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Record Nr.

UNISA996394681303316

Autore

Bacon Francis <1561-1626.>

Titolo

The essays, or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [[electronic resource] ] : With a table of the colours of good and evil. And a discourse of the wisdom of the ancients

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for A. Swalle, and T. Childe, at the Unicorn, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1696

Edizione

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

Descrizione fisica

[8], 167, [9], 21, [11], 17-114, 117-123, [7] p

Altri autori (Persone)

GorgesArthur, Sir,  <1557?-1625.>

Soggetti

Mythology, Classical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Of the colours of good and evil" has separate pagination, and divisional title on M5v. "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 lacking names in the imprint. Register is continuous throughout.

The page before third p. 17 is numbered 1.

Includes index.

The last three leaves bear a table of contents and advertisements.

One of five imprint variants of this edition.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018