Florentio Voluseno Scoto; Florentius Volusenus — De Animi Tranquillitate

Edinburgi; Edinburgh, Robertus Freebairn, 1707. Leather. A very scarce philosophical work in Latin by Florentius Volusenus. A very scarce work. In the original Latin.A series of dialogues ruminating on peace of mind and tranquility. An interesting work of Christian humanism.This work was first published in Lyon in 1543.By Florentius Volusenus, a Scottish humanist who is best known for this work. He was an admirer of Erasmus, as evidenced in this work. Some of the dialogues in this volume are written as verse, showing the author's great aptitude for poetry. Register runs as A-Nn4. Collated, complete.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a full crushed morocco binding, with new endpapers. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean. A few light spots. The occasional ink note to the text. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .