Thomæ Hobbes Angli Malmesburiensis philosophi vita

People / Organizations

• Thomas Hobbes (Author)

Imprint

Carolopoli [i.e. London]: apud Eleutherium Anglicum, sub signo Veritatis, M DC LXXXI. [1681]

Publication year

1681-1681

ESTC No.

R235804

Grub Street ID

106825

Description

[16], 128 p. : port. ; 12⁰

Note

R.B. = Richard Blackburne.

With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (A12 folded back).

Includes "Tho. Hobbes Malmesburiensis vita", a prose autobiography; "Vit¾ Hobbian¾ auctarium" by Richard Blackburne; and "Thom¾ Hobbes Malmesburiensis vita carmine expressa", a verse autobiography. The first and third works were originally published separately in 1679 (Wing H2267 and H2269).

In this edition (not in Wing), the attribution following the quotation on title page reads: Angelus Politianus Prolog. in Plauti Men¾chmos. In another 12? edition (also not in Wing), it reads: Prolog. in Plauti Menachmor. Angelus Politianus.