Item #2330777 Francis Bacon: The Temper of a Man. Catherine Drinker Bowen.

Francis Bacon: The Temper of a Man

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1963. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine / Good. Item #2330777

Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed, light stain and chip on jacket spine.

245 pp. Francis Bacon, in full Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban, also called (1603–18) Sir Francis Bacon, (born January 22, 1561, York House, London, England—died April 9, 1626, London), lord chancellor of England (1618–21). A lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue, he is remembered in literary terms for the sharp worldly wisdom of a few dozen essays; by students of constitutional history for his power as a speaker in Parliament and in famous trials and as James I's lord chancellor; and intellectually as a man who claimed all knowledge as his province and, after a magisterial survey, urgently advocated new ways by which man might establish a legitimate command over nature for the relief of his estate. - Britannica

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