Hume, David. Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects.

€ 6,500.00

First edition of the only collected edition issued by Hume himself. It is made up of re-set volumes previously issued, with cancel titles and, where the cancels were not prepared in sufficient numbers, with the original titles. Todd (p. 195) has determined the order of issue of the volumes, in part by the record of William Strahan, printer of most of Hume's works, and in part by "the sequence displayed in the sets examined". Individually, the volumes are entitled: vol. I) Essays, moral and political. The fourth edition corrected, with additions; vol. II) Philosophical essays concerning human understanding. The second edition, with additions and corrections; vol. III) An enquiry concerning the principles of morals; vol. IV) Political discourses. The second edition.

Small circular stamp ("Biblioteca A. Chambion 1848") to titles, handwritten ownership to title of volume 1. Usual mild browning and minor imperfections at bindings, but a very appealing set.