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Lord Bacon's Essays, or counsels moral and civil / translated from the Latin by W. Willymott..

Accession number
PML 37220
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London : Printed and sold by Henry Parson, J. Brotherton, and W. Meadows, etc., 1720.
Credit line
Gift of Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
Vol. 2 has title: Lord Bacon's essays continued in twenty seven chapters, translated from His Lordship's treatise, De Augmentis scientiarum ... With the life of the author [by Dr. William Rawley].
"There is so much difference in the type and paper of the two volumes as to make it uncertain whether they are of the same edition."--cf. British Museum catalogue.
First ed.-second issue (?) of the year 1720 - large paper.
Description
2 v. ; 23 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Roland L. Redmond.
Binding
Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt. English.
Classification
Department