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Contemporary paper boards. Edges uncut and for the greater part unopened. 8o, pag.: lvi, 360 pp.; [2] A-T8, pag.: 304 pp. With an engr. portr. of John Locke by Antonio Baratti. Excellent copy of this rare edition in the original publisher’s covers as issued. Rare edition of An Essay concerning Humane Understanding by the British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). In the Latin translation by the German teacher G.H. Thiele. The editio princeps of Locke’s masterpiece about the extend of human knowledge was printed in London in 1690. It took until 1701 for the first complete Latin translation, by Richard Burridge, to appear in London as well. Other Latin editions are known to be published in 1709 (Leipzig), 1729 (Amsterdam), 1731 (Leipzig) and 1741 (Leipzig). Christopherson does not mention this 1758 edition; we could trace only two other copies (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and Pennsylvania State University). [1] a-c8 d4, A-Y8 Z4.B0140.