HUME, DAVID An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals . London: A. Millar, 1751. First edition, second issue (with L3 cancelled). Brown calf of the period, all edges sprinkled red. 6 3/8 x 4 inches (16 x 10 cm); [viii, including half-title], 253, 3 pp. [ads]. Spine joints weak, compartments at head and toe reinforced, internally a little minor toning and foxing, but a clean copy. This was intended to complement book III of Hume's Treatise of Human Understanding, and Hume considered it to be "incomparably the best" of all his writings. Jessop p. 22; Rothschild 1175. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber
HUME, DAVID An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals . London: A. Millar, 1751. First edition, second issue (with L3 cancelled). Brown calf of the period, all edges sprinkled red. 6 3/8 x 4 inches (16 x 10 cm); [viii, including half-title], 253, 3 pp. [ads]. Spine joints weak, compartments at head and toe reinforced, internally a little minor toning and foxing, but a clean copy. This was intended to complement book III of Hume's Treatise of Human Understanding, and Hume considered it to be "incomparably the best" of all his writings. Jessop p. 22; Rothschild 1175. C Collection from the Estate of Robert Rieber
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