![SPINOZA, Baruch (later Benedictus de, 1632-1677). Tractatus theologico-politicus continens dissertationes aliquot. Hamburg: Henricus Künrath [Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz], 1670 [but after 1677]. 4° (198 x 154mm). Woodcut decoration on title. (Without the final blank, occasional light browning and spotting, D3 and Ff2 torn and repaired affecting mainly the margin and with no loss of text.) Contemporary vellum, double blind fillet on sides, lettering-piece on spine in gilt (a little soiled, lettering-piece chipped). Provenance: Poppelbauer Bibliothek (19th-century inscription on the verso of the second front free endpaper); -- 19th-century manuscript list of holdings and bibliographical references on verso of the first front free endpaper.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_07558_0134_000(spinoza_baruch_tractatus_theologico-politicus_continens_dissertationes022516).jpg?w=1)
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SPINOZA, Baruch (later Benedictus de, 1632-1677). Tractatus theologico-politicus continens dissertationes aliquot. Hamburg: Henricus Künrath [Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz], 1670 [but after 1677]. 4° (198 x 154mm). Woodcut decoration on title. (Without the final blank, occasional light browning and spotting, D3 and Ff2 torn and repaired affecting mainly the margin and with no loss of text.) Contemporary vellum, double blind fillet on sides, lettering-piece on spine in gilt (a little soiled, lettering-piece chipped). Provenance: Poppelbauer Bibliothek (19th-century inscription on the verso of the second front free endpaper); -- 19th-century manuscript list of holdings and bibliographical references on verso of the first front free endpaper.
FIRST EDITION, fourth issue, of Spinoza's philosophy, a 'crystal- clear exposition of the theory of natural right' (PMM). The Tractatus theologico politicus (A Treatise on Political Theology) was Spinoza's first great work, blending the traditions of his Hebraic background with Cartesian rationalism, the philosophy he adopted following his break with Jewish orthodoxy in 1656. The Tractatus extends his ethical views into the realm of politics and contains the first clear statement of the mutual independence of philosophy and religion. Bamberger, The Early Editions of Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-Politicus, in 'Studies in Bibliography and Booklore', vol. 5, 1962, pp. 9-33 (listing all the points of the fourth issue); PMM 153.
FIRST EDITION, fourth issue, of Spinoza's philosophy, a 'crystal- clear exposition of the theory of natural right' (PMM). The Tractatus theologico politicus (A Treatise on Political Theology) was Spinoza's first great work, blending the traditions of his Hebraic background with Cartesian rationalism, the philosophy he adopted following his break with Jewish orthodoxy in 1656. The Tractatus extends his ethical views into the realm of politics and contains the first clear statement of the mutual independence of philosophy and religion. Bamberger, The Early Editions of Spinoza's Tractatus theologico-Politicus, in 'Studies in Bibliography and Booklore', vol. 5, 1962, pp. 9-33 (listing all the points of the fourth issue); PMM 153.