Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill, Printed [by Thomas Warren and Richard Cotes] for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651, folio, contemporary calf with later reback and spine later, first edition, first issue (with 'head' ornament to letterpress title), engraved additional pictorial title by Abraham Bosse, inscribed for 'James Lichfield May 17 1652 ex dono ...Thoma Leigh ...', folding table present at F4, ink marginalia to leaf YY [PMM138, Pforzheimer 491]
Sold for £16,000
Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill, Printed [by Thomas Warren and Richard Cotes] for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651, folio, contemporary calf with later reback and spine later, first edition, first issue (with 'head' ornament to letterpress title), engraved additional pictorial title by Abraham Bosse, inscribed for 'James Lichfield May 17 1652 ex dono ...Thoma Leigh ...', folding table present at F4, ink marginalia to leaf YY [PMM138, Pforzheimer 491]
Auction: The September Auctions, 16th Sep, 2026
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