17th Century Illustrated Leather Book, Renatus Descartes De Homine Figuris For Sale

Title: De Homine Figuris, et La Tinitate Donatus a Florentio Schuyl, Inclytæ Urbis Sylvæ-Ducis Senatore, & ibidem...

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17th Century Illustrated Leather Book, Renatus Descartes De Homine Figuris

Name: 17th Century Illustrated Leather Book, Renatus Descartes De Homine Figuris
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Title: De Homine Figuris, et La Tinitate Donatus a Florentio Schuyl, Inclytæ Urbis Sylvæ-Ducis Senatore, & ibidem Philosophiæ Professore.
Author: … more Title: De Homine Figuris, et La Tinitate Donatus a Florentio Schuyl, Inclytæ Urbis Sylvæ-Ducis Senatore, & ibidem Philosophiæ Professore.
Author: Renatus Des-Cartes.
Publisher: Ex Officina Hackiana.
Place: Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden).
Publication date: 1664.

Description: 1664. Second edition, only two years after the first appeared in the same city, contemporary with the final definitive edition. Latin text. (38), 121 Pp., 10 plates [2 folded, and 1 with (2) movable overlays showing the interior regions of the heart]. Profusely adorned with numerous splendid anatomical illustrations engraved in copper and wood, many in half or full page. Woodcut title-page device; head and tailpieces. Small 4to. Full contemporary red morocco with gilt stamped title and design over spine and boards, red marble endpapers. Provenance: Ex-Libris label of M. Gonzalez-Ulloa of Mexico (book plate).

Dimensions: 8.25 H x 6.5 D x 1 W inches.

Notes: As is known, Descartes labored on the work since 1630, but decided not to publish it, privy to knowledge of Galileo’s conviction in 1633. In acknowledgement of Harvey’s important discovery, Descartes did not believe that blood circulation was caused by heartbeats but considered the human body as a machine directed by a rational principle located in the pineal gland. Considered the first attempt to embrace all animal physiology, the “De Homine ...” is actually a kind of physiological supplement to the “Discours de la Methode” published in 1637, a source of inspiration for many scholars. “This book was the first attempt to cover the whole field of animal physiological appendix to his Discourse on method.” (Garrison-Morton). Work of fundamental importance, among the most eminent products of human ingenuity. Good example (Garrison-Morton 574). Wellcome Catalogue. II, 453.

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Dimensions: 1ʺW × 6.5ʺD × 8.25ʺH

Styles: Traditional

Period: 17th Century

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned

Materials: Leather; Paper

Condition: Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections

Color: Red

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Condition Notes: Very good; some minor binding edge wear at extremities, ex-libris label pasted to inside front board. Stamped Bibliotheca Gonzaleana – … moreVery good; some minor binding edge wear at extremities, ex-libris label pasted to inside front board. Stamped Bibliotheca Gonzaleana – Les Mariodes on front free endpaper with penciled notes (at front and rear). Title page age-toned with margin losses at top and bottom right page edges/corner tips, old repairs. Tight square spine, text pages lightly age-toned and puckered, overall text is clean with some foxing of top and side margin at leaf edge, one folding plate with tears at crease (1.75 in. at bottom, 1 in at top), some micro tears at long leaf edge of rear plates. See example images. An attractive copy. less

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