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Lot 160

1567 FRANCISCUS PATRICIUS PHILIPPE, "DE REGNO ET REGIS INSTITVTIONE ANTIQUE"

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Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Philosophy
Binding: Leather
Description: Libri IX of Francisci Patricii Senensis De Regno et Regis Institutione: Ex epistola cognoscere licebit, quarum lectione facile de re qualibet quisque poterit decernere, historiarum ac sententiarum variarum referti. Manu scriptorum Opus vetustissimorum librorum,... Gorbinus, Paris, 1567. Gorgeous leather binding featuring three raised bands, embellished with gold on the spine and boards. Size: 4.5 by 6.5" (11.5 x 17 cm); Pages (66), 427, (1) In excellent condition. Originating in Cres, Franciscus Patricius (also known as Francesco Patrizi; 1529–1597) was a physicist and philosopher from the Republic of Venice. He was seen as an opponent of Aristotelianism and a supporter of Platonism. According to what he says in his Paralleli militari, he is descended from the Patrizi family of Siena. There are differing accounts of his national origin, with descriptions ranging from Italian to Croatian. He is generally known as Franjo Petris or Frane Petric in Croatia. Petris was the Cres name for his family.

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