Juan Huarte, Essame de gl'ingegni de gl'huomini per apprender le scienze, Venice, Aldo II, 1586, contemporary French armorial brown morocco

Juan Huarte de San Juan. Essame de gl'ingegni de gl'huomini per apprender le scienze. Nel quale, scoprendosi la varietà della natura, si mostra, a che professione sia atto ciacuno, et quanto profitto habbia fatto in essa di Gio. Huarte. Tradotto dalla lingua spagnuola da m. Camillo Camilli. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1586

Second edition in Italian of an early work of psychology.

8vo (148 x 97 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: *⁸ **⁴ A-Z⁸: 196 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, decorated initials, headpieces, ornaments. (Closely trimmed at head with occasional minor loss to headlines and headpieces, some staining.)

binding: Contemporary French armorial binding brown morocco (153 x 104 mm), covers with three gilt fillets around sides, inner frame of three gilt fillets, fleur- de-lis in corners, gilt lion rampant at center, spine with 3 gilt fillets forming elongated rectangle with fleur-de-lis in corners and with manuscript at head (illegible), all edges gilt. (Upper hinge a bit weak, some wear to spine.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, supralibros, insignia (lion rampant) — unidentified owner, deleted inscription, “J... P...,” on title-page — unidentified owner, inscription, “Io Giuseppe Gaetano Contarini,” dated 1691 on endpaper and second leaf of text — unidentified owner, inscription, “Monsieur L'Abbé Taribone [Tanbone?] au college delans,” on lower endleaf — unidentified owner, inscription, “D. Allan,” on upper pastedown — Christie’s London, 9 February 1966, lot 7. acquisition: Purchased from E.M. Lawson, East Hagbourne, 1983. references: UCLA 975; Renouard 237/2; Edit16 22981; USTC 835991