Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences, IX bookes. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious Lord Francis Bacon (1640)
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, Wats, Gilbert, d. 1657, Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1775-1851 (bookplate), Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869 (bookplate) · Oxford, Printed by L. Lichfield, for R. Young & E. Forrest · leaf 48
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