Description

Limited signed First Edition Thus. This is copy number 645 of fifteen hundred, and is signed by John Henry Nash. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of Thomas Brown and with a facsimile of the original title page of the edition of 1642 re-engraved in copper by Dolph Henry Nurnik. 4to, original beige cloth over marbled boards, the spine lettered in black, in the slipcase. xix, 113 pp. A fine copy inside and out, in a beautiful state of preservation. The slipcase spine is almost separated from the boards.

Edizione: a very handsome edition printed and signed by john henry nash. religio medici (the religion of a doctor) is browne's personal spiritual testament and can also be viewed as a very early psychological self-portrait. published in 1643 (after an unauthorized version was distributed the previous year) it became a european bestseller which brought its author fame at home and abroad. throughout it browne uses scientific imagery to illustrate religious truths as part of his discussion on the relationship of science to religion, a topic which has lost none of its relevance as the centuries have passed.<br>