Sylvarum

Half a century after Sylva Sylvarum was published, the infamous witch trials began in Salem, Massachusetts.

ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006

Half a century after Sylva Sylvarum was published, the infamous witch trials began in Salem, Massachusetts.

ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006

Half a century after Sylva Sylvarum was published, the infamous witch trials began in Salem, Massachusetts.

ENTANGLED MINDS DEAN RADIN 2006

No one, however, was more thorough in his observations than Sir Francis Bacon in his Sylva Sylvarum, published in 1627:

Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

No one, however, was more thorough in his observations than Sir Francis Bacon in his Sylva Sylvarum, published in 1627:

Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

FRANCIS BACON, from the Frontispiece to his Sylva Sylvarum (6th edition 1651).

Bygone Beliefs 1969

Bacon's _Sylva Sylvarum, or a Natural History in Ten Centuries_ (No. 997.), the great philosopher gives a minute account of the practice, from personal experience, in the following words: --

Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 Various

A copy of Lord Bacon's "Sylva Sylvarum", for example, was lettered "Verlum's Sylva" -- because the sapient binder read on the title-page "By Baron Verulam", and it was not his business to find out that this was the title of honor which Bacon bore; so, by a compound blunder, he converted Verulam into Verlum, and gave the book to an unknown writer.

A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford

_Sylvarum amænitas, et præterlabentia flumina, et inspirantes ramis arborum auræ, volucrumque cantus, et ipsa late circumspiciendi libertas ad se trahunt; at mihi remittere potius voluptas ista videtur cogitationem, quam intendere.

A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus

Bacon (d. 1626) restating it in his last work, "Sylva Sylvarum".

Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from George Frederick Kunz