CRAANEN, Theodori.- Cartesianism.-
Tractatus physico - medicus de Homine, in quô status ejus tam naturalis, quam praeternaturalis, quoad Theoriam rationalem mechanice demonstratur. Edente Theodoro Schoon, M.D. Hagiensi, Cum figuris aenis & Indicibus tam Capitum, quam Rerum & Verborum locupletissimis.
Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Petrum van der Aa, 1689. 4to. W. fine engr. vign. on title [unsigned 'Hac Itur ad Astra'], folding engr. portr. [at p. 1 signed 'I.Toornvliet delineavit ... A. Blooteling Sculp.'. Below the 6 line vers by Gronovius signed 'P. Vandera Aa excudit, ...'; left middle center a tear [4 cm] closed.] & 38 engr. (fold.) pls. [of which 3 [pls. .., ..., ...] w. repairs.]. Contemp. full clf., spine in 6 compartments w. spine label in red. Spine elaborately floral gilt. (Skillfully rebacked, original spine material preserved and laid down, handmade endpapers in matching tone.). [n1, *4, **3, A - 5K4]. (II (blank), XIV, 765, LI (index) pp.). (First part top lefthand blank margin a thin and vague watersp. more visible in the 8 prelims; pp. 466 - 468 some stains.). First edition, very rare. On the Blooteling engraved portrait published by van der Aa, see Muller, Van Someren, ...: Hirsch - Hübotter, vol. II, 135: Thorndike, vol. VII, p. 565: 'Craanen was a Cartesian in the field of medicine and contended that, to explain most of the bodily functions, it was unnecessary to resort to the soul as a mover. He compared the human body to a clock.': Wellcome vol. II, p. 403: Krivatsy, 2795:
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