Bacon, Sir Francis The Two Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. [Printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne], 1605 [foot of title page lacking]. 8vo, full red leather, spine with morocco lettering-piece; ll. [1], 45, 118 [i.e. 121, numerous but expected, errors in pagination], ff. A4-L4, 2A4-3G4, 3H1 [lacking final blank and errata leaves as is common]. First edition, with 'maniable' on C4r, l.5. Bacon's hugely influential work inspired the taxonomic structure of Diderot's Encyclopedie and is recognised as a founding essay in empirical philosophy. Bacon himself, was a pioneer of experimental science (his death being attributed by Aubrey to the attempt to freeze meat), courtier to the glittering Elizabethan age, and prolific writer. The work can be seen as a precursor to De Augmentis Scientia and through it, and his other writing, Bacon has exerted a dynamic influence on the entire development of Western scientific thought to the present day. In his own words, his book was to ''be some preparative or key for the better opening of the Instauration''. ESTC S100507; STC (2nd ed.), 1164; Pforzheimer, 36. Binding a touch worn, internally variable foxing etc, pages suggest a touch of damp, generally clean, variable wearing to margins, close cropped at head, occasionally touching text, K2 with very slight marginal tear not affecting text, 2A1-3 and 2B1-4 marginal fraying with very slight loss, 2D4 slight tear with loss to margin, 2L3 marginal restoration affecting marginalia, 2L4 restoration to margin not affecting text, 2R1 loss to lower corner, 3D4 loss to lower corner, 3E1 inner margin restored not affecting text, 3E2 to end with varying restoration generally not affecting text, worming from 3F2 worsening to end affecting text, 3G4 tearing near foot of page affecting text, no final blank or errata. Generally a very good copy (bar worsening to final leaves) of an important work.
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Two gold gate bracelets, one with fancy links and the other with textured and twist links and two heart padlock clasps, 17cm in length. CONDITION9 ct gross weight 29.5 gramsone with markers mark for Lawson Ward and Gammagethe other has original padlock clasp not functioning so replacement has been attached
Smith, Adam: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, in 3 Volumes. With notes, supplementary chapters, and a life of Dr. smith, By William Playfair. T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1805, 11th. Edn. xl, 515, [1]; viii, 567, [1]; viii, 590, (ii)Adverts; With half-titles to vols. II-III, as issued, and a terminal advertisement leaf to vol. III. Cont. full treecalf; rubbed; with the armorial bookplate of: 'Lieutenant General, William Thornton, M.P. Grosvenor Gate' to front and rear pastedown of each volume. Occasional foxing, a little heavy in places. (3)
AUTOGRAPHS: J.M. Barrie, Lord Roberts, Percy Florence Shelley, and others; an album of approx. 41 signatures, pasted in, and four loosely inserted autographed letters, includes J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937), ALS., 25 lines, 2pp., from Leinster Corner, Lancaster Gate, London, 22 Mar, 1909, to Miss Edith Clarke, Barrie writes to thank Miss Edith for her letter concerning the work of his neice, 'a melancholy letter for me to receive . . . ', the neice, one of four, whose care had become Barrie's responsibility owing to the death of their parents, was apparently causing Miss Edith some trouble, Barrie reassures . . . 'I am anxious to do my best by them, I have shown her your letter and spoken my concerns . . . she is full of promises . . . I understand your position and sympathise with it . . . ',: Lord Frederick Roberts (1832 - 1914) ALS. 6 lines, 1pp., from Englemere, Ascot, Berkshire, 7 October, 1914, written a week before his death, to Miss Edith Clarke, 'I think the course the National Training Schools of Cookery is arranging will be of great service to the Army & Navy'; the other ALS. include Ada Reeve, actress, 3 lines, 1pp, 1902, and Eustace Miles, British Real Tennis player, competitor in the 1908 Summer Olympics, 7 lines, 1pp, 1908; additional signatures include Dion (Darley George) Boucicault, Seymour Hicks, Ellaline Terris, Percy Florence Shelley (1819 - 1889), Mary (Stanley) Countess of Derby, and others, light blue, watered silk binding. (41)
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