SANCTI, Marco Antonio.
Crisis opinionum Renati De Cartes.
Benevento, Typographia Archiepiscopali, 1712. 4to. With the title in a double-line frame built up from short rules, a woodcut tailpiece, a factotum (plus one repeat with a different letter), and a factotum and other decorations built up of typographical ornaments. Contemporary limp vellum with the manuscript title on the spine, blue marbled edges. [12], 63, [5] pp.
€ 3,950
First and only edition of a very rare essay on the philosophical and scientific theses of René Descartes (1596-1650) by Marco Antonio Sancti (dates unknown) from Siena, who lived in Benevento at the time. After the half-title and title-page follow the authors dedication to Cardinal Vincentio Maria Ursino, archbishop of Benevento, "Ad lectorem", two imprimaturs, dated 1 & 4 February 1712 respectively, and the "Praeambula". The text is divided into two parts, but they share a single series of page numbers (1-63) with a drop-title for the second part on F2 (p. 43), so they were never issued separately. The work ends with indices and errata.
The vellum is somewhat stained. Some of the leaves are somewhat water stained, mostly in the margins. Otherwise in good condition. WorldCat 27076303, 458924247 (4 copies).
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