Lot 53
Huarte (Juan) Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of mens Wits, Adam Islip, for Thomas Adams, 1616.
Hammer Price: £350
Description
Huarte (Juan) Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of mens Wits. In which, by Discovering the varietie of natures, is shewed for what profession each one is apt, and how far he shall profit therein, translated by Richard Carew from the Italian translation of Camillo Camilli, large woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, title with small rust-stain to head, a few printed side-notes trimmed, some mainly marginal water-staining at beginning and end, some light foxing and browning, front free endpapers working loose at head, later green calf, rebacked, wear to corners, covers rubbed and darkened at extremities, [ESTC S104265; STC 13895; Krivatsy 6089], small 4to, Adam Islip, for Thomas Adams, 1616.
⁂ The first edition, published in 1575 in Spanish, was ''the first attempt to show the connection between psychology and physiology'' (Garrison-Morton). The first edition of this English translation appeared in 1594.
Description
Huarte (Juan) Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of mens Wits. In which, by Discovering the varietie of natures, is shewed for what profession each one is apt, and how far he shall profit therein, translated by Richard Carew from the Italian translation of Camillo Camilli, large woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, title with small rust-stain to head, a few printed side-notes trimmed, some mainly marginal water-staining at beginning and end, some light foxing and browning, front free endpapers working loose at head, later green calf, rebacked, wear to corners, covers rubbed and darkened at extremities, [ESTC S104265; STC 13895; Krivatsy 6089], small 4to, Adam Islip, for Thomas Adams, 1616.
⁂ The first edition, published in 1575 in Spanish, was ''the first attempt to show the connection between psychology and physiology'' (Garrison-Morton). The first edition of this English translation appeared in 1594.
