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Verlag: J.Woodward, London, 1709
Anbieter: Meiwes, Stuttgart, Deutschland
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First English Edition. 19,5 cm. [4], xxviii, 190 pp., one folding plate; contemporary calf, cover detached, back cover missing. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. De Sorbiere's voyage into England, by Thomas Sprat, has a special t.p., dated 1708. Sorbiere, a man of letters was an intimate friend of Hobbes, whom he visited and revisited. Sorbiere was also in friendly terms, with Menasse Ben Israel, the Rabbi of Amsterdam. He was an ardent admirer of Bacon. '. England in all Times has produced Genius's who have delighted in the Study of Nature to speak the Truth, the Lord Chancellor Bacon, has surpassed all the rest .' See: Gibson 587. Block firm, inside a fresh copy. Rare.