Thucydides. Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre, first Hobbes

Thucydides. Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre, first Hobbes edition, second issue, translated by Hobbes, engraved title by T. Cecill, 2 engraved plates, 3 folding maps (one with outer edge frayed and repaired), lacking final leaf (blank), 2ff. early manuscript addenda to index at end, A3 with small hole causing slight loss to a few words, a few other minor paper flaws/tears slightly affecting text, a few preliminary leaves soiled, occasional minor marginal staining, contemporary calf, spine ends and corners repaired, [ESTC S117706; STC 24059], folio, [Eliot's Court Press] Imprinted for Richard Mynne, 1634. *** An attractive copy of the re-issue of the pages of the 1629 edition with a cancel title-page (with alteration of the imprint).

Estimate:£2,000

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