Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Natural History. In Ten Centuries. Whereunto is Newly Added the History of Naturall and Experimentall of Life and Death, or of the Prolongation of Life. Both Written by the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the Authors death, By William Rawley Doctor in Divinity, one of his Majesties Chaplaines. Hereunto is now added an Alphabeticall Table of the principall things contained in the ten Centuries. The sixth Edition. London, printed by J. F. for William Lee, 1651. (16) 218 pp, 21 pp index. ***Frontispiece and engraved title page (vignette) LACKING - facsimiles have been provided instead.    The Cloisters represents the life's work of Sumner A. Parker (1881-1946) and his wife G. Dudrea Parker (1883-1972), who dared to dream of constructing an authentic Gothic manor house in the Maryland countryside. The Parkers spent the decades between their 1905 marriage and the outbreak of WWII working towards this goal. To this end, they traveled extensively throughout Europe, collecting artwork and artifacts as well as architectural elements and antique furniture. All of these were shipped to a warehouse in Baltimore, where they were stored while the Parkers meticulously prepared to build their unique home. Finally, they found the ideal location: 60 wooded acres on a hilltop in Baltimore County that reminded them of their favorite part of Paris, and began construction in 1929. The house took three years and $50,000 to complete. In a final act of generosity to the city she loved, Mrs. Parker willed The Cloisters and its contents to the City of Baltimore.