Lot 133
Hobbes (Thomas).- Thucydides. Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre, first Hobbes edition, second issue, engraved title by T. Cecill, [Elliot's Court Press] for Richard Mynne, 1634.
Hammer Price: £6,500
Description
Hobbes (Thomas).- Thucydides. Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre, first Hobbes edition, second issue, translated by Hobbes, engraved title by T. Cecill, 2 engraved plates, 3 folding maps, lacking final leaf (blank), early ownership ink inscriptions to title, b2 and final leaf, title lightly soiled with tender edges and small loss to corners, small marginal loss not affecting text (3T1), occasional faint spotting, occasional water-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [STC 24059], folio, [Eliot's Court Press] Richard Mynne, 1634.
⁂ A re-issue of the pages of the 1629 edition with a cancel titlepage (with alteration of the imprint).
Description
Hobbes (Thomas).- Thucydides. Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre, first Hobbes edition, second issue, translated by Hobbes, engraved title by T. Cecill, 2 engraved plates, 3 folding maps, lacking final leaf (blank), early ownership ink inscriptions to title, b2 and final leaf, title lightly soiled with tender edges and small loss to corners, small marginal loss not affecting text (3T1), occasional faint spotting, occasional water-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [STC 24059], folio, [Eliot's Court Press] Richard Mynne, 1634.
⁂ A re-issue of the pages of the 1629 edition with a cancel titlepage (with alteration of the imprint).
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