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TP + [i]-[ii] = Dedication + 1-365 + [366]-[368] = Index Capitum + [369]-[378] = Index + [379] = Scriptur� Sacr� & Erratum + 1 blank leaf, small Quarto. First Separate Latin Edition (MacDonald & Hargreaves #45). The Important First Separate Latin Edition of Leviathan with all of Hobbes' Final RevisionsThis is the first separate edition of this book (M&H #45) from 1670. This Latin text first appeared two years earlier in the Opera Philosophica also published by Joannem Blaeu (M&H #104) which contained eight different works by Hobbes. During an age when English was little spoken and rarely read across the Channel, this Latin version is tremendously significant because it made Hobbes' most important and controversial work (first published in 1651) finally accessible to European readers. This Latin edition was, then, essential to the dissemination and understanding of Hobbes' ideas within the scholarly community of his day. Over and above that important distinction, this volume contains an entirely new Appendix - presented in a "Question & Answer" format - with sections devoted to the Nicene Creed, to Heresy and Replies to Objections. Moreover, as MacDonald and Hargreaves note in their Addendum, "The Latin version of Leviathan differs considerably from the English: it is the Latin versions in which Hobbes really expressed his opinions� In his Latin version he was less concerned with personalities" (M&H, p. xvi). Contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and a red field with gilt lettering for title and author to the spine. The corners and edges are all pretty uniformly worn, but this is a sound and solid binding. Overall, a lovely copy of this important work by Hobbes and his major contribution to what Johnathan Israel has termed The Radical Enlightenment. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

Leviathan is a book written by Thomas Hobbes which concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory.