Collection Highlight: Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum

Francis Bacon (1561-1626). Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie. In Ten CenturiesLondon: William Lee, 1627. 

The life of Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (1561–1626), embodies many of the ideals and expectations of the Renaissance humanist. Active in the politics of the court of James I, Bacon was also a man of letters whose vast philosophical work would challenge the traditional methods of scientific inquiry. 

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Collection Highlight: Francis Bacon's History of the Reigns of...

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)Francis Godwin (1562-1633).
The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary. The first written by the Right Honourable, Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. The other three by the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God, Francis Godwyn, Lord Bishop of Hereford. London: Printed by William Godbid, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, and J. Edwyn, 1676.

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