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[Chez La Veuve du Bosc] - CARDANUS, Hierosme ; [ CARDAN, Jérôme ; CARDAN, Hiérosme ; CARDANO, Girolamo ; CARDANUS, Hieronymus ]
Reference : 58249
(1642)
Les Livres de Hierosme Cardanus, Medecin Milannois, intitulez de la Subtilité, & subtiles Inventions, ensemble les Causes Occultes, & raisons d'icelles
Traduits de Latin en François, par Richard le Blanc, Nouvellement reveus, corrigez, & augmentez sur le dernier exemplaire Latin de l'Auteur, & enrichy de plusieurs figures necessaires, 1 vol. in-8 reliure ancienne demi-basane marron, Chez La Veuve du Bosc, Rouen, 1642, 36 ff., 478 folios
Très curieux ouvrage selon Caillet. Cette édition reprend la traduction de 1584 non censurée, établie à partir de l'édition latine de Bâle de 1554 ("De subtilitate libri XXI"). Le fameux médecin, mathématicien et astrologue Jérôme Cardan (1501-1576) y évoque une multitude de thèmes : des métaux ("Elémens métalliques", des pierres, des sens, de l'Univers, des plantes et des bêtes, des arts, "des inventions merveilleuses", etc., développés en 21 chapitres, conformément aux 21 clefs du Tarot d'après Guaita. L'ouvrage est orné de très nombreuses figures, gravées sur bois, dans le texte. One of his two encyclopaedias of natural science, this work contains "a little of everything : from cosmology to the construction of machines ; from the usefulness of natural sciences to the evil influence of demons ; from the laws of mechanics to cryptology. It is a mine of facts, both real and imaginary ; of notes on the state of the sciences ; of superstition, technology, alchemy and various branches of the occult" (DSB). The similarity with Leonardo da Vinci led some historians (for instance Pierre Duhem) to suppose that Cardano had used Leonardo's manuscript notes. In this work, Cardano gives "the first description of a flour-sifting machine, and mentions the sifting property of undulating air, a fact only rediscovered by F. W. Winkler" (Sotheran, Catalogue 770, 1769). Etat très satisfaisant (reliure frottée mais bien solide avec fente en dos, mq. en coiffes, coupes frottées, bon état intérieur). DSB, III, 65-67 ; Caillet, 2010
Somniorum Synesiorum omnis generis insomnia explicantes, Libri IIII. Quibus accedunt, eiusdem haec etiam. De libris propijs. De Curationibus & Praedicationibus admirandis. Neronis encomium. De uno. Actio in Thessalicum medicum. De Secretis. De Gemmis... - [THE MOST IMPORTANT RENAISSANCE WORK ON DREAMS]
Balsel, Sebastian Henricpetrus, (1562). 4to. Both volumes bound in one nice mid-19th century half calf with gilt spine. Title to lower edge in contemporary hand. Ex libris to inside of front board. Some browning and brownspotting, and first title-page frayed at edges and with a repaired hole (presumably removing an old owner's name), not affecting printing and a small repaired hole in imprint (affecting the ""Pe"" of ""Per Sebastianum...""). 1) Somniorum Synesiorum: (42) pp., 1 blank leaf, 278 pp., 1 blank leaf. +2) Opera quaedam lectu digna (with a separate title-page and separate pagination): (36), 413, (1, -errata) pp. - lacking the final leaf with printer's devise only (no text).
The extremely rare first edition of the most important Renaissance work on dreams, arguably the most important book on dream interpretation up until Freud. (Appended thereto as the second part of a collection of earlier works by Cardano, gathered here for the first time. This part lacks the leaf with the printer's device). ""Cardano is unusual among Renaissance writers on dreams, in that he both records a good many of his own dreams, displaying keen interest in them, and has a highly developed theory about the causation of dreams and the method of interpreting them. His book on dreams, ""Somniorum Synesiorum Libri IIII"", comprises an exhortation to interpret dreams, an account of how dreams are caused, classifications of them, advice on how to interpret them, and a final chapter describing fifty-five of his own dreams."" (Alice Brown, Girolamo Cardanos's Somniorum Synesiorum Libri III, 1979). Girolamo Cardano/Hieronymus Cardanus (1501 -1576) was an extremely important Renaissance polymath, being an influential mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, writer, - and gambler. He is often referred to as the greatest mathematician of the Renaissance and was one of the key figures in the foundation of probability as well as the one whointroduced binomial coefficients and the binomial theorem to the Western world. His great work on dreams was also extremely influential and has always been considered of the utmost importance to the understanding of his scientific theories and world view. His theories about dreams are closely connected to his scientific theories about the world and bridges the gap of our understanding of his thoughts about certainty of knowledge. This great work on dreams, dream interpretation, and the cause of dreams, constitutes a fundamental attempt at understanding the mind and therefore the boundaries of our knowledge. ""Cardano admired experience and was a determined advocate of natural science. But at the same time he was aware of the insufficiency of empiricism and insisted upon the justice of the claims of mathematical reason. He even went so far as to stress that our knowledge can be protected against uncertainty only by the employment of a method that led from the one to the many. He held, however, that owing to the way in which the mind is tied to the body, the synthesis between reason and sensuous knowledge was most precarious and prevented a perfect understanding of those ideal and incorporeal essences which constitute the principles of bodies. It also makes it impossible for us to visualise adequately the original connections through which the separate things arise out of their principles. Our physical knowledge is a superficial knowledge. It makes us glide over things without probing their souls and is based upon analogies and parables... In short, Cardano was fully aware of the difficulty of the passage from the mental to the real, from ideas to things."" (Eugenio Garin: Italian Humanism, 1965, pp. 188-89). ""Girolamo Cardano conceived and outlined his four books on dreams according to Synesius' philosophy between 1535 and 1537. Originally divided into ten books, the volume underwent subsequent modifications until it was published in 1562. We know from Cardano's own testimony how the key episodes in his life were always heralded or accompanied by dreams. From this point of view, the 1562 summa on dreams reflects one of the most critical of such moments. As Jean-Yves Boriaud explains in the introduction to his new Latin edition and French translation of Somniorum Synesiorum libri quatuor, in the year prior to the composition of this work, Cardano was undergoing intense dream activity as a result of the tragic execution in 1560 of his son Giovanni Battista, who had been charged with poisoning his wife. From that moment on, the death of his son would represent a watershed moment in both his life and literary career. For this reason, too, Somniorum Synesiorum libri quatuor deserves to be considered as one of Cardano's most important writings and Boriaud's edition should be saluted as a notable accomplishment. (Giglioni, Guido (2010) Synesian Dreams. Giacomo Cardano on dreams as means of prophetic communication. Bruniana & Campanelliana, XVI (2). pp. 575-584.).The work is of the utmost scarcity. OCLC lists merely four copies: two in Switzerland, one in Germany, and one in The Netherlands.Adams: C:692" Wellcome: I:1305.
Opus novum, cunctis de sanitate tuenda, ac vita producenda studiosis apprime necessarium : in quatuor libros digestum
Basilae, per Sebastianum Henricpetri, (1582), in-4, [20]-383-[1] pp, veau havane de l'époque, dos à nerfs, chiffre "LB" doré dans les entrenerfs, filets d'encadrement et fer armorié au centre des plats, flanqué du même chiffre [Louis Bizeau], Seconde édition des célèbres oeuvres posthumes d'hygiène, de diététique et de gériatrie du mathématicien, philosophe et polygraphe Jérôme Cardan (1501-1576), publiées pour la première fois à Rome en 1580. Le titre est orné d'un portrait de l'auteur en médaillon, gravé sur bois. L'auteur, "one of the most interesting personalities of the Italian Renaissance and one of the most learned men of his time" (Heirs of Hippocrates) fut l'un des premiers disciples de Paracelse. Il tentait d'unir la théosophie, l'astrologie et la Kabbale à la guérison. Ses principes reposaient sur l'influence des étoiles et des nombres. Il est également connu pour sa Metoposcopia, analyse des lignes et des signes du front. Bel exemplaire, entièrement réglé à l'encre brune. Reliure aux armes et au chiffre de Louis Bizeau, bibliophile né au début du XVIIe siècle. OHR, pl. 483, fers 1 et 2. Reliure craquelée, charnières fendillées. Restauration ancienne au niveau des coins, en pied du dos et du plat supérieur. Durling, 859. Heirs of Hippocrates n° 149, Norman n° 403 pour l'édition originale. VD16 C 915. Couverture rigide
Bon [20]-383-[1] pp.
[Chez Toussainct Quinet] - CARDAN ; [ CARDAN, Jérôme ; CARDAN, Hiérosme ; CARDANO, Girolamo ; CARDANUS, Hieronymus ]
Reference : 58244
(1645)
La Science du Monde ou la Sagesse civile de Cardan
1 vol. in-4 reliure de l'époque plein vélin blanc, Chez Toussainct Quinet, Paris, 1645, 10 pp., 1 f. (errata et privilège), 8 pp. (Sommaire), 440 pp. (les pages 245-246 et 247-248 répétées dans la pagination), dont portrait en frontispice. Signatures: *4 **2 a4 A-3I4 3K2
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Rare exemplaire de l'édition originale de la traduction française (attribuée à Augustin Choppin). Il s'agit de la traduction du "Proxeneta, seu De Prudentia civili liber", rédigé en 1566 et publié pour la première fois de manière posthume en 1627, dans lequel le fameux médecin, mathématicien et astrologue Jérôme Cardan (1501-1576) expose sa stratégie de conduite dans le monde. L'ouvrage fait autant appel à la fermeté d'âme qu'à la prudence et à un sens profond de l'équivoque, et se fait place ainsi entre les grands traités de Machiavel et de Baltasar Gracian.... Etat satisfaisant (frontispice débroché avec mouill., volume en partie dérelié avec faiblesses aux premiers feuillets, petit mq. angulaire au feuillet de titre, bon exemplaire par ailleurs, bien complet dans une agréable reliure du temps).
CARDAN, Jérôme, (Gerolamo Cardano ou Girolamo Cardano ou Hieronymus Cardanus).
Reference : 107512
HIERONYMI CARDANI MEDIOLANENSIS, Medici, De Rerum Varietate libri XVII (De la variété des choses). Post alias omnes editiones, nunc recogniti, castigati, infinitisque mendis repurgati. Accessit Capitum, Rerum, ac Sententiarum notatu dignissimarum, INDEX amplissimus.
Lugduni (Lyon), Apud Batholomaeum Honoratum (Barthélemy Honorat), 1580, 1 volume in-12 de 170x105x45 mm environ, 1f.blanc, 7ff.( titre avec vignette de titre, epistola nuncupatoria, tabula), 1f.blanc, 883 pages, 24ff. (index), 2ff.blancs, pleine basane mouchetées fauves, dos à nerfs portant titres dorés, orné de caissons à fleurons et motifs dorés, coupes dorées, gardes et tranches jaspées. Exemplaire réglé avec de nombreuses figures dans le texte et des planches et 1 tableau hors texte. Signatures : a-z8, A-Z8, Aa-Mm8, Nn-2. Coiffes ébréchées, 3 coins dénudés, frottements et épidermures sur le cuir, défaut de marge et une tache p. 523-524, restauration ancienne sur le tableau dépliant, un ex-libris manuscrit sur la page de titre, fréquentes petites erreurs de pagination (sans manque), signatures et réclames cohérentes, intérieur bien conservé. Texte en latin.
Jérôme Cardan (Pavie, 24 septembre 1501 - Rome, 21 septembre 1576) (en italien : Gerolamo Cardano ou Girolamo Cardano, en latin : Hieronymus Cardanus), est un mathématicien, un philosophe, un astrologue, un inventeur et un médecin italien. Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.
