La balance cosmopolitique du ciel de l'humanité à la Newton : un supplément social de Rousseau, par Abaris et Diogène

Contributor:

Obereit, Jakob Hermann, 1725-1798 (attributed name)

Timespan:

18th century

Date:

1788

Description:

A dialogue between characters Abaris and Diogène about "spiritual Newtonism," in which the two characters discuss the relationship between natural principles and forms of government.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Purchased, 1963.

Subject:

Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727; Political science -- Philosophy -- 18th century; Philosophy, French -- 18th century; Philosophy, French; Political science -- Philosophy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); dialogues; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper; 215 x 170 mm bound to 228 x 182 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r); date based on the reference to Antoine de La Salle's La balance naturelle of 1788 (f. 32r) and Zacour-Hirsch's estimate that this work is from the early years of the French Revolution.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 40 + i (modern paper); [i], 1, 1-2, 2-13, [i], 14-28, [i], 29-33, [i], contemporary foliation in ink, [1-40], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script possibly in the hand of Jakob Hermann Obereit. The hand of this work is the same as that of Ms. Codex 972, which is signed "Gamaliel," and "Abaris Gamaliel" is one of the pseudonyms of Obereit listed in Deutscher Gesamtkatalog (Zacour-Hirsch).; Binding: Modern boards.; Origin: Possibly written in Switzerland (signed "Abaris, Suisse, du lac de Constance" f. 33r), in the early years of the French Revolution.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 971