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LOCKE (John). PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN...

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LOCKE (John). PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. Amsterdam, Mortier, 1742. In-4 glazed fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, garnet-red title page, red edges (contemporary binding); portrait-frontispiece, XLII-603 pp., (18) pp. table of contents. Damage and loss to upper headband, lower headband worn, corners dulled, beginning of splits to jaws, but seams solid. FOURTH EDITION, revised, corrected and enlarged. Translation from English by Pierre Coste. BEAUTIFUL frontispiece PORTRAIT engraved by F. Morellon after G. Kneller, title vignette and headband engraved on steel by B. Picart.