"The foregoing text of Bacon's essays is taken from the edition of 1625, that of the Religious meditations from the English version printed in 1598, & that of the Colours of good and evil from the edition of 1597, corrected by that of 1598"--Colophon.
"Two hundred and fifty copies, numbered 1 to 250, have been printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper, and eight copies, numbered I to VIII, on vellum, at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon, with titles and initial letters designed by Joscelyne Gaskin"--Colophon.