This page offers a list of short titles used in published and unpublished volumes of the Oxford Francis Bacon. Works which are yet to be published are given abbreviations in red. Works which are yet to be assigned to a volume are marked with an asterisk. Note that this list does not yet set out to provide a complete canon of Bacon’s writings.
| AC | Aphorismi et consilia (c.1607?) | OFB V |
| ACC | Act of Council on Commendams (n.d.) | OFB VII |
| ACE | Advertisement touching the controversies of the Church of England (1589) | OFB I |
| ACI | Apology in certain imputations concerning the late Earl of Essex (late 1603) | OFB III |
| ACRE | Account of the committees for repair of the King’s estate (Aug. 1612) | OFB VII |
| ACT | Accounts (1618) | OFB XVI |
| ACWM | Act in Council concerning Whitelocke and Mansel (12 June 1613) | OFB VII |
| AdE1 | First letter of advice to the Earl of Essex (1596) | OFB I |
| AdE2 | Second letter of advice to the Earl of Essex (1597) | OFB II |
| AdE3 | Third letter of advice to the Earl of Essex (1598) | OFB II |
| AdE4 | Fourth letter of advice to the Earl of Essex (1599) | OFB II |
| AdFG | Letter of advice to Fulke Greville (c.1589) | OFB I |
| AdK | Advice to the King touching Sutton’s estate (1611) | OFB VII |
| AdKS | Advice to the King touching Sutton’s estate (c. Jan. 1612) | OFB VII |
| AdQ | Letter of advice to the Queen (1584-5) | OFB I |
| AdR1 | First letter of advice to the Earl of Rutland (1595) | OFB I |
| AdR2 | Second letter of advice to the Earl of Rutland (1595) | OFB I |
| AdR3 | Third letter of advice to the Earl of Rutland (1595) | OFB I |
| AFU | An act for the better grounding of a further union (1604) | OFB III |
| AHW | Advertisement touching an holy war (1622) | OFB VIII |
| AJ | Aphorismi de jure gentium maiore (before 1618?) | OFB XIV |
| AL | Advancement of Learning (1605) | OFB IV |
| ANN | Abecedarium novum naturæ (1622) | OFB XIII |
| AntR | Antitheta rerum in DAS (1623) | OFB IX |
| AOA | About the oath of allegiance (12 Oct. 1613) | OFB VII |
| APC | Advertisement touching private censure (c. 1598) | OFB I |
| Apo | Apophthegms (1625) | OFB VIII |
| AQI | Answers to the questions sent from Ireland (c.1608) | OFB VII |
| AQM(E) | Articles of questions touching minerals (English) | * |
| AQM(L) | Articuli quaestionum circa mineralia (Latin) | * |
| ArB | Argument on the commission of Bridewell (c.1587) | OFB I |
| ArBS | Arguments against the bill of sheets (1606) | OFB III |
| ArC | Argument in Chudley’s case (1594) | OFB I |
| ArCM | Argument in maintaining the jurisdiction of the Council of the Marches (Apr. or Nov. 1608) | OFB III |
| ArDC | Arguments in the case de commenda (1616) | OFB XIV |
| ArL | Arguments of law … in certain great and difficult cases (1616) | OFB XIV |
| ArPN | Argument in the case of the post-nati (1608) | OFB III |
| ArRI | Argument proving the King’s right of impositions (June/July 1610) | OFB VII |
| ArW | The argument on the writ De non procedendo rege inconsulto (1615) | OFB XIV |
| ASW | An aduertisement touching seditious writing (c. 1589-93) | OFB I |
| BIB | Breviate of Irish business (2 July 1613) | OFB VII |
| CAU | Certain articles touching the Union (Summer 1604) | OFB III |
| CBES | Collections out of the bookes receaved from the earle of Salisbury (by 1612) | OFB VII |
| CBP | Certain considerations touching … the Church of England (Aug.-Oct. 1603) | OFB III |
| CC | Short notes on civil conversation (n.d.) | OFB II |
| CCN | Circular from the Council to the Nobility (1620) | OFB XVI |
| ChD | Charge touching duels (1614) | OFB XIV |
| CDNR | Cogitationes de natura rerum (before 1605?) | OFB V |
| CDSH | [Cogitationes de scientia humana] (before 1605?) | OFB V |
| CFr | Calor et frigus (n.d.) | OFB V |
| CGE | Colours of good and evil (1597) | OFB II |
| Ch01 | Charge of Owen (1615) | OFB XIV |
| Ch02 | Charge of Owen (fair copy) (1615) | OFB XIV |
| CHP | Catalogus historiarum particularium (in IM) (1620) | OFB XI |
| ChCS | Charge against the Countess of Somerset (1616) | OFB XIV |
| ChES | Charge against the Earl of Somerset (1616) | OFB XIV |
| ChIS | The charge … against Mr I. S. (Oliver St John) (28 Apr. 1615) | OFB XIV |
| ChS | My Ladie Shrewsburies cause touching Arbella Stuart (1612) | OFB VII |
| ChST | The charge against M. L. S. W. and H. I. for scandall and traducing (10 Nov. 1615) | OFB XIV |
| ChT | The charge … against William Talbot (Jan. 1614) | OFB XIV |
| ChV | Charge upon the commission of oyer and determiner for the verge (c.1611/12) | OFB III |
| ChW | The charge of Mr Whitlocke (June 1613) | OFB VII |
| CIW | The case of the impeachment of waste (c.1615) | OFB XIV |
| CJB | Case of John Bartram (1616) | OFB XIV |
| CKP | Cases of the King’s prerogative (c.1608?) | OFB III |
| ConF | A confession of the faith (by 1603) | OFB II |
| ConS | Confession and Submission (1621) | OFB XVII |
| CPI | Certaine considerations touching the plantation in Ireland (Jan. 1609) | OFB VII |
| CPP | The certificate to his majesty touching the projects of Sir Stephen Proctor (1608) | OFB VII |
| CQS | Considerations touching the queen’s service in Ireland (1602) | OFB II |
| CRC | The certificate or return of the Commissioners (by Dec. 1604) | OFB III |
| CRU | The case of the revocation of uses (c.1615) | OFB XIV |
| CS | Commentarius solutus sive pandecta, sive ancilla memoriæ (July 1608) | OFB VII |
| CSec | Caput secundum (c. from 1603) | OFB V |
| CT | Cloth trade (1616) | OFB XIV |
| CSS | A certificate touching the scarcity of silver at the Mint (Feb. 1612) | OFB VII |
| CV | Cogitata et visa de interpretatione naturæ (c. 1607) | OFB V |
| CWGS | The counsells warrant for searching [?] for gold and siluer thread (1618) | OFB XVI |
| CWI | Certificate touching the wools of Ireland (1616) | OFB XVI |
| CWS | Considerations touching a war with Spain (1624) | OFB XVII |
| DAS | De augmentis scientiarum (1623) | OFB IX, X |
| DCW | Dispute between the King’s Bench and the Court of Wales (1606) | OFB III |
| DFRM | De fluxu et reflexu maris (c. 1611) | OFB VI |
| DGI | Descriptio globi intellectualis (1612) | OFB VI |
| DIN | De interpretatione naturæ sententiæ xii (c. 1607?) | OFB V |
| DINP | De interpretatione naturæ prooemium (before 1605?) | OFB V |
| DMW | Directions for the Master of the Wards to observe (June 1612) | OFB VII |
| DO | Distributio operis (in IM) (1620) | OFB XI |
| DP | Decree on Praemunire (n.d.) | OFB XIV |
| DPAO | De principiis atque originibus (c.1612?) | OFB VI |
| DPT | A declaration of the practises & treasons … of Essex (1601) | OFB II |
| DRH | A direction for the reading of histories with profit (by 1604) | OFB II |
| DRL | Upon the death of the duke of Richmond and Lennox (Feb. 1624) | OFB XVII |
| DSV | De sapientia veterum (1609) | OFB V |
| DUK | A brief discourse touching the happy union of the kingdoms (May/June 1603) | OFB III |
| DVM | De vijs mortis (after c.1611) | OFB VI |
| DWR | A declaration of the demeanor and cariage of Sir Walter Raleigh (1618) | OFB XVI |
| E97 | Essaies (1597) | OFB II |
| E12 | Essaies (c. Oct. 1612) | OFB III |
| E12(ded) | Letter Dedicatory to Prince Henry (Oct. 1612) | OFB III |
| EAW | Experiments about weight in air and water | * |
| ECS | The earl of Essex to the Council on embarking for Spain (1596) | OFB II |
| ED | Essex’s device [Accession Day Device] (1596) | OFB I |
| EEP | Examination of Edward Peacham (1614–15) | OFB XIV |
| EM | Elegancies miscellany (22 Apr. 1601) | OFB II |
| EP | Experiments for profit | * |
| EsF(57) | A fragment of an essay of fame | OFB XV |
| EsF(MS) | An essay of fame | OFB VII |
| EsH | Essayes (1612) [Harleian MS] | OFB VII |
| Ess | Essayes (1625) (1625) | OFB XV |
| ExD | The examination of John Drake (6 Nov. 1605) | OFB III |
| FBL | Franciscus Bacon lectori (1607-8?) | OFB V |
| FBSC | Franciscvs de Vervlamio sic cogitavit (1620) | OFB XI |
| FL | Filum labyrinthi, sive formula inquisitionis (c. 1607) | OFB V |
| FLIL | Filum labyrinthi sive inquisitio legitima de motu (1607-8?) | OFB V |
| FME | In felicem memoriam Elizabethæ (by 1608) | OFB VII |
| FMW | A frame of declaration for the Master of the Wards (June 1612) | OFB VII |
| GG | Gesta Grayorum: Orations at Graies Inne revells (3 Jan. 1595) | OFB I |
| HDR | Historia densi & rari (Rawley’s version) | OFB XIII |
| HDR(M) | Historia densi & rari (BN coll. Dupuy version) | OFB XIII |
| HGB | History of Great Britain (c.1610) | OFB VII |
| HGL | Historia gravis et levis (1622) | OFB XII |
| HIDA | Historia & inquisitio de animato & inanimato (c.1622-3) | OFB XIII |
| HIP | Helps to the intellectual powers … to Sir Henry Saville (by 1604) | OFB II |
| HMA | The humble motion and allegations … concerning certain fees (1597) | OFB II |
| HNE | Historia naturalis et experimentalis (1622) | OFB XII |
| HPWE | In Henricem principem Walliæ elogium (1613) | OFB VII |
| HRH | Historia regni Henrici Septimi regis Angliae (1638) | OFB XX |
| HSA | Historia soni et auditus (c. 1608?) | OFB V |
| HSAR | Historia sympathiae et antipathiae rerum (1622) | OFB XII |
| HSMS | Historia sulphuris, mercurii et salis (1622) | OFB XII |
| HV | Historia ventorum (1622) | OFB XII |
| HVM | Historiae vitae et mortis (1623) | OFB XII |
| HVII | The historie of the raigne of King Henry the seuenth (1622) | OFB VIII |
| HVIII | The historie of the raigne of King Henry the eighth (1621-) | OFB VIII |
| IAC | Imago civilis Augustæ Cæsaris (by c.1608) | OFB III |
| IBR | Inter Banc. Reg. et Cur. March. Wall. (c.1606-8) | OFB III |
| ICA | Instructions to the commissions concerning aid (Aug. 1612) | OFB III |
| ICJ | Imago civilis Julii Cæsaris (by c.1608) | OFB III |
| ICM | Inquisitions touching the compounding of metals | * |
| IDM | Inquisitio de magnete (1625) | OFB XIII |
| IDM(E) | Inquisitio de magnete (English notes) | * |
| IIL | Innovations introduced into the laws (1616) | OFB XIV |
| ILM | Inquisitio legitima de motu (by 27 July 1608) | OFB V |
| IM | Instauratio magna (1620, 1623) | OFB IX |
| ⎯ | OFB X | |
| ⎯ | OFB XI | |
| ⎯ | OFB XII | |
| ⎯ | OFB XIII | |
| IMP | Instauratio magna præfatio (1620) | OFB XI |
| IP | Incidents of a Parliament (1613/14) | OFB XIV |
| IVB | Inquisition concerning the versions of Bodies | * |
| IVC | Inquisitio de versionibus corporum | * |
| IVDI | Indicia vera de interpretatione naturæ (from 1607) | OFB V |
| JCM | Jurisdiction of the Council of the Marches (1606) | OFB III |
| KCP | It is fit for the King to call a Parliament (1613/14) | OFB XIV |
| KH8 | The history of K. Henry 8, Edward, Mary and … Elizabeth (c.1602) | OFB II |
| KLH | A kallender of the lawes … of hostillitie (Nov. 1604) | OFB III |
| KP | To the King advising him to call Parliament (1615) | OFB XIV |
| LAV1 | Letter of Advice to Villiers (version 1) (1616) | OFB XIV |
| LAV2 | Letter of Advice to Villiers (version 2) (1616) | OFB XIV |
| LCK | The Lord Chancellor and Lord Privy Seal to the King (21 Oct. 1612) | OFB VII |
| LCT | Lowe’s case of tenures (c.1615) | OFB XIV |
| LKH | Letter to the King upon sending him a beginning of a history of his time (c.1610/11) | OFB VII |
| LKC | Letter to the King regarding the commissions concerning aid (Aug. 1612) | OFB VII |
| LKI | A letter to the King, upon presenting the Discourse, touching … Ireland (Jan. 1609) | OFB VII |
| LKPN | Letter to the King upon presenting papers concerning the post-nati (28 Nov. 1608) | OFB VII |
| LN | Legal Notes (1621) | OFB XVII |
| LPH | Letter to Prince Henry (1612) | OFB VII |
| LST | Letter to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal (19 Mar. 1621) | OFB XVII |
| LW1 | Last Will (1621) (1621) | OFB XVII |
| LW2 | Last Will (1625) (19 Dec. 1625) | OFB XVII |
| LW3 | Last will (Baconiana) (by 1625) | OFB XVII |
| LWE | A letter written out of England (1599) | OFB II |
| MedS | Meditationes sacræ (1597) | OFB II |
| MA | The misfortunes of Arthur: dumb shows (1588) | OFB I |
| MAC | Memorandum of access (1621–22) | OFB XVII |
| MDC | Memorial for a declaration in Council (1616) | OFB VII |
| Mem | Memorial (1621) | OFB XVII |
| MHV | Of magnanimitie or heroicall vertue (c.1595) | OFB I |
| ML | Maxims of the law (1597) | OFB II |
| MLU | The man of life upright | * |
| MMS | Memorial of some points in his Majesty’s Speech (1613/14) | OFB VII |
| MN | Magnalia Naturae (1626/7) | OFB XIV |
| MPL | Memorial touching the review of penal laws (n.d.) | OFB VII |
| MQS | Memorandum on the Queen’s safety (1594) | OFB I |
| NA | New Atlantis (1626) | OFB XIX |
| NCCB | Notes re Cranfield/Countess of Buckingham (1621–22) | OFB XVII |
| NDC | Notes on Lord Darcy’s Case (1616) | OFB XIV |
| NO | Novum organum (1620) | OFB XI |
| NovA | Nova Atlantis (1638) | OFB XX |
| NSpC | Notes to a Speech in Chancery (Whitlock) (1619–20) | OFB XVI |
| NSpW | Notes of a speech on war with Spain (1623–24) | OFB XVII |
| NYT | Notes on Mr Attorney’s Cause/Yelverton’s Trial (1620) | OFB XVI |
| OC | An Answere to the questions … touching the office of Constable (1608) | OFB III |
| OCN1 | Obiections against the change of the name of England into the name of Brittanie (25 Apr. 1604) | OFB III |
| OCN2 | Objections against the change of the name or style of England and Scotland (27 Apr. 1604) | OFB III |
| OCR | Ordinance for Constituting Reporters (1617) | OFB XVI |
| OD | Offer of a digest of the laws of England (1621) | OFB XVII |
| OKP | [On the King’s prerogative] (from 1603) | OFB III |
| OL | Observations made upon a libell (1592) | OFB I |
| OL(ep) | Epistle to the reader (of OL) (1593) | OFB I |
| OrC* | Of the title of Great Britain (perhaps 1604) | OFB III |
| OrC* | Ordinances in Chancery (1618–21) | OFB VII |
| ORF | On Royal Finances (1619–20) | OFB VII |
| OTGB | Ordinances in Chancery (1618–21) | OFB XVI |
| OU | Usury and the use thereof (29 Mar. 1623) | OFB XVII |
| PA | Prodromi sive anticipationes philosophiae secundae (c.1621) | OFB XIII |
| PAH | Parasceve ad historiam naturalem (1620) | OFB XI |
| PAR | Proposition concerning the augmentation of the King’s revenue (Aug. 1612) | OFB VII |
| PC | Public Commissions (1619–20) | OFB XVI |
| PCL | Proposition touching the compiling of the laws (1616) | OFB XIV |
| PFE | Promus or formularies of elegancies (1594–1595) | OFB I |
| PHL | Petition to the House of Lords (29 Mar. 1620) | OFB XVII |
| PhU | Phænomena universi (1609–1611) | OFB VI |
| PID | Partis instaurationis secundæ delineatio & argumentum (by 1609) | OFB V |
| PMR | Physiological & medical remains | OFB VIII |
| Pr | A prayer made by the Lord Chancellor (after 1618) | OFB XVI |
| PrB | A proclamation for buildings (25 July 1608) | OFB VII |
| PrC | A proclamation drawn for his Majesty’s first coming in (Apr./May 1603) | OFB III |
| PrCI | [Proclamation for working Cloth] (1613) | OFB XIV |
| PRD | Proposition for the repressing of singular combats or Duelloes (1613?) | OFB XIV |
| PrFa | [Proclamation on Farthings] (1613) | OFB VII |
| PrFe | [Proclamation concerning Felts] (1613) | OFB XIV |
| PrGS | [Proclamation on Gold and Silver] (1612) | OFB VII |
| PrJ | A proclamation for jurors (by 5 Oct. 1607) | OFB III |
| PrJC | [Proclamation on John Cotton] (1613) | OFB VII |
| PrM | A proclamation touching the Marches (1607-8) | OFB III |
| Pro | The proceedings of the Earl of Essex (1599) | OFB II |
| PrP | Draft of a proclamation for Parliament (1620) | OFB XVI |
| PrS | A draught of a proclamation touching his Majesties style (by Oct. 1604) | OFB III |
| PS | A Prayer, or Psalme (1621) | OFB XVII |
| PUL | A preparation for the union of lawes (by 1608) | OFB III |
| PVO | Points to be observed in the voluntary oblation (1614) | OFB XIV |
| QLW | Questions about the lawfulness of a war for the propagation of religion | OFB XVII |
| RA | Reading on advowsons (1588) | OFB I |
| RAS | Reply to the arguments of the serjeants (1607?) | OFB III |
| Rep | A Report (1621) | OFB XVII |
| RFC | Report of the first dayes conference (28 Feb. 1607) | OFB III |
| RRC | Reasons to remove Coke to be Chief Justice (1613) | OFB VII |
| RSp06 | Report on a Speech in Parliament (25 Nov. 1606) | OFB III |
| RSU | Reading on the statute of uses (Lent 1600) | OFB II |
| RPh | Redargutio philosophiarum (by 1609) | OFB V |
| RPM | A report … att a conference concerning the peticion of the marchantes (17 June 1607) | OFB III |
| RPQ | On the religious policies of the Queen (Letter to Critoy) (c.1589) | OFB I |
| SCDS | Star Chamber notes on deer stealing (n.d.) | OFB XIV |
| Sed | Of seditions and troubles (by c. 1614) | OFB XIV |
| SF | Sermones fideles sive interiora rerum (1638) | OFB XX |
| [SHC] | [On the Sutton Hospital Case] (1612) | OFB VII |
| SI | Scala intellectus sive filum labyrinthi (n.d.) | OFB V |
| SP1 | Submission to Parliament (19 April) (19 Apr. 1621) | OFB XVII |
| SP2 | Submission to Parliament (22 April) (22 Apr. 1621) | OFB XVII |
| SP3 | Submission to Parliament (30 April) (30 Apr. 1621) | OFB XVII |
| SpA | The speeche deliuered at the Arraignemte of the Lord Sanquer (27 June 1612) | OFB VII |
| SpC | Speech in Star Chamber (1619) | OFB XVI |
| SpCG | Speech to the King presenting the Commons’ grievances (3 July 1610) | OFB VII |
| SpCH | Speech at the taking of his place in Chancery (7 May 1617) | OFB XVI |
| SpCP | Speech upon the Case of Parry (1614) | OFB XIV |
| SpD | Speech to Sir John Denham (19 May 1617) | OFB XVI |
| SpF | First Speech (30 Jan. 1621) | OFB XVI |
| SpK | Speech on receiving the King’s messages (1610) | OFB VII |
| SpH | Speech to Mr Serjeant Hutton (19 May 1617) | OFB XVI |
| SpI | Speech on impositions (1614) | OFB XIV |
| SpJ | Speech to the Judges (1617) | OFB XVI |
| SpL* | Speech concerning the union of laws (28 Mar. 1607) | OFB III |
| SpL* | Speech to the Lords (1621) | OFB XVII |
| SpN | Speech concerning the article of naturalization (17 Feb. 1607) | OFB III |
| SpP | Speech touching purveyors (27 Apr. 1604) | OFB III |
| SpPS | Speech persuading supply (23 Nov. 1610) | OFB VII |
| SpS | Speech to the Commons on a motion of subsidy (1597) | OFB II |
| SpSC(17) | Speech in Star Chamber (1617) (1617) | OFB XVI |
| SpSC(18) | Star-Chamber. My L. Chancellor’s speech to the judges (26 June 1618) | OFB XVI |
| SpSC(19) | Speech to the Speaker’s excuse (early 1621) | OFB XVI |
| SpSC(20) | Speech in Star Chamber (1620) Yelverton (1620) | OFB XVI |
| SpSE | Speech in Star Chamber (1619) | OFB XVI |
| SpW | Accusation of Wentworth and others – Speech in STAC (1615) | OFB XIV |
| SpWJ | Speech to Sir William Jones (19 May 1617) | OFB XVI |
| SpWT | A speech unto the Lords for wards and tenures (8 Mar. 1610) | OFB III |
| SpU | Speech concerning Undertakers (c.1615) | OFB XIV |
| SS | Sylva sylvarum (1626) | OFB XIV |
| SSWN | Sylva sylvarum (working notes) (before 1626) | OFB XIV |
| ST | For the Earl of Sussex at the tilt (1596) | OFB I |
| STP | A speech … touching purveyors (1604) | OFB III |
| TC | Thema cœli (c.1612) | OFB VI |
| TCP | Translation of certain Psalms (1625) | OFB VIII |
| TDL | Topica inquisitionis de luce et lumine (1625) | OFB VI |
| TGB | Of the true greatness of Britain (1603-1608) | OFB III |
| TGKS | Of the true greatnes of kingdomes and states (1612–25) | OFB III |
| TGS | The lawes concerninge the transportacion of goulde & silver (c.1609?) | OFB III |
| TL | Two letters, as by Anthony Bacon and Essex (1600) | OFB II |
| TLS | Form of Sir Thomas Lake’s submission (1619–20) | OFB VII |
| TML | Tradendi modus legitimus (c. 1603) | OFB V |
| TP | Two prayers | OFB III |
| TPM | Temporis partus masculus (c. 1603) | OFB V |
| Tr | Tribuit or giving that which is due (1591–2) | OFB I |
| TRL | A true report of the detestable treason intended by Doctor Roderigo Lopez (1594) | OFB I |
| VBS | A short view to be taken of great Britain and Spain (1623–) | OFB VII |
| VDQ | A view of the differences in question betwixt the king’s bench and the Council in the Marches (by June 1606) | OFB III |
| VT | Valerius terminus of the interpretation of nature (by c. 1603) | OFB V |
| War | Warrants (n.d.) | OFB VII |
| WB | ‘The worlds a bubble’ | OFB XVII |
| WDGS | The warrant dorman[t?] for gold and silver of […] (1618) | OFB VII |
The Oxford Francis Bacon I: Early Writings 1584-1596, ed. by Alan Stewart with Harriet Knight (Oxford University Press, 2012), pp. 1,136. ISBN: 978-0-19-818313-6.