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BACON, FRANCIS The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning…London, 1605. The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane. London: Henrie Tomes, 1605. 8vo, rebound in full crushed brown morocco bordered in gilt, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. Housed in slipcase. First edition. Lacking the final blank and two errata leaves, almost as always; title page laid down; evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedown; previous owner's ex-libris to title page; scattered marginalia. Estimate $ 2,000-4,000 Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector St. Louis, Missouri Literature: Gibson 81; STC 1164; Grolier l00 8a Lacking all blanks; tears at pp. 8-9 top edge, corner p. 34; dampstaining p. 26 and pp. around 109, dark marks to 41, bottom corner torn 114-end