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Title-page to Francis Bacon, 'Sylva sylvarum or a Natural History in ten centuries' (London, W. Lee, 1631); two fluted columns with decorated capitals, between which a globe lettered 'Mundus Intellectualis'; in the background, the sea; above, the sun and rays, two cherubim, a tetragrammaton, and the lettering 'Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona'. 1627 Engraving
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