Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Category
Books
Date
1651
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126831
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],248,247-248,249-256,261-394[i.e.396]p., [2] plates, [1] folded . table . fol.. Not indigenous. Frontispiece wanting. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance, and slip of Norris's pencil notes. Provenance: Inscribed on flyleaf: "H. Purefoy 1721", with ink note (in different hand?) "What Xtians may do to avoid persecution [page] 271". [Henry Purefoy (1697-1762), Sheriff of Buckinghamshire]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Shalstone Manor. 17/5 '44.Đ4. Lacks frontis." [i.e. Shalstone Manor, Buckinghamshire, home of Purefoy family].. Binding: Seventeenth-century full mottled calf over boards; blind fillets; blind quarter fillet; sewn on five raised bands; no pastedowns.
Makers and roles
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)