Thomae Hobbes Angli Malmesburiensis philosophi vita

People / Organizations

• Thomas Hobbes (Author)

Imprint

Carolopoli [i.e. London] : apud Eleutherium Anglicum [i.e. William Crooke], sub signo Veritatis, MDCLXXXI. [1681]

Added name

Blackburne, Richard, 1652-; Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Thomae Hobbes Malmesburiensis vita carmine expressa.; Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Thomae Hobbesii Malmesburiensis vita.

Publication year

1681

ESTC No.

R31111

Grub Street ID

113928

Description

[28], 241, [3] p., plate : port. ; 8°.

Note

Editor's preface signed R.B., i.e. Richard Blackburne

Colophon reads: Londini: apud Guil. Crooke, ad insigne Viridis Draconis juxta portam vulg`o dictam Temple-Bar

Includes "Tho. Hobbes Malmesburiensis vita", a prose autobiography; "Vitae Hobbianae auctarium" by Richard Blackburne; and "Thomae Hobbes Malmesburiensis vita carmine expressa", a verse autobiography. The first and third works were originally published separately in 1679 (Wing H2267 and H2269). The latter has separate divisional title page; pagination and register are continuous

The first two leaves are blank

Frontispiece portrait (plate) of Thomas Hobbes.

Uncontrolled note

For Blackburne, see Macdonald and Hargreaves. Thomas Hobbes a bibliography