Fludd (Robert). Tractatus apologeticus integritatem Societatis de Rosea Cruce defendens, 1st edition, Leiden: Godefrid Basson, 1617, bound after: Pansa (Martin), De proroganda vita hominis pars III [only, of 4], 1st edition, Leiden: Nicolaus Ball, 1616, 2 works in 1 volume, Fludd's work with woodcut title-device, headpieces and initials, diagram in text, Pansa's with woodcut device to final leaf and browned throughout, c.1800 marbled sheep, rubbed and worn, small 8vo (15 x 8.4 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Edward Monckton (1744-1832), East India Company servant at Madras from 1762 to 1778, subsequently owner of Somerford Hall, Staffordshire, and member of parliament for Stafford (engraved bookplate; ownership inscription to title of Pansa). See also lots 81 and 99. Ferguson I p. 284 for Fludd's work, a defence of Rosicrucianism against the criticism of Andreas Libavius: 'Fludd was perhaps the Englishman most involved in the debate about the Rosicrucians, which was unleashed in Europe in 1614' (ODNB). Pansa's work concerns ways of extending human longevity.
Fludd (Robert). Tractatus apologeticus integritatem Societatis de Rosea Cruce defendens, 1st edition, Leiden: Godefrid Basson, 1617, bound after: Pansa (Martin), De proroganda vita hominis pars III [only, of 4], 1st edition, Leiden: Nicolaus Ball, 1616, 2 works in 1 volume, Fludd's work with woodcut title-device, headpieces and initials, diagram in text, Pansa's with woodcut device to final leaf and browned throughout, c.1800 marbled sheep, rubbed and worn, small 8vo (15 x 8.4 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Edward Monckton (1744-1832), East India Company servant at Madras from 1762 to 1778, subsequently owner of Somerford Hall, Staffordshire, and member of parliament for Stafford (engraved bookplate; ownership inscription to title of Pansa). See also lots 81 and 99. Ferguson I p. 284 for Fludd's work, a defence of Rosicrucianism against the criticism of Andreas Libavius: 'Fludd was perhaps the Englishman most involved in the debate about the Rosicrucians, which was unleashed in Europe in 1614' (ODNB). Pansa's work concerns ways of extending human longevity.
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