'the belief in historical destiny is sheer superstition'
POPPER, Karl.
The Poverty of Historicism.
London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957.
First edition in book-form, first impression; 8vo (22.5 x 14.5 cm); faint stamp to front free endpaper recto, slight offsetting to half-title and final f. of text, residue and offsetting from old library label to title verso; publisher's charcoal cloth, spine lettered in gilt, unclipped typographic dustjacket lettered in green, spine and extremities slightly soiled, a little chipped and frayed, very good; xiv, 166pp.
Stock code 121069
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The Poverty of Historicism.
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1762.
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WOTTON, William; BENTLEY, Richard.
Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning...
1697.
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TYRTAEUS; MOOR, James (editor).
Spartan Lessons;
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CICERO; [DAVID, Henry (translator)].
Thoughts of Cicero,
1750.
The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy
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