Lot 915
  • 915

Locke, John

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Some Thoughts Concerning Education ... The Tenth Edition. London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ... J. and J. Pemberton, ... and E. Symon ... , 1738
  • paper
8vo (6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.; 165 x 95 mm). Three-page publisher's advertisement at the end; an occasional small spot. Contemporary black morocco gilt-tooled in a cottage-roof design, cherub heads at four corners repeated at top and bottom of central panel, fields filled with arrows, scrolls and birds, all enclosed by a double-fillet border, dentelles, spine gilt with stamped red leather title label, edges gilt; some tiny mends to extremities.

Provenance

Albert Ehrman  (Broxbourne Library bookplate, stamp on last flyleaf). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1974

Literature

ESTC T69881

Condition

an occasional small spot, some tiny mends to extremities.
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Catalogue Note

A handsome "cottage-roof" binding, in excellent condition.