Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth

Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, first edition, first issue with 'head ornament', additional engraved title lacking and supplied in facsimile, printed title browned and laid down, folding letterpress table, heavily damp-stained throughout and with some pink staining to margins presumably from red edges, repairs to several corners especially at beginning and end, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1651. *** A sad copy (actually rescued by the binding and textually complete) of this major work of political philosophy.

Estimate:£1,000

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