Part II

Engraved title-page to Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum, published in 1620, printed in London by ‘Bonhamum Nortonium’ (Bonham Norton) and ‘Joannem Billium’ (John Bill). The engraving was made by Simon Pass.

Since this was Bacon’s first announcement of the design of the Great Instauration, the Novum Organum had prefixed to it a Proemium (‘Preamble’), a dedication to King James, a general preface and a Distributio Operis (‘Distribution of the Work’) concerning the Instauratio Magna (‘The Great Instauration’), to which this title-page refers.

The Latin motto written beneath the ship reads ‘Multi pertransibunt & augebitur scientia’ (transl: ‘Many shall pass through and learning shall be increased’ – Daniel 12).

Information concerning the Great Instauration, plus facsimiles of the Baconian/Rosicrucian pictures, can be found in the books published by the FBRT (see Publications).

FBRT members receive regular essays and discussion papers on these and other subjects.