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Delft et Leiden: Beman et Samuel Luchtmans, 1729. Full morocco, 8.5 inches tall. A glorious binding by Clarke & Bedford with gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling around a pomegranate centre tool, dentelles quadruple gilt fillet framing the boards. All edges gilt over marble. Engraved frontispiece and title page. A superb copy of these dialogues on many and various subjects, hugely influential on Christian Humanists, by the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. In the original Latin.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871. 2 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A handsome mid-Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. Double gilt fillets and a blind roll frame the gilt prize block on the boards. All edges gilt. The fourth edition, corrected and partly rewritten covers the History of philosophy from Thales to Comte.

Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1869. Half calf, 8.75 inches tall. A handsome copy of this memoir of this celebrated Scottish Metaphysician. Portrait. Half calf with gilt raised bands, label and gilt panels.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. Full crushed morocco, 7 inches tall. A very pleasing binding with raised bands bordered by inked pallets. Gilt title, dentelles and top edge. A pristine copy of this classic title from 'The Travellers' Library'.