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560
Nicolas Malebranche
De inquirenda veritate, 1685.
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 214
Sold:
€ 262 / $ 280
(incl. surcharge)
Malebranche, [N], De inquirenda veritate libri sex. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit gest. Titelvignette und 7 geometr. Textholzschnitten. Genf, Dufour 1685. HPgt. des 19. Jhs. 4to. 8 Bll., 12 S., 5 Bll., 511 S., 4 Bll., 143 S.
Eisler S. 448. - Vgl. Krivatsy 7313 (nur die 2. latein. Ausgabe von 1690, mit gleicher Koll.). - Erste lateinische Ausgabe des Hauptwerkes von Nicolas Malebranche, erschien 10 Jahre nach der französ. Erstausgabe und noch zu seinen Lebzeiten. - "The grandeur of his philosophy consists in the way he assimilated the whole of the Cartesian heritage and attempted to elaborate, on theological foundations, an original, rationalist-oriented speculative system." (DSB IX, 47) - 1 Bl. in den Vorstücken fehlt, tlw. etw. stockfl., wasserrandig und gebräunt.First Latin edition of his major work. Engr. title vignette and 7 geometrical woodcuts. 19th cent. half vellum. - Partly slightly foxed, browned and waterstained, 1 l. in the introductory part missing.



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Nicolas Malebranche
De inquirenda veritate, 1685.
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