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The Essays : 1625
by Bacon, Francis
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1971. Softcover. Some rubbing to covers. Rubbing, fading and creasing to spine. Ex-libris book plate of Hardwicke Knight, "Hardwicke Albion Press". Marginalia on rear endpapers.; [4], [10], 340 pages. Printed buff card covers. Page dimensions: 222 x 139mm. A facsimile of the edition of 1625. "The first edition appeared in 1597, with only ten short essays; these were revised in 1612, when another twenty-eight were added, together with twelve 'Mediationes Sacrae'. For the edition of 1625 Bacon again revised his work, and made further additions. He died in the following year." - from the introductory Note. Facsimile title page title "The Essayes or Counsils, Civill and Morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Newly enlarged. London, Printed by John Haviland for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whitaker, and are to be sold at the singe of the Kings head in Pauls Church-yard. 1625." .
Synopsis
Francis Bacon , philosopher, essayist, lawyer and statesman, was born in London in 1561. He studied at Cambridge and was enrolled at Gray’s Inn in 1576. In 1584 he entered Parliament as the member for Melcombe Regis, subsequently representing other constituencies. Bacon made the acquaintance of the Earl of Essex, who endeavored to advance him in his career. Nevertheless, having been appointed to investigate the causes of Essex’s revolt in 1601, Bacon was largely responsible for the earl’s conviction. Bacon was appointed Solicitor-General in 1607 and was successively Attorney-General (1613), Lord Keeper (1617) and Lord Chancellor (1618). He was created Baron Verulam in 1618 and Viscount St. Albans in 1621. Later in that year he was charged with bribery and confessed that he had been guilty of ‘corruption and neglect’ but denied that he had ever perverted justice. He was deprived of the Great Seal, fined, imprisoned in the Tower and disabled from sitting in Parliament. Following his release, he retired to the family home at Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, and his remaining years were spent in literary and philosophical work. It was Bacon’s ambition to create a new system of philosophy to replace that of Aristotle, and he has been justly acclaimed as an inspiration to later scientists, rationalists and materialists. Of his philosophical works, the principal and best known are The Advancement of Learning , Novum Organum and De Augmentis . He also wrote several professional works including Maxims of the Law and Reading on the Statue of Uses . Of his literary writings the most important are the Essays (1597; issued in final form in 1625), De Sapientia Veterum , Apophthegms New and Old and a History of Henry VII . Francis Bacon died in 1626
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25295
- Title
- The Essays : 1625
- Author
- Bacon, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Scolar Press
- Place of Publication
- Menston, Yorkshire
- Date Published
- 1971
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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