BACON, Francis (1561-1626). Opera omnia, quae extant: philos...
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). Opera omnia, quae extant: philosophica, moralia, politica, historica. Frankfurt: Schönwetter, Kempfer, 1665.
Second Latin edition of the complete works of Francis Bacon, one of the most influential philosophers of the early modern period. The volume brings together the author's works, including the principal writings that contributed to the emergence of modern scientific thought, among them the Novum Organum, De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum, Sermones fideles, and his historical and political works.
Folio (330 × 205 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, title-page printed in red and black (browned). Contemporary full vellum, manuscript title to spine and nineteenth-century gilt-lettered spine label applied. (1)
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BACON, Francis (1561-1626). Opera omnia, quae extant: philosophica, moralia, politica, historica. Frankfurt: Schönwetter, Kempfer, 1665.
Second Latin edition of the complete works of Francis Bacon, one of the most influential philosophers of the early modern period. The volume brings together the author's works, including the principal writings that contributed to the emergence of modern scientific thought, among them the Novum Organum, De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum, Sermones fideles, and his historical and political works.
Folio (330 × 205 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, title-page printed in red and black (browned). Contemporary full vellum, manuscript title to spine and nineteenth-century gilt-lettered spine label applied. (1)
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