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[Amsterdam]: Printed for Andrew Crooke, London; printed in Amsterdam possibly by Blaeu; , c.1651 [1651-1670’s].. Contemporary boards, expertly rebacked, saving the original spine. Wide-margined paper, Overall, a clean and near fine example of this rare, second and pirated issue of Hobbes' masterpiece by then prohibited by both the Catholic church and English censors. . Binding: Contemporary brown, full, panelled mottled calf; expertly rebacked with original spine preserved; covers with blind double fillet, embossed at all corners; spine with five raised bands and gilt lettered title on burgundy morocco label on two; all edges marbled. , Notes: Text in English. Second and pirated edition printed not long after its first 1651 London edition; the printer’s device points to its having been printed in Amsterdam (see notes). Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, … derives [its name] from the…

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.