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

Essays
De sapientia veterum. English.

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

London : Printed for H. Herringman, R. Scot, R. Chiswell, A. Swalle, and R. Bentley, 1696.

[8], 167, [9], 21, [11], 17-114, 117-123, [7] p. ; (8vo)

"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.

Leaf U is printed as Z4.

Includes index.

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

One of five distinct imprint variants of this edition.

Another issue with this imprint has a cancel title page with imprint word "Swall" in place of "Swalle".

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), B296
Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 27c
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R15973

Great Britain -- England -- London.

B296

-Final leaf of adv.; sig. Y misbound at end. Provenance: signature of P. F. Simcoe; bookplate of W. T. Smedley