[Political philosophy] Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan. Of van de Stoffe, Gedaente ende Magt

van de Kerckelycke ende Wereltlycke Regeeringe. Thomas Hobbes van Malmesbury. Amsterdam, Jacobus Wagenaer, 1667. Small 8vo. comtemp. vellum. With engr. frontispiece (dated 1672), title with woodcut vignette (dated 1667), copper engr. portrait of the author by C.K., and fold. table on verso. (12), 744, (64) p. Waterst. to lower half first few pages, otherwise a good copy. Bookplate G.B.J. Hiltermann on pastedown.

Hobbes' Leviathan, a foundational work of political philosophy based on social contract theory. The Dutch translation was prohibited in 1674 by the States of Holland as containing "afgrijselicke dwaelingen" (abominable errors).