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DESCARTES, René (1595-1650). Les principes de la philosophie , translated from Latin by the abbé Picot. Paris: Henry le Gras et Edme Pépingué, 1651. 4° (202 x 142mm). Engraved frontispiece and 20 plates. (Frontis. lightly soiled at margins and with small corner repair, a2-4 possibly supplied from another copy.) Red morocco by Amand, filleted borders, spine in gilt compartments, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance : L. Derome (ownership stamp on 3P3v) -- purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1933. Third edition in French. Guibert 5.
DESCARTES, René (1595-1650). Les principes de la philosophie , translated from Latin by the abbé Picot. Paris: Henry le Gras et Edme Pépingué, 1651. 4° (202 x 142mm). Engraved frontispiece and 20 plates. (Frontis. lightly soiled at margins and with small corner repair, a2-4 possibly supplied from another copy.) Red morocco by Amand, filleted borders, spine in gilt compartments, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance : L. Derome (ownership stamp on 3P3v) -- purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1933. Third edition in French. Guibert 5. DESCARTES, R. Les passions de l'âme . Rouen: Jacques Besongne, 1651. 8° (167 x 100mm). Woodcut initials and repeated basket ornament. With final blank. (But without blank I8.) Red morocco by Hardy, six spine compartments with raised bands, two directly lettered, gilt turn-ins, gilt and marbled edges, silk marker, later supralibros. Provenance : bought from L. Giraud-Badin, 1930. WIDE-MARGINED COPY. Guibert 10. (2)