The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir. Francis Bacon, ... 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.
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- Imprint
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London: printed by E. Holt for Henry Herringman, and to be sold by Timothy Childe, 1701.
- Publication year
- 1701-1701
- ESTC No.
- T89391
- Grub Street ID
- 309293
- Description
- [8],167,[9],21,[11],17-114,[2]p. ; 8⁰
- 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