Planned Vols

The Oxford Francis Bacon aims to produce a new 20-volume critical edition of the works of Francis Bacon (1561-1626), in the original spelling, edited from the authoritative witnesses after a meticulous analysis of surviving manuscripts, whether authorial or scribal, and the collation of a substantial number of copies of printed books, to identify stop-press corrections. The introductions and commentaries will provide a rich contextualization of Bacon’s wide-ranging works, opening up many new avenues of research. The edition will provide brand-new facing page-translations for the edited texts of the Latin works; and re-integrate Bacon’s work within the study of early modern philosophy, science, historiography, legal thought, and literature.

Planned Volumes

The following volumes are in preparation:

Vol. II: Late Elizabethan Writings, 1596–1602, ed. Alan Stewart.

Vol. III: Earlier Jacobean Writings, 1603–1608, ed. R. W. Serjeantson and Angus Vine.

Vol. V: Early Philosophical Writings to c.1611, ed. Rhodri Lewis, R. W. Serjeantson, Sophie Weeks and Daniel Andersson.

Vol. VII: Writings as Solicitor General, 1608-1612, ed. Angus Vine and R. W. Serjeantson.

Vols. IX and X: The Instauratio magna, Part I: De augmentis scientiarum, ed. †Graham Rees, with Maria Wakely, and the editorial board.

Vol. XIV: Writings as Attorney General, 1612-1616, ed. Ian Williams et al.

Vol. XVI: Writings as Lord Keeper and Lord Chancellor, 1616-1621, ed. David Foster, Ian Williams, et al.

Vol. XVII: Late Writings, 1620-1626, ed. Samuel Garrett Zeitlin, Alan Stewart, and Ian Williams.

Vol. XVIII: Sylva Sylvarum, ed. Dana Jalobeanu.

Vol. XX:  Miscellanea (Latin translations, miscellaneous and attributed works: index).