OPUS MAJUS OF ROGER BACON - Bridges, 1st 1897 - ASTROLOGY ALCHEMY MAGIC OCCULT

  THE OPUS MAJUS OF ROGER BACON — Edited by John Henry Bridges, 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1897 — 2 Volumes — Astrology, Alchemy, Hermetic Sciences, Astronomy, Mathematics, Geography, Philosophy, Magic, Occult Sciences

 Publisher: At The Clarendon Press, Oxford (1897)

First edition, 2-volume set from 1897 of The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon. Exceedingly scarce and in very well preserved condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight save for light shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean save for occult society bookplates on the front end paper of each volume. This 1897 publication in two volumes was the first complete edition of the work to appear in print during the 19th century. Volume I contains the first four parts of Bacon's treatise, with sections on 'Wisdom and Truth', 'The Connection of Philosophy with Theology', 'The Study of Language', and 'Mathematical Science.' Volume II contains the last three parts of Bacon's treatise, on Optics, Experimental Science, and Moral Philosophy. This volume also incorporates a later supplement containing additional material and corrections. Please see below for more information on this scarce set.

Roger Bacon, the medieval natural philosopher who broke new ground in promoting scientific method, produced the encyclopedic Opus Majus or 'Greater Work' in the mid-thirteenth century. Written at the request of Pope Clement IV, the Opus Majus is the most significant and most influential of Bacon's works, containing his observations of the natural world and theories on knowledge acquisition. With substantial writings on Alchemy, Astrology, Astronomy, Mathematics, Geography, Philosophy and "Experimental and Occult Sciences" Bacon's text appears in the original Latin, and Bridges includes a substantial introduction and brief analysis of each chapter in English, as well as extensive footnotes and an analytical table to aid the reader... Amazon