Francisci de Verulamio, Summi Angliae Cancellarii, Instauratio magna.
1620
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Title
Francisci de Verulamio, Summi Angliae Cancellarii, Instauratio magna.
Uniform title
Novum organum
Created/published
Londini : Apud [Bonham Norton and] Ioannem Billium typographum regium, Anno 1620.
Description
[12], 172, 181-360; 37, [1] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. author.
Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
Actually part 2 of the Instauratio, called the Novum organum.
The title page is engraved and signed: Sim: Pass: sculp:.
The first leaf is blank.
"Parasceue, ad historiam naturalem, et experimentalem" has divisional title and separate pagination and register.
A reissue of the first edition; e3 is cancelled, and previously blank e4 is printed with errata and a colophon omitting Norton's name. In some copies e4r is numbered 37; in others it is unnumbered.
Signatures: pi² [par.]⁴ A-C⁶ D-2S⁴ 2T⁶ a-d⁴ e⁴(-e3).
The title page is engraved and signed: Sim: Pass: sculp:.
The first leaf is blank.
"Parasceue, ad historiam naturalem, et experimentalem" has divisional title and separate pagination and register.
A reissue of the first edition; e3 is cancelled, and previously blank e4 is printed with errata and a colophon omitting Norton's name. In some copies e4r is numbered 37; in others it is unnumbered.
Signatures: pi² [par.]⁴ A-C⁶ D-2S⁴ 2T⁶ a-d⁴ e⁴(-e3).
Exhibited
Copy 1. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 7:9)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 1163
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122428
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122428
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 1163 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs1420. Limp vellum case binding with the gilt crest of Francis Bacon (wild boar) on both covers. Leaf e4r is unnumbered. Lacking pi1, blank, and c4, blank. Provenance: Thomas Case copy
Call number
STC 1163 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH16/30. Bound in polished calf, signed by Riviere & son. Leaf e4r is unnumbered. Lacking pi1, blank. Provenance: Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 1163 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Lacking pi1, blank. Leaf e4r is unnumbered. Provenance: probably Elliot Stock copy; W.T. Smedley copy
Call number
STC 1163 copy 4 Bd.w. STC 1108.2 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs1478.2. Contemporary calf (rebacked) with armorial stamp of four arrows and coronet with motto: "Sans des partir". Manuscript note in book: "Arms of the Alladi family in Italy." Leaf e4r is unnumbered. Lacking first blank (pi1) and t.p. Bound with: Opera Francisci Baronis de Verulamio. [London, 1623]. Provenance: possibly Willoughby family library copy
Call number
STC 1163.2 Bd.w. STC 1109 copy 4
Folger-specific note
HH17/2.2. HH16/31. Contemporary calf with armorial stamp of M'Culloch in gilt on both covers. Unsold sheets with a letterpress t.p. with imprint: ap. J. Billium, 1620, replacing the engraved t.p. Leaf e4r is unnumbered. No first blank leaf. Provenance: Harmsworth copy