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Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history, in ten centuries

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Title	Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history, in ten centuries
Creator	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Publisher	Printed by J.R. for William Lee, and are to be sold by George Sawbridg [and 12 others]
Place of Publication	London
Date Original	1670
Description	The book is arranged in ten chapters with each containing one hundred paragraphs. The subjects include medicine, botany, physiology, cooking, music, psychology, agriculture, architecture, and asthetics. Also included is a biography of Bacon written by Rawley, as well as Bacon's New Alantis, an essay in forecasting the future.
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Medicine Anatomy
Topical Subject (LCSH)	Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
Chronological Subject	1670-1680
Type (DCMIType)	Still image Text
Type (AAT)	Rare books
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	John Martin Rare Book Room Images
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa Libraries. John Martin Rare Book Room
Link to Catalog Record	http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/F?func=direct&doc_number=000139681&l_base=uiowa
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution of this digital object is not permitted without written permission of the John Martin Rare Book Room.
Contact Information	Contact the John Martin Rare book Room, Hardin Library, University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/rbr/contact.
InfoHawk ID	000139681
Heirs Number	0398
Language	English

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