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HOBBES, Thomas (1588-1679). The Art of Rhetoric, with a discourse of the Laws of England. London: William Crooke, 1681. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (179 x 110mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf (spine rubbed and slightly chipped, joints split). Provenance: Sir Thomas Willoughby, later 1st Baron Middleton (d.1729, inscription); George Goyder (armorial bookplate, inserted letter from Maggs Bros., dated 1947, regarding the present book). Macdonald & Hargreaves 13; Wing H-2212.
Thomas HOBBES. Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. London: W.Crooke, 1682. 4 tracts in three parts in one volume, 8° (181 x 110mm). Four sub-titles, 5pp. publisher's advertisements at end of first part. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, one folding engraved table at the end of the final part. Contemporary calf (rebacked, old label laid-down). Provenance: Sir Francis Boileau (1830-1900, armorial bookplate noting that the present volume was "from the Library of Lord Nugent"); George Goyder (armorial bookplate). Macdonald & Hargreaves 100; Wing H-2265.
Hugo GROTIUS (1583-1645). Of the Authority of the Highest Powers About Sacred things. Or, The Right of the State in the Church... Put into English by C.[Lement] B.[arksdale]. London: T.W. for Joshua Kirton, 1651. 8° (167 x 105mm). 7ll. publisher's advertisements at end with integral final blank. (Somewhat browned, small neat repair to first leaf.) Contemporary black morocco gilt, 18th-century red morocco spine label, g.e. Provenance: Thomas Conolly Cowan (armorial bookplate, inscription noting gift from "Cath. Cowan"); PHILIP BLISS (1787-1857, bibliophile, inscription and characteristic initial 'P.' at foot of B1); Sudeley Castle, Glos. (ink stamp); George Goyder (armorial bookplate). A FINE COPY BOUND FOR PRESENTATION, of the first legal work by Grotius to be published in England. Wing G-2117; and another work by Grotius. (4)
Thomas HOBBES. Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury. London: W.Crooke, 1682. 4 tracts in three parts in one volume, 8° (181 x 110mm). Four sub-titles, 5pp. publisher's advertisements at end of first part. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, one folding engraved table at the end of the final part. Contemporary calf (rebacked, old label laid-down). Provenance: Sir Francis Boileau (1830-1900, armorial bookplate noting that the present volume was "from the Library of Lord Nugent"); George Goyder (armorial bookplate). Macdonald & Hargreaves 100; Wing H-2265.
Hugo GROTIUS (1583-1645). Of the Authority of the Highest Powers About Sacred things. Or, The Right of the State in the Church... Put into English by C.[Lement] B.[arksdale]. London: T.W. for Joshua Kirton, 1651. 8° (167 x 105mm). 7ll. publisher's advertisements at end with integral final blank. (Somewhat browned, small neat repair to first leaf.) Contemporary black morocco gilt, 18th-century red morocco spine label, g.e. Provenance: Thomas Conolly Cowan (armorial bookplate, inscription noting gift from "Cath. Cowan"); PHILIP BLISS (1787-1857, bibliophile, inscription and characteristic initial 'P.' at foot of B1); Sudeley Castle, Glos. (ink stamp); George Goyder (armorial bookplate). A FINE COPY BOUND FOR PRESENTATION, of the first legal work by Grotius to be published in England. Wing G-2117; and another work by Grotius. (4)