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HOBBES, THOMAS. A Letter about Liberty and Necessity. 1676
HOBBES, THOMAS. A Letter about Liberty and Necessity. Written to the Duke of Newcastle by Thomas Hobbes . . . With Observations upon it, by a Learned Prelate of the Church of England lately deceased. [2], 104, [10] (of [12]) pages, including 3 ad leaves at end; lacks the final blank. 12mo, early 20th-century navy morocco, spine ends and corners worn; paper slightly brittle with occasional minor chipping along fore edges, text on page 20 pencilled over but still legible, clean tear in E5. London: J. Grover for W. Crooke, 1676
- Notes: first edition. The unnamed prelate was Bishop Benjamin Laney, who sought to revive the controversy over Hobbes''s determinism initiated a few decades earlier by Archbishop John Bramhall. Macdonald & Hargreaves 53; Wing H2245A.
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