Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill. / By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury.

Author
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London, : Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651.
Description
[6], 396 [i.e. 394] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 30 cm. (fol.)

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        Notes
        • With an added engraved title page.
        • Page numbers 247-248 repeated, and 257-260 omitted.
        • There are at least two states of this edition known to exist. One state has leaf 3A3 signed 2A3; the other state is signed correctly.
        • "Head" ornament on t.p.; head-piece; initials.
        Binding note
        • Princeton copy 1 Bound in full calf, stamped in gilt with arms of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1633-1713), on covers.
        • Princeton copy 1 Bound in contemporary full calf.
        Provenance
        • Princeton copy 1 The Chesterfield copy: signed in italic on free endpaper 'Phillip Chesterfield E Chesterfield.'
        • Princeton copy 1 Armorial bookplate 'Bradby Hall.' [Franks 27863] [seat of Stanhope, Earls of Chesterfield].
        • Princeton copy 1 The A.S.W. Rosenbach copy, with his descriptive card laid in.
        Source acquisition
        • EXOV copy Presented by Rev. Bernardus H. Vos.
        • Princeton copy 1 Gift Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959 2010
        References
        • ESTC R17253
        • Macdonald & Hargreaves. Hobbes, 42
        • Wing H2246
        Other format(s)
        Also available in an electronic version.
        Place name(s)
        England London.
        Other title(s)
        • Matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill
        • Matter, forme, and power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill
        OCLC
        6264389
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