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Resuscitatio, 1671 reissue with Caesar characters and apothegms

Francis Bacon · 1671

A 1671 folio reissue of Resuscitatio, a collection of Francis Bacon's writings, which added character sketches of Julius Caesar and Augustus and a collection of apothegms.

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Front cover of a worn, dark reddish-brown leather book binding with blind-tooled rule borders near the edges and faded darker stains across the surface. No title is visible on the cover.
Francis Bacon, Resuscitatio, London, 1671 reissue (folio). Commons record.

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What it is

This is a folio volume, the 1671 reissue of the Resuscitatio collection of Francis Bacon's writings. The catalogue record says it reissues the 1657 edition and adds the civil characters of Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar and a collection of apothegms. It was printed in London. The image shows only the worn, dark reddish-brown leather cover, and no title is visible on it.

Why it matters

Bacon died in 1626, so this book gathers his writings after his death and keeps them in circulation. Its mix of essays on Roman rulers and short sayings shows the wide range of his interests in history, politics and wit. Readers in later decades used such collections to study his thinking.

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  • What does the worn leather cover suggest about how often this book was read and handled?
  • Why might a later publisher add writings on Julius Caesar and Augustus to a collection of Bacon's work?
  • What does a cover without a visible title leave out, and how would you find out what the book contains?

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