The essays or counsels, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. With a table of the colours of good and evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the antients. Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published

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  • The essays or counsels, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. With a table of the colours of good and evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the antients. Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published
  • Of the colours of good & evil; Wisdom of the ancients
  • De sapientia veterum. English.
  • Essays
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : sold by James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1691.
Added name
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625, tr.
Publication year
1691
ESTC No.
R1368
Grub Street ID
61759
Description
[8], 222, [14], 28, [12], 108, 101-103, [5] p. ; 8°.
Note
"Of the colours of good & evil" has separate divisional title and pagination. "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 with no names in the imprint. Registe is continuous throughout

Includes index

With a final contents leaf; the last leaf is blank

One of four imprint variants of this edition.