CUREAU DE LA CHAMBRE, MARIN.
Les Charactères Des Passions. (Vol. 1 - 2, out of 4).
Amsterdam, Antoine Michel (i.e. Elzevier), 1658.
12mo. Two volumes bound in one contemporary full vellum binding with yapp edges. Small paper-label paste on to top of spine. Light soiling to extremities, otherwise a nice and clean copy. (24), 599 pp.
Later edition of this work on “the Passions, Virtues, Vices, Manners, and Customs of Peoples, their Inclinations, Temperaments, and Facial Features, blending the finest aspects of Medicine, Morality, and Politics" as Marin Cureau de La Chambre stated himself. Marin Cureau de La Chambre (1594-1669) was a French physician and philosopher, serving as a counselor and physician to Louis XIV.
Order-nr.: 61590
DKK 1.800,00