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London: Awnsham and John Churchil, c. 1700. A fine example of this desirable work.. Edition: 4th edition with large additions. , Binding: Contemporary brown speckled calf boards with blind tooled decorative borders on top and bottom cover, rebacked skillfully. Spine in six compartments with gilt text on 2 and 6. Tooled decorations on 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. , Notes: The essay is divided into 4 books within the one volume. John Locke FRS (1632 –v1704) was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism". Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to…

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a work by John Locke concerning the foundation of human knowledge and understanding. It first appeared in 1690.