Locke, John

An Essay concerning Humane Understanding. London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil ... and Samuel Manship, 1694

Folio (12 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.; 310 x 194 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by P. Vanderbanck after Sylvester Brounower; crease in portrait with 2-inch tear along crease at bottom, portrait and title soiled as are a few other leaves, 2 pages with pencil notes, textual emendation added in manuscript on slip pasted on bottom margin of page 187. Contemporary calf blind-tooled in a panel design; rebacked at an early date, upper cover detached, corners worn, scuffed.

Lewis C. Kinchela (19c engraved armorial bookplate)

crease in portrait with 2-inch tear along crease at bottom, portrait and title soiled as are a few other leaves, 2 pages with pencil notes, textual emendation added in manuscript on slip pasted on bottom margin of page 187. Contemporary calf blind-tooled in a panel design; rebacked at an early date, upper cover detached.
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Second edition of this classic work of epistemology. A crisp copy.