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BACON, Roger (ca 1214-ca 1294). Opus majus. Edited by Samuel Jebb. London: William Bowyer, 1733.
2o (374 x 243 mm). Title printed in red and black, 2 engraved folding plates, folding table. Contemporary calf (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: T. Norcliffe (signature on front pastedown); Richard Haversom? (signature on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. Written in the 13th-century, this encyclopaedic work contains the results of Bacon's researches, and stands as one of the most important scientific and philosophical works of the Middle Ages. "Bacon wrote on optics, stating the laws of reflection and, in a general way, of refraction and the rainbow. He also described magnifiying glasses and a vacuum-globe balloon. He wrote on chemistry and advocated use of chemistry in medicine; he described gun-powder. He stressed the importance of experiment as the fundamental principle in the study of nature and the use of mathematics in explaining astronomy and physics" (Dibner Heralds of Science 76). Norman 99; Wellcome II:83.
2o (374 x 243 mm). Title printed in red and black, 2 engraved folding plates, folding table. Contemporary calf (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: T. Norcliffe (signature on front pastedown); Richard Haversom? (signature on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. Written in the 13th-century, this encyclopaedic work contains the results of Bacon's researches, and stands as one of the most important scientific and philosophical works of the Middle Ages. "Bacon wrote on optics, stating the laws of reflection and, in a general way, of refraction and the rainbow. He also described magnifiying glasses and a vacuum-globe balloon. He wrote on chemistry and advocated use of chemistry in medicine; he described gun-powder. He stressed the importance of experiment as the fundamental principle in the study of nature and the use of mathematics in explaining astronomy and physics" (Dibner Heralds of Science 76). Norman 99; Wellcome II:83.