Elementa philosophica de cive, . auctore Thom. Hobbes Malmesburiensi.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Category
Books
Date
1647
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3113947
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40],408p. . port.. . 12mo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Seventeenth-century inscription on title page and on errata page, facing p.1: Edward Vaughan [i.e. Edward Vaughan (ca.1631-1683), MP for Cardigan; his son John Vaughan (1670?-1721) became the 1st Viscount Lisburne]. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered The Right Honourable Wilmot Earl of Lisburne, in the Kingdom of Ireland. (Not in Franks) [i.e. Wilmot Vaughn (1730-1800), 4th Viscount Lisburne from 1766 to 1776, when he was created 1st Earl]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full vellum over boards; red morocco spine label; marbled paper edges.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)