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Lot 67

HOBBES (THOMAS)
The Moral and Political Works... to Which is Prefixed, the Author's Life, London, [no publisher], 1750

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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HOBBES (THOMAS)

The Moral and Political Works... to Which is Prefixed, the Author's Life, first collected edition, additional engraved title ('Leviathan', dated 1651), portrait of the author, occasional light browning, some ink marginalia cropped, early nineteenth century calf gilt, gilt panelled spine with raised bands (rubbed, joints cracking) [MacDonald & Hargreaves 107], folio (347 x 221mm.), London, [no publisher], 1750

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Provenance: G. Harding of Middle Temple and W. Vaughan of the Royal Medical Society, ownership signatures on engraved title (the first crossed through, with another dated 1836) and occasional ink marginalia; indistinct Arabic ownership stamp on both titles; Captain Willim (John Gurens Willim, 1778?–1864, retired captain in the army of the East India Company, and disliked step father of George Eliot's 'husband', George Henry Lewes), bookplate.

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