Shelfmark
Gb.3.02
Author
Uniform title
[Works. Selections.]
Title
Resuscitatio or, bringing into publick light several pieces of the works, civil, historical, philosophical, and theological, hitherto sleeping of the Right Honourable Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. In two parts.
Varying form of title
Bringing into publick light several pieces of the works, civil, historical, philosophical, and theological, hitherto sleeping of the Right Honourable Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban.
Edition
The third edition, according to the best corrected copies, together with his Lordships life. By William Rawley, doctor in divinity, his lordships first and last Chaplain in Ordinary.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by S.G. and B.G. for William Lee, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Turks head in Fleetstreet over against Fetter Lane, Anno Domini 1671.
Physical description
2 v. : ill., port. ; 30 cm. (Fo.)
Note
"The second part of the Resuscitatio" has separate title page, dated 1670, pagination and register.
Note
Includes: ’A preparatory to the history natural & experimental. ... By a well-wisher to his Lordships writings’ with a separate title page (⁴A1r) bearing the imprint: London, printed by Sarah Griffing and Ben. Griffing, for William Lee at the Turks-head in Fleet-street, over against Fetter-Lane, 1670 and with separate pagination (Wing B317).
Note
Includes: 'Certain miscellany works of the Right Honourable, Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban' (Wing B275) with a separate title page bearing the imprint: 'London, printed by T.J. for H.R. and are to be sold by Wil. Lee, At the Turks-Head in Fleet-street. M. DC. LXX. [1670]' and with separate pagination and register.
Note
Includes: 'The natural and experimental history of winds, &c' (Wing B306) with a separate title page bearing the imprint: London, printed for Anne Moseley, and Tho. Bassett at the George on Fleet-street, 1671 and with separate pagination and register.
Note
Includes: 'A brief discourse touching the office of Lord Chancellor of England. Written by the learned John Selden ...' (Wing S2420) with a separate title page bearing the imprint: London, printed for William Lee at the Turks head in Fleetstreet, over against Fetter-lane end, 1671 and with separate pagination and register.
Note
The edition of 'A brief discourse touching the office of Lord Chancellor of England' varies from copy to copy, containing the 1671 ed. (Wing S2420) or the 1672 ed. (Wing S2421).
Note
'The life of the Right Honorable Francis Bacon ... By William Rawley D.D.', 'A collection of apophthegms new and old', 'Several letters written by this honourable author, to Queen Elizabeth, King James, and divers lords, and others', 'The apology of St. Francis Bacon Kt.' (Wing B268), 'The translation of certain Psalms, into English verse' and 'A charge given by the most eminent an learned St. Francis Bacon, Kt.' each have separate dated title pages, with various imprints and dates and some have separate pagination and registers; for complete bibliographical information, see Gibson, R.W. Francis Bacon a bibliography of his works and od Baconia to the year 1750, no. 229.
Note
Engraved frontispiece portrait of Francis Bacon.
Note
With a blank slip pasted over errata note at foot of ¹C2r, when sigs. ⁵C3,4 were cancelled; in some copies the blank slip is not present or has been removed.
Note
Signatures: [unsigned]² B2 [Unsigned]1 A2 [unsigned]1, A-B⁴ C²; ²B-2K⁴ 2L⁴(-2L4); ³A-N⁴; [superscript chi]A⁴ [B]1, ⁴A-D⁴; ⁵A-B⁴ C⁴(-C3,4) D-H² I1 K-M⁴ N1; ⁶A-C⁴ D² F-N² O1; ⁷a⁴ b1 A-L⁴ M² N⁴; ⁸A-G² H1.
Note
The order of the preliminaries given in the collation is according to Gibson; the order varies from copy to copy.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R37049
Citation/references note
Gibson, 229
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), B321 (Part 1)
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), B322 (Part 2)
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731, and contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College, both on front pastedown.
Binding
17th century dark brown mottled calf; blind tooled double fillet border; gold tooled zigzag and leaf tool on board edges; rebacked in late 20th or early 21st century in mottled calf with red morocco spine label; red and blue marbled edges; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Dl.3.4; Dk.2.11; Db.3.9.
Subject
Philosophers England Biography Early works to 1800.
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Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
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A brief discourse touching the office of lord chancellor of England.
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The life of the Right Honorable Francis Bacon.
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The second part of the resusicitatio of a collection of several pieces of the works of the right honourable Francis Bacon.
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England London.
Identifier
B46949