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London: printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1706. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Folio, [40], 284,345-422,425-464,467-604 pages. In Good condition. Bound in contemporary calf boards, later rebacking with plain plain leather spine. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards. Water-staining along lower half of entire volume causing discoloration and waviness. Later pencil ownership to the front pastedown, ink ownership to the front free endpaper, both with later stamped manicule facing the writing. i1 lacking lower half of leaf, First Leaf of index (unsigned [i]2) lacking lower third. Lacking the unsigned second and third leaves of the index. Shelved above Case 3. The fifth edition and the first posthumous edition. Locke continued to revise this work, publishing four editions during his life and leaving notes for a fifth. ESTC: T33271. 1371344. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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