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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
printed for H. Herringman, R. Chiswell, T. Sawbridge, and R. Bentley,
1691.
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| Edition: | Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published. |
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. "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. One of four imprint variants. With a final contents leaf. Last leaf is blank. |
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| Physical Description: | [8], 222, [14], 28, [12], 108, 101-103, [5] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo) |