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The Life of David Hume, Esq.: Written by Himself
by David Hume, Adam Smith
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- Brand new copy in a fine binding
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Warszawa, Poland
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About This Item
The Life of David Hume, Esq. Written by Himself
David Hume, Adam Smith
A HANDSOMELY BOUND COPY
The Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, and librarian David Hume (1711–1776) is best known for his influential system of philosophical empiricism, doubt, and naturalism. His curiously detached autobiography, The Life of David Hume, Esquire, Written by Himself (1777; the title is his own), is dated April 18, 1776. He died in his Edinburgh house after a long illness and was buried on Calton Hill.
DESCRIPTION
Set in Monotype Bell on cotton Fabriano Tiepolo wove, cotton paper in an edition of 25 copies (this is no 2). Bound by hand in full leather, titles and decoration to spine gilt, marbled edges. Octavo, 52 pages (each), housed in a hand-made slipcase.
Attractively bound by hand.
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Brand new copy in a fine binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Regency Books 1811
(PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14
- Title
- The Life of David Hume, Esq.
- Author
- David Hume, Adam Smith
- Format/Binding
- Bound by hand in leather, with a slipcase. Marbleized Edged.
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Rambler Press
- Place of Publication
- Warsaw
- Pages
- 52
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hume, Smith, Enlightment, Scotland, Georgian
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- History;
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Regency Books 1811
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Warszawa
About Regency Books 1811
The Rambler Press was founded in the summer of 2013 and was conceived from love for English culture, history, and countryside as well as handmade paper and Caslon type. Our main purpose is to capture the beauty of 18th-century books, the finest period of English typography: bygone historical ligatures, long s, ornaments, what once created an exceptional piece of printing, sometimes called – without any exaggeration – "fine printing".
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- Gilt
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