Essays or counsels civil and moral with other writings
1930, Edition Unstated. London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #402602
Date is suggested. Physical description: IX, 758 p. ; 17 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-216). Contents: Of truth -- Of death -- Of unity in religion -- Of revenge -- Of adversity -- Of simulation and dissimulation -- Of parents and children -- Of marriage and single life -- Of envy -- Of love -- Of great place -- Of boldness -- Of goodness and goodness of nature -- Of nobility -- Of seditions and troubles -- Of atheism -- Of superstition -- Of travel -- Of empire -- Of counsel -- Of delays -- Of cunning -- Of wisdom for a man's self -- Of innovations -- Of dispatch -- Of seeming wise -- Of friendship -- Of expense -- Of the true greatness of kingdoms and estates -- Of regiment of health -- Of suspicion -- Of discourse -- Of plantations -- Of riches -- Of prophecies -- Of ambition -- Of masques and triumphs -- Of nature in men -- Of custom and education -- Of fortune -- Of usury -- Of youth and age -- Of beauty -- Of deformity -- Of building -- Of gardens -- Of negotiating -- Of followers and friends -- Of suitors -- Of studies -- Of faction -- Of ceremonies and respects -- Of praise -- Of vain-glory -- Of honour and reputation -- Of judicature -- Of anger -- Of vicissitude of things -- A fragment of an essay on fame. Subjects: Bacon, Francis 1561-1626 Philosophy; English essays Early modern, 1500-1700; Conduct of life ; Early works to 1800.
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