The Works Of ( Sir Francis Bacon) 16 Vol., Engraved Plates

William Pickering,. Fine with no dust jacket. 1825. Gilt leather. engravings; 1825-1834 16 volumes 5.5" x 8.5" , shelf length 20". Full bound in orately gilded calf leather. Firmly bound with contents unmarked, A couple of very nearly invisible scuffs, otherwise Fine condition. Full polished calf, raised bands, gilt lettering at small ornaments in spine compartments, marbled edges and endpapers, texts include several engraved plates, facsimile and folded chart. Minor spine label chip to Vol I, full length portrait frontis. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. The father of empiricism. Provenance- D T Pendleton dealer. NOTE: these are all The New Edition 1825 to 1834 publ by Pickering. It is a full complete set. Volumes viii to xi [4 volumes[, are primarily in Latin though Vol ix has an English preface of several pages in addition to the Latin text. The 8 volume balance are in English with an occasional Latin language passage or quotation, I think some of the Latin may have been lifted from the 1638 edition and mixed in with the English works. So, to summarize, 4 volumes are in Latin and 8 volumes are in English. They are all a part of the same set published sequentially by Pickering. ***9**1828**Latin w/ Eng preface**Pickering***10**1828**Latin**Pickering***8**1827**Latin**Pickering ***11**1829**Latin**Pickering***12**1830**English**Pickering***3**1823**Eng lish**Pickering***4**1826**English**Pickering***5**1826**English**Pickering ***1**1825**English**Pickering***13**1831**English**Pickering***14**1831**E nglish**Pickering***15**1834**English**Pickering***7**1827**English**Picker ing***16**1834**English**Pickering***2**1825**English**Pickering .