![DIGBY, Kenelm. Two Treatises. In the one of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the other, the Nature of Man's Soule; is looked into: in way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: Gilles Blaizot, 1644. 2°, title with woodcut device, contemporary calf gilt (rubbed, joints split). Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed [?]in the author's hand "for My Lord Duke of Buckingham".](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2004/CKS/2004_CKS_07000_0622_000(082046).jpg?w=1)
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DIGBY, Kenelm. Two Treatises. In the one of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the other, the Nature of Man's Soule; is looked into: in way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, Paris: Gilles Blaizot, 1644. 2°, title with woodcut device, contemporary calf gilt (rubbed, joints split). Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed [?]in the author's hand "for My Lord Duke of Buckingham".
LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO GEORGE VILLIERS, SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM (1628-1687). Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), diplomat and naval commander, was a member of Charles I's household. His Catholicism placed him under suspicion and he was imprisoned in 1641, later to be released on condition that he leave for France. It was there in 1644 that he brought out his two great philosphical treatises on the Nature of Bodies and the Immortality of Reasonable Souls. Digby's position in the royal household was shared by George Villiers who was brought up by King Charles after the death of his father. The young Duke joined with the King at the outbreak of the civil war, and fought under Prince Rupert at the storming of Lichfield Close in 1643. He was then placed in the care of the Earl of Northumberland and sent travelling on the continent, living for a time in Rome and Florence. In the summer of 1848, he plunged into the royalist plot leading to the resumption of the Civil War, and had his estates confiscated for a second time in 1851. They were returned to him at the Restoration when he reputedly became the richest man in England. The most prominent figure in the king's court, Buckingham was also a noted wit, author and patron of men of letters. Norman 639; Wing D1448.
LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO GEORGE VILLIERS, SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM (1628-1687). Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), diplomat and naval commander, was a member of Charles I's household. His Catholicism placed him under suspicion and he was imprisoned in 1641, later to be released on condition that he leave for France. It was there in 1644 that he brought out his two great philosphical treatises on the Nature of Bodies and the Immortality of Reasonable Souls. Digby's position in the royal household was shared by George Villiers who was brought up by King Charles after the death of his father. The young Duke joined with the King at the outbreak of the civil war, and fought under Prince Rupert at the storming of Lichfield Close in 1643. He was then placed in the care of the Earl of Northumberland and sent travelling on the continent, living for a time in Rome and Florence. In the summer of 1848, he plunged into the royalist plot leading to the resumption of the Civil War, and had his estates confiscated for a second time in 1851. They were returned to him at the Restoration when he reputedly became the richest man in England. The most prominent figure in the king's court, Buckingham was also a noted wit, author and patron of men of letters. Norman 639; Wing D1448.
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