Search results for: 'HUME, David'
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HUME, David. Discours politiques.Amsterdam : 1754-56
First edition of the first three instalments of an important series of economic publications, published in view of the increasing interest in works of political economy appearing in France, England, and Holland.
In 1754 Schreuder and Mortier published the first volume, Hume's Political Discourses. Owing to the growing interest and the relative... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 146627
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HUME, David. Untersuchung über den menschlichen VerstandJena : 1793
First edition of this translation of Hume's Philosophical essays concerning human understanding, the title of which was later changed to Enquiry concerning human understanding. Hume had intended this work to replace book one of his A treatise of human nature, in an attempt to convey its central ideas in a more elegant form and to reach a wider audience.... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 147026
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HUME, David. Herrn Hume Vier Philosophen. Quod vitae sectabor iter?Glogau : 1760
Scarce first German language edition of essays 6-9 from the second volume of Hume's Essays, moral and political of 1742. The essays are; "The Epicurean", "The Stoic", "The Platonist" and "The Sceptic". The translation was made from the French Oeuvres philosophiques (1758). Hume's essays are followed by "Apuleius's" Discourse on happiness, translated... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 146123
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HUME, David. Politische Versuche.Königsberg : 1800
First edition of Christian Jakob Kraus's translation of essays from Hume's Political Discourses, Essays moral and political, and Three Essays, moral and political.
Although Jessop states that Kraus's (17531807) translation contains all 12 discourses and seven of the Essays Moral and Political, it should be noted that, in fact, only eight of... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 147028
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HUME, David. Über die menschliche NaturHalle : 1790-1792
Very scarce first edition in German of A Treatise of Human Nature, the first translation into any language of Hume's greatest (and rarest) work; it is issued here with a commentary by Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob (17591827), professor of philosophy at Halle who helped greatly to popularize Hume's work in Germany. Although the translation seems late fifty... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 147041
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences compiled upon a new plan.Edinburgh : 1771
First edition of the "most famous of all the encyclopaedias in the English language" (PMM), which first appeared in 100 serialized parts in 1768-71. Contributors to this first edition included many of the leading lights of the Scottish Enlightenment movement such as David Hume, James Balfour, George Campbell, Lord Kames, and Sir James Steuart. The long... Learn More£50,000.00Stock Code: 132649
