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The essays, or, Counsels, civil and moral / of Sir Francis Bacon Lord Verulum Viscount St. Alban ; with a table of the colours of good & evil. ; whereunto is added The wisdom of the ancients.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection EC B1325 597e 1680
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
- Standardized Title:
- Essays
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Augustus.
- Caesar, Julius.
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.
- Conduct of life.
- Good and evil--Early works to 1800.
- Good and evil.
- Fame--Early works to 1800.
- Fame.
- Mythology, Classical--Early works to 1800.
- Mythology, Classical.
- Genre:
- Translations -- 17th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Flatcher, H. (autograph) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 222 pages, 14 unnumbered pages, 28 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 111 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published.
- Other Title:
- Counsels, civil and moral
- Sr. F. Bacon. Essays
- Fingerprint:
- mer- asis e.ns tuwh (3) 1680 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by M. Clark for Samuel Mearne, in Little Britain, John Martyn, in St. Pauls Church-yard, and Henry Herringman, in the New Exchange., MDCLXXX. [1680]
- Notes:
- Final leaf (2C4) is blank.
- "Of the colours of good & evil" has separate title page and pagination; "The wisdom of the ancients ... Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges Kt.", a translation of "De sapientia veterum" has a separate title page with imprint: "London, printed by M.C. 1680" and begins new pagination; the register is continuous throughout text.
- This edition contains in addition to the 58 essays, Bacon's "A fragment of an essay of fame," "A civil character of Julius Caesar," and "A civil character of Augustus."
- Signatures: A⁴ B-2B⁸ 2C⁴ (2C4 blank).
- With table of contents to the "Essays": p. [1]-[3], 3rd sequence; index: p. [2]-[3], 7th sequence.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has partially legible ms. inscription on frotn pastedown.
- Culture Class Collection copy has ms. ownership inscription dated 1688 ("H. Flatcher[?] 1688 11/22") on front free endpaper.
- Culture Class Collection copy has ms. biographical note about the author Sr. Francis Bacon on 2 p. at end.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed., 1994), B288
- Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon, 24a
- ESTC (RLIN), R011985
- Contains:
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Of the colours of good and evil.
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. De sapientia veterum. English
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Fragment of an essay of fame.
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Civil character of Julius Caesar.
- Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Civil character of Augustus.
- OCLC:
- 42036774
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