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Leviathan, or, The matter, form, and power of a common-wealth ecclesiastical and civil
Uniform Title
Leviathan
Title
Leviathan, or, The matter, form, and power of a common-wealth ecclesiastical and civil / by Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury.
Published
London : Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1651 [i.e. 1680]
Physical Description
[6], 250, 249-256, 261-394 [i.e. 396] p., [2] leaves of plates : table ; 34 cm (fol.)
Local Notes
BEIN Ocg45 H652 +651b: Bookplate of Sir John Anstruther.
BEIN 2014 +272: Imperfect: covers detached. Armorial bookplate: Francis Perrott.
Notes
The 3rd of three editions with same title and imprint; this edition probably published ca 1680. In this edition, the title page ornament is an upside down triangle of 25 ornaments grouped in 5 rows--cf. H. Macdonald. Thomas Hobbes; a bibliography, p. 27-29.
Added engr. t.p. with pictorial border.
Errors in paging: numbers 249-250, 394 repeated, 257-260 omitted.
Publication dated from Wing.
Signatures: A-3D⁴.
Variant and related titles
The matter, form, and power of a common-wealth ecclesiastical and civil.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Macdonald & Hargreaves. Thomas Hobbes, 44
English short title catalogue, R13935
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), H2248
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