Title page of Francis Bacon's Instauratio Magna (1620)

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Title page of Francis Bacon's Instauratio Magna (1620)

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Frontispiece to Francis Bacon, Instauratio Magna. London: J.Bill, 1620

Inscriptions: Lettered with author's name and title in Latin, the motto, "Multi pertransibunt & augebitur scientia."; in the lower left-hand corner of the image, "Sim: Pass: sculp:" and on a tablet below, "Londini Apud Joannem Billium Typographum Regium/Anno/1620" 

Dimensions: height 238 mm; width 154 mm.

Source: Bodleian Library shelfmark B 1.9 Art.Seld.