CUREAU DE LA CHAMBRE (Marin) : Le Système de l'Ame. Paris, Jacques d'Allin, 1664; in 4°, brown tortoiseshell calf, five-ribbed spine decorated, spotted edges. period binding. First edition, illustrated with a beautiful engraved frontispiece. Cureau de La Chambre was a physician of Louis XIV, who had great confidence in him, to the point of talking frequently with him on moral subjects. It is with the support of the King that he was elected to the French Academy, and that he was one of the founders of the Academy of Sciences