[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Spinoza's "Opera Posthuma" in orig. vellum. 1677

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(PHILOSOPHY) Spinoza, Benedict de. OPERA POSTHUMA, Quorum Series Post 
Praefationem Exhibetur. (Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz). 1677. First edition. 4to. 2 
parts in 1. (40),614,(32);112,(8)pp. Text illus. with some woodcuts and diagrams. 
Without the engraved frontispiece portrait, found in only a very small number 
of copies. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled, small paper label on spine. A very 
clean, attractive copy.     $8,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of Spinoza’s famous OPERA POSTHUMA which contains his “Ethics” 
(a major statement of his philosophical thought), “De Intellectus Emendatione,
” the “Tractatus Politici,” a selection of important letters, and the 
separately paginated “Compendium Grammatices Linguae Hebraeae.” Along with Spinoza’
s TRACTATUS THEOLOGICO-POLITICUS, these two works “immortalize his name” 
(PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN #153). Note: an engraved portrait was added to a few 
copies some 3 or 4 years after the 1677 date. It is seldom encountered. The 
single copy to appear in recent years was sold in 2001 and realized over 
$64,000 with commission. See The Norman Library #1988. Kingman & Offenberg 24.

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