BACON, Francis (1561-1626). Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences, Oxford: Robert Young & Edmund Forrest, 1640, 4°, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 2nd issue, frontispiece, title within woodcut border (margins of front free endpaper, title and frontispiece laminated, slight marginal worming and dampstaining to some leaves, margin of 2pp. torn away), modern red half morocco and marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt) Provenance: three ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper: Rich. Stalsey, J. Champ., and B. Rhys Oct 1811; JCL; Letters. Written during the Reign of King James the First. London: Benj. Tooke, 1702, 4°, FIRST EDITION (some offsetting but still a good, clean copy), contemporary speckled calf (front cover and free endpaper detached, rear joints broken, two cords still holding, covers scuffed, corners bumped). Provenance: JCL; The Works... to which is prefixed a Life of the Author by Mr. Mallet. London: A. Millar, 1753, 3 vols., 2°, engraved frontispiece and vignette to each vol., 2 tables, (occasional browning, spotted throughout), contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, corners restored). (5)