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. To this edition is added the character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English

People / Organizations

• Francis Bacon (Author)

Imprint

London : printed by E. Holt for Henry Herringman, and to be sold by Timothy Childe, at the White Hart in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1701.

Publication year

1701

ESTC No.

T89391

Grub Street ID

309293

Description

[8],167,[9],21,[11],17-114,[2]p. ; 8°.

Note

The 'Table of the colours' has separate pagination; 'The wisdom of the ancients,' which is translated by Sir Arthur Gorges, has separate pagination and titlepage; register is continuous

With a final contents leaf

One of six imprint variants of this edition.

Uncontrolled note

The final leaf containing the table of contents was printed as U2, where it properly belongs