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DESCARTES, RENÉ. Les Passions de l'Ame. [48], 272, [16] pages, including final blank. 12mo, contemporary vellum boards; contents clean. Leiden: Louis Elsevier, 1650
first elzevier duodecimo edition of the author's final published work, "an attempt to explain the relation of the body to the soul in order to provide a mechanical or physiological framework for desires and emotions" (DLB). Garrison-Morton 4965; Norman 62; Rieber & Gach 130 (all citing the 1649 original edition); Guibert, page 156; Tchemerzine (1977) II, 792; Willems 1104 (this edition).
