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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 Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford, at the Princes-Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 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; the register is continuous.
- With a final contents leaf.
- One of six imprint variants of this edition.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T129859.
- OCLC:
- 642362209
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