English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)

John Locke. Line engraving by A. Smith, 1785, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Line engraving by J. June after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Line engraving by P. Dupin, 1765, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Line engraving by P. Vanderbank, 1694, after S. Brownover.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1814, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by R. Hicks, 1836, after Sir G. Kneller.

Epitaph of John Locke; above, his coat of arms. Etching.

John Locke. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Godby after G. B. Cipriani.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman, 1831, after J. M. Rysbrack [?].

John Locke. Line engraving by P. Tanjé, 1754, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

1 print : etching ; platemark 29.6 x 18.8 cm

The Continuum companion to Locke / general editors, S.-J. Savonius-Wroth, Paul Schuurman, Jonathan Walmsley.

xii, 331 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Life of John Locke / by H. R. Fox Bourne.

Regimens of the mind : Boyle, Locke, and the early modern cultura animi tradition / Sorana Corneanu.

x, 182 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits

Thomas Willis's Oxford lectures / [translated and edited] by Kenneth Dewhurst.

Two treatises of government . In the former the false principles and foundation of Sir Robert Filmer and his followers are detected and overthrown. The letter is an essay concerning the true original extent and end of civil government. By John Locke.

viii, 193 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 30 cm

Thomas Sydenham's Observationes medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) : with new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library / G.G. Meynell.

Some thoughts on the conduct of the understanding in the search of truth. By John Locke, Esq

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John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Thomas Willis's Oxford lectures / [translated and edited] by Kenneth Dewhurst.

Two treatises of government . In the former the false principles and foundation of Sir Robert Filmer and his followers are detected and overthrown. The letter is an essay concerning the true original extent and end of civil government. By John Locke.

Thomas Sydenham's Observationes medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) : with new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library / G.G. Meynell.

Some thoughts on the conduct of the understanding in the search of truth. By John Locke, Esq

Epitaph of John Locke; above, his coat of arms. Etching.

The Continuum companion to Locke / general editors, S.-J. Savonius-Wroth, Paul Schuurman, Jonathan Walmsley.

John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Life of John Locke / by H. R. Fox Bourne.

Regimens of the mind : Boyle, Locke, and the early modern cultura animi tradition / Sorana Corneanu.

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John Locke

Images from the collections

Images featuring John Locke

Works from the collections

John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Thomas Willis's Oxford lectures / [translated and edited] by Kenneth Dewhurst.

Two treatises of government . In the former the false principles and foundation of Sir Robert Filmer and his followers are detected and overthrown. The letter is an essay concerning the true original extent and end of civil government. By John Locke.

Thomas Sydenham's Observationes medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) : with new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library / G.G. Meynell.

Some thoughts on the conduct of the understanding in the search of truth. By John Locke, Esq

Epitaph of John Locke; above, his coat of arms. Etching.

The Continuum companion to Locke / general editors, S.-J. Savonius-Wroth, Paul Schuurman, Jonathan Walmsley.

John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Life of John Locke / by H. R. Fox Bourne.

Regimens of the mind : Boyle, Locke, and the early modern cultura animi tradition / Sorana Corneanu.

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