The  essays or councils, civil and moral, of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban
Subtitle: with A table of the colours of good and evil ; and A discourse on the wisdom of the ancients.
Contributors: Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625.; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed and sold by J. Newton ...
Published: 1696
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: English essays -- Early modern, 1500-1700
Other titles: 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 on the wisdom of the ancients; Table of the colours of good and evil.; Discourse on the wisdom of the ancients.; Character of Queen Elizabeth.
Notes: Wing (2nd ed.) 295
"To this edition is added the Character of Queen Elizabeth, never before printed in English."
"The wisdom of the ancients," translated by Sir Arthur Gorges, has a special t.p.
Signatures: A⁴ B-T⁸ U² X⁸ Y⁴ Z².
Advertisements on p. [1] following p. 98, and p. [3-5] at end.
LC copy imperfect: wormed, with slight loss of text.