[6], 394 pp. Copper-engraved added pictorial title-page; woodcut ornament on printed title-page; woodcut initial & headpiece; folding table. (folio) 11½x7, period paneled calf, rebacked with modern calf, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt. Second Edition.

Hobbes' influential work of political philosophy, holding that man, unlike the model of a naturally social being postulated by Aristotle, is a purely selfish creature, seeking only his own advantage and resisting the competing claims of others. The result is "confrontation, enmity, and war." Little has occurred in the last 350 years to cause one to dispute his postulate. This is the second edition, or issue, with the "bear" ornament on the title-page, and the misprint "Ckooke" for "Crooke" in the imprint. Wing H2247,