GUIBELET, Examen de l'examen des esprits, 1631

GUIBELET, Jourdain.

Examen de l'examen des esprits.

Paris, Veuve Jean de Heuqueville et Louis de Heuqueville, 1631.

8vo (172x107 mm), (24)-813-(50) pages (Two leaves of table are missing). binding : Contemporary full vellum with lacets. Edges blue. One lacet broken. Little hole on leave Kkkiv.

First edition.
Critical work of the Examen de ingenios para las sciencias by Juan Huarte de San Juan, which had been, in 1575, the first modern treatise to study the relationship between psychology and physiology.
Guibelet offers an in-depth analysis and a refutation of some of Huarte's theses, thus entering into the intellectual debates of the time on the nature of intelligence and human aptitudes. This text constitutes a valuable contribution to the history of ideas and to the study of the reception of psychological and medical theories at the dawn of the 17th century.
Title page in the name of the Heuquevilles with whom Soly (who appears on the privilege) shared the edition.

references: Caillet [II, 4833] Wellcome [EPB/A/2972 : "Issued also in the same year under the imprint of Michel Soly, to whom the royal privilege was originally granted May 16, 1631."].

provenance: Bookplate Nicolas Defuisseaux (1802-1857).

Price : 800 €

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