Atomismus demonstratus et vindicatus ab impugnationibus philosophico-theologicis reverendi Admodum Patris Francisci Palanco, [.].

Tolouse: Dominici Desclassan, 1715. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to pp. [16], 538, [2]. Engraved frontispiece. Library blind stamp on title page and in margin of several leaves; ink stamp on bottom margin of frontispiece and inner margin of title. Interior contains scattered foxing, spotting and age-toning. A few marginal corners are clipped. Occasional minor tear neatly sealed. Bound in modern half brown calf with marbled boards. Juan Saguens, a scholar in the Order of Minims produced his "Atomismus demonstratus" in defense of Cartesian atomism. The book, written in dialogue form, was designed to counter the anti-Cartesian arguments of Francisco Palanco (1657-1720), a scholar also of the Order of Minims and a professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Salamanca. Palanco attacked Cartesian philosophy in the fourth tome of his work "Cursus Philosophicus" (Madrid, 1714). (See Randles, The Unmaking of the Medieval Christian Cosmos 1500-1760, p. 206).