The physical and metaphysical works of Lord Bacon : including the Advancement of learning and Novum organum / edited by Joseph Devey.

  • Francis Bacon
Date:
1886
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The physical and metaphysical works of Lord Bacon : including the Advancement of learning and Novum organum / edited by Joseph Devey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    603/608 page 23
    Q/-/C-JAvuwn <-<r CVr'-C * ( 23 ) The only authorised Edition; no others published in England contain the Derivations and Etymological Notes of Dr. Malm, who devoted several years to this portion of the Work. WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Thoroughly revised and improved byCHAUNCEY A. Goodrich, D.D., LL.D., and Noah Porter, D.D., of Yale College. THE GUINEA DICTIONARY. New Edition [1880], with a Supplement of upwards of 4600 New Words and Meanings. 1628 Pages. 3000 Illustrations. The features of this volume, which render it perhaps the most useful Dictionary for general reference extant, as it is undoubtedly one of the cheapest books ever published, are as follows :— 1. Completeness.—It contains 114,000 words. 2. Accuracy of Definition. 3. Scientific and Technical Terms. 4. Etymology. 5. The Orthography is based, as far as possible, on Fixed Principles. 6. Pronunciation. 7. The Illustrative Citations. 8. The Synonyms. 9. The Illustrations, which exceed 3000. Cloth, 21 s. ; half-bound in calf, 30J. ; calf or half russia, 31s. 6d.; russia, 2l, With New Biographical Appendix, containing over 9700 Names. THE COMPLETE DICTIONARY Contains, in addition to the above matter, several valuable Literary Appendics, and 70 extra pages of Illustrations, grouped and classified. 1 vol. 1919 pages, cloth, 3IA 6d. ' Certainly the best practical English Dictionary extant.’—Quarterly Review, 1873. Prospectuses, with Specimen Pages, sent post free on application. To be obtained through all Booksellers.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3