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Brotherton Collection24
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political science12
natural law6
philosophy3
state, the3
authority2
psychology2
oaths2
free will and determinism1
rhetoric1
english poetry1

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Greece4
Great Britain2
Athens (Greece)1

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Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)56
Thucydides17
Homer15
Hobbes, Thomas13
Molesworth, Sir William (1810-1855)11
Molesworth, William11
Sorbiere, Samuel (1615-1670)5
Sorbiere, Samuel5
Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE)3
Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry2

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The history of the Grecian war: in eight books. Written by Thucydides. Faithfully translated from the original by Thomas Hobbes of Malmsbury. With maps describing the countrey

Thucydides; Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)

1676

Added engraved title-page, with title: Eight bookes of the Peloponnesian warre, written by Thucydides the sonne of Olorus. Interpreted with faith and diligence immediately out of the Greeke, by Thomas...

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Thucydides, in English

Thucydides; Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); Bekker, Immanuel (1785-1871)

1823

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The Iliads and Odysses of Homer (v.1-2)

Homer; Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)

1677

Added t.-p. engraved. The Iliads is a duplicate, without the t.-p., of the first edition of the "Iliads", published in 1676. cf. Brit. mus. catalogue. "The life of Homer: collected and written by ...

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Elemens philosophiques du citoyen : Traicté politique, où les fondemens de la societé civile sont descouverts

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); Sorbière, Samuel (1615-1670)

1649

Added title-page, engraved. Dedicatory epistle by the translator, Samuel Sorbière. First edition of the 1649 French translation; cf. H. MacDonald and M. Hargreaves, Thomas Hobbes, no. 32.

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Elemens philosophiques du bon citoyen : Traicté politique, où les fondemens de la société civile sont découverts

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); Sorbière, Samuel (1615-1670)

1651

Dedicatory epistle by the translator, Samuel Sorbière.

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Le corps politique ou les elements de la loy morale & civile : Avec des reflections sur la loy de nature, sur les serments, les pacts, & les diverses sortes de gouvernemens; leurs changemens, & leur revolutions

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); Sorbière, Samuel (1615-1670)

1653

Imprint date in roman numerals. Printer's mark: le Solitaire: headpieces; initials; tailpieces. Headpieces on second leaf and p. 1 same size (51 mm.). Cf. Copinger. Translated by Samuel Sorbièr...

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Les élémens de la politique de Monsieur Hobbes

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); Du Verdus, François de Bonneau seigneur (1620-1675)

1660

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Elementa philosophica de cive

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)

1669

Engraved t.p., illustrated. Macdonald and Hargreaves in their Hobbes bibliography record only one edition for this year (29); there were 2, with identical title pages, signatures, and paging. In thi...

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Leviathan, or, the matter, form, and power of a common-wealth ecclesiastical and civil

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)

[ca. 1675?]

A reprint of the 1651 edition made about 1675. Added engraved ill. t.p.: Leviathan, or The matter, forme, and power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civil. Pp.251-258 misnumbered 249-256; pp...

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Elemens philosophiques du citoyen : Traicté politique, où les fondemens de la societé civile sont découverts

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); Sorbière, Samuel (1615-1670)

1651

Added title-page, engraved. Dedicatory epistle by the translator, Samuel Sorbière. First edition of the 1649 French translation; cf. H. MacDonald and M. Hargreaves, Thomas Hobbes, no. 32. Anoth...

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Oeuvres philosophiques et politiques par Thomas Hobbes (v.1)

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679)

1787

Fictitious imprint, actually printed in Paris.

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