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Charge of Sir Francis Bacon... Touching Duels

"IT BRINGS CALAMITY UPON PRIVATE MEN, PERIL UPON THE STATE, AND CONTEMPT UPON THE LAW"

BACON, Francis. The Charge of Sir Francis Bacon… Touching Duels. London, 1614.

First edition of Bacon's essay against the practice of dueling, a custom that was gaining ground at the time and that Bacon, as newly appointed Attorney General, set out to eradicate. Handsomely bound by Aquarius. $8200.

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Scripta in Naturali et Universali Philosophia Historia Naturalis

"THERE IS A TRUE RING OF GENIUS ABOUT ALL THAT HE SAYS"

BACON, Francis. Scripta in Naturali et Universali Philosophia Historia Naturalis. Amsterdam, 1653.

First edition of this "important collection of Bacon's minor writings," with engraved additional title page—an allegorical depiction of three philosophers with various scientific instruments at hand—and folding table, handsomely bound in full morocco by Duru et Chambolle in 1863. $2200.

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