LOCKE JOHNABAA
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169726429London: Printed by H. Clark for A. and J. Churchill and Edw. Castle 1697 both titles 1697. First editions. Wing L-2749 & L-2753; Yolton 248 second issue state 2 & Yolton 249; NCBEL II 1837. Edges rubbed; front hinge starting but holding soundly; very good copy in the original state. 8vo 2 vols in 1 contemporary black panelled morocco brown morocco label gilt decorations and lettering a.e.g. Half-titles present. ¶ Locke's first published responses to criticism of his Essay Concerning Human Understanding; these two were written in reply first to Edward Stillingfleet's Discourse in Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity London 1696 which accused Locke of unorthodox religious beliefs and the second was to Stillingfleet's response to Locke's first letter. There was one further exchange between the two in 1699. <br/><br/> London: Printed by H. Clark, for A. and J. Churchill and Edw. Castle, 1697 [both titles] unknown books
1697016932London: Printed for H. Clark A. and J. Churchill; and Edward Castle 1697. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First edition second printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. iv 227 pages of text including errata followed by i page of publisher's advertisement. Original panelled calf boards moderately rubbed on the extemities with heavy wear to the spine including a chip to the bottom. New attractive leather spine labels have been applied. Both hinges are weakened with the original sewing/cords remaining attached but reinfoced along the inside hinge with Japanese tissue. There is a small stain in the margin of most pages at one edge. Previous owner's name "Ri: Richard Haworth" on the title page and another on the inside front cover "C. L. Prince 1878." There is a tiny annotation on the half-title page but otherwise the text is quite clean and unmarked. First edition second issue. Printed for H. Clark, A. and J. Churchill; and Edward Castle Hardcover books
16901752London: by Eliz. Holt for Thomas Basset 1690. First edition. Elizabeth Holt imprint the first issue according to Yolton 61A; PMM 164; Pforzheimer 599. Current scholarship is mixed as to priority between this and the Basset imprint. Folio pages: 313 x 190 mm collates complete: A4; a2; B-Ccc4; 198 leaves misnumbered at 76 77 287 296 and 303. With the two emendations in Locke's hand on leaves A3 and A4. Yolton 61A. <br/><br/>Bound in full contemporary calf rebacked and recornered with the original spine laid down. Title page with a small previous owner's name removed and professionally repaired but with some staining around the area. Second leaf with some offsetting in the same place. Two other leaves Ccc2 and Ccc3 with upper margins restored no text affected just touching top rule. Otherwise an excellent set internally. Page block tight with well-margined crisp leaves generally unblemished and unmarked.<br/><br/>A monolith in the landscape of philosophical treatises Locke was the first "to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" and concludes that man has a means of controlling his own destiny and is thus not the pure victim of chance PMM 164. He advanced the concept of people born "tabula rasa" and filled through their lives by experiences. This concept formed the basis for the empiricist camp in modern philosophy later expanded by Hume and Berkeley. "An Essay" was placed on the Catholic Index in 1700 for its controversial content where it remains to this day Height.<br/><br/>From the collection of Michael Ernest Sadler father of the famous collector and bibliographer Michael Sadleir. Grolier One Hundred Books famous in English Literature 36. by Eliz. Holt, for Thomas Basset unknown books
1695LV2328London:: Awnsham and John Churchill and Samuel Manship 1695. 1695. Third edition. Folio. a2 b6 a-c4 B-3F4 3G-3I2. Pagination: 40 407 1 12 pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Locke by Sylvester Brounower and P. Vanderbanck; faint dampstain or rippling to bottom margin. Modern blue cloth over marbled boards red morocco title-label I1 large tear repaired old owner’s inscription penned over on top of title page J.B.S. Very good. THIRD EDITION; first printed in 1689. Jean Yolton notes that N. Petter Nidditch estimates this edition to be printed in 800 copies. John Locke 1632-1704 philosopher and fellow of the Royal Society was the secretary and close associate of Ashby the first Earl of Shaftsbury and Lord Chancellor. This "Essay" established him as the leading philosopher of his day and together with letters upon religious toleration provided the basis for Whig political thought for the next century and paved the way for the later philosophies of Bentham and the radicals. // Considered the father of English empiricism Locke "was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe. In the past similar enquiries had been vitiated by the human propensity to extend them beyond the range of human understanding and to invent causes for what it cannot explain. Therefore Locke’s first task was to ascertain ‘the original certainty and extent of human knowledge’ and excluding ‘the physical consideration of the mind to show how far it can comprehend the universe’. His conclusion is that though knowledge must necessarily fall short of complete comprehension it can at least be ‘sufficient’; enough to convince us that we are not at the mercy of pure chance and to some extent control our own destiny." - Printing of the Mind of Man. 164. REFERENCES: Wing L2741; Jean Yolton John Locke: A Descriptive Bibliography Thoemmes Press 1997 63; Alston 7:79; Attig 230; Christophersen 27; ESTC r020221. See also: Grolier 100 English 36; Grolier Club Catalogue of original and early editions of some of the poetical and prose works of English writers from Wither to Prior 527; Pforzheimer 600. Awnsham and John Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1695. hardcover books
169439044London: Pr. for Awnsham & John Churchil and Samuel Manship 1694. Folio 32.8 cm 12.875". 40 407 13 12 index pp. portrait lacking; some pagination erratic. <br><br>Second edition "with large additions" of Lockes great work one of the formative influences on empiricism and philosophical thought in general in which Locke "was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" according to Printing and the Mind of Man.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front pastedown with inked inscription of J.H. Randall Jr. dated 1957; back pastedown with small label of bookseller William Salloch one formerly affixed Salloch label and one original Salloch invoice now laid in. Most recently in the library of Robert Sadoff M.D. sans indicia. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. L2740; ESTC R21459; Printing & the Mind of Man 164 for the first edition of 1690. Contemporary mottled calf covers framed and panelled in blind with blind-tooled corner fleurons spine with gilt-stamped red leather title-label; leather much rubbed overall with small portion of back joint unsubtly refurbished some time ago. Front hinge inside cracked with sewing holding; lacking the portrait only. Pages cockled and a few leaves with lower outer portions waterstained; two leaves each with small hole affecting a handful of letters. Pr. for Awnsham & John Churchil and Samuel Manship hardcover books
1694044491London: Awnsham and John Churchill and Samuel Manship 1694. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary paneled calf worn rebacked and with small repairs to the corners new endpapers added. Lacking the portrait and with an old repair in the gutter of the title a little yellowed and the first few pages adhered slightly in the inner margin. A touch of marginal browning early on but generally a clean bright well margined copy. The first concentrated attempt to define the limits of human knowledge and the human capacity for comprehension - Hume and Kant built more ornate structures on these same ideas but the foundation was all Locke's. "Philosophy without Dogma" PMM 164 for the first edition of 1690. xl 407 blank 11 blank. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044491. Awnsham and John Churchill and Samuel Manship hardcover books
169166937A Founding Document of Democracy The First of John LockeÃs Works to be Translated from His Native English LOCKE John. Du gouvernement civil ou l'on traitte de l'origine des fondemens de la nature du pouvoir et des fins des societe politiques. Traduit de l'Anglois. Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang 1691. First edition in French of LockeÃs groundbeaking work and the first of his works to be translated from his native English. Twelvemo 5 7/16 x 3 inches; 138 x 75 mm. 12 321 1 blank pp. Title page with printerÃs woodcut device. Short marginal tears to M7 & 8 repaired and with no loss. Contemporary light salmon paper over boards rebacked at a very early date in similar paper manuscript spine lettering red speckled edges. Small number of upper blank of title and front endpaper. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. Overall an excellent copy; very clean and in a contemporary binding. Originally published in 1690 as ëTwo Treatises of GovernmentÃ. ìLockeÃs anonymous text is here an anonymous translation traditionally attributed to David Mazel. ëOne of the Huguenot pastors living in Hollandà of the second treatise in its 1R version with the first chapter omittedì Yolton. ìThe second treatise contains a plain statement of the principles of democracy. In an age and country in which the practice of democracy had just been triumphantly vindicated LockeÃs theories although anticipated to some degree by the ëWhigà tradition of political thought-Aristotle Aquinas Hooker Grotius-had all the freshness of novelty. Like Hooker Locke presupposes an original and necessary law of reason and bases the constitution of society on it rather than on the de facto existence of a government based on the actual submission of the governed to the rulers. This consent is thus a prior condition of the ësocial contractà not a result of it so that the civil rulers hold their power not absolutely but conditionally; government being essentially a moral trust which lapses if the trustees fail to maintain their side of the contract. Locke was to reinforce these liberal opinions by his Letters on Tolerance and they combine with the Treatises on Government to provide a classic example of the empirical approach to the social and political economy which has remained ever since the basis of the principles of democracyî PMM. Its influence on the development of French and American political though cannot be overstated. Graesse IV 243. Printing and the Mind of Man 163. Yolton Locke 46. No copies of this edition have come up at auction in the last thirty years and OCLC only located twelve copies. HBS 66937. $6000 Chez Abraham Wolfgang hardcover books
170026987Amsterdam: Chez Henri Schelte 1700 1700. First French edition. Yolton 91. Edges a little rubbed; fine handsome copy. 4to contemporary polished calf marbled endpapers red morocco spine label attractive floral gilt decorations on the spine gilt lettering. Frontis portrait. The first French translation of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding and an important edition translated by Pierre Coste with the assistance of John Locke who "was very interested in having his Essay available to a wider audience than might be reached by the English editions" - Yolton. Preceding the translator's introduction is a letter from Locke "A Monseigneur le Comte de Pembroke et Montgomery" and following the introduction is Locke's "Monsieur Locke au Libraire" in which he endorses the quality of the translation. The errata on the final page of the contents in this copy is in its earliest recorded state with 33 errata listed. Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie on the front paste-down. <br/><br/> Amsterdam: Chez Henri Schelte, 1700 unknown books
169064538The First Modern Attempt to Analyze Human Knowledge LOCKE John. An Essay Concerning Humane Human Understanding. In Four Books. London: Printed by Elizabeth Holt for Tho. Basset and sold by Edw. Mory 1690. First edition title-page containing the inverted ìSSî of ìEssayî the type ornament composed of twenty-three pieces and without Elizabeth HoltÃs name in the imprint. With the dedication undated and with the errata uncorrected. It was once thought that the Holt imprint was the priority but recent studies have noted that the priority cannot be established. In his introduction to the Clarendon Press edition of the"Essay" Peter Nidditch changes his former opinion that the Holt imprint is the first issue and John Attig's bibliography records it as a varient. Folio 12 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches; 320 x 200 mm. 12 362 22 Contents pp. Pages 287 296 and 303 misnumbered 269 294 and 230 respectively. Contemporary brown mottled calf. Boards ruled in blind. Spine in six compartments lettered in gilt on brown calf spine label. Edges speckled red. Expertly rebacked to style with corners repaired. Title page is short at the fore-edge by half an inch due to the stub being turned behind A4. Marginal paper flaws on D1 P 3 and Dd3 not affecting text. Very small marginal hole on Hh not affecting text. The errata are corrected by a contemporary hand with ink and there are two contemporary ink notes on the back free endpaper. Locke's name is written in a contemporary hand on the title page as "IOHN LOCK: Gent:" Previous owner's name Brockett on the back pastedown. Previous owner's name Samuel Gaskell on the top margin of title page and previoue owner's name Roger Gaskell dated 1813 on front free endpaper. A very clean and crisp copy in an excellent contemporary binding. Locke 1632-1704 considered the father of English empiricism ìwas the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe. In the past similar enquiries had been vitiated by the human propensity to extend them beyond the range of human understanding and to invent causes for what it cannot explain. Therefore LockeÃs first task was to ascertain ëthe original certainty and extent of human knowledgeà and excluding ëthe physical consideration of the mind to show how far it can comprehend the universeÃ. His conclusion is that though knowledge must necessarily fall short of complete comprehension it can at least be ësufficientÃ; enough to convince us that we are not at the mercy of pure chance and can to some extent control our own destinyî Printing and the Mind of Man. LockeÃs investigation was continued by Hume and Kant. John Stuart Mill considered him to be the founder of the analytic philosophy of mind. Attig 228. Grolier 100 English 36. Grolier Wither to Prior 527. Pforzheimer 600. Printing and the Mind of Man 164. Wing L2739. HBS 64538. $32500 Printed for Tho. Basset, and sold by Edw. Mory hardcover books
165426966Oxoniæ: Leonardus Lichfield Academiæ Typographus 1654 1654. First edition. Yolton 251; Wing O-902; NCBEL II 1836; ESTC R203114. Blue morocco faded in spots on the boards; edges a little worn; very good copy with generous margins; rare in the trade. Small 4to 19th century straight-grain blue morocco blind and gilt decorations and lettering a.e.g. Title-page with a border of printer's ornaments. ¶ A collection of over 90 poems in various languages Latin Greek Hebrew English French Anglo-Saxon etc. written by Oxford students and graduates in celebration of Oliver Cromwell's Treaty of Westminster which brought to a conclusion the First Anglo-Dutch War. The most notable contributor is John Locke and his two poems - one in Latin eight lines and one in English 44 lines - constitute his first publication. ¶ Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie on the front paste-down. <br/><br/> Oxoniæ: Leonardus Lichfield Academiæ Typographus, 1654 hardcover books
1690173569London: J.M. for H. Herringman 1690. Hardcover. Good boards unattached pages foxed and browned but all pages readable. Marbled boards Riviere binding 54 2 pp no illustrations. An adaptation of the French Psyché by Molière P. Corneille and Quinault. Sometimes considered the first English opera was produced at the Dorset Garden theatre in 1674. A very rare book in readable condition. J.M. for H. Herringman hardcover books
169019072London: Awnsham and John Churchill 1690 1692. First editions of both volumes of Locke's Second and Third Letter Concerning Toleration. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo contemporary calf rebacked. In excellent condition with the text clean contents clean except for light browning rebacked. From the library of James Stonhouse with his signatures and armorial bookplate. Exceptionally rare. The Second Letter Concerning Toleration is a response to the attack on A Letter concerning Toleration Locke's The Argument of the 'Letter concerning Toleration' Briefly Consider'd and Answer'd. In the first letter Locke had claimed 'Toleration to be the chief Characteristical Mark of the True Church'. His views on religious toleration continued to be the subject of controversy and he penned two more letters the fourth of which was published posthumously. Awnsham and John Churchill unknown books
169666981First Collected Edition of Locke's Writings on the Fundamentals of Economics LOCKE John. Several Papers Relating to Money Interest and Trade &c. Writ upon several Occasions and Published at different Times. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill 1696. First collected edition of Locke's important writings on the fundamentals of economics. Small octavo 6 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches; 159 x 95 mm. 4 4 192; 24; 16 111 1 advertisement 1 eratta 1 blank pp. With general title-page and separate title-pages for Some Considerations and Further Considerations. Contemporary full speckled calf rebacked to style. Boards stamped in blind. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Boards a bit chipped and bumped. Overall a very good copy. Comprised of: The Second edition Corrected of: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament 1691. London: for Awnsham and John Churchill 1696. and Short Observations on a Printed Paper Intituled For encouraging the Coining Silver Money in England and after for keeping it here. 1695 and Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. LowndesÃs Arguments for it in his late Report concerning An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins are particularly Examined. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchil 1695. ESTC lists two variants: one has "By John Locke Esq;" on the title-page 'Further Considerations' dated 1695 and 111 pages. The other issue has "By Mr. John Locke" on the title-page "Further Considerations" dated 1696 and 112 pages. This copy is a combination of the two with 'Further Considerations' dated 1695 and "By Mr. John Locke" on the title-page. ìëThe Great Recoinageà controversy of the 1690s was the impetus for LockeÃs writings on mercantile and monetary theory. In the 1660s Sir Josiah Child had argued that the legal rate of interest should be lowered. It was still a topic for political discussion in the early 1690s: Child was still pressing the argument and was supported by London merchants. Locke however defended a legal rate of interest but refused to fix it below the current rates. This was the occasion for his publishing Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money in 1692. When William Lowndes Secretary of the Treasury proposed in 1695 to raise the nominal value of coins Locke slightly revised Some Considerations and also published two further pamphlets Short Considerations and Further Considerations. At that time gold and silver coins had a value equivalent to their metal content representing nothing but their silver or gold quantity. Locke rejected devaluation basing his argument on this ëcommodity theoryà of money. He considered ëraising of the denomination or the increase of alloyà to be debasement and fraudî Yolton. ìLockeÃs second major essay Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money 1695 while it reiterated many of his earlier arguments was mostly concerned with the issue of recoinage. Locke took issue with a proposal to devalue the official coinage by 20 per cent and argued strongly for recoining at the old standard the currently circulating coins debased by clipping and normal wear and tear. Money Locke argued was equivalent to gold and silver. People contracted for gold and silver and a government stamp was simply an assurance of the specie content of official coins. Hence a devaluation would only confuse trade and cause an increase in prices denominated in terms of pounds and shillingsî The New Palgrave. Einaudi. Goldsmiths'. Kress. HBS 66981RSL. $11000 Printed for A. and J. Churchill hardcover books
1695JC14328London: A. and J. Churchill 1695. Third edition enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good. Early panelled calf joints and spine tips rather shabbily renewed; 12mo; pp. 8 374 2 TOC. Binding scuffed. Previous owner's bookplate on FFEP; a little foxing here and there; but text block is overall clean and unmarked. <br/><br/>The third edition -- following two substantially identical editions from 1693 -- has a number of changes including the author's name added to the end of the Preface as well as textual expansion and new sections. A. and J. Churchill hardcover books
1696BBO47<p><b>LOCKE</b> John:<br /></p><p><b><i>Some Thoughts Concerning Education</i></b></p><p>London: A and J Churchill 1695.</p><p>8vo. 3742 pp.; brown spotted calf</p><p>Third edition Newly Expanded First edition thus</p><p><br /></p> A and J Churchill hardcover books
1693106030London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill 1693. First edition of Locke's seminal treatise on the education of gentlemen which for over a century was the most important philosophical work on education in England. Octavo bound in full calf with morocco spine label lettered and decorated in gilt raised bands and ruling to the spine. ruling and floral cornerpieces to the front and rear panels stamped in blind all edges speckled red. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. A scarce and important work. While in political exile during the 1680s Locke wrote letters to his friend Clarke of Chipley about the education of his children. These letters form the substance of his influential Thoughts on Education considered a classic in the subject. "Clarke had spoken of the letters to Thomas Molyneux then studying medicine at Leyden. A correspondence began between Locke and Molyneux's brother WIlliam who insisted that the letters be published"DNB XII 33. It was translated into almost all of the major written European languages during the eighteenth century and nearly every European writer on education after Locke including Jean-Jacques Rousseau acknowledged its influence. Printed for A. and J. Churchill hardcover books
1693LV2329London:: Awnsham & John Churchill 1693. 1693. Small octavo. Collation: A4 B-R8 S4. Pagination: viii 262 2 pp. Modern antique-style spotted paneled calf red morocco spine label edges speckled red old endpapers preserved; some marginal worming G3-N8 with occasional effect to printed text but confined to lower margin some abrasion to fore-edge. Otherwise a fine copy. First Edition "corrected" issue. There has been much discussion of the "states" of the first edition. This copy has the square ornament on the title-page the rules are 13mm below the type and ‘patronage’ on A3v line 19. In addition this copy has the catchword "I" found on A2v indicative of a first printing and not the reprint wherein one finds the catchword altered to "I my". "Locke was known to be concerned at the quality of the printing of his writings and to try to read the sheets before they were finally printed . . . I think the Churchills completed printing the first edition before Locke had made corrections; that he was so incensed by the errors that he insisted the whole first edition be suppressed and the barely distinguishable second edition be made." - Yolton. This copy has most of the corrections but lacks a few at the front of the volume and apparently is made up of some mixed sheets from the first printing. // It quickly became one of his most popular and influential works and is more or less a direct application of Locke’s empiricism as expressed in his Essay Concerning Human Understanding. // From the beginning Some Thoughts Concerning Education was initiated in 1684 with a correspondence with Locke’s friend Edward Clarke. The letters offered to Clarke advice for raising his son and heir. But it was not until William Molyneux encouraged Locke in 1693 to publish this book based on the advice given and even then issuing the first edition without his name on the title. // This work is a cornerstone in educational theory and is further considered a foundation of the principles of modern developmental psychology. "His thought was marked by a ready understanding of and warm sympathy with children. Three main thoughts dominate the work. First the individual aptitudes capacities and idiosyncrasies of the child should govern learning not arbitrary curricular or rote learning taught by the rod. Second Locke placed the health of the body and the development of a sound character ahead of intellectual learning. In the third place he saw that play high spirits and the ‘gamesome humor’ natural to children should govern the business of learning wherever possible. . . His influence on educational thought was enormous and is still very much with us in its fundamental outlook and method." - Encyclopedia of Philosophy. REFERENCES: Alston 10:111; Attig 523; ESTC r213714. T.C. II467; Pfortzheimer 612; Norman 1381; Wing L2762; Yolton 165-6. A[wnsham] & J[ohn] Churchill, 1693. unknown books
