![NEMESIUS, Bishop of Emesa (fl. 400). Divini gregorii Nyssae episcopi qui fuit frater Basilii Magni libri octo: I De homine. II De anima. III De elementis. IV De viribus animae. V De volutario et involutario. VI De fato. VII De libero arbitrio. VIII De providentia. Translated by John Cono. [Strassburg: Matthias Schurer, 1512].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1998/NYP/1998_NYP_08854_0140_000(104749).jpg?w=1)
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NEMESIUS, Bishop of Emesa (fl. 400). Divini gregorii Nyssae episcopi qui fuit frater Basilii Magni libri octo: I De homine. II De anima. III De elementis. IV De viribus animae. V De volutario et involutario. VI De fato. VII De libero arbitrio. VIII De providentia. Translated by John Cono. [Strassburg: Matthias Schurer, 1512].
2o (260 x 197 mm). Title printed in red and black with elaborate woodcut border by Urs Graf. (Title cropped and reinforced along gutter margin, light browning, minor worming to last leaf.) Modern binding of an antiphonal leaf over boards.
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. Nemesius most important contribution in De natura hominius was to establish the idea that mental faculties were localized in the cells or ventricles of the brain, a belief that was generally accepted and tetained for many centuries.
Garrison-Morton 571; Norman 1581.
2o (260 x 197 mm). Title printed in red and black with elaborate woodcut border by Urs Graf. (Title cropped and reinforced along gutter margin, light browning, minor worming to last leaf.) Modern binding of an antiphonal leaf over boards.
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. Nemesius most important contribution in De natura hominius was to establish the idea that mental faculties were localized in the cells or ventricles of the brain, a belief that was generally accepted and tetained for many centuries.
Garrison-Morton 571; Norman 1581.