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HOBBES, Thomas (1588-1679). Opera Philosophica, Quae Latinè scripsit, Omnia. Antè quidem per partes, nunc autem, post cognitas omnium objectiones, conjunctim & accuratiùs edita. Amsterdam: Apud Joannem Blaeu, 1668. Parts I - IV (only, of 8) bound in one volume, 4to (198 x 150mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, folding engraved portrait of Thomas Hobbes by W. Faithorne, initials, ornaments, 24 engraved plates [?only, see footnote], 6 of which folding, 7 engraved diagrams, woodcut diagrams, tables (occasional light spotting and staining, a few darker spots, a few leaves lightly browned, minor printing flaw on Qq9v). Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, traces of title in old manuscript on spine (lightly stained). THE FIRST PART OF THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF HOBBES' WORKS. This work has a notoriously problematic collation. The present copy has the following sections: Problemata physica ([A] - F2, pp. 1 - 44, 2 engraved plates [unnumbered]); Examinatio et emendatio mathematicae hodiernae ([A1] - T1, pp. 1 - 146, 2 engraved plates numbered "fig. 2" and "fig. 3"); Elementorum philosophiae sectio prima de corpore ([Aaa1] - Llll3, p. 1 - 261, 12 engraved plates numbered XIV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIIII, XXVI, XXVII and a single plate numbered "XXVIII et XXX"); Elementorum philosophiae sectio secunda de homine[Aa1] - LL3 ("Finis"), pp. 1 - 86, followed by 2 [?later] blanks, 8 engraved plates numbered Ad cap. II, III, IIII, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX). Brunet II, 598: "Collection recherchée et devenue rare" [1842]; Lowndes II, 1078; Macdonald & Hargreaves 104. Sold not subject to return.