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"De Viis Mortis, et de Senectute retardanda, atque instaurandis uiribus" by Francis...

Catalogue reference: HMS/4/10

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HMS/4/10
Title
"De Viis Mortis, et de Senectute retardanda, atque instaurandis uiribus" by Francis Bacon (Hardwick MS 72A)
Date
n.d. [c.1620]
Description

This scribal copy of Bacon's writings on natural philosophy, is written largely in two hands and is heavily annotated and expanded in the second of these hands. It also includes on the first folio an inserted short poem by George Herbert, public Orator of Cambridge, to Lord Bacon, after the publication of Instauratio Magna, possibly written in Hobbes' hand. There are also a number of rough notes titled 'aphorismus' which have lines crossed through them.

Note

This manuscript is transcribed in the following article: Rees, G. and Upton, C., 'Francis Bacon's natural philosophy : a new source : a transcription of manuscript Hardwick 72A', Chalfont St Giles : British Society for the History of Science, 1984.

Mention of this volume is made in TheRoyal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Third Report (1872) p.44.

Held by
Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
Former department reference
HM/72A
Physical description
1 volume; 30 folios (60pp)
Physical condition
20th-century binding.
Unpublished finding aids
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Third Report (1872) p.44.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f909fd12-a876-457d-abd6-4a08f9c27822/

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"De Viis Mortis, et de Senectute retardanda, atque instaurandis uiribus" by Francis Bacon (Hardwick MS 72A)