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CAPELLA, Galeazzo Flavio (1487-1537). L’Anthropologia. Venice: heirs of Aldus and Andreas Torresanus, January 1533.
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CAPELLA, Galeazzo Flavio (1487-1537). L’Anthropologia. Venice: heirs of Aldus and Andreas Torresanus, January 1533.
The first edition of Capella’s treatise on the nature of humankind. One of the earliest uses of the term "anthropology," this tripartite work presents an “entangled philosophical as well as anatomical and physiological inquiry of humankind” (Santing). The second book reworks material originally published under the title Della eccellenza e dignita della donne and is an important early text on women’s rights. Capella argues forcefully for the equality of women both in nature and under the law. Ahmanson-Murphy 257; Renouard 110:10. See Catrien Santing, “Early anthropological interest: Magnus Hundt’s and Galeazzo Capra’s quest for humanity” in History and Anthropology (2018).
Octavo (157 x 99mm). Woodcut Aldine device on title and final leaf. Modern vellum. Provenance: erased early inscription of a Franciscan monk on title.
The first edition of Capella’s treatise on the nature of humankind. One of the earliest uses of the term "anthropology," this tripartite work presents an “entangled philosophical as well as anatomical and physiological inquiry of humankind” (Santing). The second book reworks material originally published under the title Della eccellenza e dignita della donne and is an important early text on women’s rights. Capella argues forcefully for the equality of women both in nature and under the law. Ahmanson-Murphy 257; Renouard 110:10. See Catrien Santing, “Early anthropological interest: Magnus Hundt’s and Galeazzo Capra’s quest for humanity” in History and Anthropology (2018).
Octavo (157 x 99mm). Woodcut Aldine device on title and final leaf. Modern vellum. Provenance: erased early inscription of a Franciscan monk on title.