New Atlantis, A Worke unfinished Written by the Right Honourable, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Added to Sylva sylvarium or a Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. Written by the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam. Viscount St. Alban. Published after the Authors death, By William Rawley Doctor of Diuinitie, late his Lordships Chaplaine

TitleNew Atlantis, A Worke unfinished Written by the Right Honourable, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Added to Sylva sylvarium or a Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. Written by the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam. Viscount St. Alban. Published after the Authors death, By William Rawley Doctor of Diuinitie, late his Lordships Chaplaine
Year for Search1627
Authors[Bacon], [Francis](1561-1626)
PaginationSeparately paged
Date Published1627
PublisherJ[ohn] H[aviland] for W. Lee
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Christian eutopia with the emphasis on a traditional paternal family system and science. Continuations include 1660 H., R.; 1936 Samuels-Bacon; and 1942 Samuel. John Heydon (b. 1629) is reported to have republished New Atlantis under his own name with minor changes and with the subtitle or The Voyage to the Land of the Rosicrucians (1660). No copy appears to exist.

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In Latin with variant text in a translation that may be by Bacon as Nova Atlantis Fragmentorum alterum. Per Franciscum Baconum, Baronem de Verulamio, Vice-Comitem S. Albani. Londoni: Typis Ioh. Haviland, 1638 in Francisci Baconi, Baronis De Vervlamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, Opervm Moralivm Et Civilivm Tomus: Qui continet: Historiam Regni Henrici Septimi, Regis Angliæ. Sermones Fideles, sive Interiora Rerum. Tractatum de Sapientiâ Veterum. Dialogum de Bello Sacro. Et Novam Atlantidem. Ab ipso Honoratissimo Auctore, præterquam in paucis, Latinate donatus. Ed. Guilielmi Rawley (Londin: Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini, 1638), 351-86. There are many reprints of the English original. Among the most important are in The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. Vol. 5 Philosophical Works. Coll. and ed. James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Robert Denon Heath (New York: Hurst and Houghton, 1864), 355-413 with a “Preface” by Spedding (347-57); New ed. Vol. 3 Philosophical Works (London: Longmans; Simpkin, Marshall; Hamilton; Whittaker; J. Bain; E.H. Hodgson; Richardson; Houston; Bickers; H. Sotheran; J. Cornish & Sons; J. Snow; A. Hall; and Virtue, 1887), 125-66, with “Preface” by Spedding (119-24); in his Advancement of Learning and New Atlantis. Ed. Arthur Johnston (Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1974), 213-47, with “Notes” 289-91; in [On Cover: Three Early Modern Utopias: Utopia New Atlantis The Isles of Pines]. [Title Page: Thomas More Utopia Francis Bacon New Atlantis Henry Neville The Isle of Pines]. Ed. Susan Bruce (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 149-86 with “Explanatory Notes” 231-39. Critical ed. in Francis Bacon. Ed. Brian Vickers (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1996), 457-89, with “Notes” (785-802). Rev. as Francis Bacon: The Major Works including “New Atlantis” and the “Essays”. Ed. Brian Vickers (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2002), 457-89, with “Notes” (785-802).

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Some copies are dated 1626, but 1627 is the generally agreed date of publication.

Continuations include 1660 H., R.; 1936 Samuels-Bacon; and 1942 Samuel. John Heydon (b. 1629) is report to have republished New Atlantis under his own name with minor changes and with the subtitle or The Voyage to the Land of the Rosicrucians (1660). No copy appears to exist.

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(1561-1626)

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1627 [Bacon, Francis] (1561-1626). New Atlantis, A Worke unfinished Written by the Right Honourable, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Added to Sylva sylvarium or a Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. Written by the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam. Viscount St. Alban. Published after the Authors death, By William Rawley Doctor of Diuinitie, late his Lordships Chaplaine. London: J[ohn] H[aviland] for W. Lee. Separately paged. Some copies are dated 1626, but 1627 is the generally agreed date of publication. In Latin with variant text in a translation that may be by Bacon as Nova Atlantis Fragmentorum alterum. Per Franciscum Baconum, Baronem de Verulamio, Vice-Comitem S. Albani. Londoni: Typis Ioh. Haviland, 1638 in Francisci Baconi, Baronis De Vervlamio, Vice-Comitis Sancti Albani, Opervm Moralivm Et Civilivm Tomus: Qui continet: Historiam Regni Henrici Septimi, Regis Angliæ. Sermones Fideles, sive Interiora Rerum. Tractatum de Sapientiâ Veterum. Dialogum de Bello Sacro. Et Novam Atlantidem. Ab ipso Honoratissimo Auctore, præterquam in paucis, Latinate donatus. Ed. Guilielmi Rawley (Londin: Excusum typis Edwardi Griffini, 1638), 351-86. There are many reprints of the English original. Among the most important are in The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. Vol. 5 Philosophical Works. Coll. and ed. James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Robert Denon Heath (New York: Hurst and Houghton, 1864), 355-413 with a “Preface” by Spedding (347-57); New ed. Vol. 3 Philosophical Works (London: Longmans; Simpkin, Marshall; Hamilton; Whittaker; J. Bain; E.H. Hodgson; Richardson; Houston; Bickers; H. Sotheran; J. Cornish & Sons; J. Snow; A. Hall; and Virtue, 1887), 125-66, with “Preface” by Spedding (119-24); in his Advancement of Learning and New Atlantis. Ed. Arthur Johnston (Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1974), 213-47, with “Notes” 289-91; in [On Cover: Three Early Modern Utopias: Utopia New Atlantis The Isles of Pines]. [Title Page: Thomas More Utopia Francis Bacon New Atlantis Henry Neville The Isle of Pines]. Ed. Susan Bruce (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 149-86 with “Explanatory Notes” 231-39. Critical ed. in Francis Bacon. Ed. Brian Vickers (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1996), 457-89, with “Notes” (785-802). Rev. as Francis Bacon: The Major Works including “New Atlantis” and the “Essays”. Ed. Brian Vickers (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2002), 457-89, with “Notes” (785-802). HRC, L, PSt, VUW

Christian eutopia with the emphasis on a traditional paternal family system and science. Continuations include 1660 H., R.; 1936 Samuels-Bacon; and 1942 Samuel. John Heydon (b. 1629) is reported to have republished New Atlantis under his own name with minor changes and with the subtitle or The Voyage to the Land of the Rosicrucians (1660). No copy appears to exist.