New York: Doubleday, 1998. Illustrated. x + 447pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards; upper front corner slightly dented. New York: Doubleday, (1998). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More

London: John Haviland, 1639. Together with: New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished. Written by Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Published after the author's death by W. Rawley. Lacks frontispiece & blank fly-leaves, but with an extra engraved title page dated 1631. [14], 218, 4to, old leathers (well-rubbed , joints starting but still firmly sewn; internally clean). London: John Haviland for William Lee, 1639. Fifth edition. Un-dated divisional title page for New Atlantis. The "Sylva Sylvarum" is a collection of Bacon's... More

Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1764. 2 volumes in one, with separate pagination. 192, [2]; 117 pages. 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary red calf with ornate gilt borders; spine sunned and leather chipped at foot. Paris: Chez Panckoucke, no date (circa 1765). An early edition of Beaurieu's most successful work -- an educational novel describing a return to nature. "This novel is modeled closely on Rousseau's Emile (1762), so much so that some later editions were attributed to Rousseau himself. Rousseau had... More

Euphrate: Dumpleres, 1777. 2 folding pages illustrated with small engravings. [10], 132, [2], 238, [2] pages. Small 8vo, original mottled calf with ornate gilt-stamped spine (lightly worn at ends); speckled edges, Euphrate: Chez Freres Dumpleres, 1777 & 1779 First Edition. Scarce. Some neat contemporary ink marginalia throughout, still a very good(+) copy of this exceedingly scarce book. OCLC lists only 3 copies, including those at Harvard & Stanford. While still young he wrote texts on agriculture and economics, expressing his... More

Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1971. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. and bottom edges of cloth lightly soiled. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, (1971). More