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100 - Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, first edition, first issue with 'head ornament', additional engraved title lacking and supplied in facsimile, printed title browned and laid down, folding letterpress table, heavily damp-stained throughout and with some pink staining to margins presumably from red edges, repairs to several corners especially at beginning and end, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1651.

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£750 (€897)

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£1,000 - 1,500 (€1,100 - 1,800)

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32.5%

Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, first edition, first issue with 'head ornament', additional engraved title lacking and supplied in facsimile, printed title browned and laid down, folding letterpress table, heavily damp-stained throughout and with some pink staining to margins presumably from red edges, repairs to several corners especially at beginning and end, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1651. *** A sad copy (actually rescued by the binding and textually complete) of this major work of political philosophy.

Auction details

Books and Works on Paper
Thursday, November 26
01:00 PM
4 Ingate Pl, Nine Elms
SW8 3NS London, United Kingdom

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