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

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
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), engraved portrait of the author, small blue pencil mark in margins of pp.99-108, contemporary diced calf, rebacked in calf with gilt morocco lettering labels, sides worn [MacDonald & Hargreaves 107], folio (354 x 220mm.), London, [no publisher], 1750

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Provenance: Sir Basil Liddell Hart (1895-1970), bookplate.

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