BACON, Francis (1561-1626). The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane. London: [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, 1605. 4 o (180 x 136 mm). (Lacking final blank and without the two added leaves of errata found in a few copies, some dampstaining heavier at end). Later calf (rebacked, wear to edges). FIRST EDITION OF THE "PREPARATIVE OR KEY FOR THE OPENING OF THE INSTAURATION" (Grolier/Horblit). The Advancement of learning was the first of two works in which Bacon expounded his philosophy of scientific method. It was expanded and latinized as De augmentis scientiarum in 1623. "In the Twoo bookes , Bacon concerned himself primarily with the classification of philosophy and the sciences and with developing his influential view of the relation between science and theology" (Norman). Gibson 81; Grolier/Horblit 8a; Norman 97; Pforzheimer 36; STC 1164.
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane. London: [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, 1605. 4 o (180 x 136 mm). (Lacking final blank and without the two added leaves of errata found in a few copies, some dampstaining heavier at end). Later calf (rebacked, wear to edges). FIRST EDITION OF THE "PREPARATIVE OR KEY FOR THE OPENING OF THE INSTAURATION" (Grolier/Horblit). The Advancement of learning was the first of two works in which Bacon expounded his philosophy of scientific method. It was expanded and latinized as De augmentis scientiarum in 1623. "In the Twoo bookes , Bacon concerned himself primarily with the classification of philosophy and the sciences and with developing his influential view of the relation between science and theology" (Norman). Gibson 81; Grolier/Horblit 8a; Norman 97; Pforzheimer 36; STC 1164.
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