Francisci Baconi Baronis de Verulamio ... Opera omnia quatuor voluminibus comprehensa
Subtitle: hactenus edita, ad autographorum maxime fidem emendantur, nonnulla etiam, ex mss. codicibus deprompta, nunc primum prodeunt ...
Contributors: Blackbourne, John, 1683-1741.; George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Impensis R. Gosling ...
Published: 1730
Place of publication: Londini
Language: eng
Other titles: Opera omnia quatuor voluminibus comprehensa.; Works of the Lord Bacon in four volumes.; Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam.
Notes: Gibson, R.  Bacon, 248
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Half title: The works of the Lord Bacon in four volumes.
Title pages of v. 3-4 read: The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam ...
Edited by John Blackbourne.
Vol. 1: [11], 4-224, [8], 394, [38] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 568, [28] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [6], 586, [46] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: [2], 707, [27] p., [1] leaf of plates.
Publisher's advertisement: p. [27] at the end of v. 4.
LC copy is item no. 28 of the Fabyan Collection.
Source: Bequest of George Fabyan, 1940.
Table of contents: title: (from title pages) vol. I. In quo continentur I. Dr. Rawley's life of the author. II. Collections relating to our author's life. III. An account of this present edition. IV. Instauratio magna, pars I, sive De augmentis scientiarum. V. Pars II, sive, Novum organum; title: vol. II. In quo continetur Instaurationis magnae pars tertia ...; title: vol. III. Containing, I. His Natural history. II. Physiological and medical remains. III. The new Atlantis. IV. His Apothegms. V. Essays. VI. Colours of good and evil. VII. History of the reign of Henry VII. VIII. History of Henry VIII. IX. Beginning of the history of Great Britain. X. Of a war with Spain. XI. Of an holy war. XII. The history of the office of alienations. XIII. Advice to the Duke of Buckingham, Sir George Villiers; title: vol. IV. Containing, I. Proposition for compiling and amendment of our laws. II. Offer of a digest of the laws. III. Elements, or, Maxims and use of the common law. IV. Cases of treason. V. Four arguments in law ... VI. Draught of an act. VII. Ordinances in chancery. VIII. Reading on the statute of uses. IX. Resuscitatio ... X. Charges. XI. Speeches. XII. Observations on a libel, &c. XIII. Report of Lopez's treason. XIV. His Apology concerning the Earl of Essex. XV. Of the plantations in Ireland. XVI. Advice about Sutton's estate. XVII. Theological works. XVIII. Remains in quarto. XIX. Letters in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. XX. Treasons of Robert Earl of Essex. XXI. Letters in the reign of King James. XII. Letters concerning the sollicitorship.