It was sold at the Freilich sale at Sotheby’s New York on January 10 and 11.
Locke’s Essay Concerning Humane Understanding
A 1690 first of Locke’s Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, bound in contemporary English mottled calf gilt and formerly in Sir Isaac Newton’s library, that reached $190,000 (£131,035) was acquired by Freilich at the Haskell F. Norman sales of 1998, when the price was $200,000.
