This is an edition of Bacon's principal philosophical work in English, "The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon: Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane" - traditionally known as "The Advancement of Learning".

This is the first critical edition since the nineteenth century of Bacon's principal philosophical work in English, The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and advancement of Learning, divine and humane - traditionally known as The Advancement of Learning.