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.

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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.
  • Of the colours of good and evil Wisdom of the ancients
  • De sapientia veterum. English.
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Imprint
London: printed for A. Swalle, and T. Childe, at the Unicorn, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1696.
Publication year
1696-1696
ESTC No.
R231627
Grub Street ID
103638
Description
[8], 167, [9], 21, [11], 17-114, 117-123, [7] p. ; 8⁰
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.

Includes index.

The last three leaves bear a table of contents and advertisements.