René DESCARTES
L'Homme de René Descartes. Et un traitté de la formation du foetus du mesme autheurThe Man of Rene Descartes. And a treatise on the formation of the foetus by the same author
Chez Jacques Le Gras|à Paris 1664|18 x 24 cm|relié
[The Man of René Descartes. And a treatise on the formation of the foetus by the same author].
Chez Jacques Le Gras, à Paris 1664, 4-to (18 x 24cm), (70 p.) 448 pp. (8 p.), bound.
The true first edition. The privilege is shared between several publishers: Charles Angot, Jacques and Nicolas Le Gras and Théodore Girard. A Latin translation had been published in Leiden in 1662 by Florent Schuyl (1619-1669), from a poor copy of the text, according to the preface by Claude Clerselier (1614-1684), who had the original Descartes manuscript.
Illustrated with 49 figures of optics and anatomy by MM. de Gutschoven and de La Forge, marked “G” or “F” depending on the illustrator.
Contemporary binding in full...
Chez Jacques Le Gras, à Paris 1664, 4-to (18 x 24cm), (70 p.) 448 pp. (8 p.), bound.
The true first edition. The privilege is shared between several publishers: Charles Angot, Jacques and Nicolas Le Gras and Théodore Girard. A Latin translation had been published in Leiden in 1662 by Florent Schuyl (1619-1669), from a poor copy of the text, according to the preface by Claude Clerselier (1614-1684), who had the original Descartes manuscript.
Illustrated with 49 figures of optics and anatomy by MM. de Gutschoven and de La Forge, marked “G” or “F” depending on the illustrator.
Contemporary binding in full...
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