Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury. Containing I. Behemoth, the history of the causes of the civil wars of England, from 1640. to 1660. printed from the author's own copy: never printed (but with a thousand faults) before. II. An answer to Arch-bishop Bramhall's book, called The catching of the Leviathan: never printed before. III. An historical narration of heresie, and the punishment thereof: corrected by the true copy. IV. Philosophical problems, dedicated to the King in 1662. but never printed before

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• Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury. Containing I. Behemoth, the history of the causes of the civil wars of England, from 1640. to 1660. printed from the author's own copy: never printed (but with a thousand faults) before. II. An answer to Arch-bishop Bramhall's book, called The catching of the Leviathan: never printed before. III. An historical narration of heresie, and the punishment thereof: corrected by the true copy. IV. Philosophical problems, dedicated to the King in 1662. but never printed before
• Selections
• Behemoth, the history of the causes of the civil-wars of England; Historical narration concerning heresie, and the punishment thereof; Seven philosophical problems, and two propositions of geometry

People / Organizations

• Thomas Hobbes (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for W. Crooke at the Green-Dragon without Temple-Bar, MDCLXXXII. [1682]

Publication year

1682

ESTC No.

R19913

Grub Street ID

77474

Description

[8], 339, [9], 160, [8], 84, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 8°.

Note

Frontispiece = portrait

First leaf and last leaf are blank

Each tract has separate dated title page

With a penultimate advertisement leaf

"An answer to a book published by Dr. Bramhall" is identified as Wing H2211 on UMI "Early English books, 1641-1700", microfilm reel 1868

Signatures: [A]]-Y]8 Z]4 [2A]]2 [2]B-[2]L]8 [chi]1 [3]A]3 [3]B-[3]F]8 [3]G]4.