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London: Printed for John Churchill, 1714. [Philosophy] FIRST EDITION of the collected works. 3 volumes; Folio (32 x 21cm). Engraved frontispiece portrait and engraved leaf bound before the 'To The Reader' notice. Includes The Life of Locke, published by Clarke of Fleet Street, 1714 (in its third edition, enlarged). Armorial bookplate just visible beneath a pasted-over covering. Contents clean, small wormhole to margin of vol.II [up to Aaa2], not affecting text, starting as a longer trail to prelims, with five leaves showing a vintage paper repair to same, some other neat old repaired tears in places, generally fresh within. Binding expertly repaired to joints and endcaps. A pleasing copy in an attractive contemporary binding. "In political, religious, educational and philosophical thought he inspired the leading minds of England, France, America and, to some extent, Germany He laid the groundwork for a new empiricism and advanced the claims for experimentalism. Voltaire, Montesquieu and the French… Read More

London: Printed for A. and J.Churchill, 1693., 1693. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 262, [2]. contemporary mottled calf (front joint cracked, short split in upper rear joint, spine ends bit chipped, lacking front flyleaf, discolouration to outer margin in some gatherings, outer margin of last few leaves with slight fraying). a few old manuscript marginal notes. First Edition, First Issue, with with slightly skewed woodcut ornament on title, catchword ‘I my’ on A2v, and misprint ‘Patronnge’ on A3v (Yolton reversing priority given in Wing). Locke’s treatise grew out of a correspondence dating from 1684, between himself and his friend Edward Clarke, whom he was advising on the education of his son. Locke was in Holland at the time. "His thought was marked by a ready understanding of, and sympathy with, children. Three main thoughts dominate the work. First, the individual aptitudes, capacities, and idiosyncrasies of the child should govern learning, not arbitrary curricular or rote… Read More