<P> 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 . A much - enlarged second edition appeared in 1612 with 38 essays . Another , under the title Essayes or Counsels , Civill and Morall , was published in 1625 with 58 essays . Translations into French and Italian appeared during Bacon 's lifetime . </P>
<P> 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 . A much - enlarged second edition appeared in 1612 with 38 essays . Another , under the title Essayes or Counsels , Civill and Morall , was published in 1625 with 58 essays . Translations into French and Italian appeared during Bacon 's lifetime . </P>
when was the first edition of bacon 's essays published
when was the first edition of bacon 's essays published
1597
1597