{"product_id":"thomas-hobbes-art-rhetoric-london-1681-124316","title":"The Art of Rhetoric,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003efirst publication of \u003cem\u003eA Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003ePublished two years after the author's death, this edition of the\u003cem\u003e Art of Rhetoric\u003c\/em\u003e marks the first publication of Hobbes' treatise, \u003cem\u003eA Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student of the Common-Laws of England\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It was J[ohn] A[ubrey] that did putt Mr. Hobbes upon writing his treatise \u003cem\u003eDe Legibus\u003c\/em\u003e, which is bound up with his \u003cem\u003eRhetorique\u003c\/em\u003e that one cannot find it but by chance; no mention of it in the first title'. According to the Preface to the present work, the dialogue 'has been finish'd many years... [and] has had the good fortune to be much esteem'd by the greatest Men of the Profession of the Law... However tis not expected, that al Men should submit to his Opinions' (MacDonald \u0026amp; Hargreaves).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo works in 1 vol., third \u0026amp; first editions; 8vo (18 x 11.5 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials, slightly toned, small area of damage to gathering B-C of second work causing loss to a few letters of text of C1; recently bound repurposing 18th-century sprinkled calf boards, red morocco lettering-piece to spine, marbled edges, very good; [6], 168, 208pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eESTC R7393; Wing H2212; MacDonald \u0026amp; Hargreaves 13.","brand":"HOBBES, Thomas.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57636624859511,"sku":"124316","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124316_01.jpg?v=1792774745","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/thomas-hobbes-art-rhetoric-london-1681-124316","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}