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DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-05). Two Treatises in the one of which the Nature of Bodies; in the other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is looked into: in way of discovery, of the immortality of reasonable soules, Paris: Gilles Blaizot, 1644. 2° (346 x 228mm). Woodcut vignette on title, woodcut headpieces. (First gathering detached, lightly browned throughout, light marginal waterstaining). Contemporary calf (front joint broken but cords still holding, head of spine torn away, tail chipped, quite rubbed). Provenance: William Wilson (signature on title); Albert G. Nicholls (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. "The work is noteworthy on several counts: it contains the first fully developed atomistic system of the seventeenth century, the first important defense in English of Harvey's theory of the circulation, important discussions of reflex action and embryological development, an account of the first recorded patch test for allergy, the fullest early account in English of teaching the deaf to lip-read, and material on behavioral conditioning that anticipates the work of Pavlov. Digby's introduction of Gassendian and Cartesian atomism into England provided Boyle and Newton with the foundation for their achievements in chemistry and physics". Duveen, pp. 171-172; Norman 639; Wing D1448.
FIRST EDITION. "The work is noteworthy on several counts: it contains the first fully developed atomistic system of the seventeenth century, the first important defense in English of Harvey's theory of the circulation, important discussions of reflex action and embryological development, an account of the first recorded patch test for allergy, the fullest early account in English of teaching the deaf to lip-read, and material on behavioral conditioning that anticipates the work of Pavlov. Digby's introduction of Gassendian and Cartesian atomism into England provided Boyle and Newton with the foundation for their achievements in chemistry and physics". Duveen, pp. 171-172; Norman 639; Wing D1448.
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