The Works of Francis Bacon ... A New Edition: by Basil Montagu, Esq. [With a Portrait From a Miniature by Nicholas Hilliard.] L.P.
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The Works of Francis Bacon ... A New Edition: by Basil Montagu, Esq. [With a Portrait From a Miniature by Nicholas Hilliard.] L.P. Details
Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored."Ê Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.There are now 65,000Ê titles availableÊ (that's an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such asÊ Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon.Further information on The British Library and its digitisation programme can be found on The British Library website.
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The book contains some truly interesting material. However, the title and information on Amazon lead us to believe that this is "The Works of Francis Bacon". In fact, it is Volume XI, and what it contains are avowedly the "Minor Latin Works". So, unless you know Latin (there is no translation), you need not even trouble thinking about it. If you do, here is a table of contents for your information:Descriptio Globi IntellectualisThema CoeliDe fluxu et Refluctu MarisParmenidis, Telesii et Democriti PhilosophiaPartis Instaurationis secunda delineatio et argumentumPhenomena UniversiAbecedarium NaturaeA Catalogue of bodies attractive &c... (partly English, mostly Latin)Historia soni et auditusInquisitio de MagneteDe Versionibus &c CorporumDe sapientia veterumMeditationes SacraeIn felicem memoriae ElizabethaeImago Civilis Julii Caesaris Augusti CaesarisPrinc. Walliae (Birch.)ParascevaeRedargutioTemporis partis MasculusEpistolaeOrnamenta RationaliaeAs for the contents, I have not yet read much of it. I just wanted to post the warning asap.