Treatises by Sir Matthew Hale ‘De Anima’ and ‘De Generatione Hominis’

Description: 1. 'Tentamina de anima et ejus immortalitate', in 14 chapters (ff.1-36). 2. 'De ortu hominis secundario seu generatione naturali'. Book 2 section 1. chapters 1-4 (ff.39-62). 3. Dissertation on the immortality of the soul submitted to Richard Baxter and extensively annotated by him, 1673 (ff.63-115). 4. 'De Homine' [De generatione hominis]. Part 2 (chapters 1-2); part 2a (chapters 1-8); part 3 (chapters 1-6) (ff.116-214). 5. Divine speculations on the magnet (ff.226-41). 6. Miscellaneous notes De anima (ff.242-53). 7. Verses. Beg.: As vital juices by the returning sun (f.250). 8. 'Observations upon the lyfe of Pomponius Atticus in order to the safe and commendable orderinge of a man's lyfe especially in troublesome tymes'. Printed as The life and death of Pomponius Atticus, 1677. Inscribed by Hale given to his wife, 27 February 1674 (ff.257-265v). List of contents (f.ii). Burnet 5. Bound in calf inscribed on the spine 'De anima'. iii + 271 ff.

Last import: September 11, 2017