Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society, or, A dissertation concerning man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the member of a society, first secular, and then sacred
Subtitle: containing the elements of civill politie in the agreement which it hath both with naturall and divine lawes :  in which is demonstrated, both what the origine of justice is, and wherein the essence of Christian religion doth consist : together with the nature, limits, and qualifications both of regiment and subjection
By: by Tho. Hobbes.
Contributors: Grantt, Allexander (bookplate); Pavett, Joseph Tookie (bookplate); Edwards, John. (autograph)
Publisher: Printed by J.G. for R. Royston ...
Published: 1651
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Political science; Natural law; Authority
Other titles: Dissertation concerning man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the member of a society, first secular, and then sacred
Work titles: De cive.
Notes: Added engr. t.p. by Robert Vaughan.

Translation of: De cive.

Macdonald and Hargreaves 36.

Wing H2253.

Gift to Victoria University. Brandeis, Robert. 2007/01/22.

Fisher copy 1: Illustration on p. [72] duplicated (without text) on p. [71]  With the armorial bookplate of The Hon.ble Allexander Grantt, younger of that ilk [Franks *547].  With the autograph of Elizabeth Stuart (t.p. verso).

Fisher copy 2: Added engr. t.p. wanting.  "The index of the chapters under the titles of liberty" (prelim. p. [41-42] printed as leaf S4) bound at end.  With the bookplate of Joseph Tookie Pavett.

Fisher copy 3: Prelim. p. [23-24] and [41-42] ("Index of the chapters") and p. 359-360 wanting; 8 blank leaves bound in between p. 358 and 361.

Fisher copy 4: Illustration on p. [234] printed upside down. With the autograph of John Edwards 1719, on added engr. t.p.