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Title

  • The wonderful history of the celebrated Friar Bacon : who studies the magic art, and saves a gentleman from the Devil, to whom he had sold his soul and body : he erects a wonderful brazen head, which was to enable him to secure all England from invasion, it speaks, but loses its virtue by his servant's folly : by his help France is conquered : he makes three wicked thieves, who tried to rob him, dance a hornpipe over hedges into ditches, against their wills : with many curious particulars.

Other Title

  • History of Friar Bacon

Names

  • McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by W. Lewis for T. & J. Allman, 1829.

Headings

  • -  Bacon, Roger,--1214?-1294
  • -  Bungay, Thomas,--active 1290
  • -  Philosophers--England--Biography
  • -  Scientists--England--Biography
  • -  Occultists--England--Biography
  • -  Science, Medieval

Notes

  • -  A chap book probably written towards the end of the 16th cent., on which Robert Greene may have based his play, The honorable history of Frier Bacon and Frier Bongay. Cf. Little, A.G. Roger Bacon essays, 1914, p. 360-365.
  • -  Edition statement from cover.
  • -  LC copy has hand-colored ill.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.
  • -  Formerly shelved under: 4 Rare Books
  • -  LAC ecr 2018-10-10 update

Medium

  • 28 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 ill. ; 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B765.B24 F75 1829

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93114639

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mcmanus-Young Collection. The wonderful history of the celebrated Friar Bacon: who studies the magic art, and saves a gentleman from the Devil, to whom he had sold his soul and body: he erects a wonderful brazen head, which was to enable him to secure all England from invasion, it speaks, but loses its virtue by his servant's folly: by his help France is conquered: he makes three wicked thieves, who tried to rob him, dance a hornpipe over hedges into ditches, against their wills: with many curious particulars. London: Printed by W. Lewis for T. & J. Allman, 1829. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/93114639/.

APA citation style:

Mcmanus-Young Collection. (1829) The wonderful history of the celebrated Friar Bacon: who studies the magic art, and saves a gentleman from the Devil, to whom he had sold his soul and body: he erects a wonderful brazen head, which was to enable him to secure all England from invasion, it speaks, but loses its virtue by his servant's folly: by his help France is conquered: he makes three wicked thieves, who tried to rob him, dance a hornpipe over hedges into ditches, against their wills: with many curious particulars. London: Printed by W. Lewis for T. & J. Allman. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93114639/.

MLA citation style:

Mcmanus-Young Collection. The wonderful history of the celebrated Friar Bacon: who studies the magic art, and saves a gentleman from the Devil, to whom he had sold his soul and body: he erects a wonderful brazen head, which was to enable him to secure all England from invasion, it speaks, but loses its virtue by his servant's folly: by his help France is conquered: he makes three wicked thieves, who tried to rob him, dance a hornpipe over hedges into ditches, against their wills: with many curious particulars. London: Printed by W. Lewis for T. & J. Allman, 1829. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/93114639/>.