Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts.

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Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts.
Author
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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Oxford :: printed by Leon Lichfield printer to the University, for Robert Young and Edward Forrest,
1640.
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Science -- Methodology -- Early works to 1800.
Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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"Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A72146.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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APHORISME. LIX.

BƲt if Lawes accumulated upon Lawes, swell into such vast volumes, or be obnoxious to such confusion, that it is ex∣pedient to revise them a new, and to reduce them into a sound and solide body; intend it by all means; and let such a work be reputed an Heroicall noble work; and let the Auctors of such a work, be rightly and deservedly ranckt, in the number of the Founders and Restorers of Law.

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