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DESCARTES, Ren (1596-1650). Les Passions de l'ame. Paris: Henry le Gras, 1649.
8o (160 x 94 mm). Woodcut device on title-page. (Some very minor light marginal dampstains.) Contemporary vellum (some minor soiling). Provenance: Charles William Stokes (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, variant issue, published in Paris by Henry le Gras. The printing of the first edition of Les Passions de l'me was divided between the Elzeviers in Amsterdam and Henry le Gras in Paris. Guibert, p. 150; NLM/Krivatsy 3135; Tchemerzine II, p. 791; Norman 626.
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FIRST EDITION, variant issue, published in Paris by Henry le Gras. The printing of the first edition of Les Passions de l'me was divided between the Elzeviers in Amsterdam and Henry le Gras in Paris. Guibert, p. 150; NLM/Krivatsy 3135; Tchemerzine II, p. 791; Norman 626.