BODIN, Jean Universae naturae theatrum. In quo rerum omnium effectrices causae, & fines quinque libris discutiuntur. 1596 J. Roussin, 8vo, old vellum (spine stained and with sm. def.), red sp. edges, [8]-633 (= 631)-[1] pp. (paper age-toned,...
Estimation :
1800 / 2200
Adjudication :
2000 €
Description
occ. unobtrusive dampstain in top margin). Good copy.
1st ed. 1st issue (title in black, ornament instead of printer’s mark, no dedication) of “The Theatre of Nature”, the last major work of the French philosopher Bodin (1530-1596). “Amid the religious crisis and the explosion of knowledge in the late 16th century, natural philosophy offered grounds for consensus across religious divides and a vast collection of useful and pleasant information, admired for both its order and its variety. The commonplace book provided a versatile tool for gathering and sorting bits of natural knowledge garnered from a wide array of bookish sources and ‘experience’. Bodin combined arguments from reason, experience, and authority to undermine traditional Aristotelian conclusions and proposed instead a natural philosophy based on pious, often biblical, solutions.” (Ann Blair). Some woodcut diagrams, mostly astronomical (with a sm. map on p. 189). Old ms. notes on pp. 551-552.
1st ed. 1st issue (title in black, ornament instead of printer’s mark, no dedication) of “The Theatre of Nature”, the last major work of the French philosopher Bodin (1530-1596). “Amid the religious crisis and the explosion of knowledge in the late 16th century, natural philosophy offered grounds for consensus across religious divides and a vast collection of useful and pleasant information, admired for both its order and its variety. The commonplace book provided a versatile tool for gathering and sorting bits of natural knowledge garnered from a wide array of bookish sources and ‘experience’. Bodin combined arguments from reason, experience, and authority to undermine traditional Aristotelian conclusions and proposed instead a natural philosophy based on pious, often biblical, solutions.” (Ann Blair). Some woodcut diagrams, mostly astronomical (with a sm. map on p. 189). Old ms. notes on pp. 551-552.
