Raymond Sebon - La Violette de l’âme, composée en forme de dialogue - 1600

Raymond Sebon (c. 1385–1436). The Violet of the Soul, composed in the form of a dialogue by Raymond Sebon. Arras, Gilles Bauduyn 1600, (12) ff. 479 pp.

A 12mo volume (135x85 mm), full period vellum. Vellum soiled but in good overall condition, binding solid. Loss of paper on the margin of the title-frontispiece without text loss. Interior fresh, without foxing.

Rare first French edition of the work by the Catalan theologian Raymond Sebon.

This treatise on natural theology seeks to lead the reader to knowledge of God, of oneself, and of other creatures through the observation of nature and reflection on the human condition.