Title: Roger Bacon's Philosophy of
Nature: A Critical Edition, with English Translation, Introduction, and Notes,
of De multiplictione specierum and De speculis compurentibus
Author: David G. Lindberg
Publisher: Clarendon Press
City: OxfordYear: 1983 (First Edition, English)Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 420Illustrated: No
Book Details + Condition: Scarce first edition in English from 1983. In overall excellent condition, and appears unread. Original cloth boards; no dust jacket included in first edition. "The name David Lindberg is certainly not new to the
study of medieval science in general or of medieval optics in particular.... But without any doubt we have in hand now the man's masterwork, a truly
first-rate book, done with consummate skill, complete in every detail.... The translations...are the best ever for the two
Latin works.... This is truly a beautiful book, carefully wrought to
the last detail. Even the printing is exquisite. The ultimate test, to my way
of thinking, for this kind of book is how parallel the Latin and English facing
pages are. The English translation, in fact, is never behind the Latin text as
one turns the page by more than half a line. That is perfection itself." [George March, O.F.M., Speculum]
