[Rarebooks] FS: 1st Eng. of Bellamy's translation. London: 1698

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Huarte, Juan. EXAMEN DE INGENIOS: OR THE TRYAL OF WITS. Discovering the Great Difference of Wits Among Men... Published Originally in Spanish... and Made English from the Most Correct Edition by Mr. Bellamy. London: Richard Sare. 1698. 8vo. (40),502,(2)pp. Final leaf is ads. Cont. paneled calf, gilt spine. Binding somewhat rubbed and hinges starting, but covers are holding well. Some light text soiling.		$450.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition translated by Edward Bellamy. This was a translation from the original Spanish. The previous translation by Richard Carew was translated from the Italian. Of considerable interest to the early literature of psychiatry. See Garrison & Morton #4964 ("The first attempt to show the connexion between psychology and physiology."). Wing H3205.


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