(LOCKE, John.) An Essay concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books.
Second edition, second issue. Folio. Pp. [40], 407, [13]. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Locke by P. Vanderbanck after Sylvester Brounowe. Bound in contemporary panelled calf, later re-backed, red spine label lettered in gilt. Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, Near the Royal Exchange, London, 1694.
A little wear to the binding and some rubbing to the corners, the occasional minor blemish; a near fine example.
The second and expanded edition of Locke's key philosophical work. Some of the new material in this edition arose out of Locke's correspondence in the 1680s and 1690s with the young Irish scientist William Molyneux. Locke concludes 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.” (PMM 164). Brunet VII: 883; ESTC R21459; Wing L-2740.
"When Thomas Basset was running out of copies of the first edition in February 1693, he signed a contract with Locke to pay him ten shillings per sheet for additional materials for a new printing. These additions included an expansion of Book I, Chap. IV; the chapter on power was almost entirely new; a new chapter, 'Of Identity and Diversity', was inserted as 2.27, making chapters 27-31 to be renumbered as 2.28-32; and a discussion was added to 2.9.8. Other numerous additions were made throughout, sectional summaries added in the margins, and an analytical index supplied" (Yolton). Wing L2740. Yolton 62B.
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Second edition, second issue. Folio. Pp. [40], 407, [13]. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Locke by P. Vanderbanck after Sylvester Brounowe. Bound in contemporary panelled calf, later re-backed, red spine label lettered in gilt. Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, Near the Royal Exchange, London, 1694.
A little wear to the binding and some rubbing to the corners, the occasional minor blemish; a near fine example.
The second and expanded edition of Locke's key philosophical work. Some of the new material in this edition arose out of Locke's correspondence in the 1680s and 1690s with the young Irish scientist William Molyneux. Locke concludes 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.” (PMM 164). Brunet VII: 883; ESTC R21459; Wing L-2740.
"When Thomas Basset was running out of copies of the first edition in February 1693, he signed a contract with Locke to pay him ten shillings per sheet for additional materials for a new printing. These additions included an expansion of Book I, Chap. IV; the chapter on power was almost entirely new; a new chapter, 'Of Identity and Diversity', was inserted as 2.27, making chapters 27-31 to be renumbered as 2.28-32; and a discussion was added to 2.9.8. Other numerous additions were made throughout, sectional summaries added in the margins, and an analytical index supplied" (Yolton). Wing L2740. Yolton 62B.
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
Second edition, second issue. Folio. Pp. [40], 407, [13]. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Locke by P. Vanderbanck after Sylvester Brounowe. Bound in contemporary panelled calf, later re-backed, red spine label lettered in gilt. Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, Near the Royal Exchange, London, 1694.
A little wear to the binding and some rubbing to the corners, the occasional minor blemish; a near fine example.
The second and expanded edition of Locke's key philosophical work. Some of the new material in this edition arose out of Locke's correspondence in the 1680s and 1690s with the young Irish scientist William Molyneux. Locke concludes 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.” (PMM 164). Brunet VII: 883; ESTC R21459; Wing L-2740.
"When Thomas Basset was running out of copies of the first edition in February 1693, he signed a contract with Locke to pay him ten shillings per sheet for additional materials for a new printing. These additions included an expansion of Book I, Chap. IV; the chapter on power was almost entirely new; a new chapter, 'Of Identity and Diversity', was inserted as 2.27, making chapters 27-31 to be renumbered as 2.28-32; and a discussion was added to 2.9.8. Other numerous additions were made throughout, sectional summaries added in the margins, and an analytical index supplied" (Yolton). Wing L2740. Yolton 62B.
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.