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HOBBES [Thomas]
Leviathan, or the matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiastical and civill
Auction: 31 January 2003 at 11:00 GMT
Description
...1st edition, 1st printing with ornament of a winged head on the printed titlepage, engraved titlepage and folding printed table, possibly contemporary binding overlaid at some later stage to repair defective backstrip, lacking leaves L2 & L3, inner margins requiring repair, first few leaves with some discolouration, pp. 192-3 with cellotatape in margin, small folio, London: for Andrew Crooke, 1651
Note: Kress 831 Macdonald & Hargreaves 42 Wing H 2246 PMM 138
Leviathan, or the matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiastical and civill ...1st edition, 1st printing with ornament of a winged head on the printed titlepage, engraved titlepage and folding printed table, possibly contemporary binding overlaid at some later stage to repair defective backstrip, lacking leaves L2 & L3, some inner margins requiring repair, first few leaves with some discolouration, pp. 192-3 with sellotape repair to inner margins, small folio, London: for Andrew Crooke, 1651
Note: Kress 831 Macdonald & Hargreaves 42 Wing H 2246 PMM 138The merits of Hobbes appear most clearly when he is contrasted with earlier political theorists. He is completely free from superstition ... He is clear and logical; his ethics, right or wrong, is completely intelligible. Apart from Machiavelli, who is much more limited, he is the first really modern writer on political theory. Russell History of Western philosophy p. 540