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LOCKE (JOHN) An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with type ornament on the title composed of thirty pieces, and Elizabeth Holt's name in the imprint, Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, 1690
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[LOCKE (JOHN)]
Footnotes
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE of Locke's "remarkably wide field of investigation into human knowledge: it is the first modern attempt to analyse it" (PMM). Locke began working on the Essay in 1671, continuing during his extended stays in France and the Netherlands, and by 1686 "it existed in a form fairly close to what was published in 1690" (ODNB). Pforzheimer notes that "The importance of few philosophical books have been so quickly recognized as was the case of the present Essay".
Provenance: R. Styleman, early ownership inscription in upper corner of title; Robert Dixon, ownership inscription on front free and final blank endpaper.





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