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BACON, Francis (1561 – 1626). Sylva Sylvarum; Or, a Natural History. In Ten Centuries. The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for William Lee, 1658. Contemporary calf, rebacked, with old spine title label laid down, endpapers renewed. Engraved frontispiece and added engraved title-page. Folio. p. [16], 218, [26], 36, [8], 64. Woodcut initials and headpieces. Includes a description of card magic: “I saw a kind of jugler, that had a pair of cards, and would tell a man what card he thought. This pretended learned man told me, it was a mistaking in me; for (he said) it was no the knowledge of the man’s thought (for that is proper to God) but it was the inforcing a thought upon him…” Title pages browned; occasional rust spots with small paper losses, spotting, and minor marginal wear. Wing B328.