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HUARTE, L’Examen des esprits pour les sciences, 1650
HUARTE, Jean.
L’Examen des esprits pour les sciences. Où se montrent les différences d’esprits qui se trouvent
parmy les hommes, et à quelle sorte de science chacun est propre en particulier.
Paris, Jean Guignard, 1650.
8vo (166x107 mm), (80)-825-(25) pages. binding : Contemporary full vellum, title piece on paper. Lack of paper on a preliminary leaf and page 515.
The work published in 1575 by a Spanish physician, Juan Huarte de San Juan (1529–1530?–1580) under the title Examen de ingenios para las sciencias... had a considerable impact throughout learned Europe. More than thirty editions in the main European languages have appeared since then.
Some old handwritten notes on the first fly leaf and at the verso of the title page.
references: Garrison Morton [4964, ed. 1575 : "His Examen, which gained for him a European reputation, was the first attempt to show the connection between psychology and physiology."].
provenance: Bookplate "Rerum cognoscere causas".
Price : 300 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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