"THEY SERVE, TO BE INTERLACED, IN CONTINUED SPEECH. THEY SERVE, TO BE RECITED, UPON OCCASION OF THEMSELVES. THEY SERVE, IF YOU TAKE OUT THE KERNELL OF THEM, AND MAKE THEM YOUR OWNE.": BACON'S APOPHTHEGMES, NEW AND OLD, 1626, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND
BACON, Francis. Apophthegmes New and Old. London: Printed for Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, 1626. 12mo, 20th-century full tan calf, raised bands, red morocco spine label.
Second edition, published just one year after the first, of this collection of striking quotations, attractively bound in full calf.
This work is a carefully curated selection of sayings by respected figures including historical rulers, thinkers, and authors. Bacon located wisdom in personalities ranging from Cicero to Anne Boleyn, with the idea that the reader could incorporate the actual sayings into their daily speech or paraphrase them as preferred. Without front blank. The first edition was published in 1625. STC 1116. Gibson 158. Ex-libris Harvard College, with expected stamps on copyright page.
Only faintest foxing to preliminary and concluding pages, a bit of dampstaining to spine. An extremely good copy.