Lot 654

Nemesius, Bishop of Emesa

Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
£408
Description
De natura hominis, lib. unus, nunc primum & in lucem editus. Antwerp: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1565, 8vo, title and text in Greek and Latin, woodcut device on title, seventeenth century calf, spine gilt, sporadic faint marginal damp-staining, neatly rebacked, occasional early light underlining of text
Footnote
Note: Editio princeps of this physiological and psychological study of man, reflecting the influence of Galen and Porphyry and early Christian teaching, with its thesis that the spiritual life of man is conditioned by the body's natural limitations. Adams N158.
