first edition Contemporary calf, rebacked to style. Spine decorated in blind, edges stained red.
1668 · London:
by Descartes, Rene
London: Impensis Joh: Dunmore, & Octaviani Pulleyn… 1668 First London edition of this extensive collection of Descartes' letters in Latin. This collection originally appeared in Amsterdam earlier in 1668. For the London edition, the type has been reset. There may or may not be text differences. Guibert in his bibliography of Descartes cites this edition, but states he has never seen it. Contemporary calf, rebacked to style. Spine decorated in blind, edges stained red. . Two volumes in quarto. . Fourteen folding plates, additional diagrams in text. A little light marginal browning, but generally a very good, clean copy.
(Inventory #: 12020)