Epistolae omnes, partim ab auctore latino sermone conscriptae [...]. Pars prima [- secunda].

DESCARTES, René

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Frankfurt a. Main, Friedrich Knoch, 1692

2 parts (of 3) in 2 vol., 4to: [6]-340-[4], [4]-351-[3] pp. (spotting and severe browning throughout).

Contemp. vellum, spines with 4 raised bands.

Parts one and two only (part three missing) of this fourth Latin edition (notwithstanding the mention "editio secunda" on title) of the Latin correspondence (first 1668) of the collection of R. Descartes' correspondence dealing with morality, physics, medicine and mathematics. Ill. with an engr. vign. on title, an engr. portr.-front. and numerous woodcuts in text.
Ref. VD17 23:278266Q. - Opac SBN. - Guibert 12. - Hoogendoorn pp. 287-288. - Van Otegem 630-654. - Cp. BnF (ed. 1697).
Prov. FM (bookpl.).