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

All titles

• 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
• Of the colours of good and evil; Wisdom of the ancients
• De sapientia veterum. English.
• Essays

People / Organizations

• Francis Bacon (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for H. Herringman, R. Scot, R. Chiswell, A. Swalle, and R. Bentley , 1696. To this edition is added the character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English.; ..

Added name

Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625, tr.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Publication year

1696

ESTC No.

R15973

Grub Street ID

63863

Description

[8], 167, [9], 21, [11], 17-114, 117-123, [7] p. ; 8°.

Note

"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 p. 17 is numbered 1

Leaf U is printed as Z4

Includes index

The last three leaves bear a table of contents and advertisements

One of five imprint variants of this edition

Another issue with this imprint has a cancel title page with imprint word "Swall" in place of "Swalle".