WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBAN,

AND CO.; J. BAIN; E. HODGSON; WASHBOURNE AND CO.; H. G. BOHN;
RICHARDSON BROTHERS; HOULSTON AND CO.; BICKERS AND BUSH;
WILLIS AND SOTHERAN; J. CORNISHI; L. BOOTH; AND J. SNOW.

1857.

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PARTS OF THE INSTAURATIO MAGNA.

PREFACE to the HISTORIA VITÆ ET MORTIS, by ROBERT

HISTORIA DENSI ET RARI.

PREFACE to the HISTORIA DENSI ET RARI, by ROBERT

LESLIE ELLIS

HISTORIA DENSI ET RARI

INQUISITIO DE MAGNETE

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