Lot 313
Cardano, Girolamo
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 May 2011 at 12:00 BST
£1,000
Description
De utilitate ex aduersis capienda. Basel: Henricus Petri, 1561. First edition, 8vo, a-d8 e4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Iii8 Kkk4 Lll8 aA-pP8 qQ10, printer's device to colophon, library stamps, contemporary vellum, later labels
Footnote
Note: Adams C679.
First edition of Cardano's work on he work on the uses of adversity. It is divided into four books: the first discusses all kinds of adversity, and the preparation of the mind against imminent ills; the second refers to bodily adversity, such as deformity, disease, age, death; the third book refers to adversity in fortune, for example poverty, envy, exile, and prison; and the last book follows adversity through personal relationships.