The essays or counsels, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. With a table of the colours of good and 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 and evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the antients. Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published.
- Of the colours of good & evil Wisdom of the ancients
- De sapientia veterum. English.
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London: sold by James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1691.
- Publication year
- 1691-1691
- ESTC No.
- R1368
- Grub Street ID
- 61759
- Description
- [8], 222, [14], 28, [12], 108, 101-103, [5] p. ; 8⁰
- 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, Knight", a translation of "De sapientia veterum", has separate pagination and title page with no names in the imprint. Registe is continuous throughout.
Includes index.
With a final contents leaf; the last leaf is blank.
One of four imprint variants of this edition.