CARDAN, Jérôme (Gerolamo Cardano, 1501-1576). - photo 1
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CARDAN, Jérôme (Gerolamo Cardano, 1501-1576).

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Lot 48 | CARDAN, Jérôme (Gerolamo Cardano, 1501-1576).
CARDAN, Jérôme (Gerolamo Cardano, 1501-1576).

De subtilitate libri XXI. Nunc demum recogniti atque perfecti. Bâle : Ludwig Lucius, 1554.

Deuxième édition, en partie originale. Exemplaire conservé en reliure estampée de l’époque.



Édition bâloise recherchée de cette vaste encyclopédie scientifique embrassant en 21 livres les connaissances du XVIe siècle. Elle offre le texte définitif, expurgé six ans plus tard, l'auteur étant suspecté d'hérésie. Le livre VIII traite de plantes, fruits, légumes, champignons et épices. Le livre XIII contient des recettes de cuisine et des considérations sur les aphrodisiaques. Le livre XVII, orné de gravures, est consacré au vin et à la distillation. Brunet, I, 1573 ; Oberlé, Fastes, 1068 (pour l'édition de 1580).



In-folio (325 x 213 mm). (12) ff., 561 pp., (1) f. blanc. Marque d’imprimeur. Illustré d'un portrait de l’auteur, et de lettrines et bois gravés dans le texte représentant principalement des diagrammes et instruments scientifiques (travaux de vers dans la totalité du volume, de plat à plat, atteignant le texte mais n’empêchant pas la lecture, manque au coin inférieur droit du f. m1, mouillure claire en marge supérieure des cinq derniers cahiers). Reliure allemande de l’époque : veau fauve sur ais de bois, estampé à froid et orné de portraits (Judith, Vénus, Lucrèce, Prudence), trace de fermoir en cuivre (coins et coiffes endommagés, manques, corps d’ouvrage partiellement désolidarisé de la reliure).

Provenance : au verso du dernier feuillet blanc, mention manuscrite en latin, datée 1561 ; H. Gargili, datée 1783 avec longue note manuscrite à propos de l’ouvrage ; sur le titre, estampille de la bibliothèque de P. Gratiolet (probablement Pierre Gratiolet, 1815-1865, anatomiste et zoologiste français).



The second and most complete edition of Cardano's compendium of scientific, philosophical and religious writings, as always a mix of centuries old beliefs ad actual knowledge, in a strictly contemporary blindstamped binding.

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