title: The Essays of Sir Francis Bacon With an Introduction By Christopher Morley the Essayes Or Councels Civill & Morall of Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam Viscount Saint Alban
author: Sir Francis Bacon
description: This is a book originally sold by The Easton Press, 47 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06857 as part of its "100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition" collection which then evolved into "The Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. Many of the books carry a 1979 copyright but may have been printed in different years with different cover art. This is a leather-bound volume featuring 22kt gold accents, illustrations, moir fabric endsheets, gilded page ends, and a satin-ribbon page marker. Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed (1597) was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic. They cover topics drawn from both public and private life, and in each case the essays cover their topics systematically from a number of different angles, weighing one argument against another.
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  Title: Essays  
  The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld.  
  Verulam Viscount St. Albans  
    
  Author: Francis Bacon  
    
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  # THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS,  
  
  
  CIVIL AND MORAL,
  
  
  ### OF FRANCIS Ld. VERULAM VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS
  
  
    
  
  
  ## Francis Bacon
  
  
  #### TO  
  
  
    
  
  
  THE RIGHT HONORABLE  
  
  
    
  
  
  MY VERY GOOD LORD  
  
  
    
  
  
  THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM  
  
  
    
  
  
  HIS GRACE, LORD  
  
  
    
  
  
  HIGH ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND  
  
  
    
  
  
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