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Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning.
Oxford: Printed by Leon Lichfield printer to the University, for Robert Young and Edward Forrest, 1640.
First edition, folio, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved title, typographical title cancelled in this copy, colophon is dated MDCXXXX; bound in full contemporary speckled English calf, with printer's waste (likely pieces of the broadside, His Majestie's Letter January 24th, London: Printed for Henry Twyford, 1642) used as endleaf guards [ESTC R209744] imprint and date visible at front; binding slightly bumped and rubbed, with some holes, generally a very fine survival, without repair; ex libris David Smyth of Methuen, with his armorial engraved bookplate pasted on verso of title page; 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in.
