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~ Founder of medical psychiatry ~
1156 [Demonology]
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WIER, Joannes
- Opera omnia (…) [new ed.]. Amsterdam, P. vanden Berge,
1660, 4to, cont. overl. vellum, flat spine, [44]-1002 (= 1008)-[60] pp. Excellent, well-preserved
copy.
€ 400/600
Only ed. of the collected works of “the founder of medical psychiatry” and opponent of witch
hunting J. Wier or Weyer (1515-1588), including his “De praestigiis daemonum” (1st 1563) and
“De lamiis”. Engr. on title. Nice full-page portrait by
P. Holsteyn
(*4v), 6 woodcuts in text. Title in
red & black. 19th-c. ms. note on the book loosely inserted. Armorial bookpl. C. De Valenzi.
Ref.
Coumont (Demonology) W 21.9. Bibl. Med. Neerl. I:57. Krivatsy 12984. Wellcome V:420.
STCN (1). Cp. Willems 198 (issues 1 and 3 only). Cp. Knuttel 3363. Not in Berghman, Rahir, BL,
BnF (has Rotterdam issue).
1157 DESCARTES, René
- Les principes de la philosophie, escrits en latin (...) et traduits en françois par
un de ses amis. Paris, P. Deshayes for H. Le Gras, 1647, 4to, cont. mottled sheep (skilfully repaired,
sl. tanned and rubbed at joints), covers with double gilt ruled border, gilt spine on 5 raised bands
(joints sl. split.), sp. edges, [60]-420 (= 486) pp. (lacking final f. with errata; paper age-toned). Good
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1500
Rare
1st ed.
of the French trsl. of the “Principia philosophiae” (Amsterdam 1644) of R. Descartes
(1596-1650) by Claude Picot, a bon vivant known as “the Atheist Priest” (d. 1668). The “Principles
of philosophy” was the only complete version of Descartes’ natural philosophy published in his
lifetime and the first published work in which he presents and defends his vortex theory, the core
of his heliocentric model of the universe. Ill. with an
engr. title
(bound just before the pl.) and
20
folded pl
. Woodcut mark on title. Some pencil notes. Mod. bookplate E.B.L./ Marie E.B.L.
Ref.
Van
Otegem pp. 297-303 (ext. descr.). Guibert pp. 119-121. Not in Goldsmith (BL).
1158 [Descartes]
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LA FORGE, Louis de
- Traitté de l’esprit de l’homme, de ses facultez & fonctions,
& de son union avec le corps, suivant les principes de René Descartes. Amsterdam, A. Wolfgang,
c. 1670, 12mo, cont. calf (worn), gilt spine, [64]-462-[2] pp. (occ. soiling or spotting). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 180/250
Pocket repr. of a French Cartesian treatise on the human mind by L. de La Forge (1632-1666), 1st
publ. Paris 1666, and translated into Latin 1669. Woodcut mark on title. 2 full-page woodcut ill.
Old name on title.
Ref.
STCN (4). Willems 1834 (‘Annexes’). Krivatsy 6553. Bibl. Med. Neerl. II 55.
Not in Goldsmith (BL London), Wellcome III.
1159 [Devotion - Antwerp imprint]
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VAN HEMERT, Antonius
- Vertroostinghe in alle lyden ende
teghenspoet. Een devoot en(de) seer troostelijc boecxken, voor alle bedruckte herten [and] Seven
schoone meditatien seer beqvaem om op elcken dagh van de weke t’overdencken tot vertroostinghe
van alle sondighe menschen (...). Antwerp, J. Jacobs, 1663, 12mo, cont. blindruled calf (somewhat
rubbed, bookblock loosening), 288, 68 pp. Good copy.
€ 100/200
Later ed. of this devotional work by van Hemert (-1560). Woodcut ill. on title. Gothic type. Cont.
ownership entries.
Ref.
STCV, Bn-Opale plus, BL London.
We join
:
Walenburg, A. & P. de
- Kort begrip der geloofsverschillen (...). Antw., Verdussen, 1688,
12mo, cont. calf., gilt. decor. spine (some wormholes), [14]-274-[8] pp. -
Moons, J.
- Zedelyke
lust-warande [v]ertoonende door zinne-beelden (...). Het tweede deel. Antw., P.J. Parys, (1674,
privilege), 4to, half sheep (head def.), [8]-533-[1] pp. (title repaired with loss of letters, p. 89/90
clumsily repaired. etched emblems by Gaspar Bouttats. “Second part” but complete as described
by Landwehr. -
Het leven van de alderheylighste ende aldersuyverste
Moeder Godts ende Maget
Maria (...). Antw., wid. H. Verdussen, s.d., 4to, later half cloth, 56 pp. (title underlaid, lacking some
parts of the margins, some browning and staining). (4 vol.)