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[DIGBY, KENELM, Sir.] Two Treatises. In the one of which, the nature of bodies; in the other, the nature of mans soule; is looked into:in way of discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules. [44], 466 pages; lacks final blank. Folio, 363x241 mm, modern panelled calf, spine slightly faded; contents toned, dampstain in blank outer margin of opening leaves, title soiled, torn in blank areas at top and bottom and mounted, next leaf rehinged, repaired hole in blank outer margin of 3 other preliminaries, dampstaining in upper margins in second half of volume, worsening toward end. Paris: Gilles Blaizoy, 1644
first edition. "Digby's Two Treatises is a landmark work in several fields of early science. It is the first fully developed expression of atomism or corpuscular theory; the first important defense of Harvey on the circulation in English; a modern presentation of the nervous system predating Descartes; and a ground-breaking work in embryology. It also contains . . . the fullest early account in English of teaching lip-reading"--Rubin, Digby 22. Norman 639; Wing D1448. See also lot 177.
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