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Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill.

Title-page Attribution: By Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury.
The title page ornament in this edition is a head with scrolls and tassels
Contains fold-out table and engraved title page
Other Copies: 84

1651

Author: Hobbes, Thomas
Title: Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civill.
Publication Location: London
Editor: Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Paul’s Church-yard.
Date: 1651
Language: English
No of scans: 422
Type: Print
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