Lot 54
Hobbes (Thomas).- Cavendish (William, Earl of Devonshire) Horae Subsecivae. Observations and Discourses, first edition, Printed for Edward Blount, 1620.
Hammer Price: £4,800
Description
Hobbes (Thomas).- Cavendish (William, Earl of Devonshire) Horae Subsecivae. Observations and Discourses, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and within double-ruled border, woodcut initials and head-pieces, with the blank leaf P8, small paper flaw to Aa3 with slight loss to catchword and ruled border, Oo4 with corner torn away causing slight loss of ruled border, but generally a very good copy, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [STC 3957], 8vo, Printed for Edward Blount, 1620.
⁂ A rare collection of treatises, with three of the essays (A Discourse of Laws, A Discourse of Rome, and A Discourse upon the Beginning of Tacitus) now often attributed to Hobbes (then tutor to Cavendish). The works are also sometimes attributed to Baron Chandos and Gilbert Cavendish.
Provenance: Wm. Ashhurst (ink name on front endpaper and head of title, the latter dated 1665); Henry Fox Bristowe (bookplate). Ink inscription on front endpaper reads "Rebacked by Sanders of Oxford, May 1958."
Description
Hobbes (Thomas).- Cavendish (William, Earl of Devonshire) Horae Subsecivae. Observations and Discourses, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and within double-ruled border, woodcut initials and head-pieces, with the blank leaf P8, small paper flaw to Aa3 with slight loss to catchword and ruled border, Oo4 with corner torn away causing slight loss of ruled border, but generally a very good copy, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, [STC 3957], 8vo, Printed for Edward Blount, 1620.
⁂ A rare collection of treatises, with three of the essays (A Discourse of Laws, A Discourse of Rome, and A Discourse upon the Beginning of Tacitus) now often attributed to Hobbes (then tutor to Cavendish). The works are also sometimes attributed to Baron Chandos and Gilbert Cavendish.
Provenance: Wm. Ashhurst (ink name on front endpaper and head of title, the latter dated 1665); Henry Fox Bristowe (bookplate). Ink inscription on front endpaper reads "Rebacked by Sanders of Oxford, May 1958."
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