Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. A New Edition.
by HUME (David):
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London: Printed for A. Millar...and A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, in Edinburgh, 1758. 4to, pp. viii, [540 Errata], recently rebound in quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco label; text a little browned, some staining of end-papers. Later issues of this first quarto printing of Hume's essays had two additional essays, "Of the Jealousy of Trade" and "Of the Coalition of Parties" inserted between the existing essays, with curious results to the pagination.
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- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
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- Title
- Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. A New Edition.
- Author
- HUME (David):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- London: Printed for A. Millar...and A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, in Edinburgh, 1758
- Keywords
- Philosophy Scottish Enlightenment prose
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- philosophy;
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- Morocco
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- Calf
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