Thomas Lough original: "Tho; Logh"; this is a handwritten owner's mark on the original document.

FOREST

OF FORESTS:

original Latin: Sylva Sylvarum. In this context, "Sylva" (forest) refers to a collection of raw materials or a "wood" of facts and observations gathered for scientific study.

OR

A Natural History.

IN TEN CENTURIES.

The work is divided into ten sections called "centuries," each containing 100 experiments or observations, for a total of 1,000 entries.

WRITTEN BY THE RIGHT

Honorable FRANCIS, Lord VERULAM,

Viscount St. ALBAN.

Published after the author's death,

By WILLIAM RAWLEY, Doctor of Divinity,

one of His Majesty's Chaplains.

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The third Edition.

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A woodcut printer's device or emblem consisting of a central heart enclosed within a laurel wreath, tied with a decorative ribbon at the base.

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LONDON,

Printed by J. H. John Haviland for William Lee at the Turk's

Head in Fleet Street, next to the Mitre. 1631.

The "Turk's Head" and the "Mitre" were well-known shop signs and landmarks for businesses in 17th-century London.