Phisica

Contributor:

Baour (engraver); Bonnart, Henri, 1642-1711 (engraver); Choueau, F. (engraver)

Name:

Ricaud, Pierre; Vaillé, Bernard

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1739

Description:

Lecture notes, divided in three sections, Phisica, Metaphisica, and Moralis, illustrated with 9 engraved plates. The professor, Pierre Ricaud, was possibly a member of the Société des sciences of Toulouse where two of the plates, engraved by Baour, were printed. The volume is a gift to his student Bernard Vaillé. The first section, titled Phisica particularis (p. 1) describes the earth, cosmography, the elements, and human physiology; the second section, metaphysics and theology; and the third section, ethics. Each section is preceded by a plate depicting an allegorical female figure, each ends with an index, and each is paginated separately.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Roger Gaskell (London), 1998.

Subject:

Physics -- Early works to 1800; Physics; Theology -- Early works to 1800; Theology; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Ethics

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Lecture notes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

153 leaves : paper, illustrations; 169 x 116 (136 x 90) mm bound to 176 x 127 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page, engraved with a cartouche, in which the title has been written in manuscript.; Pagination: Paper, 153; [vi], 1-117, 117-118, 118-162, 183-230, [ii], 1-48, [ii], 1-24, [ii], contemporary pagination in ink, upper center; [vi], 1-300, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Five plates are signed Chez H. Bonnart au coq or H. Bonnart, ex au coq. avec privil. including the title page, a sphere, and 3 folded plates "Systema Ptolemaicum," "Systema Thiconicum," and "Systema Copernicanum." Frontispiece "La Phisyque" depicts Urania and is signed chez Baour as is the seventh plate (folded) "Phases Luna." The eighth plate depicts a seated female figure titled "La MetaPhisique," signed avec Pri. du Roy, and the ninth, a seated female figure titled "La Morale," is signed F. Choueau.; Binding: Contemporary calf, spine label INSTITV PHILOSO and PHISICA (added at a later date). Moderate oxidation of the ink.; Origin: Written in France, possibly Toulouse, in 1739 (p. iii).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 647