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London: for Awnsham and John Churchil, 1700. The fourth edition, with a large number of additions. With the engraved portrait frontispiece of John Locke. Folio, full contemporary paneled calf, expertly rehinged, the spine with raised bands and black lettering label gilt. [39], [1], 438, [12, index, errata] pp. A very pleasing, original and handsome copy, crisp and in quite fine order inside and out, the binding is contemporary, attractive, sturdy and sound, the rehinging expertly accomplished long ago. A VERY EARLY PRINTING WITH THE PORTRAIT, AND A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF LOCKE’S GREAT ESSAY, the "first attempt on a great scale, and in the Baconian spirit, to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge, when confronted with God and the universe" (EB). This was the last edition to be published in Locke’s lifetime. The fourth edition contains all of the additions of the previous three editions, including the portrait and the index. The…

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