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FIRST EDITION SMALL OCTAVO FULL LEATHER (REBOUND IN 1911). FRONTIS. TITLE PAGE ERRATA CONTENTS IMPRIMATUR ACCOUNT OF BACON’S WORKS (3-104) REMAINS CIVIL AND MORAL (3-73) REMAINS PERTAINING TO NATURAL PHILOSOPHY (73-151) REMAINS TOUCHING MEDICAL MATTERS (155-175) REMAINS RELATING TO DIVINE MATTERS (179-183) REMAINS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL (187- 259) CHARACTERS OF THE LORD BACON (263-270). WITH VARIOUS TITLE PAGES. BOUND IN AT THE REAR IS THE TITLE PAGE FOR BACON’S BOOK ‘THE HISTORIE OF THE RAIGNE OF KING HENRY THE SEVENTH’. THE BOOK IS FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHARLES BUTLER (1821-1910) OF WARREN WOOD HERTS JP AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF HERTFORDSHIRE. HIS LIBRARY WAS SOLD IN 1911 AT SOTHEBY’S. A VERY GOOD COPY FIRMLY BOUND.