pseudodoxia epidemica enquiries received tenets de browne thomas (2 résultats)

Hardcover (Full Leather). Etat : Good Condition. First Edition. Early calf rebacked, spine dry, outer joints cracked, front board loose but attached, corners worn. Paper repair to margins of title, some soiling and discoloration internally but mostly clean and unmarked. (xx), 386pp. A hugely influential book and one of the outstanding examples of 17th century empiricism (though always tinged with Browne's slightly off-base belief system) - Browne set out to refute pervasive untruths through "Authority, Sense and Reason." a panoply of unicorn horns, griffins, basilisks, snails, badgers, sneezing, bipedalism, Eve and the serpent, and the Tower of Babel being erected against a second flood. Thousands of years of received wisdom scrutinized and refuted. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No: 044904.

First Edition. Folio, pp. 386. Some stains and creases to the title-page, a very good copy. Bound in contemporary calf. hinges starting to split along the bottom of the spine, lacks some pieces of leather at the extremities of the spine. Bookplate. CBEL I, 834; Wing B5159; Keynes 73. One of the most distinguished writers of his time, Browne (1605-1682) was a native of London. He got his medical degree and received several doctorates. He spent his life working as a doctor in Norwich. His Religio Medici (1642) is more a philosophical work than a defense of the medical profession. The present work is an inquiry into vulgar errors that have become part of the popular knowledge of the study of history, theology, mechanical arts, and medicine. The second edition of Browne's Christian Morals (1756) included a life and explanatory notes by Dr. Samuel Johnson.