Lot 93
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DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Les Principes de la Philosophie. Paris: Henry le Gras, 1647 [but frontispiece dated 1651]. 4° (205 x 150mm). Engraved frontispiece, woodcut device on title, 20 folding engraved plates at end. (Very occasional browning and a few stains.) Contemporaty mottled calf (spine restored, scuffed, corners bumped).
DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Les Principes de la Philosophie. Paris: Henry le Gras, 1647 [but frontispiece dated 1651]. 4° (205 x 150mm). Engraved frontispiece, woodcut device on title, 20 folding engraved plates at end. (Very occasional browning and a few stains.) Contemporaty mottled calf (spine restored, scuffed, corners bumped).

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DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Les Principes de la Philosophie. Paris: Henry le Gras, 1647 [but frontispiece dated 1651]. 4° (205 x 150mm). Engraved frontispiece, woodcut device on title, 20 folding engraved plates at end. (Very occasional browning and a few stains.) Contemporaty mottled calf (spine restored, scuffed, corners bumped).

FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION by Claude Picot. Brunet II, 611.

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