ALBERTI, MICHAEL.

Medicinische und philosophische Schrifften von unterschiedenen Materien. Welche bisher eintzeln edirt und vorlängst nicht weiter zu bekommen gewesen. 2 parts (+) De energia naturae.

Halle im Magdeburgischen, Hendel, 1721.

8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raise bands and richly gilt spine. Traces from old paper-label to upper part of spine. Leather on spine cracked, spine-ends slightly chipped. Internally nice and clean. (14), 620, (28) pp.

First collected edition of Alberti’s essays.  Alberti (1682–1757), professor of medicine and philosophy at Halle and later rector of the university, was a leading disciple of Georg Ernst Stahl who considered the soul as having control on the body. Therapies involved dealing with the internal senses and feelings.

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