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Published by Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, Amsterodami. (1657) Original publishers vellum in very good state ! With frontispiz picture. ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS WRAPPERS - ORIGINALEINBAND Item Description: Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, Amsterodami., 1657. Third Elzevir edition. Originally published in Paris in 1642 in a small and privately printed edition. The first Elzevir edition, which was enlarged, appeared in 1647. 12mo. pp.[iiiiv], 403. Engraved title-page. Original vellum. The first English-language edition, the greater part of which was translated by Hobbes himself, was published in 1651 and entitled De Cive - Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society. Or, A Dissertation Concerning Man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the Member of a Society, first Secular, and then Sacred. Containing The Elements of Civill Politie in the Agreement which it hath both with Naturall and Divine Lawes. In which is demonstrated, Both what the Origine of Justice is, and wherein the Essence of Christian Religion doth consist. Together with The Nature, Limits and Qualifications both of Regiment and Subjection. ******* Our copy in an excellent fine condition ! No marks no inscriptions etc. Sprache: Latein. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! F�r ausf�hrliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie g�nstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.

De Cive is one of Thomas Hobbes' major works, originally published in Latin in 1642. It deals with the structure of society and legitimate government, continuing to build upon Hobbes' ideas that culminated in 'Leviathan.'