Francis Bacon

English philosopher and statesman, 1561-1626

Works

The Advancement of Learning (1605)
De Augmentis Scientiarum (De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum, 1623). Expanded Latin version of The Advancement of Learning.
Essays (1597). Expanded in 1612 and in 1625.
The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh (1622)
New Atlantis (1626). Posthumous, unfinished; published by William Rawley at the end of Sylva Sylvarum.
Novum Organum (1620). Second part of the Great Instauration, which was left unfinished.
Sylva Sylvarum (1626). Posthumous; a natural history in a thousand experiments; some copies are dated 1627.
The Wisdom of the Ancients (De sapientia veterum, 1609)