HENRICUS CORNELIUS, AGRIPPA (1486-1535)

HENRICI CORNELII AGRIPPAE AB NETTESHEYM, DE INCERTITUDINE & VANITATE OMNIUM SCIENTARIUM & ARTIUM LIBER, LECTU PLANE' JUCUNDUS & ELEGANS: ET DE NOBILITATE & PRAECELLENTIA FOEMINEI SEXUS, EJUSDEMQUE SUPRA VIRILEM EMINENTIA LIBELLUS .. HAGAE-COMITVM ( DEN HAAG ), EX TYPOGRAPHIA ADRIANI VLACQ, 1653. IN-12. 2 VOLUMES IN 1. ORIGINAL FULL CALF SPINE GILT. DECORATED AND LETTERED. LEFT UPPER CORNER SLIGHTLY WORN, OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD FINE COPY. 2 VOLUMES IN 1. EDITIO ULTIMO, CUM PLURIBUS ALIIS COLLATA, & AB INNUMERIS MENDIS QUIBUS SCATEBANT, REPURGATA 'DE NOBILITATE' WITH SEPARATE TITLE PAGE AND NUMBERING. FIRST EDITION 1531 AND 1529. RATHER SCARCE ONLY ONE COPY IN DUTCH PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCORDING TO N.C.C. ( KONBIB). PROVENANCE. EX LIBRIS LE BOUCHER DE RICHEMONT. ( FINE ENGRAVED BOOKPLATE CA 1700) PASTED DOWN ON FIRST BLANK. DICT OF SCIENTIFIC BIOGR. "ONE OF THE FIRST TESTIMONIALS TO KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIMITS OF HUMAN UNDERSTANDING."

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