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1673000221Paris: Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras 1673. Hardcover. See Description. Third French Edition revised and corrected. 4to. pp. 38 754. Decorative initials and ornamental head pieces at the beginning of each chapter. Contemporary calf boards rubbed corners neatly restored re-backed including new hand sewn headbands. Original end papers are preserved but worn at the edges. Two names are written in a contemporary hand at the top of the title page 1 name is crossed out. Another name also crossed out is inscribed beneath the imprint; a small shelf number is written in the upper right corner. Pages are generally clean with occasional minor soiling and spotting. A narrow piece is missing from the upper margins of pp. 311-320 4 cm. long x 5-7 mm. deep - either from rough opening or from a manufacturing error; brown ink spot on fore-edge of text block; leaf T2 marked S2. Leaves remain untrimmed after last re-sewing. Descartes's "Meditations metaphysiques" was first published in Latin as "Meditationes de prima philosophia" 1641. The first French edition printed in 1647 was produced by the Duc de Luynes under Decartes supervision. De Luynes translated the first part and Claude Clerselier the second. The "Meditations" offer the most detailed presentation of Descartes metaphysical system. Tchemerzine IV p.201-202; Brunet I 609; Querard 758. <br/> <br/> Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras hardcover
166144596Amsterdam L. & D. Elzevirios 1661. 4to. Contemp. full vellum ms-title on spine. Title in red/black. Engraved portrai of Regius on verso of f 4 H. Bloemaert pinxit T. Matha sculpsit. 445231- Errata pp. 2 folded engraved plates Globus Coelestis a. Orbis Terrarum Typus. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text astronomical mechanical physical physiological anatomical theory of light theory of vision etc. etc. Printed on good paper clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>Third edition appeared 1651 a. 1654. This is edition having the 2 plates which appears here for the first time and not in the earlier editions.Henricus Regius in Dutch: Hendrik de Roy may be recognised today primarily as one of Descartes' correspondents. However he was also the author of a textbook of natural philosophy Fundamenta physices 1646 which offered an alternative to Cartesian epistemology and metaphysics. His correspondence with Descartes and his simultaneous controversy with G. Voetius during the 1640s reflected Regius' efforts to establish his intellectual independence from scholastic philosophy and Cartesian metaphysics.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Willems 1274. - Poggendorff II 587 b. </em> hardcover
