Traité de l'infini crée / attribué au P[ère] Malebranche.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Terrasson, Jean, 1670-1750.

Contributor:

Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715, dubious author.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650--Early works to 1800.

Descartes, René.

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Infinite--Early works to 1800.

Infinite.

Plurality of worlds--Early works to 1800.

Plurality of worlds.

Transubstantiation--Early works to 1800.

Transubstantiation.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

essays

Manuscripts, French.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Boussus, 1915.

Physical Description:

86 leaves : paper ; 208 x 160 (156 x 105) mm bound to 214 x 162 mm

Place of Publication:

[France], [18th century]

Language Note:

French.

Summary:

Treatise from a Cartesian viewpoint on the infinity of the universe and transubstantiation.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (f. 1r).

Author from the research of André Robinet (Oeuvres complètes de Malebranche, t. 17 (1960) pt. 1, p. 450-54, and t. 20 (1967) p. 321-26). The attribution to Malebranche, which appeared on the edition published in 1769, is considered apocryphal. Robinet also discusses attributions to the Comte de Boulainvilliers, P.V. Faydit and Pierre Varignon.

Foliation: Paper, i + 86 + i; [1-86]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout: Written in 15-17 long lines; vertical margins marked by folding.

Binding: Contemporary half leather (Zacour-Hirsch); upper cover detached.

Origin: Written in France in the 18th century.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 69 (Ms. French 78).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 968.

OCLC:

155925683

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