T.p. printed in red and black

Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials

Includes index

Each work has a special t.p. dated 1664

Engraved frontispiece portrait of Francis Bacon on verso facing t.p

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: Thomas Wallis

Includes half t.p

Includes "Francisci Baconi ... vice-comitis sancti albani ac summi angliae cancellarii ... " with separate t.p

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library

John Adams Library copy inscribed on verso of t.p.: "Gilbartus To magnata."

John Adams Library copy: minor annotations

John Adams' signature on half title page: "John Adams."

V. 1. De dignitate & augmentis scientiarum, lib. IX., sive Instaurationis magnae, pars prima.--v. 2. Novum organum scientiarum sive Indicia vera de interpretatione naturae.--v. 3. Phoenomena universi, sive historia naturalis & experimentalis de ventis.--v. 4. Scripta in naturali et universali philosophia.--v. 5. Sylva sylvarum, sive Historia naturalis.--v. 6. Historia regni Henrici septimi, angliae regis. Opus vere politicum.--v. 7. Sermones fideles, ethici, politici, oeconomici sive Interiora rerum, accedunt faber fortunae, colores boni et mali, &c.--v. 8. Sapientia veterum liber, ad inclytam academiam cantabrigiensem

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894

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