BARCLAY (Jean).

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BARCLAY (Jean).
Icon Animorum. London, Norton and John Bill, 1614. In-8, soft vellum (contemporary binding). Original edition. It is not cited by Dorbon or Caillet. The Icon Animorum, whose title was translated in its French version by the Tableau des esprits, was a great success in the 17th century. Its author, Jean Barclay, a philosopher and humanist of Scottish origin born in Pont-à-Mousson in 1582 and died in Rome in 1621, conducted a comparative analysis of the different peoples of Europe. Upper edge slightly gnawed.
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