Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, sive De materia, forma, et potestate civitatis ecclesiasticae et civilis, Amsterdam: Joannes Blaeu, 1670, signatures *2 A-3A4 3B2, title-page slightly marked, later sprinkled tan calf, rebacked and relined, dogtooth roll gilt to sides, 4to (19.4 x 14.4 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: 1) Jacob or James Church (contemporary ownership inscription 'E Libris Jacobi Church' to title-page; 2) William Adair (19th-century engraved bookplate to rear pastedown). Macdonald & Hargreaves 45; cf. PMM 138. First separate edition in Latin; a Latin translation had previously been included in the Opera philosophica quae Latine scripsit omnia (1668).
Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, sive De materia, forma, et potestate civitatis ecclesiasticae et civilis, Amsterdam: Joannes Blaeu, 1670, signatures *2 A-3A4 3B2, title-page slightly marked, later sprinkled tan calf, rebacked and relined, dogtooth roll gilt to sides, 4to (19.4 x 14.4 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: 1) Jacob or James Church (contemporary ownership inscription 'E Libris Jacobi Church' to title-page; 2) William Adair (19th-century engraved bookplate to rear pastedown). Macdonald & Hargreaves 45; cf. PMM 138. First separate edition in Latin; a Latin translation had previously been included in the Opera philosophica quae Latine scripsit omnia (1668).
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