拍品 45
45
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. London: John Haviland for Wiliam Lee and Humphrey Mosley, 1638. 12° (138 x 76mm). Text in ruled border. Contemporary blind-stamped calf (hinges cracked, extremities lightly rubbed and corners lightly bumped).
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. London: John Haviland for Wiliam Lee and Humphrey Mosley, 1638. 12° (138 x 76mm). Text in ruled border. Contemporary blind-stamped calf (hinges cracked, extremities lightly rubbed and corners lightly bumped).

细节
BACON, Francis (1561-1626). History Naturall and Experimentall, of Life and Death. London: John Haviland for Wiliam Lee and Humphrey Mosley, 1638. 12° (138 x 76mm). Text in ruled border. Contemporary blind-stamped calf (hinges cracked, extremities lightly rubbed and corners lightly bumped).

FIRST EDITION of the authorized translation by William Rawley. 'An entirely different translation from that of the former edition: in the address to the Reader the translation brought out by Moseley a few month earlier is repudiated, and referred to as 'lame and defective'. Comparison of the two editions illustrates clearly the fallibility of translations'. Gibson, 154.