Cureau de La Chambre - Les Caracteres des Passions - 1650

Marin Cureau de la Chambre
The Characters of Passions, Volume II, where it is discussed the Nature and Effects of Courageous Passions.
Paris, at P. Rocolet's, 1650

Small in-12 (13 x 7 cm) with 5 ff., 527 pages, 96 pages.

First edition of Petit Format after the very rare original in-4°. This volume 2 can always be found independently of the first, which was published in 1640. The subsequent volumes appeared until 1662, when the caractères des passions were reissued in 5 volumes.

Vellum of the period, manuscript title on the back.

Slightly worn binding, fresh and clean interior.