NMLP P-041246 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Novum Organum

Francis Bacon · London — title-page imprint "Apud Joannem Billium" (John Bill); Bonham Norton named in the colophon of the first issue · 1620

The engraved allegorical title is by Simon van de Passe and shows a ship in full sail passing outward through the Pillars of Hercules; woodcut headpieces and historiated initials throughout

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-041246 for "Novum Organum" by Francis Bacon (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-041246, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).