[GARZONI (Tommaso)]: Le Théâtre des divers cerveaux du monde, auquel tiennent place, selon leur degré, toutes les manières d'esprit et humeurs des hommes, tant louables que vicieuses, déduites par discours doctes et agréables. Translated from Italian by G.C.D.T. Paris, F. Le Mangnier, 1586, in 16, blank f., title, privilege, dedication (2 pp.), preface (12 pp.), tables (6pp.), text, 269 numbered ff, 118 x 78 mm, later vellum, handwritten title and date on spine.
First French edition by Gabriel Chappuys of Thomas Garzoni's work, the original edition of which was published in 1583 under the title Il Theatro de' vari e diversi cervelli mondani. This is one of Garzoni's major works, in which he studies the physiology and psychology of the human being. Garzoni divides his study into six chapters: Complete brains; Brains of little weight; Brains of small consistency; Brains of small volume; Large brains; Brainless heads. Ff. B1 and B8 are missing as usual. PHOTOS TO COME WITHIN 3 DAYS
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[GARZONI (Tommaso)]: Le Théâtre des divers cerveaux du monde, auquel tiennent place, selon leur degré, toutes les manières d'esprit et humeurs des hommes, tant louables que vicieuses, déduites par discours doctes et agréables. Translated from Italian by G.C.D.T. Paris, F. Le Mangnier, 1586, in 16, blank f., title, privilege, dedication (2 pp.), preface (12 pp.), tables (6pp.), text, 269 numbered ff, 118 x 78 mm, later vellum, handwritten title and date on spine.
First French edition by Gabriel Chappuys of Thomas Garzoni's work, the original edition of which was published in 1583 under the title Il Theatro de' vari e diversi cervelli mondani. This is one of Garzoni's major works, in which he studies the physiology and psychology of the human being. Garzoni divides his study into six chapters: Complete brains; Brains of little weight; Brains of small consistency; Brains of small volume; Large brains; Brainless heads. Ff. B1 and B8 are missing as usual. PHOTOS TO COME WITHIN 3 DAYS