Bacon’s first book, Essayes initially appeared in 1597, offering 10 essays written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic. These works concern topics drawn from both public and private life, analysing the topics systematically from a number of angles, assessing one argument against another. A much-enlarged second edition appeared in 1612 with 38 essays. A third edition, under the title Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall, was published in 1625 with 58 essays.