Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins Press 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. Octavo. Includes material on Descartes not found elsewhere. Original illustrated boards with single publication date on copyright page. Clean unmarked and bright. Johns Hopkins Press hardcover
Paris: Angot 1677. Hardcover. Fair. Misc. Well-illustrated 1677 second French edition reviewed and corrected from the first René Descartes L'Homme The Man et la Formation du Foetus Formation of the Fetus; and added to this edition Le Monde ou Traité de la Lumiere The World or Treatise on the Light. This copy with the provenance of a noted scientist. A lot to unpack here; might I suggest that you review the Wikipedia articles on the Descartes works ""Treatise on Man"" and ""The World"". In extreme short and therefore a poor description there are three works of Descartes here which blended science and philosophy. The treatise on The Man and The Fetus he didn't feel confident to publish after Galileo's condemnation so they are here published only for the second time corrected from the first edition and they are not finished as Descartes didn't every prepare them for publication. They delve into Descartes theories on the body it's mechanisms and how the psychosomatic affects it. About 50 corresponding illustrations hard to count as some pages may be two plates. The third work again a poor brief description The World was added to this second edition. ""Descartes espoused mechanical philosophy a form of natural philosophy popular in the 17th century. He thought everything physical in the universe to be made of tiny corpuscles of matter. Corpuscularianism is closely related to atomism. The World presents a corpuscularian cosmology in which swirling vortices explain among other phenomena the creation of the Solar System and the circular motion of planets around the Sun. The World rests on the heliocentric view first explicated in Western Europe by Copernicus. Descartes delayed the book's release upon news of the Roman Inquisition's conviction of Galileo for ""suspicion of heresy"" and sentencing to house arrest. Descartes discussed his work on the book and his decision not to release it in letters with another philosopher Marin Mersenne."" About the Provenance - Bookplate of the scientist Herbert Mclean Evans who is credited with discovering Vitamin E. Bibliographic Details - OCLC numbers 1323309050 71707841 457690626; held at the BNF Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amseterdam Koninklijke Bibliotheek New York Public Library and Universidad de Navarra Physical Attributes - Measures approx. 25.5 x 19 x 4 cm. Signed in 4. Leather binding. Spine with five raised bands; five compartments richly decorated in gilt with central floret medallion and corner leafing florets one compartment with ""LHOMME DE DESCART"" in gilt. Rebacked; older repair. Edges sprinkled. Illustrated. I count 49 plates in ""The Man"" and 32 plates in ""The World"". All pages checked by gatherings all present. Pages - xxxii prefatory leaves 511 8 pages table 1 page royal privilege Collation - a4e4i4 o4 u4 aa4 ee4 ii4 A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Ttt4 Condition - See pictures. Binding has been rebacked but it was long ago; still with wear to corners edges rubs to boards etc. Some cracking along joints. Some loss to gilt of spine. A few tiny wormholes entering the leather. Chip at very base of spine that will likely fall off and expose bottom endband. Still nice that they retained the earlier binding and the book is holding together well. Lots of bibliographic notes on endpapers and ex libris ticket and Rome bookseller; a few holes at gutter of free front endpaper. Toning and some fox spots throughout. Occasional moisture mark thumb page edge chip dog-eared ear candle ember mark etc. Title page deckled at bottom edge; wide margins it seems. Top corner of first five leaves repaired old no text affected. Several tiny wormholes in bottom margin. N2 with several dark stains not mold; ink maybe. Worm track at bottom margin sometimes tissue repaired. Several annotations rear endpaper. Despite notes a solid and honest book cared for once repaired long ago with wide margins. Angot
The Easton Press 1995. FIRST THUS. Hardcover. Like New/No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Published by Easton Press 1995. Octavo. Hardcover. Red leather with gilt page ends. Book is like new; clean and crisp with bookplate on page after flyleaf no name. A very fine leatherbound copy of this classic philosophical title. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. The Easton Press hardcover
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; ""The Complete Works of Rene Descartes"" offers readers an extensive collection of the philosophical writings of one of the most influential figures in the history of Western philosophy. Rene Descartes known for his foundational contri hardcover
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