Table of Contents

List of Plates
List of Tables
References, Abbreviations, Sigla, and Symbols
Introduction
This Edition: Principles, Conventions, and a Note on the Translations
TEXTS:
Historia densi & rari
Historia densi & rari (Rawley's version)
Abecedarium nouum naturae
Historia & inquisitio de animato & inanimato
Inquisitio de magnete
Topica inquisitionis de luce et lumine
Prodromi sive anticipationes philosophiae secundae
COMMENTARIES
APPENDICES:
I. The Opuscula varia posthuma and Scripta: Bibliographical Description and Technical Notes
II. Signature and Folio References in this Edition with Corresponding Page Numbers in SEH
Select Bibliography
General Index

Reviews

Essential reading for those trying to understand Bacon's philosophy ... There can be little doubt that Graham Rees's accurate and accessible editions of Bacon's writings will speak volumes to many succeeding generations of historians of early modern science and philosophy, and provide the securest possible foundation for any new historiographies of Bacon. The British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS) Graham Rees's accurate and accessible editions of Bacon's writings will speak volumes to many succeeding generations of historians of early modern science and philosophy, and provide the securest possible foundation for any new historiographies of Bacon. The British Journal of the History of Science Essential reading for those trying to understand Bacon's philosophy. The British Journal of the History of Science In his introduction to and treatment of the manuscripts and published works on which his texts are based, Rees is a clear and an engaging editor. Sixteenth Century Journal, XXXII/3