[Rarebooks] FS: Uncut & Unopened (as published) Elzevir Press of Sir Francis Bacon. 1653

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(ELZEVIR PRESS) Bacon, Sir Francis. SCRIPTA IN NATURALI ET UNIVERSALI 
PHILOSOPHIA. Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzevirium. 1653. Sm. 12mo. (12),496pp. With the 
large folding table at back. Added engraved title. Woodcut device on title. 19th 
century half red morocco over boards, gilt spine, hinges rubbed, 1” crack at 
top of hinge of the front cover. With the bookplates of Mortimer L. Schiff and 
J. Renard. An untrimmed and unopened copy.     $375.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
See Willems #1157, for a long discussion concerning the printing of this 
volume. It is very uncommon to find any Elzevir “uncut & unopened” as published.

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