This book is a comprehensive collection of the works of Francis Bacon, the influential 17th-century English philosopher, statesman and scientist. Edited and annotated by a team of eminent scholars, including James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis and Douglas Denon Heath, these volumes include such seminal works as The Advancement of Learning, Novum Organum and The New Atlantis, as well as numerous letters, speeches and legal documents. Through their...