print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1895,1031.480
- Description
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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
- Production date
- 1627
- Dimensions
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Height: 224 millimetres
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Width: 153 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The main elements of the design are based on Simon de Passe's title-page to Bacon's 'Instauratio magna' (1620).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Sylva sylvarum or a Natural History in Ten Centuries
- Acquisition date
- 1895
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1895,1031.480
