DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Principia philosophiae . [ Bound with :] Specimina philosophiae: seu dissertatio de methodo ... dioptrice, et meteora. Translated into Latin from French by Estienne de Courcelles. Amsterdam: Louis Elzevir, 1644. 2 works in one volume, 4° (193 x 153mm). Printer's woodcut device on titles, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, some full-page. (Occasional pale dampstaining and light soiling, few small stains.) Contemporary vellum, modern cloth box (some chipping and soiling). Provenance : unidentified early annotations throughout and diagram on endpaper -- Franz Sondheimer (booklabel).
DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Principia philosophiae . [ Bound with :] Specimina philosophiae: seu dissertatio de methodo ... dioptrice, et meteora. Translated into Latin from French by Estienne de Courcelles. Amsterdam: Louis Elzevir, 1644. 2 works in one volume, 4° (193 x 153mm). Printer's woodcut device on titles, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, some full-page. (Occasional pale dampstaining and light soiling, few small stains.) Contemporary vellum, modern cloth box (some chipping and soiling). Provenance : unidentified early annotations throughout and diagram on endpaper -- Franz Sondheimer (booklabel). FIRST EDITION OF DESCARTES' SYSTEM OF PHYSICS and first Latin edition of the Discours . In the first work Descartes developed his theory of vortices. Based in part on his then unpublished work Le monde , which treated the creation and function of the universe in completely mechanistic terms, the Principia philosophiae provides a systematic statement of his metaphysics and natural philosophy. Descartes' system represents a truly comprehensive look at the universe in a fundamentally new, mechanistic and non-teleological way. His vortex theory was the starting point for all serious work in physical theory in the mid-17th century, including Newton. Descartes' famous dictum 'cogito, ergo sum' appear for the first time in the Discours , although the treatise Geometri is omitted. Although separate works, these two Elzevir publications often appear together. Guibert, p. 104 and 118; NLM/Krivatsy 3116; Tchemerzine II, pp. 777-787; Willems 1008; Norman 622 and 623.
DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Principia philosophiae . [ Bound with :] Specimina philosophiae: seu dissertatio de methodo ... dioptrice, et meteora. Translated into Latin from French by Estienne de Courcelles. Amsterdam: Louis Elzevir, 1644. 2 works in one volume, 4° (193 x 153mm). Printer's woodcut device on titles, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, some full-page. (Occasional pale dampstaining and light soiling, few small stains.) Contemporary vellum, modern cloth box (some chipping and soiling). Provenance : unidentified early annotations throughout and diagram on endpaper -- Franz Sondheimer (booklabel).
DESCARTES, René (1596-1650). Principia philosophiae . [ Bound with :] Specimina philosophiae: seu dissertatio de methodo ... dioptrice, et meteora. Translated into Latin from French by Estienne de Courcelles. Amsterdam: Louis Elzevir, 1644. 2 works in one volume, 4° (193 x 153mm). Printer's woodcut device on titles, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, some full-page. (Occasional pale dampstaining and light soiling, few small stains.) Contemporary vellum, modern cloth box (some chipping and soiling). Provenance : unidentified early annotations throughout and diagram on endpaper -- Franz Sondheimer (booklabel). FIRST EDITION OF DESCARTES' SYSTEM OF PHYSICS and first Latin edition of the Discours . In the first work Descartes developed his theory of vortices. Based in part on his then unpublished work Le monde , which treated the creation and function of the universe in completely mechanistic terms, the Principia philosophiae provides a systematic statement of his metaphysics and natural philosophy. Descartes' system represents a truly comprehensive look at the universe in a fundamentally new, mechanistic and non-teleological way. His vortex theory was the starting point for all serious work in physical theory in the mid-17th century, including Newton. Descartes' famous dictum 'cogito, ergo sum' appear for the first time in the Discours , although the treatise Geometri is omitted. Although separate works, these two Elzevir publications often appear together. Guibert, p. 104 and 118; NLM/Krivatsy 3116; Tchemerzine II, pp. 777-787; Willems 1008; Norman 622 and 623.
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