Shelfmark
Em.2.16
Author
Uniform title
[Essays. Selections]
Title
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..
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Of the colours of good and evil
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Wisdom of the ancients
Edition
To this edition is added the character of Queen Elizabeth; never before printed in English..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for H. Herringman, R. Scot, R. Chiswell, A. Swalle, and R. Bentley,, 1696..
Physical description
[8], 167, [9], 21, [11], 17-123, [7] p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Note
"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.
Note
The page before third p. 17 is numbered 1.
Note
One of five imprint variants of this edition.
Note
Another issue with this imprint has a cancel title page with imprint word "Swall" in place of "Swalle".
Citation/references note
ESTC, R15973
Citation/references note
Wing (2nd ed.), B296
Binding
?Early-twentieth century light brown leather. On both covers, a blind-tooled frame comprising of a ringlet roll, with foliate stamps at outer corners; outer border of blind triple fillets; narrow squares, board edges and turn-ins tooled with a hatcheting-effect roll. Spine with transverse impressions of a larger ringlet roll, blind fillets, and gilt titling ("Bacon's essays" / "London 1696."). Textblok trimmed and gilt. Endpapers comprising marbled paper (pastedown and flyleaf) and 19th/20th century laid paper (flyleaf).
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wanting the last three leaves of table of contents and advertisements; one leaf of the table (signature Z) misbound after X8.
Copy-specific note
According to ESTC, "Leaf U is printed as Z4", but this does not occur in the ECL copy.
Subject
Elizabeth, 1533 - 1603 I, Queen of England,
Subject
Mythology, classical Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Bacon, Francis, 1561 - 1626 Of the colours of good and evil.
Added entry--name
Bacon, Francis, 1561 - 1626 Character of Queen Elizabeth.
Added entry--name
Bacon, Francis, 1561 - 1626 De sapientia veterum. English.
Added entry--name
Herringman, Henry, ? - 1704 printer.
Added entry--name
Scot, Rob. (Robert), ? - -1710? printer.
Added entry--name
Chiswell, Richard printer.
Added entry--name
Swall, Abel printer.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner, donor.
Added entry--place
England London
Identifier
B50921