Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

162 ● HUME, DAVID. An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals. [8], 253, [3] pages, including half-title, errata leaf, and 3 pages of ads at end. 12mo, 165x98 mm, contemporary calf, rubbed, front joint cracked at top; contents toned with occasional foxing or browning, dampstaining in lower outer corners at beginning and end. Later inscription of the Caslon Society on front free endpaper; 20th-century catalogue cutting mounted on front pastedown; 1 / 4 morocco slipcase. London: A. Millar, 1751 [1,500/2,000] FIRST EDITION ; first state of L3, with catchword “than” on recto. Jessop, page 22; Rothschild 1174. 159 160

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