DE AUGMENTIS. CCCCVll 



Of this extraordinary work various editions and transla 

 tions have been since published, (b) 



(Z&amp;gt;) Different editions of the treatise De Augmentis. 



1. The first edition is thus described by Tenison : * The fairest and 

 most correct edition of this book in Latin is that in folio, printed at 

 London, 1623; and whoever would understand the Lord Bacon s cypher, 

 let him consult that accurate edition : for, in some other editions which I 

 have perused, the form of the letters of the alphabet, in which much of the 

 mystery consisteth, is not observed, but the roman and italic shapes of them 

 are confounded.&quot; The following is a copy of the title page : &quot; Francisci 

 Baconi Baronis de Vervlamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, de Dignitate 

 t Augmentis Scientiarum. Libri ix. Ad Ilegem svvm. Londini, in 

 Officina Joannis Haviland, MDCXXIII.&quot; There is a copy at Cambridge 

 and in the British Museum, and I have a copy. 



2. The work had scarcely appeared in England, when an edition was 

 published in France: it appeared in 1624. The following is a copy of 

 the title page : &quot; Francisci Baronis de Vervlamio Vicecomitis Sancti Albani, 

 de Dignitate et Augmentis Scienciarum. Libri ix. Ad Regem svvrn. 

 luxta exemplar Londini impressum. Parisiis, typis Petri Metayer, typo- 

 graphi Regij. M.DC xxiv.&quot; I have a copy. 



3. In 1638 an edition was published by Dr. Rawley, in a folio entitled, 

 &quot; Francisci Baconi Baronis de Vervlamio Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani 

 tractatus de Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum qui est Instaurationis 

 magne pars prima. Ad regem svvm. Londini, typis loh. Haviland. 

 Prostant ad insignia Regia in Caemeterio D. Pauli, apud Locosam Norton 

 et Richardum Whitakerum. 1638.&quot; 



4. In the year 1645 an edition in 12mo. was published in Holland. 

 The following is the title page : &quot; Francisci Baconis de Verulamio, Vice- 

 Comitis Sancti Albani, de Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum. Libri ix. 

 Ad Regem suum. Editio nova, cum Indice rerum et verbomm locu- 

 pletissimo. Lugd. Batav. apud Franciscum Moyardum et Adrianum 

 Wijngaerde. Anno 1645.&quot; The title page of this Dutch edition is adorned 

 with an engraving, not undeserving the attention of our students in England : 

 it is of a youth aspiring to the attainment of knowledge. 



5. In 1652 another edition in 12mo. was published in Holland, the 

 engraving prefixed to the edition of 1645 is also prefixed to this edition ; 

 but the descriptive title is omitted, and the address to the reader is at the 

 back of the engraving. The following is the title page : &quot; Fr. Baconis de 

 Vervlam Anglige Cancellarii de Avgmentis Scientiarvm. Lib. ix. Lvgd. 

 Batavorvm, ex officina Adriani Wijngaerden. Anno 1652.&quot; 



6. In 1662 another edition was published in 12mo. in Holland. The 



