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],17-98,[2],99-114p. )

Other Title:

Essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban

Essays, or, Councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban

Essays,

Place of Publication:

London : printed by E. Holt for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown 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; register is continuous.

One of six imprint variants of this edition.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N9112.

OCLC:

642232938