Leibniz – Monadologie, 1740
Des Freyherrn von Leibnitz kleinere Philosophische Schriften … mit einer Vorrede herrn Chistian Wolffs … Jena: Mayer, 1740 [bound with] MEIER: Beweiss, dass keine Materie dencken könne. Halle: Hemmerde, 1743 [bound with] MEIER: Beweis der vorherbestimmten Uebereinstimmung. Halle: Hemmerde, 1743.
3 works in one volume, 8vo, [lxxviii], 464, [xii], 84, [xvi], 231, [1] pp., contemporary vellum with hand-lettered spine, without a front endpaper, early ownership inscription on first title-page, otherwise clean, very good copies.
Leibniz – Theodicee. Hannover und Leipzig, 1744
2 works in one volume, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait and folding plate of the calculating machine, [xxiv], 64, 843, [52]; [II], xvi, 556, lxxx, [20] pp., contemporary vellum, early ink annotations to front pastedown and flyleaf, minor browning only, a very well-preserved copy.
Leibniz – Oeuvres philosophiques latines et françoises, 1765
Oeuvres philosophiques latines et françoises de feu Mr. de Leibnitz. Tirées de ses manuscrits … et publiées par Mr. Rud[olf] Eric[h] Raspe. Avec une préface de Mr. Kaestner… Amsterdam et Leipzig: Jean Schreuder, 1765. 4to, half-title, [ii], xvi, [i], 540, [17] pp., contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and slightly stained, certain signatures with mild age-toning, otherwise just a few isolated spots, a fine copy.
Thomas Reid – Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind, 1827
Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind; to which are added, An Essay on Quantity, and An Analysis of Aristotle’s Logic. London: Thomas Tegg, 1827.
David Hume – A Concise and Genuine Account …, 1766
A Concise and Genuine Account of the Dispute between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rousseau: with the Letters that passed between them during their Controversy. As also, the letters of the Hon. Mr. Walpole, and Mr. D’Alembert, relative to this extraordinary Affair. Translated from the French. London: printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1766. 8vo, pp viii, 95, [1] pp., 20th-century half calf over marbled boards, small stab-holes in inner margins, outer leaves a little browned towards the edges, otherwise internally clean and fresh, a very good copy.
John Locke – early manuscript transcriptions
An early 18th-century commonplace book, 8vo, contemporary calf fairly worn, spine label renewed, c.220 pp., closely hand-written in legible ink throughout, with notes, transcribed essays, letters, sermons and biblical commentary, etc.
Karl Marx – Das Elend der Philosophie, 1885
Das Elend der Philosophie. Antwort auf Proudhons “Philosophie des Elends” von Karl Marx. Deutsch von E. Bernstein und K. Kautsky. Mit Vorwort und Noten von Friedrich Engels. Stuttgart: J.H.W. Dietz, 1885.
Henry Home, Lord Kames – Introduction to the Art of Thinking. Edinburgh, 1761
12mo, [xii], 202, [2] pp., including the half-title and final blank, an uncut copy in the original blue boards, drab spine, wear to backstrip, still a particularly fine and fresh copy.
James Beattie – An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, 1770
8vo, viii, 503 pp., contemporary calf, spine ruled gilt with red morocco label, lightly rubbed, minor wear at head of spine, outer leaves stained at edges from turn-ins, contemporary ownership inscription ‘Mr. E. Maclae’ on front free endpaper, internally clean with only a few isolated spots, a very good copy.
Ralph Cudworth – The True Intellectual System of the Universe, 1678
Folio, engraved frontispiece depicting the theist victory of Aristotle, Pythagoras and Socrates over the atheist confusion of Strato, Epicurus and Anaximander, [xx], 84, 97-156, 155-300, 303-346, 407-414, 355-899, [84] pp., complete with the usual mispaginations, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, expected scrapes to boards and wear at corners, title-page a little dusty with early ownership initials in top margin, small waterstain at edges of a few leaves, small worm trace in gutter of pp. 51-84, slight darkening towards the edges throughout, generally a very good clean copy.