An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge
Cambridge: The University Press, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-200 pp. Bound in blue cloth with lettering and publisher's device in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with a few in-text diagrams. Whitehead is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century in addition to his seminal work in logic and the foundations of mathematics with his former student Bertrand Russell. This is one of the most important of his early philosophical works and is a treatise on the philosophy of science focused upon the notions of observation, change, and knowledge within the context of modern (i.e. early twentieth-century) physics. A presentable copy of one of Whitehead's best-known early works, uncommon in collectible condition. Very Good. Item #000010660
A Very Good book with light wear to the extremities and offsetting and light foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns, previous owner's name and date (April 1921) in pencil on the free front endpaper.
Price: $500.00