BACON, Sir Francis (1561-1626). De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum libri IX. Paris: Pierre Mettayer, 1624. 4° (223 x 158mm), woodcut device on title, a few woodcut initials, 18th-century sprinkled calf, gilt ornament in panels of spine, narrow wavy border on sides, red and black spine labels (rubbed, upper hinge cracked). Provenance: Hüel (or Büel, signature, dated 1721, on title) -- Abbé J.-B. Cinraud (book-label). Second edition, the first having been printed in London in the previous year. Gibson 130.