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First Elzevier edition, from the library of the British Prime Minister Henry Pelham

HOBBES, Thomas [and Samuel de SORBIÈRE (translator)]. Le corps politique ou les elements de la loy morale & civile. Avec des reflections sur la loy de nature, sur les serments, les pacts, & les diverses sortes de gouvernemens; leurs changemens, & leurs revolutions.
Leiden, Jean & Daniel Elsevier, 1653. 12mo. With Elzevier's woodcut device on the title page, several decorated woodcut initials, and head- and tailpieces. Early to mid-18th-century gold-tooled red morocco. [1], [1 blank], [4], [2 blank], 231, [1 blank] pp. Full description
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Leviathan in Dutch: Hobbes’ monster of sovereignty and the politics of censorship

HOBBES, Thomas and Abraham van BERKEL (translator). Leviathan: of van de stoffe, gedaente, ende magt van de kerkelycke ende wereltlycke regeeringe.
Amsterdam, Jacobus Wagenaar, "1667" [= 1672 (engraved title page)]. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece, a woodcut vignette on the title page, an engraved portrait of Thomas Hobbes, and a folding table on the classification of sciences. 18th-century sprinkled paper over contemporary gold-tooled calf. [16], 744, [64] pp. Full description
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Scene showing the execution of conspirators in the attempted assassination of Prince Maurits

HONDIUS, Hendrick (I). [Tweede basuyne. en 't boosdoens heylige wraeck-spiegel …].
[Netherlands, Hendrick Hondius (I), 1623]. Broadside (51 x 26.5 cm). Two separate leaves, one with the engraving (plate size 14 x 17.5 cm) and the other with letterpress verses (37 x 26.5 cm), originally assembled to form a single broadside. The leaf with the engraving lacking the letterpress heading with the title and the letterpress psalm in 2 columns that flanked the engraving. Mounted on a paper support. With a second copy of the text leaf loosely inserted. Full description
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Tulips, poetry, and the pleasures of country life at the Moffenschans

HONDIUS, Petrus. Dapes inemptae, of de moufe-schans, dat is, de soeticheydt des buyten-levens, vergheselschapt met de boucken.
Leiden, for Daniel Roels (colophon: J.A. vander Marsce), 1621. 8vo. With the woodcut printer's device on the title page, the title is set within an ornamental typographical border. Contemporary vellum. 31, [1 blank], 543, [2 blank], [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description
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Sham and swindle: a popular 18th-century satirical work on the tricks, frauds and deceits
performed by several people and professions

HÖNN, Georg Paul. Betrugslexicon, worinnen die meisten Betrügereyen in allen Ständen, nebst denen darwider guten Theils dienenden Mitteln, ...
Coburg, Johann Carl Findeisen, 1761. 8vo. With a woodcut title-vignette and woodcut headpieces. Contemporary brown sprinkled paper over boards, red edges. [16], 524, [4] pp. Full description
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