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The wisedome of the ancients, / written in Latine by the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bacon knight, Baron of Verulam and Lord Chancelour of England. ; Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges knight.

Accession number
PML 5820
Creator
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Published
London : Imprinted by Iohn Bill., 1619.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
P. 147, 163 are misnumbered 347, 157.
Second (?) ed. in English (STC 1131).
Translation of his De sapientia veterum.
Line 8 of title page begins: "Lord Chancelour"; a variant edition, issued in the same year, (STC 1130) has "Chancelor".
Table of contents: p. [11]-[12].
Description
[24], 175, [1] p. ; 14 cm
Provenance
From the Theodore Irwin collection.
Binding
Light brown morocco, gilt, by Rivière.
Classification
Department