Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 171: Physica ... etc. The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2015 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title for manuscript from caption title for first work (f. 1r) and spine title. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library LJS 171 5803812 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5803812 Commentaries on Parts 2-4 (De principiis rerum materialium, De mundo adspectabili, De terra) of the Principia philosophiae of René Descartes, as well as a work by Descartes on meteors, all under the heading Physica, followed by medical treatises on Peruvian bark (used as a cure for fevers) and fevers more generally, and additional Cartesian writings considering motion, location, and infinity. Latin Physica ... etc. former owner Horblit, Harrison D former owner Stanitz, John D 1r Physica, f. 1r 64r [=65r] Tractatus simplex de cortice peruviano, f. 64r [=65r] 81r [=82r] Dissertatio de febribus, f. 81r [=82r] 91r [=92r] Dissertatio altera de febribus in specie, f. 91r [=92r] 124v [=125v] Dissertatio altera de febribus iuxta recentiores, f. 124v [=125v] 149r [=150r] Regula pro recta methodo phylosophandi, f. 149r [=150r]

paper

 212 leaves : 182 x 126 (148 x 95) mm. bound to 197 x 145 mm

Paper, i + 212 + i; 1-10⁸ 11⁷ 12-18⁸ 19⁴ 20-27⁸; 1-62, [i], 63-200, 202-210, [211], foliation in ink, upper right recto. Catchwords on each page, lower right recto.

 Written in 32-35 long lines. Written in cursive script by a single hand, with calligraphic chapter headings. Small diagrams in ink (f. 180r, 182v); penwork initials at the beginning of each work (f. 1r, 64r, 81r, 91r, 124v); smaller penwork initial with face (f. 97r); penwork vignette at end of third work (f. 124). Decorated initial, Initial P, f. 1r Decorated initial, Initial L, f. 45r Decorated initial, Initial T, f. 64r [=65r] Decorated initial, Initial D, f. 81r [=82r] Decorated initial, Initial D, f. 91r [=92r] Decorated border, f. 124r [=125r] Decorated initial, Initial D, f. 124v [=125v] Diagram, f. 180r [=181r]

Contemporary (late 17th- or early 18th-century) parchment; Physica in ink on spine.

Possibly written in Italy, after 1696 (date of latest work referred to in text).

after 1696 Italy? Sold by C. E. Rappaport, Rome (label inside upper cover), 1931. Formerly owned by Harrison D. Horblit (Ridgefield, Conn.). Appears in H. P. Kraus's cat. 155 (1980), no. 13, and Hellmut Schumann's cat. 542 (1984), no. 59. Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 2. Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012. Cinchona bark--Therapeutic use--Early works to 1800 Fever--Early works to 1800 Medicine--Early works to 1800 Philosophy--Early works to 1800 Codices Commentaries Diagrams Treatises Manuscripts, Latin--17th century Manuscripts, Latin--18th century Manuscripts, European