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DESCARTES (René). THE PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY....

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DESCARTES (René). THE PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY. Paris, Henry & Nicolas Le Gras, 1659. In-quarto calf brown granite, spine ribbed, gilt cases entirely decorated with small irons, title piece, red speckled edges (contemporary binding); (28) ff. including 1 bl., (1) f. bl., 477 pages. Upper right-hand corner of pages 381 to 389 burnt without damage to the text, wet spots in the upper margin, upper cap torn off with missing upper box, missing lower cap, slits in the jaws, three blunt corners. THIRD EDITION in French language. One off-text plate and numerous technical and geometrical figures engraved on wood in the text. Guibert, 125.