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LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm von (1646-1716). Opera omnia. Geneva: de Tournes, 1768.
6 volumes, 4° (242 x 200mm). Half title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in vol.I, 41 folding engraved plates, one folding letterpress table, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Scattered spotting and browning, occasional dampstaining heaviest to vol. VI, a few small marginal tears.) Contemporary marbled boards (lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of the works of the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. ‘The position of Leibniz at the beginning of modern science is analogous to that of Aristotle at the beginning of ancient science’ (DSB VIII, p.151).
6 volumes, 4° (242 x 200mm). Half title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in vol.I, 41 folding engraved plates, one folding letterpress table, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Scattered spotting and browning, occasional dampstaining heaviest to vol. VI, a few small marginal tears.) Contemporary marbled boards (lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of the works of the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. ‘The position of Leibniz at the beginning of modern science is analogous to that of Aristotle at the beginning of ancient science’ (DSB VIII, p.151).
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