Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 · London : Printed by J. H. for W. Lee · leaf 13
To the Reader. Auing had the. Honour to bee continually with my Lord , in compiling of this Worke^ And to be employed there¬ in; I haue thought it not a- miflTe, (with his Lordfhips good leaue and liking,) for the better fatisfadti- on of thofe that fhall reade it, to make knowne fomewhat of his…
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
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