réf. 006947USA: D. Appleton & Company 1913. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon by Josephine Daskam Bacon First Edition D. Appleton & Company 1913. No foxing to contents or edges. Clean and unblemished throughout. No previous owner's inscriptions. VG covers are bright and gilt lettering remains bold. In the original seldom seen pictorial dust jacket with all correct issue points. VG. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
2012réf. C102827Gallery. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - Text in French and English. 120 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'Œuvre Oeuvre Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . 2012. Gallery hardcover
1789réf. 49194Cap Français. Dec. 2 1789. Cap Français was the capital of the northern province of Saint Domingue and Bacon de Chevalerie was the first president of its provincial assembly. In this declaration the Assemblée proclaimed itself a permanent body and distributed its activity between four offices. The local assemblies were still technically illegal under french law. Extremely rare with only one institutional holding in OCLC at the John Carter Brown Library. OCLC 859254837. unknown
1789réf. 49194Cap Français. Dec. 2 1789. Cap Français was the capital of the northern province of Saint Domingue and Bacon de Chevalerie was the first president of its provincial assembly. In this declaration the Assemblée proclaimed itself a permanent body and distributed its activity between four offices. The local assemblies were still technically illegal under french law. Extremely rare with only one institutional holding in OCLC at the John Carter Brown Library. OCLC 859254837. unknown books
1635réf. 464FLondon: 1635: Printed by John Haviland for William Lee and are to be Sold by Iohn Williams 1635. This copy is bound in 18TH CENTURY QUARTER Calf Binding tight and firm recently rebacked. A good clean copy of an early edition. The engraved title page and portrait of Bacon dated to 1631 and 1631 respectively are both present in this volume. With the bookplate of Abel Smith Woodhall Park . Printed: 1635 1561-1626 Folio 7 x 104 in Fourth edition p2 A-Z6 Aa-Bb6 Cc4 a-g4 g4 is blank The new method Bacon's big plan the Instauratio Magna is valueless because inapplicable unless it be supplied with materials duly collected and presented-in fact unless there be formed a competent natural history of the Phenomena Universi A short introductory sketch of the requisites of such a natural history which according to Bacon is essential necessary the basis totius negotii is given in the tract Parasceve appended to the Novum Organum The principal works intended to form portions of the history and either published by himself or left in manuscript are historia Ventorum Historia Vitae et Mortis Historia Densi et Rari and the extensive collection of facts and observations entitled Sylva Sylvarum "Nature thus presented itself to Bacon's mind as a huge congeries of phenomena the manifestations of some simple and primitive qualities which were hid from us by the complexity of the things themselves The world was a vast labyrinth amid the windings of which we require some clue or thread whereby we may track our way to knowledge and thence to power This thread the filum labyrinthi is the new method of induction But as has been frequently pointed out the new method could not be applied until facts had been observed and collected This is an indispensable preliminary 'Man the servant and interpreter of nature can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in thought of the course of nature; beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything' The proposition that our knowledge of nature necessarily begins with observation and experience is common to Bacon and many contemporary reformers of science but he laid peculiar stress upon it and gave it a new meaning What he really meant by observation was a competent natural history or collection of facts 'The firm foundation of a purer natural philosophy are laid in natural history' 'First of all we must prepare a natural and experimental history sufficient and good; and this is the foundation of all" EB This book is 'the foundation of all' consisting of all of Bacon's empirical experiments along with his utopian fable The New Atlantis . Printed by John Haviland for William Lee, and are to be Sold by Iohn Williams
réf. 12529Bacon Peggy. SPEAKING OF CHILDREN and PTA FRIEND'S SEMINARY. Flint 120. Etching 1933 together with a preparatory drawing titled "PTA Friend's Seminary." The etching titled dated an signed in pencil. The edition size is not known but likely small as the print is uncommon; there are no auction records for it after 1998. The drawing is titled and signed in pencil. The etching 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches plus margins; the drawing 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 the full sheet. There are numerous compositional changes from the drawing to the etching; we do not know whether other preparatory drawings exist. The etching and the drawing both in excellent condition. unknown
réf. 13050Bacon Peggy. THE LUNCH ROOM LUNCH AT THE LEAGUE. Flint 8. Drypoint 1918. Edition size not known but likely quite small as the print is uncommon. Signed and titled in pencil. 5 7/8 x 7 15/16 inches plate 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 sheet. The scene is the lunchroom of the Art Students League in New York. Among those pictured are Doris Rosenthal front center facing left Peggy Bacon figure farthest to the left in profile Dorothy Varian in striped sweater Isabel Howland center with hat and glasses Edmund Duffy standing at right looking left. In very good condition.See other works by Peggy Bacon at https://edpollackfinearts.com/cgi-bin/edp1/creator2011.htmlme=101242&te=2 unknown
1838réf. 40037London: Smith Elder & Co 1838. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo The First Edition viii478iip. ads. appendix with folding frontis map plan of Bilbo & 4 folding plate views in contemporary full black calf wide gilt decorated raised bands gilt spine titles elaborated gilt decorated borders on the boards all edges gilt engraved armorial bookplate expertly rebacked a fine copy very rare WorldCat locates 2 copies both in Germany. ohn Francis Bacon was a British consul in Bilbao during the years 1830 to 1837 a period partly covered by the First Carlist War 1833-1839. He was the author of the book History of the Revolution of the Basque Provinces and Navarra. 1833-1837 in which his experience in this period is narrated. He is also the author of the book entitled Six years in Biscay 1831-1837 where he narrates the sites of Bilbao during the First Carlist War. The book in its English edition contains a plan and four engravings of the town of Bilbao. There is a Spanish translation of Victor Luis de Gaminde from 1838. The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840 the first of three Carlist Wars. It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Spanish monarchy: the conservative supporters of the late king's brother Carlos de Borb¢n or Carlos V became known as Carlists carlistas while the progressive supporters of the regent Maria Christina acting for Isabella II of Spain were called Liberals liberales cristinos or isabelinos. Aside from being a war of succession about the question who the rightful successor to king Ferdinand VII of Spain was the Carlists' goal was the return to an absolute monarchy while the Liberals sought to defend the constitutional monarchy. Portugal France and the United Kingdom supported the regency and sent volunteer and even regular forces to confront the Carlist army. Wiki. Smith , Elder & Co hardcover
1824réf. 18854London: W. Baynes & Son 1824. 10 volumes 8vo later half red morocco gilt t.e.g. fore- and bottom edges uncut; fine bright set. With an engraved portrait of Bacon in volume I. The texts variously in English and/or Latin. W. Baynes & Son unknown
1824réf. 18854London: W. Baynes & Son 1824. 10 volumes 8vo later half red morocco gilt t.e.g. fore- and bottom edges uncut; fine bright set. With an engraved portrait of Bacon in volume I. The texts variously in English and/or Latin. W. Baynes & Son unknown books
1639réf. 1408255Oxford: Leon: Lichfield printer to the University for Rob: Young & Ed. Forrest 1640 1639. First Edition in English First Issue. Hardcover. Quarto 38 60 14; 352 351-477 21 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in early full brown calf blind rules to boards. Spine paneled with morocco label gilt lettering. Some general rubbing and shelfwear including cracking to hinges. With engraved frontispiece and title page. Some damp staining and waviness primarily along lower edge of text block. Front pastedown with ink name of W H Murphy-Grimshaw and small ink 'from W. Smedley £2.00!' possibly artist William Smedley. Front free endpaper with ink name of S Shorley. portrait recto with ink name of J. Bromehead. Title page with crossed out ink name. A1r with ink name of Joseph Bromehead. Front free endpaper with missing material to upper fore corner repaired. G3-4 with torn lower fore corner material missing but no loss to text. Some very sparse ink and pencil marginalia. The text proper begins new pagination and register. First Issue with the colophon dated 1639. Shelved in Case 4. ESTC: S124504. Gibson 141a. A translation from the expansion in Latin entitled "De dignitate & augmentis scientiarum" of: Of the proficience and advancement of learning. Bacon's "notions for a planned development of science and social organization based on scientifically ascertained facts are still relevant to what has become one of the crucial problems of the twentieth century." - PMM 119. 1408255. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Leon: Lichfield, printer to the University, for Rob: Young, & Ed. Forrest hardcover
1639réf. 1408255Oxford: Leon: Lichfield printer to the University for Rob: Young & Ed. Forrest 1640 1639. First Edition in English First Issue. Hardcover. Quarto 38 60 14; 352 351-477 21 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in early full brown calf blind rules to boards. Spine paneled with morocco label gilt lettering. Some general rubbing and shelfwear including cracking to hinges. With engraved frontispiece and title page. Some damp staining and waviness primarily along lower edge of text block. Front pastedown with ink name of W H Murphy-Grimshaw and small ink 'from W. Smedley £2.00!' possibly artist William Smedley. Front free endpaper with ink name of S Shorley. portrait recto with ink name of J. Bromehead. Title page with crossed out ink name. A1r with ink name of Joseph Bromehead. Front free endpaper with missing material to upper fore corner repaired. G3-4 with torn lower fore corner material missing but no loss to text. Some very sparse ink and pencil marginalia. The text proper begins new pagination and register. First Issue with the colophon dated 1639. Shelved in Case 4. ESTC: S124504. Gibson 141a. A translation from the expansion in Latin entitled "De dignitate & augmentis scientiarum" of: Of the proficience and advancement of learning. Bacon's "notions for a planned development of science and social organization based on scientifically ascertained facts are still relevant to what has become one of the crucial problems of the twentieth century." - PMM 119. 1408255. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Leon: Lichfield, printer to the University, for Rob: Young, & Ed. Forrest hardcover books
1765réf. 478721765. BACON Thomas comp. Laws of Maryland at Large with Proper Indexes. Now First Collected Into One Compleat Body and Published From the Original Acts and Records Remaining in the Secretary's Office of the Said Province. Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green Printer to the Province 1765. 733pp. including final errata leaf. Folio. Contemporary speckled calf neatly rebacked spine label gilt. Engraved bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage vignette. Upper joint beginning to separate. Occasional minor soiling in margins. A very good copy. EVANS 1004. WROTH MARYLAND 254. SABIN 2684. NAIP w007025. The first edition of this monumental production of the colonial press. Bacon the compiler of this massive volume was rector of All-Saints Parish in Frederick County and domestic chaplain in Maryland to the Right Honorable Frederick Lord Baltimore. Bacon worked on the LAWS for thirteen years and publication took an additional four years to complete. It is considered to be the most important legal work published in the colony covering the years 1637 through 1763 and supplemented by extensive indices. The work is also noted for its typography the quality of the printing and the first appearance of the seal of Maryland on the titlepage. In A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN COLONIAL MARYLAND 1686-1776 Lawrence C. Wroth describes the work as "not only the most important of the legal publications of the Province of Maryland but it happens also to have been a specimen of typography which was not exceeded in dignity and beauty by any production of an American colonial press.In scholarly and systematic arrangement as well as in accuracy and completeness it excelled any of the former bodies of law which the Province had possessed.As an easy and dependable guide to the store-house of Maryland history it remains still without rival." A very good copy of a significant product of the British colonial press. unknown
