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Record Nr.

UNISA996386921603316

Autore

Bacon Francis <1561-1626.>

Titolo

The historie of life and death [[electronic resource] ] : With observations naturall and experimentall for the prolonging of life. Written by the Right Honorable Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount S. Alban

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by I. Okes, for Humphrey Mosley, at the Princes Armes in Pauls Church-Yard, 1638

Descrizione fisica

[14], 323, [1] p

Altri autori (Persone)

BaconFrancis <1561-1626.>

Soggetti

Life (Biology)

Longevity

Death (Biology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Anonymous translation of "Historia vitae et mortis". The foreword to the edition printed later the same year by John Haviland calls this translation "lame, and defective, in the whole".

The second section of part 3 of Bacon's projected "Instauration magna".

With an initial imprimatur leaf and an additional title page, engraved.

Reproduciton of the original in Cambridge University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0216