Bacon (Sir Francis)-continued. 49 The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall. Newly enlarged. Small 4to, original calf. £4 4s 50 The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. Portrait and engraved title. FIRST EDITION. Folio, original calf. London, Printed by W. Stansby, 1622. £7 7s 51 52 53 54 The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh, whereunto is now added a very usefull and necessary Table. With large portrait of Marshall. Folio, old calf. London, 1641. 18s History, Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death, or of the Prolongation of Life. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, with the fine emblematic frontispiece by Glover, and the "Imprimatur" leaf. 12mo, original calf. London, Printed by John Haviland, 1638. £8 8s The Naturall and Experimentall History of Winds, &c. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original calf. £8 8s Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning, or the Partitions of Sciences, IX Bookes, written in Latin by the most eminent Iliustrious & Famous Lord Francis Bacon, interpreted by Gilbert Watts. Portrait of Bacon and engraved portrait by Marshall. Folio, new full calf. Oxford, 1640. £5 5s *** First Edition in English of the enlarged Latin work of Nine books edited and translated by Gilbert Watts. It is of peculiar interest to Shakespeare-Bacon theorists, as the Four Pages of Cyphers (pp. 266-269), appear in it for the first time. Bacon (Sir Francis)-continued. 55 56 5ба 57 58 JOHN LOCKE'S COPY OF BACON'S SYLVA SYLVARUM. Or, a Natural History in Ten Centuries: whereunto is added Articles of Enquiry touching Metals and Minerals (with separate title dated 1661); the History, Natural and Experimental, of Life and Death; or, of the Prolongation of Life (with separate title); and the New Atlantis, a work unfinished (with separate title). Portrait and engraved title. Folio, an uncut copy in boards. London, 1664. £21 A most interesting and valuable copy, formerly belonging to the great Philosopher John Locke, with his autograph signature inside the front cover, and an Index of 3 leaves at the beginning in his handwriting. Books from John Locke's Library are of very rare occurrence, and as a rule only bear his autograph. The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon, Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, divine and humane. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, full calf, gilt back, g. e. Printed for Henrie Tomes, 1605. £31 10s *** The “ Advancement of Learning" is one of the landmarks of what high thought and rich imagination have made of the English language. "It is the first great book in English Prose of secular interest; the first book which can claim a place beside the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity.' It contains some of Bacon's finest writings." (R. W. Church.) The Two Bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, Of The Proficience & Advancement of Learning, Divine & Humane. Small 4to, full mottled calf gilt, g. e., by Riviere. £3 3s Life and Miscellaneous Works of Rt. Hon. Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Published by W. Rawley. Small folio, calf. London, 1670 £2 15s With Portrait of Bacon-Life-a Preparatory to the History, Natural and Experimental-The Charge, touching Duells-The Apology in certain imputations concerning the Earl of Essex-War with Spain-The Holy War—An Offer to King James of a Digest-Reign of Henry VIII. (each work with a separate title-page). Baconiana, or Certain Genuine Remains of Sr Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam and Viscount of St. Albans; in arguments Civil and Moral, Natural, Medical, Theological, and Bibliographical; now the first time faithfully published. Portrait of Bacon. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, new full mottled calf, g. e. £2 15s 59 BACON (Phannel). The Kite; an Heroi-Comical Poem. FIRST EDITION, an uncut copy on Large Paper. £1 5s 60 BADGER in the Fox-Trap, or a Satyr upon Satyrs. A Poem. 8 pp. Folio, new boards. Circa 1681. 18s 61 BAKER (Sir Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Romans Government, unto the Death of King James the First. Whereunto is added, The Reign of King Charles the First, and King Charles the Second. Engraved title. 62 Thick folio, original calf. London, 1696. Theatrum Redivivum; 16s or, the Theatre Vindicated in Answer to Mr. Pryn's Histrio-Mastix: wherein his groundless Assertions against Stage-Plays are discovered, his Mistaken Allegations of the Fathers manifested, as also what he calls his Reasons, to be nothing but his Passions. Small 8vo, original calf. London, 1662. £8 10s *** This Work was written by Sir Richard Baker whilst a prisoner for Debt in Fleet Prison. It was not published till after his death. "There are interesting references here to the Elizabethan Actors Tarlton, Burbage, and Alleyn, and much good sense in the General Argument." (D.N.B.) A 63 BAKER (Thomas). Tunbridge Walks; or, the Yeoman of Kent. Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre Royal, by her Majesty's Servants, by the Author of "The Humour o' the Age.' FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, buckram. Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Middle Temple-Gate, Fleet Street, 1703. £3 3s *** Thomas Baker, who flourished at the commencement of the 18th Century, was the son of an eminent attorney of London. "Tunbridge Walks" is his most celebrated Comedy. In it he has introduced a character named " Maiden," which was intended by the Author as a portraiture of himself. 64 BALLAD Upon the Suppression of Conventicles. 2 pp., folio, new boards. London, 1685. 14s 65 BALZAC (J. L. Quez de). The Choyce Letters of Monsieur de Balzac, written to severall Grand and Eminent persons in France. Whereunto are annexed the familiar letters of Monsieur de Balzac to his friend Monsieur Chapelain. Never before in English. With engraved portrait. Small 8vo, old sheepskin. London, 1658. 14s 66 BANKS (John). Cyrus the Great: or the Tragedy of Love. 67 £2 2s FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, new boards. London, 1696. *** This play was at first forbidden, but afterwards came on and met with very good success. Downes says that Smith, having a long part in it, fell ill upon the fourth day and died. This occasioned it to be laid aside, and it was not acted afterwards. Vertue Betray'd: or, Anna Bullen, a Tragedy. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to, full straight grain morocco gilt. £3 15s *** This tragedy, on the story of Anna Boleyn, was the most successful of all Banks' works, and held the stage until 1766. Has an interesting reference to Shakespeare in the Dedication. 68 BARBOUR (John). The Life and Acts of the most Victorious Conqueror Robert Bruce King of Scotland. Carefully corrected from the edition printed by Andro Hart in 1620. Black Letter. Small 4to, original calf. Edinburgh, 1758. £1 5s 69 BARCLAY (John). 70 71 72 Argenis. Cum Clave, hoc est, nominum propriorum elucidatione hactenus nondum edita. Thick 12mo, old morocco, with clasps. Elzevir, 1627. *** First of the seven Elzevir editions. £1 5s Eulogised by Cowper, the poet, as a romance. "It has merits of another kind worth looking into. In his characters the critic has gradually worked out Henry III. of France, Henry IV., Phillip II. of Spain, Queen Elizabeth, the Guises, Pope Urban VIII., John Calvin, and many political celebrities."-Hill Burton. Icon Animorum. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, old calf. London, 1614. 12s 6d The Mirrour of Mindes, or, Barclay's Icon Animorum, Englished by T(ho.) M(ay). FIRST EDITION. Thick small 8vo, original vellum. £2 2s Treats of France, Germany, Spaine, Hungary, Polonia, Moscovia, Turkes, Jewes, etc. Slightly wormed. Barclay's Argenis. The Phoenix; or, the History of Polyarchus and Argenis. Translated from the Latin, by a Lady (Clara Reeve). 4 vols. in 2. Small 8vo. Fine copy, full calf gilt. A scarce translation of Barclay's famous Latin satire, first published in 1621. £1 10s 73 BARON (Robert). Mirza, a Tragedie. Really acted in Persia, in the last Age. Illustrated with Historicall Annotations, the Author R. B., Esq. *** This is Baron's best known work. £10 10s "The story of this play is the same as that which Denham made the groundwork of his Sophy,' and which may be found in Sir Thomas Herbert's Travels'; yet Baron has handled it in a different manner from that author, having finished three complete acts of this before he saw that tragedy; nor found himself then discouraged from proceeding, on a consideration of the great difference in their respective pursuits of the same plan. 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With finely engraved portrait by Loggan. Thick small folio, full contemporary morocco gilt, gilt lines on sides, g. e. London, 1683. £1 10s ***The Earl of Chatham studied Barrow's Sermons as models of eloquence, and confessed that he was more indebted to them than to any other work, ancient or modern, for the energy which so peculiarly marked his own parliamentary harangues. 76 BASKERVILLE PRESS. Æsop. Select Fables of Æsop and other Fabulists. 77 With frontispiece (blank margin repaired), and many illustrations. 18s Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments £4 4s |