Bacon, Francis (aka Viscount St. Alban), Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries… published after the authors death, by William Rawley… added an Alphabeticall Table of the principall things contained in the whole Worke, 1635, fourth edition, John Haviland for William Lee, London, engraved title page with 1631 date, (xvii), 260 pp., plus index and recipe for 'The Gout', bound with New Atlantis: A Worke Unfinished, 47, (2) pp. Lacking any blank endpapers; text-block securely bound; front board present but detached; lacking rear board plus top and bottom ends of the spine leather; section of the frontis portrait is laid-in. Fair condition; contents in reasonable good shape, toned; chipping and tearing to edges of first and last few leaves; front board present but detached and heavily worn with major leather loss; lacking rear board. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/