BACON (Francis). OPUSCULA VARIA POSTHUMA PHILOSOPHICA CIVILI - Lot 8

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BACON (Francis). OPUSCULA VARIA POSTHUMA PHILOSOPHICA CIVILI - Lot 8
BACON (Francis). OPUSCULA VARIA POSTHUMA PHILOSOPHICA CIVILIA ET THEOLOGICA. London, R. Daniel, impensis Octaviani Pulleyn, 1658. Small in-8, [36]-216 pages, blond calf, smooth spine decorated, red pages (19th century binding). First edition and second printing of this collection of Bacon's philosophical, political and theological writings, including many previously unpublished essays, as well as the first appearance in Latin of a short biography of the philosopher by William Rawley (1588-1667), his executor, chaplain and secretary. The latter has collected here eleven essays by Bacon, some original and others first published in Latin, including "Historia densi et rari", "Inquisitio de magnetate", "Topica inquisitionis de luce et lumine", "Confessio Fidei" and "Inquisitio de versionibus, transmutationubus, multiplicationibus et effectionibus corporum"; some have their own title page. A fine copy. (USTC 3071169).
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