The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban : With a table of the colours of good and evil. And a discourse of the wisdom of the ancients.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626, author.

Contributor:

Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--Early works to 1800.

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.

Mythology, Classical--Early works to 1800.

Mythology, Classical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 167 pages, 9 unnumbered pages, 21 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 17-114, 117-123 pages, 7 unnumbered pages)

Edition:

To this edition is added the character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English.

Other Title:

Of the colours of good and evil

Wisdom of the ancients

Place of Publication:

London : printed for A. Swalle, and T. Childe, at the Unicorn, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1696.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"Of the colours of good and evil" has separate pagination, and divisional title on M5v. "The wisdom of the ancients. .. Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges, Knight", a translation of "De sapientia veterum", has separate pagination and title page lacking names in the imprint. Register is continuous throughout.

The page before third pages 17 is numbered 1.

Includes index.

The last three leaves bear a table of contents and advertisements.

One of five imprint variants of this edition.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2487:15) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) B295B

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.