[PHILOSOPHY] BACON, Francis.
The Works of Francis Bacon,
The Works of Francis Bacon,
Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. In five volumes.
Stock Code 118533
London, Printed by A. Millar, in the Strand, [and William Bowyer], 1765.
This edition groups Bacon's works into five parts, dealing with his philosophical writings, moral and political works, the law, theology, and letters, and prefaced with the poet David Mallet's (d.1765) Life of Bacon, which was admired by Henry Fielding for its 'nervous manly style', and Gibbon who praised Mallet's 'vigorous sense' as a historian.
5 vols; 4to (29.5 x 24 cm); engraved frontispieces to vols I-IV (not called for in vol. V), engraved vignette titles printed in red and black, folding letterpress tables, woodcut head and tailpieces, text in English and Latin, old library ticket to front pastedowns, titles and endpapers a little toned, occasional light spotting; contemporary sprinkled calf, spines in 6 gilt-banded compartments, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, edges sprinkled red, a little rubbed with minor loss, very good; [12], xlii, [2],575, [1]; [6], 658; [12], 681, [75]; xx, [2], 529, [1]; vii, [1], 604pp.
ESTC T88309.
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