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BACON, Francis. Sylva Sylvarum: or, a naturall historie in ten centuries, London: by John Haviland for William Lee, 1635. Small 2°, woodcut headpieces (lacking engraved title, first gathering detached, slightly soiled at beginning, lightly browned and occasional stains), contemporary calf (worn). Provenance: William Sheldane, old inscription on title; John Radford, numerous old inscriptions on endpapers; Sarah Kingdom, old inscription on endpaper. Fourth edition. STC 1172.
BAILEY, Nathan. Dictionarium Britannicum: Or a more compleat universal etymological English Dictionary than any extant, London: T. Cox, 1730. 2°, title printed in red and black, one engraved plate, numerous woodcut illustrations (spotted), contemporary calf (worn).
With the 1639 edition of Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum and William Leybourn's The Compleat Surveyor: or, the whole art of surveying of land (London, 1722). (4)
BAILEY, Nathan. Dictionarium Britannicum: Or a more compleat universal etymological English Dictionary than any extant, London: T. Cox, 1730. 2°, title printed in red and black, one engraved plate, numerous woodcut illustrations (spotted), contemporary calf (worn).
With the 1639 edition of Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum and William Leybourn's The Compleat Surveyor: or, the whole art of surveying of land (London, 1722). (4)