‎"ALSTED, JOHANN HEINRICH‎
‎Compendium philosophicum, exhibens methodum, definitiones, canones, distinctiones & quaestiones per universam philosophiam.‎

‎Herbornae Nassoviorum (Herborn), Corvinus & Muderspach, 1626. 8vo. In contemporary vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Boards with double ruled fillets. Wear and soiling to extremities. Vellum loosened from wooden boards in outer margin. Genealogical tree with scientific disciplines in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Previous owner's names to title-page and underlignings in text thoughout in contemporary hand, otherwise internally nice and clean. 1776 pp. + 1 folded plate and numerous engraving in text.‎

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‎First edition of Alsted’s popular ""Compendium philosophicum"" widely used as a textbook in European universities during the 17th century covering various branches of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and logic. Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588–1638) was a German-born Calvinist theologian, philosopher, and educator. He is best known for his works on theology, philosophy, and encyclopedic knowledge. Alsted was born in Hesse, Germany, and studied at several universities across Europe, including Marburg, Herborn and Heidelberg. He was deeply influenced by the Protestant Reformation and the scholastic traditions. “The majority of Alsted’s writings were on theology, and in them he displayed the same logical and encyclopedic approach found in the philosophical writings. Throughout the areas of Calvinist influence, form Transylvania to New England, Alsted’s systematic treatises on educational theory, theology, and philosophy exerted great influence in the universities during most of the seventeenth century. His writings covered the whole spectrum of natural philosophy: commentaries on the cabala, the Ars magna of Lull, mnemonics, traditional and Ramist logic, physics, mathematics, and astronomy.” (DSB).‎