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"Here are some books I would get: MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. APRIL 3D, 1798. "
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The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, by Francis Bacon in 1622
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Nov 7 '08, 11:12
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Book Description: W. Stansby, London, 1622. 4to. 248 pp. Tan buckram binding. Pages ruled. Page edges browned. Ex-libris plate to back of front board. Rebound in greenish brown linen. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Corners rubbed. Minor scuffing and rubbing to boards. Minor browning and sporadic foxing, not affecting text. Missing engraved frontis, but with engraved title page. Title page mounted on tab. In English. In very good condition. Signs of this copy being first edition: 1) With the title: "The historie of the raigne of King Henry the Seventh" (STC 1159, 1160). Later editions spell it "Reigne". 2) Year on title page: 1622 3) Without the index However, partly corrected (Gibson 116 B): Includes errate to last page (seven errors). * On the book: The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. The only historical work written by Bacon. Possibly part of a planned history of England he never lived to complete. A couple of passages refer to Columbus and his contemporaries. On the author (from the Encyclopedia Britannica, (11th ed., 1911) Vol. V03, Page 144): Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, KC (22 January 1561 � 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist but is best known for leading the scientific revolution with his new 'observation and experimentation' theory which is the way science has been conducted ever since. He was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and created Viscount St Alban in 1621; both peerage titles became extinct upon his death. He began his professional life as a lawyer, but he has become best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. His works establish and popularize an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were connected with the occult trends of hermeticism and alchemy. Since the 19th century, there have been occasional claims that Bacon was the author of the works attributed to Shakespeare. *True first printing has no errate. The second printing has three. Starting from this editions, seven errata are listed. Bookseller Inventory # 10190
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