Nov 08, 2007 - Sale 2127

Sale 2127 - Lot 285

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
DESCARTES, RENÉ. Opera philosophica. Woodcut illustrations throughout, some full-page. [36], 241, [1]; [16], 290 [i. e., 288]; [20], 115, [5] pages, including general half-title. 3 (of 4) parts in one volume. 4to, contemporary calf, crudely rebacked, hinges crudely reinforced; contents browned, marginal dampstaining at beginning and end, opening leaves wormed in blank inner corner. 18th-century armorial bookplate of William Smith, his ownership inscription on half-title; early 19th-century booklabel of the Washington D.C. importer of books and stationery B. F. French. Amsterdam: apud Johanem Jansonium juniorem, 1656

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Fourth collected edition, comprising the fifth edition of the Principia philosophiae and fourth editions in Latin of Specimina philosophiae seu Dissertatio de methodo, and Passiones animae; lacks the Meditationes de prima philosophia. Guibert, pages 124, 106, 160, 230.