Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Dates
- Existence: 1561 - 1626
Biography
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), British philosopher and statesman
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Fowler & Wells Portrait Posters for Physiognomy Lectures
A set of nineteen posters with 112 bust portraits depicting identified men and women, primarily authors, artists, scientists, monarchs, and religious and political leaders from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a group of idealized heads illustrating characteristics identified by phrenologists.
Letter to the House of Lords, [18--?]
Copy of an ALS, in an unidentified hand, probably made in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.
Printed in The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon, ed. by Spedding, London, 1874, v. 7, p. 215-216.
On Gardens. His Essay, taken from the first complete collection which was published in 1625, the year before his death. Libanus Press, 1989., 1989
'This essay was printed for the Libanus Press Open Day, 29 April 1989. This is limited to about 450 copies. The title page decoration is by Richard Shirley Smith.' Two unnumbered pages (270 x 183 mm), sewn into a wrapper. This item was included as a 'surprise packet' in the Libanus Press, More Daylight Jobbery.
Tracts
Collection of approximately 50 tracts, almost entirely manuscript, concerning British politics and government. Many document relations between King Charles I and Parliament, including copies of speeches before Commons by Bagshaw, Grimston, Owens, and Pym and copies of petitions to the King by the Scottish Parliament and the Berkshire Grand Jury. Other topics include the royal succession, taxation, and court practices.