Accession number
PML 37300
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London : Printed by M. Clark for Samuel Mearne ... John Martyn ... and Henry Herringman ..., 1680.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
"The wisdom of the ancients", translated by Sir Arthur Gorges, has separate paging and special t.p. with title vignette.
This edition contains in addition to the 58 essays, Bacon's "A fragment of an essay of fame," "A civil character of Julius Caesar," and "A civil character of Augustus."
Index follows p. 222.
This edition contains in addition to the 58 essays, Bacon's "A fragment of an essay of fame," "A civil character of Julius Caesar," and "A civil character of Augustus."
Index follows p. 222.
Description
[8], 222, [14], 28, [12], 111 p.
Provenance
With ex libris of G. Walter Steeves (sale 25 May 1916, no. 24); from the collection of Roland L. Redmond.
Binding
Original calf.
Classification
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