Locke, John

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 USD

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Description

Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: Printed for A[wnsham]. and J[ohn]. Churchill, 1693
paper, ink, leather

8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.; 175 x 114 mm). Title within double-ruled border, contents on S4. Contemporary Cambridge style speckled calf, edges speckled red, spine gilt in 6 compartments; spine ends chipped, joints rubbed and starting.

Provenance

George Leo Hillnot (signature on title-page)

Literature

Wing L2762; ESTC R213714; Pforzheimer 612

Catalogue Note

First edition, with "Patronage" on leaf A3v, line 19. A fine, bright copy internally. Begun as a series of letters to Locke's friend Edward Clarke, this work was immensely influential in its time, being published in at least fifty-three editions in the eighteenth century alone. The book is now considered to be one of the earliest expressions of the principles of modern developmental psychology.