Author
Raei, Johannes de, 1618-1702
Title
Clavis philosophiæ naturalis, seu, Introductio ad naturæ contemplationem, Aristotelico-Cartesiana / authore, Joanne de Raei, L.A.M. ac Med. Doct. & in Acad. Lugd. Bat. Philos. Profess..
Varying form of title
Clavis philosophiae naturalis, seu, Introductio ad naturae contemplationem, Aristotelico-Cartesiana
Imprint
Lugd. Batavor. : Ex officinâ Johannis & Danielis Elsevier. Academ. typograph., M D C LIV. [1654]
Physical description
[28], 219, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 20 cm (4to)
Note
Signatures: *4 **4 ***4 ****2 A-Z4 Aa-Dd4 Ee2.
Note
Title page in red and black.
Note
Woodcut printer's device on title page, with motto "Non solus"; woodcut initials and head-pieces.
Note
Imprint date printed with turned Cs.
Citation/references note
CLC, R30
Provenance
Pressmark of Seth Ward (1617-1689) on upper endleaf: D:3:6.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century reddish-brown calf over paper boards; sewn on four supports; boards decorated with blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with additional vertical blind fillets towards spine; spine with four raised bands, blind and gilt fillets, and blind hatching; gilt fillet around board edges; gilt hatching on endcaps; text block edges sprinkled red and blue; printed waste used as pastedowns.
Copy-specific note
Bound with Berlicom, Elementorum de rerum naturalium (Rotterdam, 1656).
Subject
Aristotle
Subject
Descartes, René, 1596-1650
Subject
Physics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Philosophy Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Elzevir, Jean, 1622-1661 printer.
Added entry--name
Elzevir, Daniel, 1626-1680 printer.
Added entry--name
Ward, Seth, 1617-1689 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
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