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Nov 12, 2020
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HUME, David (1711-1776). Essays and Treatises on Various Subjects...A new edition. London: A. Millar and A. Kincaid & A. Donaldson at Edinburgh, 1758.
4to (260 x 207 mm). (Some very minor spotting or browning.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (Joints starting, some rubbing or wear).
Second collected edition, later issue, with the 4 additional leaves signed *4 including the "Two additional essays." THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME QUARTO EDITION, including Hume's most important philosophical works, An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748), An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), and The Natural History of Religion (1757), the first collected edition to include the Four Dissertations. Goldsmiths' 9314; Higgs 1616; Jessop 5; Kress 5712.
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi