The Works of Francis Osborne – 1682 | Essays | Queen Elizabeth & Advice to Son

The Works of Francis Osborne include four of his most controversial essays into one tome. Many of Osborne’s works were responses to or theories on politics and philosophy. In Advice to a Son, Osborne wrote a controversial warning against women in a provocative and atheistic manner. This 1682 printing includes Advice but also includes Political Reflections of the Turks, Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth and King James, and other miscellaneous essays and letters.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of Francis Osborne, Esq; Divine, Moral, Historical, Political. In Four Several Tracts
• Author(s): Francis Osborne
• Publisher: London: Printed for R.D. and are to be sold by Allen Banks
• Edition: 1682 printing
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  7 in x 5 in (18 cm x 13 cm)
• Collation: [12], 628 pp
• Contents Include:
  • Advice to a Son
  • Political Reflections on the Government of the Turks
  • Historical Memoirs on Queen Elizabeth and King James
  • Miscellaneous letters and discourses
• Provenance: handwritten – Anthony Murray
• Reference(s): ESTC R9538; Arber Term Cat. I.122; Lowndes 1735

Condition:

Good. Bound in original full leather with moderate rubbing and material loss along the spine and corners. The front board has been reinforced. Text block remains complete and stable. Pages generally clean with no internal markings observed.

Why Collect This?

• Includes Osborne’s censured and widely discussed Advice to a Son
• Appealing to collectors of English political literature and social criticism
• Includes memoirs of English royals

Item Number: #29031