1591 BODIN classic work on HISTORICAL METHOD fine Bndg

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1591 BODIN classic work on HISTORICAL METHOD fine Bndg Of history there are 3 kinds: human natural and divine Bodin, Jean. Methodus ac facilem historiam cognitionem; accurate dnuo recusa. Lyon, Marechel 1591. 12.5 x 8.5 cms. 8 leaves, 550 pages, 5 leaves. With a woodcut device to the title. Woodcut initials and ornaments. Original vellum with overlaps. Gilt ruling. Reference: Adams B 2245. – IA 120.841.Famous work on the study of history by Jean Bodin, a celebrated sixteenth century historian and political author, born at Antwerp in 1530, died at Laon in France in 1596. It was on Bodin's book that Montesquieu based his system of climates, influencing the particular type of government and society. In France, Bodin was most noted as a historian for his Methodus ad facilem historiarum cognitionem(1566) (Method for the easy knowledge of history). He wrote, "Of history, that is, the true narration of things, there are three kinds: human, natural and divine". As a politician himself, Bodin contributed to the establishment of France as a strong nation-state.Bodin was among the first to recognize the interrelationship between the amount of goods and the amount of money in circulation. The boatloads of silver arriving via Spain from the Bolivian (then Peruvian) mine of Potosí, together with silver from other new sources, were wreaking inflationary havoc in Europe at the time; gold also played a part. Bodin laid the foundation for the "quantity theory of money".Condition:Binding a little stained. Small tear to front free endpaper. Light age toning throughout. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE. Daniel Good Rare Books, Saxlingham, Holt, Norfolk, England.