LOCKE, John (1632-1704). The Works. London: for John Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1714. 3 volumes, 2° (306 x 190mm). Engraved portrait by Vertue after Kneller, engraved funerary inscription. Contemporary sprinkled calf, compartments of spines ruled in gilt, red labels (spines and joints rubbed, labels faded). Provenance: George Shaw (1751-1813, natural historian; armorial bookplate).

LOCKE, John (1632-1704). The Works. London: for John Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1714. 3 volumes, 2° (306 x 190mm). Engraved portrait by Vertue after Kneller, engraved funerary inscription. Contemporary sprinkled calf, compartments of spines ruled in gilt, red labels (spines and joints rubbed, labels faded). Provenance: George Shaw (1751-1813, natural historian; armorial bookplate).

First collected edition, and the basis for a number of subsequent editions; new material was only added in the edition of 1751. From the collection of George Shaw, cofounder of the Linnaean Society. Attig 848.