Accession number:
PML 6250
Published:
Goudae, Apud J. ab Hoeve, 1689.
Description:
96 p. 14 cm.
Notes:
Translated into English in 1689.
On the fly-leaf: "This first Edit of Locke's First Letter on Toleration ... was given by the late Thomas Hollis Esqr to his Friend Rodolph ... of Berne in Switzerland; whose ... Library being afterwards sold, this little, but invaluable Book found its way into the Shop of Payne & Son, where it was bought by Thomas Brand Hollis Esqr & by him presented to me, Janry 5th: 1786. J.D." - i.e. Rev. John Disney.
Written to Philippus Limborch.
First edition.
Signatures: A-D¹² - perfect.
Binding:
Red morocco, Hollis binding.
Provenance:
Provenance: From the library of Rodolph Valtravers, European agent for Thomas Hollis. With the armorial exlibris and the cipher in gold on the upper cover of the Rev. John Disney, his sale 29 Feb. 1804. With the Earl of Gosford's signature. Purchased with the remainder of James Toovey's library by Mr. Morgan in 1899.
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