Author: Raymond of Sebunde

Title: Theologia Naturalis sive liber creaturarum.

Publication: Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus Petri Compagnon, via Mercatoria, sun signo Cordis boni, 1648.

Description: 8vo., pp. 8, 678, [xxvi] Engraved printers device to title-page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, final two leaves are Approbationes Doctorum and Privilege du Roy Occasional very light spotting, faint ink smudges to a few margins. Contemporary semi-limp vellum, title inked to spine, rear ties remaining but others mostly lost. Shelfmark in an old hand to title-page verso. Vellum quite greyed with a few stains and smudges but still very good overall.

Written 1434-1436 but not published until 1484, Theologia Naturalis was a landmark text in the history of natural theology. Originally composed in Catalan-influenced Latin, later followers composed a more classical version. In 1569 a Latin Translation by Michel de Montaigne was published in Paris. His 'Apology for Raymond de Sebonde' (Essays, book ii chapter xii) tells the story of his translation.

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Reference Number: [54766]

Price: £250

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