![[CAVENDISH, William, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (1590-1628)]. Horae subseciuae. Observations and Discourses. London: [Eliots Court Press] for Edward Blount, 1620. 8° (166 x 102mm). Contemporary calf, covers with single gilt fillet and multiple blind fillets enclosing a central gilt lozenge, red speckled edges (rebacked, new endpapers, lozenge on rear cover more than half chipped away). Provenance: 'The Earle of Devonshires Book, Pre: 10[shillings?] R.E.' (inscription on front blank with various Latin and English mottoes) -- 'C.J.' (initials at head of title).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0015_000(cavendish_william_2nd_earl_of_devonshire_horae_subseciuae_observations063338).jpg?w=1)
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[CAVENDISH, William, 2nd Earl of Devonshire (1590-1628)]. Horae subseciuae. Observations and Discourses. London: [Eliots Court Press] for Edward Blount, 1620. 8° (166 x 102mm). Contemporary calf, covers with single gilt fillet and multiple blind fillets enclosing a central gilt lozenge, red speckled edges (rebacked, new endpapers, lozenge on rear cover more than half chipped away). Provenance: 'The Earle of Devonshires Book, Pre: 10[shillings?] R.E.' (inscription on front blank with various Latin and English mottoes) -- 'C.J.' (initials at head of title).
FIRST EDITION. Sometimes also attributed to Grey Brydges, Baron Chandos; to Gilbert Cavendish; and to Thomas Hobbes. In Three Discourses. A critical modern edition of newly identified work of the young Hobbes (University of Chicago Press, 1996), N.B. Reynolds and A.W. Saxonhouse argue that three of the longer essays -- 'A Discourse of Laws', 'A Discourse of Rome', and 'A Discourse upon the Beginning of Tacitus' -- were written by Hobbes while tutor to Cavendish, and that the other thirteen were by his pupil. RARE. STC 3957.
FIRST EDITION. Sometimes also attributed to Grey Brydges, Baron Chandos; to Gilbert Cavendish; and to Thomas Hobbes. In Three Discourses. A critical modern edition of newly identified work of the young Hobbes (University of Chicago Press, 1996), N.B. Reynolds and A.W. Saxonhouse argue that three of the longer essays -- 'A Discourse of Laws', 'A Discourse of Rome', and 'A Discourse upon the Beginning of Tacitus' -- were written by Hobbes while tutor to Cavendish, and that the other thirteen were by his pupil. RARE. STC 3957.