Bacon made no contributions to science itself, but his insistence on making science experimental and factual, rather than speculative and philosophical, had powerful consequences...As a philosopher Bacon's influence on Locke and through him on subsequent English schools of psychology and ethics was profound. Leibniz, Huygens, and particularly Robert Boyle were deeply indebted to him, as were the 'Encyclopedists' and Voltaire, who called him 'le pere de la philosophie experimentale'. [PMM.] ESTC: R19954. Printing and the Mind of Man 119.

Quarto, [32], 38, [14], 322, [22] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Newly rebound in quarter leather with cloth boards. Spine paneled with red label and gilt lettering. Previous front two free endpapers preserved with archival support to the gutter. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Bacon through leaf C2 and leaf Vv2-end have Japanese tissue to gutter. Light waving to pages. Ink name and small amount of writing to title page. Includes index. With blank last leaf. RS consignment. Shelved in Case 3.