David Hume. Dialogues concerning Natural Religion. The Second Edition. London: [s.n.], 1779. Second edition (published the same year as the first). Octavo (8.1875 x 5 inches; 209 x 127 mm.). 264 pages (including half-title and title). Signatures: [pi]2 A-Q8 R2.

Contemporary quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards, neatly rebacked to style. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments with four very slightly raised gilt-decorated bands; edges sprinkled red (top edge darkened); endpapers renewed. Boards rubbed, with some areas of surface loss, especially edges; boards exposed at corners. Over-opened between leaves A7 and A8 (pages 17/18 and 19/20). Slight browning; scattered light to moderate foxing, heavier at beginning and end; a few small stains. A few tiny marginal holes. Overall, a very good and generally quite clean copy. Ink signature on front free endpaper: "Meissner / Nov. 1940."
ESTC T85283. James Fieser, A Bibliography of Hume's Writings and Early Responses (2003), 21 (pages 49- 50). T. E. Jessop, A Bibliography of David Hume (1936), page 41.