39 ASCHAM (Roger). The Scholemaster Or plaine and perfite way of teaching 40 Sm. 4to., brown levant morocco, doublé with russia with rich dentelle tooling, gilt edges, by Zaehnsdorf; from the Osterley Park library 1573 In this work, a classic of the theory of education, Ascham shows enlightened views far in advance of his time, among them being that general culture of mind and body, and not only what is to be learnt at schools and universities, is essential in a wise scheme of education. Most of his ideas have now indeed become commonplace. Toxophilus, The schole, or partitions of shooting contayned in ij. bookes, vvritte by Roger Ascham. 1544. And now newlye perused.. Anno. 1571. Imprinted at London . . . by Thomas Marshe. Sm. 4to., black letter, the title within an ornamental woodcut border; red levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière 1571 This is the second edition, the first having been published in 1545. As this book was one of the first to be written in popular English, it possesses a particular interest for students of English prose. 41 ATTEY (John). The First Booke of Ayres of Foure Parts, with Tableture for the Lute: so made that all the parts may be plaid together with the Lute, or one voyce with the Lute and Base-Vyoll . . . London Printed by Thomas Snodham. : 1622. £ 8. d. 16 16 0 16 16 0 Sm. folio, F, mended and the last four leaves in facsimile; vellum 1622 50 00 42 [AUDIGUIER (Vital de)]. A Tragi-comicall History Of Our Times, Under The Borrowed Names Of Lisander And Calista. London, Printed by R.Y[oung]. for G. Lathum . . . 1635. 43 Sm. folio, the title within an ornamental woodcut border (very slightly defective); a little stained, but in general a large and sound copy; old calf, rebacked and a little defective another copy. 1635 5 5 0 Sm. folio, a large and very fine copy in old calf, neatly rebacked Apparently the third English edition; there is no copy in the British 44 AYMON. The right plesaunt and goodly Historie of the Thomas Petet. 770 AYMON, continued : Sm. folio, black letter, printed in double columns, with numerous woodcuts; two small holes in ₤1.2 mended, very slightly wormed in the latter half of the book and a few blank margins mended, but a large and fine copy; dark blue morocco extra, gilt edges, by F. Bedford 1554 40000 THIRD EDITION; no more than half-a-dozen perfect copies are known. This edition occurs with the names of T. Petit (see above), J. Waley and R. Toye (according to Hazlitt) in the colophons of different copies. The first edition was printed by Caxton (who was also the translator) about 1489 and is known only from an imperfect. copy in the John Rylands Library. The second edition, printed by Wynkyn de Worde, is known only from a fragment in the University Library, Cambridge. The edition offered is therefore of more importance than third editions usually are, as it is the only early edition available. The woodcuts are all old and in some cases have been cut in halves. They appear to be French in origin, but almost certainly of * + 45 B. (T.). The Rebellion of Naples, Or The Tragedy Of Massenello. Commonly so called: But Rightly Tomaso Aniello Di Malfa Generall of the Neapolitans. Written By a Gentleman who was an eye-witnes where this was really Acted upon that bloudy Stage, the streets of Naples. Anno Domini MDCXLVII . . . . Printed at London for J. G. & G. B. . . . MDCIL. Sm. 8vo., with a double-page engraved frontispiece; a fine copy with the blank last leaf; crimson levant morocco, gilt edges, by Rivière 1649 46 BACON (Sir Francis). Francisci Baconi, Baronis De Verulamio. . . Operum Moralium Et Civilium Tomus. Qui continet Historiam Regni Henrici Septimi . . . Sermones Fideles, sive Interiora Rerum. Tractatum de Sapientiâ Veterum. Dialogum de Bello Sacro. Et Novam Atlantidem. . . Curâ & Fide Guilielmi Rawley . . . In hoc volumine, iterum excusi, includuntur Tractatus de Augmentis Scientiarum. Historia Ventorum. Historia Vitæ & Mortis. Adjecti sunt, in Calce Operis, Libri duo Instaurationis Magnæ . Londini. Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini; Prostant. apud Richardum Whitakerum. 1638. 47 Sm. folio, with a fine portrait of Bacon; a fine copy, with the two blank leaves A and Ee; hand stained calf, gilt edges, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe 15 15 0 1638 12 12 0 The best issue of this work in the earlier copies the Instauratio Magna was not included, but later the unsold sheets (with the exception of the engraved title page) of the first edition were added, the original title to the Opera Moralia was cancelled and a new one substituted in which the addition was recorded. The Charge Of Sir Francis Bacon . . . touching Duells, vpon an Sm. 4to., FIRST EDITION, a fine and large copy in crimson levant 18 18 0 BACON (Sir Francis), continued . -: Considerations Touching A Warre With Spaine. Written by £ 8. d. Sm. 4to., crimson levant morocco, by Rivière, ENTIRELY UNCUT 1629 35 0 0 There are references to Drake's expeditions of 1585 and 1587, and an account of the fight of The Revenge under Sir Richard Grenville; memorable I say beyond credit, & to the height of some heroicall fable. And though it was a defeat, yet it exceeded a victory, being like the Act of Sampson that killed more men at his death then he had done in the time of all his life.' Francisci Baconi . . . De Sapientia Veterum Liber, Ad Inclytam 12mo., wanting the leaf before the title and the last leaf, both 1609 FIRST EDITION; OF EXTREME RARITY. It was reprinted in 1617 (with the omission of Bacon's address to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, who died in 1612) and first translated into English, by Sir Arthur Gorges, in 1619. There was no copy of this original edition in the Hoe and Huth collections. The Wisedome Of The Ancients, Written In Latine By . . . Sir 12mo., dark blue levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Rivière 1619 The Elements Of The Common Lavves Of England . . . By . . Sm. 4to., contemporary sheepskin 1639 This is the second edition. There are two parts, each having its own title. The Essaies Of Sr. Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Solliciter Sm. 8vo., a fine copy; sprinkled calf 28 0 0 14 14 0 330 1612 75 00 VERY RARE. It is dedicated to my loving brother, Sr Iohn Constable Knight', Bacon The Essaies Of St Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Atturny Sm. 8vo., three small holes burnt through the title, one of which goes vellum See illustration no. 8. 1613 45 0 0 The Essaies Of St Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Aturney Sm. 8vo., a small mend in the top margin of the last leaf, affecting See illustration no. 9. 35 0 0 BACON (Sir Francis), continued: The Essaies Of St. Francis Bacon Knight, the Kings Atturney Sm. 8vo., an original defect in one leaf, rendering a few letters defective, and 2 or 3 headlines slightly defective, but a large and fine copy; green levant morocco, gilt edges £ s d. 1613 37 10 0 There were three distinct editions of this pirated reprint of Beale's genuine edition of 1612, which may be distinguished by the different ways in which Attorney is spelt on the title page. There are no means by which their priority may be determined. In addition to the contents of Beale's edition, these all contain the essay 'Of Honour and Reputation', the Meditationes sacræ and Of the colours of Good and Euill.' The two essays 'Of the publique' and 'Of Warre and Peace', though announced in the table, are not printed. All were apparently printed by William Jaggard. See illustration no. 10. The price of the above three editions together (items 53-55) will be reduced to £105 to an intending purchaser. The Essayes Or Counsels, Civill And Morall, Of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St Alban. Newly enlarged. London, Printed by John Hauiland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker . . . 1625. Sm. 4to., with the blank leaf A1, the fore-margins of the last 2 leaves restored, otherwise a good copy in dark brown levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Rivière another copy. 1625 31 10 0 Sm. 4to., A re-margined and a few leaves mended, otherwise an exceptionally large (194 x 146 mm.) and fine copy in red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Rivière 1625 48 0 0 FIRST COMPLETE EDITION and the last published during the author's lifetime. The Essays... Whereunto is added by Himself A Table of the Sm. 8vo., with a portrait; a very fine copy in the original sheep Fr. Baconi De Verulamio Sermones Fideles, Ethici, Politici, 12mo., with an engraved title page; a sound copy in old calf, gilt 2 10 0 1644 0 15 0 Saggi Morali Del Signore Francesco Bacono . . . Con vn' altro suo Trattato Della Sapienza Degli Antichi. Tradotti in Italiano. In Londra Appresso di Giovanni Billio. 1618. 1618 Sm. 8vo., a fine copy in contemporary gilt vellum The Historie Of The Raigne Of King Henry The Seuenth Sm. folio, with a fine engraved portrait by John Payne, the title 6 6 0 990 63 64 65 66 67 68 another copy. Sm. folio, a finer copy in old calf, rebacked 1622 FIRST EDITION. Though not one of his works which stands highest, either in reputation or popularity, with later times, Henry the Seventh has done its work more effectually perhaps than any one of them. None of the histories which had been written before conveyed any idea either of the distinctive character of the man or the real business of his reign. Every history which has been written since has derived all its light from this, and followed its guidance in every question of importance; and the additional materials which come to light from time to time, and enable us to make many corrections in the history of the events, only serve to confirm and illustrate the truth of its interpretation of them.'-Spedding. Francisci De Verulamio, Summi Angliæ Cancellarij Instauratio magna. Londini Apud Joannem Billium Typographum Regium. Anno 1620. Sm. folio, the title engraved by Simon Pass; a wormhole in the first few leaves, injuring the text very slightly, but a clean and sound copy with the two blank leaves; contemporary calf slightly repaired, gilt edges 1620 FIRST EDITION. It is "the greatest of all his works, and the central pile of that edifice of philosophy on which the world has bestowed his name. The Norum Organum was received with unbounded applause of the learned, both in his own and foreign nations, and placed the fame of its author at once above that of every other living author." COLLATION: [*]2¶4A-CoD-Ss1Tta-e1, of which [*], and c, are blank. Signature es seems to be cut away in every copy, but only a portion of it having been torn out in a copy, recently in my possession, the reason for this was revealed. I found that it had the concluding passage of the book, 'Non abs re fuerit admonere. . regentur,' with the word 'Finis' at foot on the recto of the leaf; and the colophon, in the middle of the page, on the verso. But it having been discovered that a list of Errata was necessary, e, was suppressed, and its contents, with the addition of the list of Errata, reprinted on the recto of e, (which at first was a blank leaf). The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficiencie and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. To the King. At London. Printed [by Thomas Purfoot] for Henrie Tomes . . . 1605. Sm. 4to., a large copy, but having the plain margins of the title skilfully restored; red levant morocco extra, gilt edges, by Rivière 1605 24 0 0 another copy. Sm. 4to., a slight worming in the blank outer margin of a few leaves, but a remarkably fine copy, with the blank last leaf, in the original vellum another copy. 1605 Sm. 4to., also an unusually large copy, but owing to carelessness on the part of a binder, having the headlines on 2 leaves a little cut into ; modern vellum, the original vellum wrapper bound in Sold 1605 31 0 0 This copy formerly belonged to James Spedding, the editor of Bacon's works, and has notes by him in ink and pencil on the margins. FIRST EDITION. In this indeed the whole of the Baconian philosophy may be said to be implicitly contained, except perhaps, the second book of the Novum Organum.' . The Two Bookes of Sr. Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and The Two Bookes Of Sr Francis Bacon, Of The Proficience and Sm. 4to., water-stained at the beginning, but a sound copy in modern THIRD EDITION. Printed by John Lichfield. Oxford, 1633 6 6 0 |