foreword douglas uyl (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Modern Reprint. Small quarto [25 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with tan cloth over boards. Title stamped in gilt against black backgrounds on the spines. Gilt stamped title and ornamental design on the front boards. Publisher's brown text block edges. Ribbon page-markers. Housed in a matching slipcase, in near fine condition. Also included are twelve loose reproductions of engravings (in an envelope). A collection of essays first published in 1711. It was the most reprinted book in English in that century, and one of the most influential books of its time. "The Liberty Fund edition of Characteristicks presents the complete 1732 text of this classic work of philosophy and political theory. Also included are faithful reproductions of the stirring engravings that Shaftesbury created to facilitate the reader's consideration of his meditations on the interrelationships among truth, goodness, beauty, virtue, liberty, responsibility, society, and the state." - The Publisher.