… Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill.
True first edition of one of the foundation works in the field of political theory, with the winged head ornament on the title-leaf. There are three editions with title-pages bearing 1651 imprints. The second, with a bear ornament, was printed outside England (probably at Amsterdam), and the third, with a triangular type ornament, is generally considered to date from c.1680.
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