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Large 8vo, pp. 45, 118. Hardcover.
Original title page reads: The tvvoo bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of learning, diuine and humane. To the king. At London, Printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne ... 1605. Irregular paging. Better known under title: Advancement of learning. An expanded translation was first published in 1623 under title: De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum, becoming afterward better known as De augmentis scientiarum and forming the first part of the author's Instauratio magna S.T.C. No. 1164. From the series: The English experience, its record in early printed books published in facsimile; 218. Fine copy.
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