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Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Line engraving after Blyenberch.

Francis Bacon and William Brouncker flanking a bust of King Charles II set on a pedestal, surrounded by symbols of scientific learning representing the Royal Society. Etching by W. Hollar, 1667, after J. Evelyn.

Phrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics. Lithograph by G. E. Madeley, authored by C. Donovan, c. 1850.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Reproduction of wood engraving after Houbraken.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Line engraving by G. Cooke after W. Alexander, 1815.

An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.

The arts of Minerva reduce the power of Time to end life, but death from old age or from plague still exists. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Stipple engraving by W. Haines, 1812, after H. Holbein.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Line engraving by G. Cooke after G. Shepherd, 1806.

Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans. Line engraving by A. Bannerman, 1784.

The Shakespeare symphony : an introduction to the ethics of the Elizabethan drama / by Harold Bayley.

Regimens of the mind : Boyle, Locke, and the early modern cultura animi tradition / Sorana Corneanu.

The winding stair : Francis Bacon, his rise and fall / by Daphne Du Maurier.

The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and lord high chancellor of England / To which is prefixed a new life of the author, by Mr. Mallet.

Francisci Baconi de Verulamio Scripta in natvrali et vniversali philosophia / Edited by Isaacus Gruterus.

The essayes or covnsels, civill and morall / of Francis Lo. Vervlam, Viscovnt St. Alban.

Francisci Baronis de Vervlamio ... Historia vitae et mortis / Cum annotatioinb. [sic] Barthol. Moseri. Nouiter in lucem data omnibus longioris vitæ cupidis, et secretioris philosophiæ ac medicinæ studiosis perutilis, litteratis deniq[ue] universis lectu iucunda.

Historia regni Henrici Septimi, Angliae Regis. Opus vere politicum / [Francis Bacon].

The art of living long : a new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian, Louis Cornaro, with essays / by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple.

The two bookes of Sr Francis Bacon, of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and humane.

Franc. Baconis ... Novum organum scientiarum. Lvgd / [Francis Bacon].

Francis Bacon : terminologia e fortuna nel XVII secolo seminario internazionale, Roma, 11-13 marzo 1984 / a cura di Marta Fattori.

The new organon / Francis Bacon ; edited by Lisa Jardine, Michael Silverthorne.

The physical and metaphysical works of Lord Bacon : including the Advancement of learning and Novum organum / edited by Joseph Devey.

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Franc. Baconis ... Novum organum scientiarum. Lvgd / [Francis Bacon].

The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and lord high chancellor of England / To which is prefixed a new life of the author, by Mr. Mallet.

Francis Bacon : terminologia e fortuna nel XVII secolo seminario internazionale, Roma, 11-13 marzo 1984 / a cura di Marta Fattori.

The new organon / Francis Bacon ; edited by Lisa Jardine, Michael Silverthorne.

The physical and metaphysical works of Lord Bacon : including the Advancement of learning and Novum organum / edited by Joseph Devey.