Lot 170
Casaubon (Meric) A Treatise concerning Enthusiasme, as it is an Effect of Nature: but is mistaken by many for either Divine Inspiration, or Diabolicall Possession, second edition, Printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by Thomas Johnson, 1656.
Hammer Price: £350
Description
Casaubon (Meric) A Treatise concerning Enthusiasme, as it is an Effect of Nature: but is mistaken by many for either Divine Inspiration, or Diabolicall Possession, second edition, some worming to lower corner, mostly marginal but affecting some catchwords, some foxing, old calf, rubbed, [Wing C813], 8vo, Printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by Thomas Johnson, 1656.
⁂ The first edition, published a year earlier, "...was the first separate treatise on enthusiasm, a term used for conditions attributed to possession by a superior power. Casaubon divided it into two kinds: supernatural, which was 'a true possession . . . whether divine or diabolical,' and natural, 'whereof all men are capable,' to which belonged the delusions and hallucinations of the insane"--Hunter & Macalpine, page 143.
ESTC collation and pagination do not seem to tally; this copy collates A-T8, V6 [-V6], 2A2 (ie lacking V6, presumably blank, but with 2 final advertisement leaves).
Description
Casaubon (Meric) A Treatise concerning Enthusiasme, as it is an Effect of Nature: but is mistaken by many for either Divine Inspiration, or Diabolicall Possession, second edition, some worming to lower corner, mostly marginal but affecting some catchwords, some foxing, old calf, rubbed, [Wing C813], 8vo, Printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by Thomas Johnson, 1656.
⁂ The first edition, published a year earlier, "...was the first separate treatise on enthusiasm, a term used for conditions attributed to possession by a superior power. Casaubon divided it into two kinds: supernatural, which was 'a true possession . . . whether divine or diabolical,' and natural, 'whereof all men are capable,' to which belonged the delusions and hallucinations of the insane"--Hunter & Macalpine, page 143.
ESTC collation and pagination do not seem to tally; this copy collates A-T8, V6 [-V6], 2A2 (ie lacking V6, presumably blank, but with 2 final advertisement leaves).
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