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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English essays--Early modern, 1500-1700.

English essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],167,[9],21,[11],17-114,[2]p. )

Other Title:

Essays,

Place of Publication:

London : printed by E. Holt; for Rich. Wellington at the Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and Edm. Rumbald at the Post-House in Covent Garden, 1701.

Notes:

The 'Table of the colours' has separate pagination; 'The wisdom of the ancients,' which is translated by Sir Arthur Gorges, has separate pagination and titlepage; register is continuous.

With a final contents leaf, which was printed as U2 and properly belongs there.

One of six imprint variants of this edition.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N9449.

OCLC:

642233254