{"product_id":"the-oxford-francis-bacon-xix-david-colclough-9780192867230","title":"The Oxford Francis Bacon XIX: New Atlantis","description":"This volume belongs to the new critical edition of the complete works of Francis Bacon (1561-1626). The edition presents the works in broadly chronological order and in accordance with the principles of modern textual scholarship. This volume comprises the first critical edition since the nineteenth century of \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e, Bacon's posthumously published semi-utopian fable of reformed knowledge. \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e is set on an imaginary island whose central institution--Salomon's House--is a fictional embodiment of the kind of research institute Bacon dreamed of founding in order to pursue his vast project, the \u003cem\u003eInstauratio magna\u003c\/em\u003e, and one which generates works that both expand knowledge and benefit humankind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition establishes an authoritative text based on fresh collation of multiple copies of the 1626 edition in close comparison with the 1628 edition. Thorough bibliographical analysis of the 1626 copy-text elucidates the book's passage through the printing house. David Colclough's detailed Introduction sets \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e in the contexts of Bacon's works and of contemporary models of information-gathering and -management, including Iberian examples in the Old and New Worlds. An extensive commentary examines Bacon's sources, traces analogues across his works (especially with \u003cem\u003eSylva sylvarum\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside which \u003cem\u003eNew Atlantis\u003c\/em\u003e was originally printed), provides context and background, glosses obsolete or unusual terms, and considers critical interpretations of the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Colclough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192867237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192867230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"David Colclough","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46795549212927,"sku":"9780192867230","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_950bca60-74ce-44bd-990b-8a262b4e3eb5.jpg?v=1744947947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-oxford-francis-bacon-xix-david-colclough-9780192867230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}