The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England : in five volumes.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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London :
Printed for J. Rivington and Sons ... [and 10 others],
MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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| Item Description: | Pagination: Volume 1: [12], xlii, [2], 42, [4], 43-575, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; volume 2: [6], 658 pages, [1] leaf of plates ; volume. 3: [8], vi, 7-681, [79] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; volume 4: [2], xx, 54, [4], 55-529, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates ; volume 5: vii, [1], 604 pages. Contains "Advertisement to the edition printed in 1765." Reissue of the 1765 edition printed for A. Millar, originally corrected and revised by Robert Stephens and John Locker and published after their deaths by Thomas Birch. Corrected throughout by John Gambold, the Latin volumes revised by William Bowyer. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat., photolithographic ed. to 1955. v. 8, col. 780. Title in black and red; vignette. Frontispiece, volume 1, signed: Geo. Vertue sculpsit 1728. L. Davis does not appear in the imprint to volume 5. "The life of Francis Bacon, Lord High Chancellor of England", by David Mallet: volume 1, pages [i]-xlii. "Nobilissimi auctoris vita" [signed Gul. Rawley] volume 4, pages xi-xviii. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 5 volumes : illustrations, portraits (engravings) ; 30 cm (quarto) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |