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Elements of philosophy, the first section, concerning body

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 · 1656 · London : Printed by R & W Leybourn, for Andrew Crocke, at the Green Dragon in Pauls Church-yard · 6 pictures

Hobbes's 1656 Elements of Philosophy, printed in London by R. and W. Leybourn for the bookseller Andrew Crocke, is a philosophical treatise on body aimed at scholars and readers of natural philosophy. Its pictures are decorative woodcut initial letters, a large T and a boxed T and F, framed with scrolling foliage, flowers, and small animals, useful to a designer for historical ornament and framed capital letters.

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