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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
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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, contemporary calf, spine gilt tooled in compartments with morocco lettering label, refurbished at joints, loss to lower spine [MacDonald & Hargreaves 107], folio (368 x 230mm.), London, [no publisher], 1750
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Provenance: "Henry Ricketts, Brislington", ownership inscription. Ricketts (1783-1859) was a partner in Bristol's Phoenix glasshouse from 1802 until its closure in 1851; John W.N. Watkins (1924-1999), ownership inscription dated March 1955. Watkins was Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics from 1966 to 1989, and author of Hobbes's System of Ideas: A Study in the Political Significance of Philosophical Theories (1965).





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