Lot n° 15
Estimation :
500 - 600
EUR
BARCLAY (John). - Lot 15
BARCLAY (John).
Icon Animorum. London, Norton and John Bill, 1614. In-8, contemporary limp vellum.
First edition.
Icon Animorum, whose title was translated into French as Tableau des esprits, was a great success in the 17th century. Its author, Jean Barclay, a philosopher and humanist of Scottish origin who was born in Pont-à-Mousson in 1582 and died in Rome in 1621, offers a comparative analysis of the different peoples of Europe.
Top edge slightly gnawed.
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