2002 Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase

Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text engravings. A collection of essays from Francis Bacon, an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Titles include: of Truth, of Death, of Revenge, of Envy, of Boldness, and more. Edited with an introduction by Brian Vickers, a British academic known for his work on the history of rhetoric, Shakespeare, John Ford, and Francis Bacon. Preface by Lord Quinton, a British political and moral philosopher, metaphysician, and materialist philosopher of mind. Illustrated by Harry Brockway, a British visual artist.