An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. In Four Books. (Two Volumes)
London: J. Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1715-1716. Seventh Edition. Octavos, two volumes. In Good minus condition. Full contemporary tooled calf, with banded spine, faded lettering, and gilt volume numbers. Front boards of each volume are separated, with adhesive residue along spine edge from prior repair. Boards show moderate bumping to corners, light plus wear to edges and overall. Text-blocks have light plus age-toning to edges, and very light age-toning to pages. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Locke (in Vol. I.). The name of one previous owner appears on the title page of each (“Johannes Robertus Keatius”), and of another on the front pastedown of Vol. II. (“William Weldish”). Contents: Vol. I. ([18], [14], 371 pages, [6]); Vol. II. ([16], 340 pages, [25], [4]). RW consignment. Shelved Room G.
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