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Elementa philosophica de cive / auctore Thom. Hobbes ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Elzevier Collection Elz D 2297
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Swift's Reading Collection JC153 .H62 1647
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
- Standardized Title:
- De cive
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Early works to 1800.
- Political science.
- Natural law--Early works to 1800.
- Natural law.
- Authority--Early works to 1800.
- Authority.
- Penn Provenance:
- Krumbhaar, Edward Bell (bookplate) (stamp) (Elzevier Coll. copies 1 & 2)
- Lewis, G. A. (autograph) (Elzevier Coll. copy 1)
- Hopper, R. (autograph) (Elzevier Coll. copy 1)
- Gerischen, M. (autograph) (Elzevier Coll. copy 2)
- Vienken, Heinz J. (honoree) (Swift's Library and Reading Coll. copy)
- Elias, Susan Homans (honoree) (Swift's Library and Reading Coll. copy)
- Physical Description:
- 40 unnumbered pages, 408 pages : portrait ; 14 cm (12mo)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterodami : Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, anno 1647.
- Notes:
- False imprint; actual printer unknown. Cf. Willems and Rahir.
- One of two editions with false imprint published in 1647. Cf. Willems and Rahir.
- First published in Paris in 1642 under title: Elementorum philosophiae sectio tertia de cive. Cf. Macdonald, H. Hobbes.
- Engraved t.p.
- Engraved port. of Hobbes on verso of leaf *2.
- Signatures: *⁸ 2*¹² A-R¹².
- Woodcuts: initials; head- and tail-pieces.
- With side- and shoulder-notes.
- Errata on verso of leaf 2*12.
- Local Notes:
- Elzevier Coll. copy 3 misbound: leaves *2-8 bound as: *6, *3, *4, *7, *8, *5, *2.
- This title is part of The Library and Reading of Jonathan Swift: a Partial Replication, a collection given to the University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2005 in memory of Susan Homans Elias and in honor of the late Heinz J. Vienken.
- Swift's Library and Reading Coll. copy wanting leaf *2 with Hobbes port.
- Swift's Library and Reading Coll. copy with ms. notes on front free endpapers.
- Cited in:
- Copinger, H.B. Elzevier Press, 2297
- Willems, A. Elzevier, 1048
- Rahir, E. Elzevier, 1050
- Passmann-Vienken. Swift's Library, 869
- OCLC:
- 3169943
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