Hobbes, Thomas Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil. London: Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1651 Small folio (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.; 273 x 175 mm). Engraved title divided into compartments, woodcut "head" ornament on letterpress title, folding table placed between pages 40-41, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials; light narrow fore-edge browning throughout, small tear in lower inner corner of engraved title touching platemark, browning in letterpress title with clean tear in upper portion affecting "H" in "Leviathan," quires A, R-X lightly browned, light dampstain in fore-margin of last leaf. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, bibliographical notes on endleaves; rebacked, corners and fore-edges mended, a few scuffs.
Hobbes, Thomas Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil. London: Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1651 Small folio (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.; 273 x 175 mm). Engraved title divided into compartments, woodcut "head" ornament on letterpress title, folding table placed between pages 40-41, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials; light narrow fore-edge browning throughout, small tear in lower inner corner of engraved title touching platemark, browning in letterpress title with clean tear in upper portion affecting "H" in "Leviathan," quires A, R-X lightly browned, light dampstain in fore-margin of last leaf. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, bibliographical notes on endleaves; rebacked, corners and fore-edges mended, a few scuffs.
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