Hardcover
1732 · London
by [BERKELEY, George]
London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, 1732. Hardcover. Fair. Second edition. Two volumes. Octavos. Volume two includes: "An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision," with a separate title page. Illustrated with engraved title vignettes, woodcut headpieces and tailpieces, including one signed tailpiece in volume one. Contemporary calf over boards, edges stained red. "G: Berkeley," written in ink on front free endpaper of Vol. 1. Ex-library with bookplates and paper shelf label on spines, boards are worn and detached, the lower right corner of the title page in Vol. 1 is torn away (effecting the final two numerals of the letterpress date and the corner of the double-ruled letterpress border); small three-digit number stamp on the bottom margin of the first Contents page in each volume, else a good only sound set with scattered foxing. Both text blocks are suitable for rebinding. A classic philosophical work, written when Berkeley was resident in America. *ESTC* T86055.
(Inventory #: 369350)