The essays or counsels, civil and 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 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 & evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the antients. Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published
- De sapientia veterum. English.
- Essays
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- Imprint
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London : printed by M[ary]. C[larke]. for Samuel Mearne, Stationer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1680.
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Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625, tr.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
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- 1680
- ESTC No.
- R234832
- Grub Street ID
- 106087
- Description
- [8], 222, [14], 28, [12], 111, [5] p. ; 8°.
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- Printer's name from Wing (CD-ROM edition)
"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. Register is continuous throughout
One of two imprint variants of this edition
Wing ghost B288B = Wing B288A.