Lot n° 142
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CARDAN, Jérôme. Arcana politica, sive de prudentia civili. - Lot 142
CARDAN, Jérôme. Arcana politica, sive de prudentia civili.
Fine edition of this humanist treatise introduced by a handsome engraved frontispiece.
Helmstadt, Kastner, 1669.
Fort in-12, later tan leather, spine ribbed with red title page (modern binding).
Frontispiece, title, (2) ff. (dedication), 726 pp. and (5) ff. (table).
Interior browned, some annotations and minor restorations.
New edition of this work in Latin by the Italian philosopher and mathematician Jérôme Cardan (1501-1576). The work was first published in 1627 under the title "De proxeneta seu De prudentia civili". Introduced by a handsome engraved frontispiece echoing that of the original Elzevirian edition.
A good copy in a sober later binding.
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