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Lot 55

Pomponazzi, Pietro. Opera. De naturalium effectum admirandorum causis, seu de incantationibus liber: Item de Fato, Libero arbitrio, Praedestinatione,

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Pomponazzi, Pietro. Opera. De naturalium effectum admirandorum causis, seu de incantationibus liber: Item de Fato, Libero arbitrio, Praedestinatione, Provdentia Dei, Libri V. Basel: Henricpetrina, 1567 (colophon date). Later calf, neatly rebacked. Woodcut printer?s device at end. [64, incl. 8 blank], 1015, [1]pp. Small 8vo. Engraved large armorial bookplate of Camden. Light chipping and dust-soiling to first few leaves. Caillet 8818. Wellcome 5154. Thorndike V, pp. 98-110. Second edition of the Naturalium effectum, followed by the first edition of the influential work on fate, free will, and predestination. The author sought to apply natural explanations for what were believed to be Christian miracles.