[Science] Bacon, Francis, Viscount Verulam. Sylva Sylvarum: Or, a Naturall History. William Rawley, London, 1651. 6th ed.. Three parts in one. Small folio, (16) 1-218 (21) pp., Bound with: New Atlantis, A Worke Unfinished. (London 1658?) (4) 1-36 pp., (and) History Natural and Experimental, Of Life and Death. Or the Prolongation of Life. (London Prttd. For William Lee and Henry Moseley, 1650, (8) 1-64 pp. Engraved frontis portrait and engraved title supplied in facsimile. Contemporary calf. Wing B327, B307 (last title not listed in Wing) Bernal 305. Wear to covers, front board detached. Minor toning. minor worming at lower inside corner of text in these last two works but no text is affected.

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