The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane.
Francis Bacon
(English, 1561–1626)
Henrie Tomes
(English, active 1598–1607)
Thomas Purfoot
(English, 17th century)
Thomas Creede
(English, died in 1619?)
1605
Place of PublicationLondon, England
Medium/TechniquePrinted book, unillustrated
DimensionsOverall: 21.4 x 15.7 x 4 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number25.695
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
London: Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede, for Henrie Tomes, 1605
ProvenanceFrancis Wyrley, 1659 (inscr. title page); Euseby Wyrley (inscr. title page); Lord Stuart de Rothesay (arms on binding; his sale London, Sotheby, 1855, lot 202: £1,19 to Lilly); Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844-1922, perhaps his inscr. on front flyleaf "12.5.99"); his widow, by whom given to the MFA, April 1925.
