HUARTE, Juan (1529?-1588). Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of Mens Wits. Richard Carew, translator. London: Adam Islip, 1604. Third edition in English.
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Nov 9, 2021
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Lot Description
HUARTE, Juan (1529?-1588). Examen de Ingenios. The Examination of Mens Wits. In Which, by Discovering the Varietie of Natures, is Shewed for What Profession Each One is Apt, and How Far She Shall Profit Therein. Richard Carew, translator. London: Adam Islip, 1604.
8vo (174 x 128 mm). Woodcut printer’s device on title-page, woodcut head-and-tail-pieces and initials, numerous in-text woodcuts. (A few repaired tears, some dampstaining.) Modern calf gilt, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges sprinkled red (rebacked, endpapers renewed, some rubbing, joints starting). Provenance: a few annotations in early hand.
Third edition in English of Huarte’s work, first published in Spanish in 1575, and then translated into Italian by M. Camillo Camilli in 1582. Carew translated the work from the Italian into English. Cornish translator and antiquary Carew was known for his Survey of Cornwall (1620). Huarte’s’ work is considered to be "the first attempt to show the connection between psychology and physiology" (Garrison-Morton). ESTC 006193407.
Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois
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