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The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. To the King.

1605

Auteur: Sir Francis Bacon
Titre: The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. To the King.
Lieu de publication: London
Editeur: Printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sould at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne
Date: 1605
Langue: English
Nombre de scans: 346
Type: Print
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  • that the Bodmer holds the largest collection of early Shakespeare editions outside the Anglophone world? 
  • that the original price for a bound copy of the First Folio when it was first published in 1623 was about £1? 
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