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One of His Scarcest Books
CARDANO, Girolamo. Liber de Immortalitate Animorum. Woodcut printer's device on title & another printer's device on verso of final leaf (otherwise blank). 308, [10] pp. 8vo, cont. vellum over boards (final 40 leaves with a small puncture in blank margin, final few leaves with minor marginal defects). Lyons: S. Gryphius, 1545.
First edition of one of Cardano's scarcest and most provoking works; one of his earliest publications, this book is concerned with the immortality of the soul. Cardano distinguishes in man "between the mens, or spirit, and the soul which is the seat of the sensitive faculties including the ratio. The latter belongs to the body and perishes with it, while the former is immaterial and immortal and partakes of the Divine. Moreover, one and the same spirit dwells in all men."Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 332. Very good copy. 17th century signature of De Mareste d'Alge on title (with his rather wonderful bookplate on front paste down endpaper) and another ownership inscription of a monastery on title dated 1718. Thorndike, V, p. 545 & VI, p. 511.
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