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HUME (DAVID)
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with L3 uncancelled, A. Millar, 1751

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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HUME (DAVID)

An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with L3 uncancelled, half-title, errata leaf, 3-page publisher's advertisements at end, woodcut ornament on title, neat ink "corrections" to a line of text on p.47 and p.55, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked preserving original gilt spine label [Goldsmiths' 8677; Rothschild 1174], 8vo, A. Millar, 1751

Footnotes

Hume described the Enquiry as "of all my writings... incomparably the best. It came unnoticed and unobserved into the world" (Autobiography, 1777, p.16).

Provenance: John Oxley, early ownership inscription on title; "Pret .3. Parker", inscription inside upper cover.

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