The essays or counsels, civil and 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 antients. Enlarged by the honourable author himself; and now more exactly published.
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626)
Category
Books
Date
1680
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092842
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 222, [14], 28, [12], 111, [3] p. . 8vo.. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751). Old shelfmark?: D:e.. Binding: Seventeenth century mottled calf binding.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626) Sir Arthur Gorges (1557-1625)