Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill / By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury.

London : Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1651.

8 unnumbered pages, 248, 247-256, 261-396, that is, 394 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf ; 28 cm (folio)

Title vignette: winged head with scrolls and tassels

Added engraved t. p.: Leviathan, or The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civil. By an anonymous engraver; sometimes attributed to Abraham Bosse (1602-1676). cf. Corbett & Lightbown

First ed., first issue.--Two other eds. appeared with the same date and imprint: one with a bear vignette (probably printed in Holland), and one with an ornamental vignette and the spelling "civil" for "civill" on the t.p. (printed 1680?).--cf. Macdonald-Hargreaves, p. 27ff

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Sir W. Paton's executors Note: Incomplete: Pt. 4 (i.e. all after p. [332] wanting. Engraved and typographical title leaves damaged, with some text lost; both leaves repaired, with shifting of remaining paper so that the author's name appears as "Hobbs" and the "LL" of "Civill" is displaced. First 20 leaves damaged and fragile. Binding: 18th Cent.? calf, rebacked. Blind tooled spine, with gilt title: "Hobbs's Leviathan." From the library of Sir William Paton.

Macdonald-Hargreaves: Thomas Hobbes, a bibliography no. 42

Wing (2nd ed.) H2246

Corbett & Lightbown: The comely frontispiece. No. 20, p.219-230

ESTC R17253

Macdonald and Hargreaves. Thomas Hobbes a bibliography, 42

Pforzheimer, 491

Wing (2nd ed.), H2246