Lot 236
Huarte y Navarro, Juan
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 January 2012 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The examination of mens wits. London: Adam Islip for Thomas Adams, 1616. 4to, pp (xvi) 333 (iii), printer's woodcut device on title, typographical ornaments, woodcut initials, 19th century blue morocco gilt by Rivière, a.e.g.
Footnote
Note: STC 13895: Lowndes 1132; Palau 116523n; Wellcome I 3338; Thorndike VI pp 413-4; Hunter & Macalpine 46; Diamond, Roots of Pyschology 127; Garrison & Morton 4964 "...the first attempt to show the connexion between psychology and physiology."
Carew and Bellamy's translation of Huarte's Examen de Ingenios (through the medium of Camillo Camilli's Italian version) has the strongest claim to be considered the first modern work on psychology in the English language. First printed in 1575, the work rapidly achieved European popularity and the status of a classic medical text.