- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Fair
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The first edition of volumes I and III of the complete works of philosopher John Locke, one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment period. The first edition of the collected works of John Locke.Present here are volumes I and III only of this scarce first edition. Lacking volume II.The collected works ofEnglish philosopher, physician and Enlightenment thinker John Locke, frequently referred to as the 'Father of Liberalism', and recognised as one of the first of the British empiricists.Essays and writings on numerous subjects - including a discussion of interest, letters concerning toleration, and the reasonableness of Christianity - are included in these volumes, alongside his posthumous works and a number of personal letters. With a lengthy index to the rear of each volume.ESTC T128627Volume I with the collation: A2, [a2], a-g2, B-4G4, 4H2. Volume I lacks the engraved frontispiece and engraved funerary epitaph, but the text leaves are complete.Volume I also lacks 'An account of the life and writings of John Locke Esq; The third edition enlarged,' London: printed for J. Clarke, and E. Curll, 1714, and 'The remains of John Locke Esq; . Publish'd from his original manuscripts,' London: printed for E. Curll, 1714, as called for. These two works, which should each retain an individual title page and have separate paginations and registers, consist of twenty-nine leaves.Volume III with the collation: A2, [1], B-R2, S-5A4, 5B-5D2, 5E. Volume III lacks the final index leaf, being leaf 5E2.With the United College, Bradford, library label to each front pastedown.With an advertisement leaf to volume I following the title page, as called for.Sam. Manship's name does not appear in the imprint of volume III, as called for.Two volumes of the scarce first edition of the works of one of the most important and enduring figures of Western philosophy.Locke's philosophy of mind is viewed as the origin of modern conceptions of personal identity and the psychology of the self, influencing the work of later philosophers, such as Rousseau, Hume, and Kant. Volume I in a full calf binding, volume III in panelled calf. Significant losses of calf to volume I back strip. All boards detached but present, with both volumes lacking endpapers. Major losses of calf to rear board of volume I. Significant rubbing to back strip and board perimeters of volume III. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Volume I title page detached but present. Title page and following two leaves of volume II remaining attached to front board, and separated from rest of text block. Otherwise, internally, firmly bound. Pages of volume I bright, with light marks to gutters of first third of the work, and to fore edge of index leaves to rear. Handling marks to fore edges of leaves throughout. Significant handling marks to first and last few leaves of volume III, with pages otherwise generally bright and clean. The odd marginal pencil notation to first third of volume III. Significant closed tear to fore edge of leaf 4B, major closed tears to perimeters of 5E2 of volume III. Lacking volume I frontispiece and engraved funerary epitaph, and final leaf of volume III (leaf 5E2). Volume I lacking twenty-nine further leaves ('An account of the life and writings of John Locke' and 'The remains of John Locke'. Fair.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Works of John Locke
- Author
- John Locke
- Publisher
- John Churchill, and Sam. Manship, London
- Publication year
- 1714
- Condition
- Fair
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Leather
- Illustrator
- None
- Edition
- First edition.
- Item weight
- 4 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 13.5" by 9"
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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