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Title

  • Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history in ten centuries : together with the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life : whereunto is added Articles of enquiry touching metals and minerals and the New Atlantis, with an alphabetical table of the principal things contained in the ten centuries

Other Title

  • Sylva sylvarum
  • Natural history in ten centuries

Names

  • Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
  • Rawley, William, 1588?-1667.
  • George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for Bennet Griffin ..., 1683.

Headings

  • -  Science--Early works to 1800
  • -  Natural history--Pre-Linnean works
  • -  Science--Experiments--Early works to 1800
  • -  Natural history--Experiments--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Added engraved t.p., dated 1676.
  • -  "Published after the author's death, by William Rawley, D. D., His Lordship's chaplain, and afterwards one of His Majestie's chaplains."
  • -  Signatures: [A]-B⁴, ²B-V⁶ X⁴ Y-Z⁶ 2A-K⁴, ³A-C², ⁴A² B-E⁴.
  • -  Gibson, R. Bacon, 182
  • -  Wing (2nd ed.) B334
  • -  ESTC R227110
  • -  LC copy is item no. 133 in the George Fabyan Collection.
  • -  LAC tnb 2020-09-15 no edits (3 cards)

Medium

  • [18], 340, [219]-227, [7], 32 p. : 1 port. (engraving) ; 31 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Q155.B14 S95 1683

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95202443

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bacon, Francis, William Rawley, and George Fabyan Collection. Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history in ten centuries: together with the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life: whereunto is added Articles of enquiry touching metals and minerals and the New Atlantis, with an alphabetical table of the principal things contained in the ten centuries. London: Printed for Bennet Griffin, 1683. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/95202443/.

APA citation style:

Bacon, F., Rawley, W. & George Fabyan Collection. (1683) Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history in ten centuries: together with the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life: whereunto is added Articles of enquiry touching metals and minerals and the New Atlantis, with an alphabetical table of the principal things contained in the ten centuries. London: Printed for Bennet Griffin. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/95202443/.

MLA citation style:

Bacon, Francis, William Rawley, and George Fabyan Collection. Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history in ten centuries: together with the History natural and experimental of life and death, or of the prolongation of life: whereunto is added Articles of enquiry touching metals and minerals and the New Atlantis, with an alphabetical table of the principal things contained in the ten centuries. London: Printed for Bennet Griffin, 1683. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/95202443/>.