Phisica : scripta sub admodum R. P. Cambos philosophiae professore doctore agregato in Collegio Squillano Tolosano anno Domini 1751

Contributor:

Baour, Jean-Florent, 1724-1794 (engraver); Desrochers, Etienne Jehandier, 1668-1741 (engraver)

Name:

Dartiguelongue, Jacobus Josephus

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1751

Description:

A work on natural philosophy, mixing contemporary science (Descartes, Gassendi) with traditional philosophy (Aristotle, Malebranche). The author, unlike Descartes, maintains the distinction between form and matter; he also follows scientific discoveries such as that objects of different masses fall at the same rate. Other topics include the infinite divisibility of matter and the possibility of a true vacuum. Manuscript appears to be part of a series, with alternate titles Pars secunda philosophiae seu phisica (f. 7r) and Prima pars phisicae generalis (f. 115r).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

"Paris, Blaisot & Cie. 1880" inscribed on f. 1r.; Collector's stamp in blue ink on several pages: "Société Franc̦aise de Physique, Bibliothèque."

Subject:

Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Descartes, René, 1596-1650 Knowledge and learning Physical sciences; Descartes, René, 1596-1650; Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715; Aristotle; Physical sciences; Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655 Knowledge and learning Physical sciences; Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655; Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715 Criticism and interpretation; Physics -- Early works to 1800; Physics; Physical sciences -- Early works to 1800; Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Engravings (prints); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

125 leaves : paper, illustrations, portraits; 166 x 113 (135 x 90) mm bound to 171 x 121mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 4r).; Foliation: Paper, 125 + i (contemporary paper); contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto, [vi], 1-5, [i], 6-12, [i], 13-20, [i], 21-28, [i], 29-61, [i], 62-65, [i], 66-69, [i], 70-83, [i], 84-105, [106-114]; modern pencil foliation, lower right recto, [1-125].; Layout: Written in 25-30 long lines; text block outlined in drypoint.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Watermark: Churchill Huchet 319 (1732); several unidentifiable marks: crown with letters "...ANT," letters "L [heart] V...," letters "...AME" with date below," fleur de lis.; Decoration: Various mathematical diagrams relating to geometry (f. 69r, 71r, 73r, 93v); engraved portraits of Nicolas Malebranche (f. 12r), Aristotle (f. 20r), René Descartes (f. 29v), and Pierre Gassendi (f. 38v) by E. Desrochers; doorway with columns on title page (f. 4r), "La Phisyque" the goddess observing herself in a mirror held by a cherub (f. 5r), and various scientific and mathematical diagrams from another book (pasted in between f. 71-72, 75-76, 79-80, 93-94), all attributed to Baour (some are labeled "A Toulouse chez Baour, rue S. rome," others simply with "chez Baour").; Binding: Contemporary calf with gilt floral designs stamped on spine and partial title "PHISI."; Origin: Written in Toulouse in 1751 (f.4r).; Latin with some notes in French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1180