Collection Highlight: Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum

Francis Bacon (1561-1626). Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie. In Ten CenturiesLondon: William Lee, 1627. 

The life of Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban (1561–1626), embodies many of the ideals and expectations of the Renaissance humanist. Active in the politics of the court of James I, Bacon was also a man of letters whose vast philosophical work would challenge the traditional methods of scientific inquiry. 

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Collection Highlight: Francis Bacon's History of the Reigns of...

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)Francis Godwin (1562-1633).
The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary. The first written by the Right Honourable, Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. The other three by the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Father in God, Francis Godwyn, Lord Bishop of Hereford. London: Printed by William Godbid, for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, and J. Edwyn, 1676.

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Collection Highlight: Aelianus, Variae historiae libri, XIIII

Claudius Aelianus (165/70-230/5 AD); Heraclides Lembus (2nd cent. BC); Marcus Antonius Polemon (c. 88-144 AD); Adamantius (4th cent. AD); Melampus (3rd cent. BC).
Variae historiae libri, XIIII. Ex Heraclide de rebus publicis commentarium. Polemonis Physionomia. Adamantii physionomia. Melampodis ex palpitationibus divinatio. De neuis.
Rome: Antonio Blado, 1545. 

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Native American Heritage month

November marks the celebration of Native American Heritage month. To honor the occasion, RBSCP will highlight a historical yet conflicting figure in the Native American sphere: Arthur Caswell Parker (1881-1955). As a Seneca Indian himself, he was as an advocate for American Indian Day, which became declared in New York State by May 1916. Over seven decades later, the initial designation of November as National American Indian Heritage Month became approved and has evolved to how we know it today.1

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