The essays or counsels, civil & moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St Alban. : With a table of the colours of good & evil. Whereunto is added The wisdom of the ancients· Enlarged by the honorable author himself; and now more exactly published.

Essays
De sapientia veterum. English.

London : Printed by T.N. for John Martyn, S. Mearne, and H. Herringman, and are to be sold in S. Pauls Churchyard, Little Britain, and New Exchange, MDCLXXIII. [1673]

[4], 254, [12], 31, [15], 131, [1] p. ; (8vo)

"Of the colours of good & evil" has separate divisional title and pagination. "The wisdom of the ancients. .. Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges Kt.", a translation of "De sapientia veterum", has separate pagination and title page with imprint "London, printed by T.N. 1673". Register is continuous throughout.

Includes index.

A reissue, with cancel title page and dedication, of the 1673 edition with "J. Martyn" in imprint.

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.), B287
Gibson, R.W. Bacon, 23b
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R15975

Great Britain -- England -- London.

B287

Provenance: bookplate of W. T. Smedley