1700

Contents:

Weather diary

Copys of 1700 [Essay] (December?)

Human understanding 1700 [Presentation copies] (December?)

Color (unknown)

Disputatio (unknown)

The forme of a trusse … (unknown)

Weather diary

See   description under 1666.

Copys of 1700 [Essay]   [1700 December?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke f. 29, p. 158.

Description:   A list in Locke’;s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of the fourth edition of his Essay, captioned “Copys of 1700“. The list provides for 5 copies, all of whom appear in the longer list in MS. Locke c. 25, f. 54^r (next item). The fourth edition was published in mid-December.

Publications:

1. John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – p. 81.
2. “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” / Mark Goldie. // IN: Locke studies. – 4 (2004):238. [List M1]

Discussions:   Yolton, publication #1 above, p. 81; Goldie, publication #2 above, p. 238.

Humane understanding 1700 [Presentation copies]   [1700 December?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 25, f. 54^r.

Description:   A list in Locke’s hand of persons to receive presentation copies of the fourth edition of his Essay, in a column headed “Humane understanding 1700”, on a sheet endorsed “Copys 95”. The list provides for 13 copies, of which four are marked to receive copies with gilt bindings. There is another list, containing five of these names, in MS. Locke f. 29, p. 158 (previous item).

The manuscript consists of on folded sheet, 310 × 193 mm; this list is in the first column on the third page.

Publications:

1. The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke) – vol. 8:453-454. [list M]
2. John Locke, a descriptive bibliography / Jean S. Yolton. – Bristol, England : Thoemmes Press, 1998. – p. 81.

Discussions:   De Beer, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books,“ publication #1 above; Yolton, publication #2 above, p. 81; Goldie, “Distribution lists for copies of Locke’s books and Boyle’s General history of the air” (2004)

Color   (1700)

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke d. 9, pp. 275, 318.

Description:   A note in Locke’s hand, with the marginal caption “Color”, dated [17]00 and intialed by Locke. The note begins at the bottom of p. 275 and continues at the top of p. 318.

Publications:   None

Disputatio   (1700)

Location:   Adversaria 1661, p. 22.

Description:   A note in Locke’s hand, with the marginal caption “Disputatio”, dated [17]00 and intialed by Locke. The note is based on Locke’s reading of Cudworth, The true intellectual system of the universe (1678) [H&L 896]

Publications:

1. The life of John Locke : with extracts from his correspondence, journals and common-place books / by Lord King. – London : H. Colburn, 1829. – p. 285 in the 1864 ed.

The forme of a trusse to be made in sole leather   [c. 1700?]

Location:   Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 29, f. 121.

Description:   A paper template for a truss, roughly 26 × 16 cm, with annotations in Locke’s hand. Although undated, Dewhurst notes that “other correspondence suggests it was designed about 1700”.

Publications:

1. “Truss designed by Locke” / Kenneth Dewhurst. // IN: British medical journal. – 1954:vol. 2:44. – Includes a photographic reproduction and a transcription of Locke’s annotations.

Discussions:   Dewhurst (publication #1).