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Lot 207

FLUDD (ROBERT)
Clavis philosophiae et alchymiae Fluddanae, FIRST EDITION,1633; bound with another

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Footnotes

First edition of Clavis philosophiae, in which Fludd defends his ideas on the movement of the blood against Pierre Gassendi's criticisms, drawing on the experimentations carried out by William Harvey.

Provenance: "Ex bibliotheca D: Brix de ?Wakerbergs... Fürstendorff", and "Anton v. Lancsze Zeibehrung", early inscriptions on title of Summum bonum (bound first); red ink initials "R.C." with "collationné-complet" stamp inside upper cover.

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