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two old books sitting next to each other on a white surfacean open book with writing on it sitting on a tablean open book with writing on it sitting on top of a tablean old open book with writing on it sitting on a tablean open book with writing on it sitting on top of a tablean old open book with writing on it sitting on a tablean old book with writing on it sitting on a tablean old book with writing on it sitting on top of a tablean old book with writing on it sitting on top of a tablean old book with writing on it sitting on top of a table
BRISCADIEU BORDEAUX

276 - [MANUSCRIPTS] Tractatus de anima disputatio de natura et pro…
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[MANUSCRIPTS] Tractatus de anima disputatio de natura et proprietatibus animae. Caput primum ratio et specieu animarum propountur... [Treatise on the Soul, a discussion on the nature and properties of the soul. The first chapter sets out the nature and types of souls]. (Circa 1640–50). Quarto, approximately 650 pages, 25 to 6 lines per page, fine handwriting in light ink. At the end of the volume, a printed fold-out leaflet entitled ‘Celessimi protoirincipis Henrici Borbonii felici memoriae.... Conclusiones ex universa philosophica...’ (followed by various articles). At the top of the document, an engraved portrait of Henri de Bourbon. Contemporary fawn sheepskin, ribbed spine, gilt title and small fleurons, double fillet framing the covers, scuffing, scabs and signs of wear, binding weak. A manuscript on nature and human nature, possibly comparable to Aristotle’s work *Tractatus de anima...*. The work was probably written between 1550 and 1629. A second manuscript entitled ‘Superscriptions’ is included, listing a series of various forms of address to prominent figures, with variations depending on their titles or roles. In-4, written in black ink, text framed. Stiff antique vellum, handwritten title on the upper cover, leather missing from the spine. Provenance: printed bookplate by De Simony.
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