Fr Baconi De Verulamio Historia Naturalis Experimentalis De Ventis

13.0 x 9.0cms, 232pp, contemporary full calf, spine gilt with floral tools, red-stained edges; engraved title page as issued with allegorical vignette, text in Latin. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown: Bibliotheque particuliere de Son EminenceÉCardinal Maury; early ownership inscription to title. Binding worn & rubbed with small losses at corners. Internally, moderate age-toning & scattered foxing throughout, occasional damp-staining most noticeable to engraved title & lower margins; pages otherwise clean, text legible & binding secure. An early Elzevir edition of Bacon's scientific work on winds, part of his broader project to systematize natural philosophy through empirical observation.