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1694148834London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black-Swan in Pater-noster Row 1694. Rare second edition of Locke’s famed treatises on government. Duodecimo elaborately bound in full contemporary calf with ruling and tooling stamped in blind to the front and rear panels all edges speckled. In good condition with rubbing losses to the corners and the spine rebacked. Lacking pages 337-352 which are supplied in facsimile and loosely inserted in a pocket adhered to the rear pastedown. Locke's Two Treatises of Government were first published anonymously in December 1689. Locke was unhappy with this edition complaining to the publisher about its many errors. For the rest of his life he was intent on republishing the Two Treatises in a form that better reflected his meaning. The First Treatise of the volume attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha while the Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society based on natural rights and contract theory. Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Pater-noster Row unknown
1690151350London: Printed for Awnsham Churchill 1690. Exceptionally rare first edition published at the end of 1689 in an edition of likely only 1000 copies with quire Q in second of two settings. Octavo bound in full calf morocco spine label gilt tooling to the spine blind stamped to the front and rear panels. Title-page within double rule. In very good condition. Rare and desirable. “In Two Treatises on Government… John Locke developed what he considered the ‘true original extent and end of civil government.’ The First Treatise was devoted to a refutation of the theory of divine right monarchy expounded by Sir Robert Filmer in his Patriarcha published in 1680. In his Second Treatise Locke presented his positive views on the origins of the social order. Civil society and government Locke argued were founded on an original social compact entered into by autonomous individuals in a state of nature. The powers of government Locke contended were limited by the authority granted by the free consent of the individuals subscribing to the social compact. Locke’s Second Treatise has been credited with great influence on American constitutionalism… Locke had a profound impact…. on the theoretical basis for forming new governments… Locke had a formative influence on the principles of the Declaration of Independence and on the early state constitutions†A Covenanted People 37. “The 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 Locke’s theories… had all the freshness of novelty… 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… The Treatises of Government provide a classic example of the empirical approach to social and political economy which has remained ever since the basis of the principles of democracy†PMM 163. Printed for Awnsham Churchill unknown
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
1693POCme[LO61London: Printed for A. and J.Churchill 1693. 1693. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l. 262 2. contemporary mottled calf front joint cracked short split in upper rear joint spine ends bit chipped lacking front flyleaf discolouration to outer margin in some gatherings outer margin of last few leaves with slight fraying. a few old manuscript marginal notes. First Edition First Issue with with slightly skewed woodcut ornament on title catchword I my on A2v and misprint Patronnge on A3v Yolton reversing priority given in Wing. Lockes treatise grew out of a correspondence dating from 1684 between himself and his friend Edward Clarke whom he was advising on the education of his son. Locke was in Holland at the time. "His thought was marked by a ready understanding of and 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. Compulsory learning is irksome; where there is play in learning there is also joy in it. Throughout he placed emphasis on good example practice and use rather than on precepts rules and punishment. The work was an implicit criticism of his own education at Westminster and Oxford which he found unpleasant and largely useless." James Gordon Clapp Encyc. of Philosophy p. 500 Wing 2762A. Yolton 165. Christophersen p. 57. Pforzheimer 612. 1st Edition. London: Printed for A. and J.Churchill, 1693. unknown
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
169326181<p><strong>1693 TRUE 1ed John LOCKE Concerning Education GOBLINS Boogeyman Bloody Bones</strong></p><p><em>"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts." </em></p><p>– John Locke</p><p>After studying medicine under the teaching of Thomas Sydenham John Locke began his journey of philosophical thinking that would develop into some of his most famous works. In 1693 Locke published a treatise on education entitled '<em>Thoughts Concerning Education'</em>. Throughout the 18th-century it was <strong><u>the most important work on the philosophy of education in England</u></strong>. This work was an extension from 'Concerning Human Understanding' in which he describes how to educate the 'blank slate' mind described in<em> 'Human Understanding'.</em></p><p>Perhaps the most intriguing sections found in this work is Locke's perspectives on <u>goblins sprites and the Boogeyman</u>! Locke describes recorded instances of <strong>Bloody-Bones</strong> being used to scare children into behaving! From this 17th-century printing:</p><p>"It being the usual method of servants to awe children and keep them in subjection by telling them of Raw-Head and Bloody-Bones as carry with them the ideas of some hurtful terrible things in habiting darkness." p. 159</p><p>This incredibly rare printing is notable for being one of the earliest printed editions of Locke and includes the desirable text misprint in the dedication. <u>An absolutely incredible printing of Locke's "<em>Education</em>"!</u></p><p>Item number: #26181</p><p>Price: $7500</p><p>LOCKE John</p><p><strong><em>Some thoughts concerning education</em></strong></p><p>Printed for A. and J. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row London 1693. <strong><u>True first edition!</u></strong></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->8 262 2</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Title page i.e. A1 provided in professional facsimile</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Wing L 2762;</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Edition point:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Verso of A3 line 19: "Patronnge" instead of "Patronage"</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Armorial bookplate – J. Gibson A.M.</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~7in X 4.5in 18cm x 11cm</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Exceedingly rare valuable and desirable with auction records and price comparisons between $11000-$15000</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26181</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Printed for A. and J. Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row hardcover
1693185824London: for A. and J. Churchill 1693. Enlightened education First edition of Locke's major contribution to pedagogical theory the seminal Enlightenment treatise on the subject: "His influence on educational thought and practice was enormous and is still very much with us in its fundamental outlook and method" Edwards p. 501. Locke judged his own impeccably orthodox education to be both unpleasant and unhelpful: he therefore welcomed the opportunity to advise a close friend Edward Clarke on the impending education of his son. He argues that pupils are essentially malleable a tabula rasa: receptive to a good education but easily corruptible by a bad one. The ultimate purpose of a Lockean education is to develop rational self-control and so temper one's selfish passions. To do so the teacher should aim first at physical health as a sound body leads to a sound mind while integrating sports and even trade skills. By contrast with his own upbringing the scholastic focus on ancient languages and theology is considerably reduced. These ideas made a deep impression on Enlightenment thought not least on Rousseau and his Emile. The tabula rasa in particular appealed to reformers who saw social progress as possible through education. There are two virtually identical editions the second a line-for-line resetting of the first; this copy has all the points delineated by Yolton as distinguishing the first edition. Octavo 173 x 104 mm pp. 8 262 2. Woodcut device on title page. Contemporary panelled calf rebacked to style edges sprinkled red. With 1716 ownership initials of one Joshua Harrison possibly the Harrison who studied at Queen's College Oxford from 1718 to 1722 to front free endpaper. With 1718 inscription recording Harrison's gift of this copy to one Thomas Horton possibly the Horton 1705-1791 who studied at St John's College Cambridge in 1729. Light scuffing extremities restored and initial 50 leaves washed otherwise crisp: a very good copy indeed. Attig 523; ESTC R7482; Pforzheimer 612; Wing L2762; Yolton 166. Paul Edwards ed. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy vol. III 1967. unknown
1693122924London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill. As New. 1693. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - In stock and immediately available for shipment - text pristine & unmarked tight to the spine. 8vo. Pp. 4 p. L. 262 2. with a bonus offer-- . Printed for A. and J. Churchill hardcover
1696151077London: A. and J. Churchill 1696. Responding to Locke on coinage First edition of an anonymous reply to John Locke's Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money both part of the considerable output of publications surrounding the Great Recoinage of 1696 where the shortage and drawbacks of metal currency was engendering much debate. The terminal page is known in two settings this dated 3 October 1696 with advertisements the other dated 23 September 1696 and without advertisements. Octavo 173 x 106 mm. Nineteenth century white quarter cloth spine lettered in gilt green paper-covered sides. Early notation to title page stamp of Assay Office Library Birmingham to front free endpaper. Spine and extremities darkened contents foxed half-title lightly soiled. A very good copy. ESTC R16348; Pforzheimer 615; Wing S4481; Yolton C1696-5. hardcover
163866431London: Printed by John Haviland for Thomas Alchorn 1638. LOCKE John; TYMME Thomas. From the Library of John Locke<br> <br> LOCKE John association. TYMME Thomas. A Silver Watch Bell The Sound whereof is able by the Grace of God to win the most prophane Worldling and careless Liver if there be but the least spark of Grace remaining in him to become a true Christian indeed that in the end he may obtain everlasting Salvation; Whereunto is adjoyned A Treatise of the Holy Sacrament of The Lord's Supper in part augmented. By Thomas Tymme. XVIIIth Impression. London: Printed by John Haviland for Thomas Alchorn 1638.<br> <br> Small octavo. A1 tipped-in leaf with title supplied in ink on recto A3-A8 B-H8 I1 I3-I8 K-T8. 2 blank 2 title in ink verso blank 6 Dedication 4 To the Reader 2 Contents 12-114 117-188 pp. Lacking A2 title-page and I2 pp. 115-116. Text within double-ruled border with headline page numbers and marginal glosses inside outer border. Sixteen head-pieces fourteen ornamental initials and two tail-pieces.<br> <br> Contemporary marbled boards rebacked possibly in 1915 according to pencil note on front pastedown with speckled calf modern red and white paper spine label lettered in ink. Plain endpapers all edges speckled red some trimmed close to headlines and in a few cases to marginal inscriptions. Boards worn hinges cracked. Tiny rust or ink hole to top of front free endpaper tiny wormhole to outer margin of beginning leaves affecting a letter or two of marginal glosses. Over-opened at a few places. Still a very good copy.<br> <br> A popular much-reprinted work Tymme's little religious book was first published in 1605. This copy contains ink inscriptions signatures and marginal notations in at least five different hands: John Locke dated 1669 on p. v Ri. Yolland undated Emmanual Bayhind undated William Yoo dated December 21 1782 on p. 244 and Rietteel dated N. York 1819 on front free endpaper and title-page. We have been unable to locate any information on the later owners of the book.<br> <br> While many of the annotations in the volume are by its later owners pp. iv and v contain Locke's signatures and inscriptions including a quotation in Greek. Numerous other pages pp. 4 6 9 66 78 80 101 118 134 139 144 146 165 228 229 232 234 and 238 contain marginal notes often in Greek in what appears to be the same handwriting. Locke may have noted in the margin of p. 96 the date he purchased the book its cost and a selected list of page numbers; though partially obliterated by a later owner the note seems to read "166.his book of Mr. florins." On p. 176 there appears in the margin a figure which may perhaps be an early crude version of Locke's paraph-the distinctive mark he used to authenticate his signature on legal documents and occasionally to mark his books for an unknown purpose see Harrison and Laslett pp. 41-2. Locke may have marked the spine with a label or press-mark but if so this has been lost when the volume was rebacked.<br> <br> During the period that Locke 1632-1704 acquired and annotated this volume he was a tutor at Christ Church Oxford. A book collector as well as physician writer and scholar Locke amassed his library primarily for his own research purposes. In 1669 however he did not have the bulk of the volumes which would comprise his library at Otes in the 1680s and '90s. In those later years Locke was faced with a rapidly expanding library which confounded attempts to find any particular volume in it. Locke therefore developed a complicated cataloguing procedure to allow him easily to locate the volumes he needed. Though he generally made notations for his own reference on the title-page spine and last page of a work-and often also made a list of page numbers for future reference on a fly-leaf-he typically did not underline words or phrases in his books. "On the whole he left his margins well alone and made his notes in his notebooks" always showing "much admirable respect for the whiteness of his pages and the general appearance of the volumes standing in his boxes" Harrison and Laslett p. 39.<br> <br> It is important to remember though that Locke's cataloguing procedures were developed and perfected in the 1680s and 1690s-this was the first period in his life when his books were physically all in the same place: "Books which went out of Locke's possession in earlier years would have far less and less regular markings-some of them perhaps not marked in any way. But the over-lining and underlining would probably be present with sometimes the author's name. A spine label giving author and a digit indicating size might also be present.These signs are not unusually found in Otes books which had been with Locke before 1683 and occasionally the two figure press-marks there can be seen to have been converted from the one-figure marks which we believe characterized the books in Christ Church in 1681" Harrison and Laslett p. 43. Tymme's volume then is probably one which Locke sold or gave away possibly to a current or former pupil before he perfected his cataloguing method.<br> <br> See Harrison and Laslett The Library of John Locke1965.<br> <br> HBS 66431.<br> <br> $25000. Printed by John Haviland, for Thomas Alchorn unknown
1696166327London: A. and J. Churchill 1696. Locke's gospel of sound money First edition thus. Several Papers comprises an issue under a collective title page of the second editions of three of John Locke's economic tracts all relating to the recoinage controversy of the 1690s in which the government attempted to replace the country's clipped worn and widely forged coinage with a new devalued currency. Though Locke was writing in response to a specific crisis his works had a lasting impact on monetary theory. He soon gained and retained well into the 19th century the reputation as a defender of an honest commercial society free from currency manipulation by governments. "Locke's writings on money and his arguments against devaluation have almost been regarded as gospels for 'sound money' men" Ming-Hsun Li pp. 104. The tracts included are Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money first edition 1692 Short Observations. on Coining Silver Money first edition 1695 and Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money first edition 1695. The book is bibliographically complicated composed from existing sheets of the three works with a collective title page in two states. This copy has Yolton's second issue of the collective title page cancelled to read "By Mr. John Locke" rather than the original "By John Locke Esq;". The third work can be present in sheets of either its second or third edition here the second edition and retaining the distinguishing errata slip. Octavo 162 x 94 mm. Recent quarter calf marbled sides vellum tips. Housed in custom black cloth solander box. Contemporary ownership signature of one "Walter John Stone" to title page. Light browning and a few stains. A very good copy. ESTC R19558; Goldsmiths' 3315; Kress 1980; Wing L2757; Yolton 163B. Ming-Hsun Li The Great Recoinage of 1696-9 1963. hardcover
169666981London: 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Comprised of:<br> <br> The Second edition Corrected of:<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> and<br> <br> Short Observations on a Printed Paper Intituled For encouraging the Coining Silver Money in England and after for keeping it here. 1695<br> <br> and<br> <br> Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. Lowndes's 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> "'The Great Recoinage' controversy of the 1690s was the impetus for Locke's 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 'commodity theory' of money. He considered 'raising of the denomination or the increase of alloy' to be debasement and fraud" Yolton.<br> <br> "Locke's 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 shillings" The New Palgrave.<br> <br> Einaudi. Goldsmiths'. Kress.<br> <br> HBS 66981.<br> <br> $9500. Printed for A. and J. Churchill unknown
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
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
1699117837Amsterdam : Chez Jaques Menassion 1699. 150x90mm. 9 ff. Avertissement - PrÂŽface du traducteur - Indice du Contenu des Sections - 484 pages bandeaux reliure plein veau avec titre fleurons fleurs de lys et caissons ornÂŽs dorÂŽs au dos ˆ quatre faux-nerfs. Coiffe infÂŽrieure abimÂŽe. CharniÂre supÂŽrieure fendue. IntÂŽrieur propre. Barbier III-574. TroisiÂme traduction franÂaise de Coste.Revue Dix-septiÂme siÂcle 2011/4 n.¡ 253 article LÕoeuvre des premiers traducteurs franÂais de John Locke : Jean Le Clerc Pierre Coste et David Mazel : Ã’Locke ne semble pas avoir trouvÂŽ que les commentaires ajoutÂŽs par Coste dans la prÂŽface de la traduction de ses Thoughts concerning Education ÂŽtaient dÂŽplacÂŽs ; au contraire il trouva son conseil ˆ propos de la nÂŽcessitÂŽ de bien ma”triser sa langue maternelle si perspicace quÕil dÂŽcida de lÕinsÂŽrer non pas dans le paratexte mais dans le texte mÂme de lՎdition anglaise revue et augmentÂŽe qui suivit ce dont Coste ne fut pas peu fier. Le transfert culturel eut donc un effet boomerang. En dÕautres termes lÕadaptation culturelle ˆ laquelle Coste fut contraint de procÂŽder pour traduire Some Thoughts concerning Education en franÂais fut ensuite adoptÂŽe par lÕauteur anglais pour son texte source qui fut ainsi enrichi de lÕidÂŽe du traducteur franÂaisÓ. Ã’dans lÕavertissement ˆ la deuxiÂme ÂŽdition franÂaise de De lÕeducation des enfans Coste signala quÕau rang des Ã’articles tout nouveauxÓ dont Locke avait grossi la version originale de lÕÃuvre figurait le sien sur lÕimportance dÕune bonne ma”trise de sa langue maternelle il prÂŽcisa ÂŽgalement que le texte original avait gagnÂŽ en exactitude. . Ë en croire Coste cÕest gr‰ce ˆ lui et ˆ son travail de traduction que Locke en vint ˆ Ã’exprimer en Anglois quantitÂŽ dÕendroits dÕune maniÂre plus prÂŽcise & plus distincte quÕil nÕavoit fait dans les trois premiÂres ƒditions de son LivreÓÓ. 235 Chez Jaques Menassion unknown
1699020537London: Printed By H. C. For A. And F Churchill 1699. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo 12.5 X 20cm. complete: pp. 4 452; in this copy the errata leaf is bound in after the title page. Textually a very good copy with full margins the leaf measuing 120 x 190mm. Full contemporary calf fair only with leather covering to the spine chipped with loss and now loosely tucked into the book. Both board firmly attached but by cords only. Contents very good early initials to title page some leaves a little softened to top edge with slight staining the last few leaves a little more so with a few very short nicks and slight chipping to corners none affecting text. Some gatherings loosening. A good copy ideally in need of rebinding. Printed By H. C. For A. And F Churchill Hardcover
1684721072London: Samson Evans H. Sawbridge 1684. Full leather. Quarto full leather. Worn and chipped leather with professional restoration along spine and to corners and hinges. Imprimatur page is creased and torn light chipping to title page edges. Early owners' names on end papers and title page. Lacks bfep. Heavy foxing some stains. Otherwise sound. London: Samson Evans, H. Sawbridge hardcover
1676650788London: C. Smith for Sampson Evans 1676. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 507 pages in very good condition. Pages are aged and worn. Some pages are re-margined to repair significant edge-wear many are darkened creased lightly stained. Pen markings on the title page. Previous owner's signature on the first page of the preface. Page edges are darkened. Rebound in half-leather with marbled paper on the boards. 5 raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Worn and scuffed around the edges and spine. Very good for its age. 1ST EDITION VG <br/> <br/> C. Smith, for Sampson Evans hardcover
1690fivelettersJohn Locke 1690. First English Edition. Hardcover. Pages generally clean with notat. Five Letters Concerning the Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures translated from the French written originally by Jean Le Clerc. This edition translated and published by John Locke. Rare first English edition from 1690. Previously owned by Gleason L Archer famous American biblical scholar and theologian with his notation to front space and final page. Book complete and tightly bound in contemporary linen titled boards.Pages generally clean with notation to front space and end page by prior owner contemporary binding tight and clean linen boards with one small stain. John Locke hardcover
169064538London: Printed for Tho. Basset and sold by Edw. Mory 1690. The First Modern Attempt to Analyze Human Knowledge<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> First edition title-page containing the inverted "SS" of "Essay" the type ornament composed of twenty-three pieces and without Elizabeth Holt's 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.<br> <br> 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 previous owner's name Roger Gaskell dated 1813 on front free endpaper. A very clean and crisp copy in an excellent contemporary binding.<br> <br> Locke 1632-1704 considered the father of English empiricism "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 can to some extent control our own destiny" Printing and the Mind of Man.<br> <br> Locke's investigation was continued by Hume and Kant. John Stuart Mill considered him to be the founder of the analytic philosophy of mind.<br> <br> Attig 228. Grolier 100 English 36. Grolier Wither to Prior 527. Pforzheimer 600. Printing and the Mind of Man 164. Wing L2739.<br> <br> HBS 64538.<br> <br> $32500. Printed for Tho. Basset, and sold by Edw. Mory unknown
170011172Amsterdam: Chez Henri Schelete 1700. French translated Edition Fourth. Full Calf. Very Good. French translated Edition Fourth. Full Calf. Translation to English: Philosophical Essay Concerning Human Understanding or We Show What is the Extent of our Certain Knowledge and the Way in which We Achieve it. Translated from the English of Mr. Locke by Pierre Coste. On the Fourth Edition revised corrected and enlarged by the Author. Original 18th Century Edition. First French translation by Pierre Coste 1668-1747 of Locke's 1632-1704 philosophical work first published in 1690. Pierre Coste was a French theologian translator and writer. Born in Uzès France to Protestant parents he moved to England via Switzerland and Holland after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Acknowledgments from Simon von Beaumont statesman. Complete detachment on front board starting rear; minimal head and tail wear chipping rubbing to boards minor foxing evidence of dampstaining else very good. Full calf gilt titling/edging/decorations tall 8vo 936 pp. table ornaments marbled edge. In French. Chez Henri Schelete unknown
170076523Amsterdam: Chez Henri Schelte 1700. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in French of this classic of human thought. Locke's monumental An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 1689 is one of the first great defenses of modern empiricism and concerns itself with determining the limits of human understanding in respect to a wide spectrum of topics. Regarded as among the most important Enlightenment thinkers Locke 1632-1704 greatly influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers as well as the American Revolutionaries. Quarto: 56 936 22 p. with an engraved frontispiece portrait. Full period vellum binding with a red morocco spine label five raised bands and decorative blind stamping. Light spotting to the endpapers with a small bookplate to the front pastedown. The front joint is just starting. A bit of bowing to the boards which are stained and soiled more so along the spine and extremities with some scuffing to the spine label. Chez Henri Schelte hardcover
170058040Amsterdam 1700. 4to. Samtidig helskinnbind med opphøyde ryggbånd og rik gulldekor på ryggen. 56 936 22 s. med et gravert portrett av Locke.4to. Contemporary full calf with raised bands and gilt decorations to spine. 56 936 22 pp. Engraved portrait of Locke. Chez Henri Schelte. Avec Privilége de Nosseigneurs les Etats de Hollande & de West-Frise Fransk. <br/><br/><em>2 cm. tear in the leather at head of spine slight dampstain to top margin on app. the last 80 pages. Otherwise a fine copy.The first French edition of ""An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"". </em> hardcover
1700185<b>FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Large quarto. Portrait of Locke. 937pp. Contemporary full calf. Spine is decoratively tooled in gilt compartments with red morocco gilt lettering label . An excellent copy with clean pages. First edition in French of John Locke's Essay Concerning Humane Understanding first published in English in 1690. A stellar copy.</b> Chez Henri Schelte hardcover
169166937Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang 1691. A Founding Document of Democracy The First of John Locke's Works to be Translated from His Native English<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> First edition in French of Locke's 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 printer's woodcut device. Short marginal tears to M7 & 8 repaired and with no loss.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Originally published in 1690 as 'Two Treatises of Government'. "Locke's anonymous text is here an anonymous translation traditionally attributed to David Mazel. 'One of the Huguenot pastors living in Holland' of the second treatise in its 1R version with the first chapter omitted" Yolton. "The 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 Locke's theories although anticipated to some degree by the 'Whig' 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 'social contract' 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 democracy" PMM. Its influence on the development of French and American political though cannot be overstated.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> HBS 66937.<br> <br> $6000. Chez Abraham Wolfgang unknown
