[La Physionomie Raisonne ou Secret Curieux pour connoitre las inclinations de chacun par les regles naturelle.]
by La Bellire, Claude De, Sieur de la Nolle
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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About This Item
[Paris:]: [Edm Couterot,], [1664.]. First Edition.. 12mo.. a2-12 [lacks a1 t.p. replaced in 19th c. ms], A-M12. Contemporary vellum, old owner's names on first blank, dated 1667. Title in 19th century ms, a2 bound in tight. ÒThe popularity of physiognomy is to be accounted for by the fact that, while other forms of divination, including for many even judicial astrology, were condemned as superstitious, it was regarded as having a natural basis.Ó [-Thorndike VIII ,p449]ÒLa Bellire's treatise on the subject was published in both French and Italian editions in 1664, with a Latin edition, translated by the author, appearing in 1666.Ó [-Norman Cat.] Caillet 5874 "curieux et rare." Norman 1246. Thorndike VIII;449,467-8. Gerlach La Belliere 1664. Laehr I,697. Courtine 1992:60,3. Magli 255:19. Campe 617.
Details
- Bookseller
- Dark Parks Books & Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20004
- Title
- [La Physionomie Raisonne ou Secret Curieux pour connoitre las inclinations de chacun par les regles naturelle.]
- Author
- La Bellire, Claude De, Sieur de la Nolle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [Edm Couterot,]
- Place of Publication
- [Paris:]
- Date Published
- [1664.]
- Pages
- [24],235,[53]pp.
- Size
- 12mo.
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Vellum
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- 12mo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.