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(Hobbes, Thomas trans.) — Thucydides
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Thucydides. Eight Bookes Of the Peloponnesian Warre ... Interpreted with Faith and Diligence Immediately out of the Greeke by Thomas Hobbes Secretary to ye Late Earle of Devonshire. London: Imprinted for Hen[ry] Seile, and Are to Be Sold at the Tigres Head in Paules Churchyard, 1629
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Small folio (12 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 315 x 210 mm). Engraved title page by Thomas Cecill, two engraved plates and three maps; leaf Bbb4 mended in fore-margin without loss. Contemporary blind-ruled calf; extremities worn with a few skillful mends.
Provenance
acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1994
Literature
STC 24058; ESTC S117705; Pforzheimer 493
Condition
leaf Bbb4 mended in fore-margin without loss. Contemporary blind-ruled calf; extremities worn with a few skillful mends.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition of Hobbes' translation, his first book, and the first English translation from the Greek. "In his verse autobiography Hobbes explained that Thucydides was his favourite ancient historian; what apparently attracted him was the cool dissection of political motivation and the ‘realist’ approach to power, together with the peculiarly Thucydidean analysis of the role of rhetoric in political debate. This translation was an important achievement, establishing Hobbes at a stroke as one of the leading Grecianists of his day. Hobbes also drew the elaborate map of ancient Greece which accompanied the text" (Noel Malcolm in ONDB).