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The Most famous history of the learned Fryer Bacon [electronic resource] : Shewing his parentage and...

The Most famous history of the learned Fryer Bacon [electronic resource] : Shewing his parentage and...

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The Most famous history of the learned Fryer Bacon [electronic resource] : Shewing his parentage and birth. How he came to be a scholar and to study art-magick; with the many wonderful things he did in his life-time, to the amazement of the whole world; in making a Brazen-Head, to have walled all England with brass: with his penitent death, also, the merry waggeries of his man Miles: and the exploits of Vandermaster, a German, and Fryer Bungy, an English conjurer. With the manner of their woful deaths, as a warning to others. Being all very profitable and pleasant to the reader.

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The Most famous history of the learned Fryer Bacon [electronic resource] : Shewing his parentage and birth. How he came to be a scholar and to study art-magick; with the many wonderful things he did in his life-time, to the amazement of the whole world; in making a Brazen-Head, to have walled all England with brass: with his penitent death, also, the merry waggeries of his man Miles: and the exploits of Vandermaster, a German, and Fryer Bungy, an English conjurer. With the manner of their woful deaths, as a warning to others. Being all very profitable and pleasant to the reader.

Publisher

London : Printed for Tho. Norris, at the sign of the Looking-glass on London-Bridge, [1720?]

Uniform title

Famous historie of Fryer Bacon.

Date

[1720?]

Record Identifier

74VKwALJyVwd

MMS ID

991018427899702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[24]p. : ill. ; 4°.

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Publisher

London : Printed for Tho. Norris, at the sign of the Looking-glass on London-Bridge, [1720?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1720?]

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The Most famous history of the learned Fryer Bacon [electronic resource] : Shewing his parentage and birth. How he came to be a scholar and to study art-magick; with the many wonderful things he did in his life-time, to the amazement of the whole world; in making a Brazen-Head, to have walled all England with brass: with his penitent death, also, t...

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Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Vertical chain lines in gatherings A and C.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VKwALJyVwd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwALJyVwd

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MMS ID

991018427899702626