[Rarebooks] FS: 1st authorized English translation of Bacon's "History Naturall" London: 1638

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Bacon, Sir Francis. HISTORY NATURALL AND EXPERIMENTAL, OF LIFE AND DEATH. OR 
OF THE PROLONGATION OF LIFE. Written in Latine... [Translated by William 
Rawley]. London: Printed by John Haviland for William Lee, and Humphrey Mosley. 
1638. 12mo. (30),436pp. With license and imprimatur leaves. Cont. ruled calf, 
rather worn & extremities of spine chipped and hinges rubbed. Housed in a custom 
made portfolio and 1/2 brown morocco slipcase.     $1,000.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
First edition of the authorized translation by William Rawley. A translation 
by Moseley that had been brought out a few months earlier was repudiated as 
being “lame and defective.” Gibson, #154; STC 1153.

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