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Phisica / a dona[ta] dom. Petro Ricaud d[omi]nae ae[ter]nae sacrae theologiae doctore, uno e Societate scientiarum, necnon ecclesiae Moissacensis rectore, tradita anno d[omi]ni 1739. ad usum Bernardi Vaillé.

Author/Creator:
Ricaud, Pierre.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
153 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 169 x 116 (136 x 90) mm bound to 176 x 127 mm
Production:
[Toulouse?], 1739.
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Other Title:
Metaphisica.
Moralis.
Subjects:
Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Physics.
Theology -- Early works to 1800.
Theology.
Ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Ethics.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Lecture notes.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.
Language:
Latin.
Summary:
Lecture notes, divided in three sections, Phisica, Metaphisica, and Moralis, illustrated with 9 engraved plates. The professor, Pierre Ricaud, was possibly a member of the Société des sciences of Toulouse where two of the plates, engraved by Baour, were printed. The volume is a gift to his student Bernard Vaillé. The first section, titled Phisica particularis (p. 1) describes the earth, cosmography, the elements, and human physiology; the second section, metaphysics and theology; and the third section, ethics. Each section is preceded by a plate depicting an allegorical female figure, each ends with an index, and each is paginated separately.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title from title page, engraved with a cartouche, in which the title has been written in manuscript.
Pagination: Paper, 153; [vi], 1-117, 117-118, 118-162, 183-230, [ii], 1-48, [ii], 1-24, [ii], contemporary pagination in ink, upper center; [vi], 1-300, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Decoration: Five plates are signed Chez H. Bonnart au coq or H. Bonnart, ex au coq. avec privil. including the title page, a sphere, and 3 folded plates "Systema Ptolemaicum," "Systema Thiconicum," and "Systema Copernicanum." Frontispiece "La Phisyque" depicts Urania and is signed chez Baour as is the seventh plate (folded) "Phases Luna." The eighth plate depicts a seated female figure titled "La MetaPhisique," signed avec Pri. du Roy, and the ninth, a seated female figure titled "La Morale," is signed F. Choueau.
Binding: Contemporary calf, spine label INSTITV PHILOSO and PHISICA (added at a later date). Moderate oxidation of the ink.
Origin: Written in France, possibly Toulouse, in 1739 (p. iii).
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Roger Gaskell (London), 1998.
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 637
Contributor:
Baour, engraver.
Bonnart, Henri, 1642-1711, engraver.
Choueau, F., engraver.
Vaillé, Bernard.
OCLC:
209905513