
AUTHOR: BACON, Francis, Viscount St Alban
TITLE: Sylva Sylvarum: Or, A Natural Historie. In Ten Centuries.
PUBLISHER: London: by John Haviland, for William Lee, 1639.
DESCRIPTION: FIFTH EDITION. 1 vol., 11-3/4 x 7-5/8", (x)218(xiii)43pp., complete, includes the additional engraved title-page and portrait frontis. Bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf over cords, gilt lettered red morocco spine label, covers ruled in blind, contemporary ownership signatures dated 1646 & 1676.
REFERENCE: STC 1172
CONDITION: Head and foot of spine renewed, internally clean and bright.