[Philiosophy] Two works: (1) Heereboord, Adr. Meletemata philosophica

(...). Editio nova, prioribus multò emendatior; Cui praeter sexaginta tres ethicas atque aliquot miscellaneas disputationes accedunt Philosophia Naturalis cum novis commentariis & Pneumatica. Amst., H. Wetstein, 1680, (4),1007,(9) p., w. engr. frontisp. portr. by I. Suyderhoef, cont. blindst. calf, ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to. Contents good w. minimal imperfections, first free endpaper torn. Upper cover almost loose, lower joint split. Spine worn, outer corners showing. V.d. Aa III, 116: Thijssen-Schoute, Nederlansch Cartesianisme, 95-105, 120 -125. Heerebord advocated Descartes' teachings at Leiden university. Most complete edition of the collected writings of this prominent Dutch philosopher. Originally published in 1654. W. owner's entry "Ex Libris Gul. Davison Jan 16 1691" in pen on first blank. (2) (P.) Bayle. Het Leven van B. de Spinoza, met eenige Aanteekeningen over zyn Bedryf, Schriften, en Gevoelens. Nevens een kort Betoog van de Waarheit des Christelyken Godtsdiensts; En Twee Verhandelingen, I. Van de Ziel. II. Van Godts Wezentlykheit. Door den Heer Jaquelot. Vertaalt door F. Halma. De Voorreden behelscht eenige Aanmerkingen tegen 't Levensvervolg van Philopater. Utr., F. Halma/ W. vande Water, 1698, (192),464,(15) p., later marbled wr., 8vo. Van der Linde 70: Cat. Wolf Coll. [Hertzberger 50], item 286: First Dutch translation of Bayle's biography of Spinoza, originally appearing in Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique (1697). One of the main contemporary sources for the life and works of Spinoza. Some sm. inner and outer imperfections. W. owner's entry, Johannes van Vloten, in pen (1818-1863) on first free endpaper, founder of modern humanism. Van Vloten, in cooperation with Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land, edited the collected works of Spinoza in 2 vols. (1882-1883).

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