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

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  • The essays or counsels, civil & moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St Alban. With a table of the colours of good & evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the ancients· Enlarged by the honorable author himself; and now more exactly published
  • Of the colours of good & evil; Wisdom of the ancients
  • De sapientia veterum. English.
  • Essays
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Imprint
London : printed by T.N. for John Martyn, S. Mearne, and H. Herringman, and are to be sold in S. Pauls Churchyard, Little Britain, and New Exchange, MDCLXXIII. [1673]
Added name
Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625, tr.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Publication year
1673
ESTC No.
R15975
Grub Street ID
63864
Description
[4], 254, [12], 31, [15], 131, [1] 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 Kt.", a translation of "De sapientia veterum", has separate pagination and title page with imprint "London, printed by T.N. 1673". Register is continuous throughout

Includes index

A reissue, with cancel title page and dedication, of the 1673 edition with "J. Martyn" in imprint.