LOCKE JOHN An Essay concerning Humane Understanding 1690 I

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LOCKE, JOHN. An Essay concerning Humane Understanding. [12], 362, [22] pages. Folio, 324x198 mm, contemporary calf gilt with monogram I*T on front cover, rebacked retaining original backstrip, spine ends worn, joints cracked, hinges reinforced with cloth tape; few small wormholes through first half of volume not impairing legibility, minor paper corrosion along edges of front free endpaper and title, marginal soiling on title, old stamp washed out, 19th-century owner's marginalia on page 5, otherwise generally clean internally. London: Printed for Tho. Basset, and sold by Edw. Mory, 1690

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first edition; less-common second issue, with cancel title and Basset/Mory imprint. "one of the great books in the history of ideas, this is the foundation text for empirical psychology and the beginning of British empiricism" (Rieber & Gach). DSB VIII, 436-49; Garrison-Morton 4967; Hunter & Macalpine, page 236-39; Norman 1380 (first issue, with Holt/Basset imprint); Pforzheimer 600; Printing and the Mind of Man 164; Wing L2739 (this issue); Rieber & Gach 267 (1700 edition).