Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was a genuine midwife of modernity. He was one of the first thinkers to visualize a future that would be guided by a cooperative science-based vision of bettering human welfare. In this the first critical edition of his greatest philosophical work since the nineteenth-century, we find facing-page Latin translations and a thorough and detailed Introduction to the text.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was a genuine midwife of modernity. He was one of the first thinkers to visualize a future that would be guided by a coopera...
Based on hitherto unexplored and unpublished legal and business records, this study presents a full account of London printing firms in the reign of James I. In particular it examines the businesses of men associated with that crucial instrument of cultural production - the King's Printing House.
Based on hitherto unexplored and unpublished legal and business records, this study presents a full account of London printing firms in the reign of J...
