catholic theologian priest philosopher mathematician (2 Ergebnisse)

Singleside printed Titlesheet with smaller alllegoric woodblock illustration, 335 (5) pages, 1 blank sheet. - French full-leather binding of the period over 5 raised bands with richly gilt spine and gilt-titled original red-leather spinelabel; 8vo.(ca. 16 x 9 x 2 cm). *** [HERBST-VERKAUF bis Montag, den 17.11.2025) / AUTUMN-SALE until Monday, November 17, 2025: um über 25% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 25%; vorheriger Preis / previously EUR 85,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LEATHERBOUND ORIGINAL; ONE OF MALEBRANCHES RAREST PUBLICATIONS: HIS PUBLIC DEFENSE TO THEN FELLOW CARTESIAN PHILOSOPHER ANTOINE ARNAULD's attack of his Treatise on Nature and Grace ('Traité de la Nature et de la Grâce', 1680) in which ''he made it explicit that the generality of the laws whereby God regulated His behaviour extended not only to His activity in the natural world but also applied to His gift of grace to human beings . . . Over the next few years, the two men wrote enough polemics against one another to fill four volumes of Malebranche's collected works and three of Arnauld's. Arnauld's supporters managed to persuade the Roman Catholic Church to place >Nature and Grace< on its 'Index of Prohibited Books' in 1690, . . .''(Wikipedia). - INNER FRONTPANEL WITH SEVERAL OWNERSHIP MARKS of several centuries: top-left with name-inscription of the publishing-period 'Levebve' (or 'Levebre', not 'Levebvre') and the smaller number '0-19-0', top-right with another nema-inscription 'A. Oils' (or 'Gils') dated 1841, also at inner frontpanel an ornamentally engraved ealier 18th-century exlibris-plate for 'S. M. Coninckx P. / Pax / er Amor veri.'; first half of the book with minimal pencil marks in the white margin, perhaps by the 19th century owner as the crosses are similar to the one in ink at inner frontpanel apparently by the same hand as the corresponding name-inscription. --- FRONTPANEL LOOSE, TITLEPAGE SLIGHTLY USED with the top-right corner partly loose; bands of spine and panels slightly-, top of spine and panels' corners somewhat-, bottom of spine and sharp-corners stronger rubbed; leather-surface of rearjoint slightly split, last sheets with slight glue-shadow of the inner rearpanel; OVERALL AN ACCEPTABLE COPY, worth a preserval bookbinder's treatment. . .

xl, 454 pages, 1 blank sheet. - Strong italian vellum binding of the period over 5 slightly raised bands with blank endpapers, all edges sparkled red; 8vo.(ca. 18 x 12 x 3 cm). *** [HERBST-VERKAUF bis Montag, den 17.11.2025) / AUTUMN-SALE until Monday, November 17, 2025: um über 30% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30%; vorheriger Preis / previously EUR 265,-] --- COMPLETE ZANE-EDITION IN A ORIGINAL VELLUM-BINDUNG OF THE PERIOD; inner frontpanel with old (18th or 19th century) engraved holograph-augmented typographic Exlibris >BIBLIOTECA RICCARDI / in Modena / S. ''VII'' F. ''5'' N. ''61.''< --- Binding somewhat spotty, rearpanel slightly darker; endpapers vertically cut off at foredge (front ca. 4 cm, rear ca. 2 cm), interior frontjoint slightly split between front flyleaf and titlepage not affecting the tight binding; both sides of the woodblock-vignette at titlepage with ca. 2x2 cm cutouts, apparently to remove manuscript ownership inscriptions of the period (minimal rest - old ink - still visible); bottom of titlepage with 2 green round censorhip-stamps of the period 'Diocesa di Modena'; lower outer corner with shallow old humidity-stain from page 300-, upper outer corner with even smaller one from page 380 onwards. - A GOOD COPY.