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DESCARTES, RENÉ. Discours de la Methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences.Plus la Dioptrique et les Météores, qui sont des Essais de cette Méthode. Woodcut text illustrations and diagrams. 78; [2], 294, [26] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, 204x143 mm, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends expertly restored; marginal toning on title; speckled edges. Paris: Henry Le Gras, 1658
Third edition, and second to appear in France following another published the year before. Descartes's first and most famous book elaborated his scientific method and demonstrated its application to optics, meteorology, and geometry. Guibert, page 17 (this edition, described as the second); Grolier/Horblit 24; Norman 621; Printing and the Mind of Man 129 (all citing the 1637 original edition).
