The Life and Character of Mr. john locke, Author of the essay concerning Humane Understanding. Written in French, by Mr. Le Clerc And done into English, by T.F.P. Gent.

LE CLERC, Jean

Published by Printed for John Clark.And are to be had at J. Nutts near Stationers-Hall, London, 1706

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[4], 31pp, [1]. With an added, later engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, but W. Smart (after G. Kneller). Later half calf, paper boards, rebacked (with gilt titling). With the nineteenth-century bookplate of 'Jane Richards Nash' and faint cancelled ink-stamp of Hammersmith and Fulham public library to FEP. The first edition in english of Genevan theologian and editor of the journal Bibliotheque universelle et historique (1686-93) Jean Le Clerc's biography of his friend John Locke (1632-1704), English Enlightenment philosopher and physician, the 'Father of Liberalism'. As the English translator notes in his preface, the biography 'is written in French by Mr. Le Clerc, and Publish'd in the 6th Tome of the Bibliotheque Choisie', and all too brief of 'one that died at the Age of 73 Years, that spent the best part of his time in Business, that convers'd with Persons of the highest Rank, that was engag'd in Matters of the greatest Consequence, and that made as much a noise in the World, as any private Gentleman ever did'. It was, nevertheless, the earliest printed life of Locke, based upon Le Clerk's 'own Knowledge' and the letters of 'the Earl of Shaftsbury, and.Lady Masham'. ESTC T138884. Size: Quarto. Seller Inventory # AQ17005

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Title: The Life and Character of Mr. john locke, ...

Publisher: Printed for John Clark.And are to be had at J. Nutts near Stationers-Hall, London

Publication Date: 1706

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: First English edition.