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Title

Phisica :

Authors

• Dartiguelongue, Jacobus Josephus

Other related names

• Baour, Jean-Florent, 1724-1794, engraver
• Desrochers, Etienne Jehandier, 1668-1741, engraver

Call number

Ms. Codex 1180
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4312491
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4312491

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Latin with some notes in French

Origin

Date

1751

Place

Toulouse

Summary

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).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (f. 4r).
   

Watermark

Churchill Huchet 319 (1732); several unidentifiable marks: crown with letters "...ANT," letters "L [heart] V...," letters "...AME" with date below," fleur de lis.

Extent

125 leaves : 166 x 113 (135 x 90) mm. bound to 171 x 121mm

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].

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf with gilt floral designs stamped on spine and partial title "PHISI."

Layout

Written in 25-30 long lines; text block outlined in drypoint.

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").

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

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

Subjects topical

• Physics--Early works to 1800
• Physical sciences--Early works to 1800
• Geometry--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Treatises
• Engravings
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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  URL

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Table of contents

• fol. 12r — ILL; Engraving, Portrait of Nicolas Malebranche, f. 12r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Owner stamp, f. 1r
• fol. 2r — Owner stamp, f. 2r
• fol. 3v — Owner stamp, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — Engraved title page, f. 4r
• fol. 5r — Engraving, La Phisyque, f. 5r
• fol. 20r — Engraving, Portrait of Aristotle, f. 20r
• fol. 29v — Engraving, Portrait of Rene? Descartes, f. 29v
• fol. 38v — Engraving, Portrait of Pierre Gassendi, f. 38v