Descartes rené

Le Monde ou Traite de la lumiere. Translation and introduction by Michael Sean Mahoney.

1979S11084New York:: Arabis Books 1979. 1979. Series: The Janus Library. 8vo. xxvi 224 pp. Original French text opposite English translation. Gilt-stamped green cloth. Bookplate. Very good. ISBN: 0913870358 Arabis Books, (1979). hardcover books

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Descartes Rene.ABAA

Principia philosophiae; Dissertatio de Methodo; De passiones animae

16856380Amsterdam: Blaeu 1685. Editio ultima. Good/Based on the Elzevir edition of 1678 "the last edition" The "Meditiations" which should complete the contents of Opera Philosophica was published in a separate volume. . Quarto 22 cm; Three works in one volume each with separate title page and pagination. 6; 36 222 2 blank; 16 248; 24 92 4 pages including engraved portrait frontispiece. Title pages with Blaeu's armillary device. Woodcut illustrations in text many of them full-page. Shoulder notes. Occasional reader's notes in margins contemporary hand and occasional underlining. In contemporary polished vellum over boards stamped in blind with arabesque cartouche on both boards. Hinges cords and linings exposed pastedowns never pasted down. Blaeu hardcover books

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Descartes Rene.ABAA

Opera philosophica. Editio quinta.

16726345Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir 1672. Fine/According to Guibert the general title page "Opera philosophica" with its table of contents listing four works was slapped onto blocks of the three works included here in anticipation of finishing the Meditations which in fact was not printed until six years later in 1678 Willems #1545. Some volumes were bound with the 1670 printing of the Meditations but when that ran out examples such as the one offered here continued to go to market until 1678 when the companion printing of Meditations finally appeared. Quarto 20 cm. Three parts in one volume of four--see below. Each part with separate title page. Principia philosophiae xxxvi 222; Specimina philosophiae xvi 248; Passiones animae xxiv 92 4; all preceded by general title with contents on verso and engraved portrait frontispiece. Numerous figures in text. Bound in contemporary speckled calf rebacked. Armorial bookplate. References: Willems 1469; Guibert p. 231. Daniel Elzevir unknown books

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Descartes Rene; Florimond de Beaune; Johan de Witt; & Frans van Schooten; Rasmus Bartholin ed.ABAA

Renati des Cartes Principia matheseos universalis seu introductio ad geometriae methodum.

169539902Francofurti ad Moenum: Sumptibus Friderici Knochii 1695. 4to 21.3 cm 8.3". 8 420 4 42368 2 pp.; diagrs. Important gathering of Cartesian mathematical thought opening with van Schooten's Latin introduction to and commentary on Descartes' La Géométrie followed by De aequationum natura constitutione & limitibus by de Beaune Elementa curvarum linearum by de Witt Tractatus de concinnandis demonstrationibus geometricis ex calculo algebraïco by van Schooten and the closing Notae et animadversiones tumultuariae in universum opus by Bartholin who edited the texts. Each work has a separate title-page and numerous equations and small in-text diagrams appearing throughout; the volume ends with a one page list of errata chiefly of errors in the mathematical notations. Â Â Â Â The trio here was first published as the second volume of the two volume edition of the Latin translation of Descartes' Geométrie issued in Amsterdam by the Elzevirs 165961. Â Â Â Â Provenance: From the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm est. ca. 1928. Â Â Â Â Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate only four U.S. libraries UChicago U.S. Naval Observatory UMinnesota Linda Hall reporting ownership. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â VD17 3:301520H. 19th-century half calf and marbled papercovered sides spine with gilt-stamped leather title and date label; mildly rubbed overall. Title-page with rectangular portion on either side of printer's device excised and repaired repair apparently done some time ago with excision just barely touching the ends of the motto banner. First few leaves browned; foxing and offsetting throughout. => A worthwhile exploration of mathematical thought as it stood toward the close of the 17th century and a good solid copy. Sumptibus Friderici Knochii hardcover books

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Descartes Rene; Louis de la Forge; Claude Clerselier.ABAA

Renati Des-Cartes Tractatus de homine et de formatione foetus

16776332Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir 1677. Good/The first illustrated Latin edition of this seminal textbook on physiology. Descartes prepared the manuscript in the early 1630s but shelved it when news of Galileo's conviction reached him in 1633. He revisited it in 1648 but was unable to finish the project of provide the necessary illustrations. Editors recovered the manuscript after Descartes died in 1650 and eventually assigned it to Louis de la Forge together with Gerard van Gutschoven for preparation. The "Traité de l'Homme" with extensive notes by La Forge was published in 1664. An expanded version with further development of the text by La Forge came out four years later. Claude Clerselier editor of Descartes' posthumous works translated the 1664 text into Latin and delivered it to Daniel Elzevir for publication. . Small quarto 21 cm; 76 239 pages. Title in red and black. Woodcut anatomical illustrations in text. Bound in polished panel calf ruled in blind and tooled at panel corners with diamond-shaped fern tool on both boards. Gilt tooling along board edges and on spine. Text edges stained red. Covers re-attached with strong Japanese paper. Boards somewhat splayed. References: Willems 1531; Osler 932; Garrison-Morton 5th ed. 574. Daniel Elzevir hardcover books

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Descartes ReneABAA

Epistolae Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae partim ex Gallico translate. . . . 2 Volumes

1668006874Amsterdam: Apud Danielem Elzevirium 1668 1682. First Edition. Full Vellum. Near Fine. 8vo. First volume: 19.5 by 15 cm. 8 383 pp. Second volume: 21 by 16 cm. 4 404 4 pp. Many diagrams and small drawings throughout. Vellum of first volume with a blindstamped centerpiece and other ruled/geometric decoration. Also raised bands. Second volume has smoother plainer vellum and simple spine with exposed cords by joints. Both volumes with handwritten/inked title on spine. Both volumes have some light soiling on vellum. Second volume with small red ink blotch upper front board. Both volumes' endpapers now loose exposing vellum flaps which also now lifted. Apud Danielem Elzevirium hardcover books

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DESCARTES Rene 1596 1650ABAA

Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison & chercher la verité dans les Sciences. Plus la Dioptrique les Meteores la Mechanique

1668D4760Paris: Chez Charles Angot 1668. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 223 x 160mm. 303pp. xxiii of tables. Full contemporary calf; well rubbed; tear to top of spine. Over 100 fine woodcut diagrams throughout several full-page. Woodcut printers device to title; small tear to title at upper right margin slighty browned; slightly rubbed corners bumped. From the collection of J. Richard D.M. Ex Bibliotheca 18th-century armorial rubber stamp to title and p. 3 possibly French 1638-1739. Early Illustrated Edition of Descartes Discourse on the Method one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy and important to the evolution of natural sciences. This work features Descartes famous line I think therefore I am which he wrote in French Je pense donc je suis thereby reaching a wider audience in his country than that of scholars. The Discours was originally published in Leiden in 1637. Published also in Paris the same year as this edition is an edition by Bobel and De Gras. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective clear of any preconceived notions. In the Discourse Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism which had previously been studied by Sextus Empiricus Al- Ghazali and Michel de Montaigne. The Discourse divided into six parts was intended as an introduction to three of his works Dioptrique Météores and Géométrie. His statements of the elementary laws of matter and movement in the physical universe the theory of vortices and many other speculations threw light on every branch of science from optics to biology; all this found its starting-point in the Discourse. La Géométrie contains Descartes first introduction of the Cartesian coordinate system. Together with his Meditations on First Philosophy Meditationes de Prima Philosophia Principles of Philosophy Principia philosophiae and Rules for the Direction of the Mind Regulae ad directionem ingenii the Discourse forms the base of the Epistemology known as Cartesianism. The Discours was Descartes first published work the much-talked about World or Cosmos having been suppressed or destroyed on his hearing of the condemnation of Galileo in 1632. In 1636 however when 40 years of age he felt that it was time to bring his views before the public and publish them abroad. Descartes endeavored to preserve the anonymity of his work with scrupulous carebut in the end he found himself compelled to avow his authorship Osler 928. Descartes Discourse thoroughly a foundational work in the history of modern philosophy this augmented edition with many fine woodcuts remaining fresh and bright. Chez Charles Angot hardcover books

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Descartes ReneABAA

Renati Des-Cartes Principia Philosophiae. Editio Quarta. Nunc demum hac Editione diligenter recognita & mendis expurgata. with Specimen Philosophiae sev Dissertatio de Methodo Recte regendae rationis & veritatis in scientiis investigandae: et Dioptrice et Meteora. et Passiones Animae Rene Descartes

16642305722Amstelodami Amsterdam: Danielem Elzevirium / Elizeum Weyerstraeter 1664. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Minor professional repairs to binding modern leather spine label added but otherwise left as we found it. Loss of leather from fore edge and corners boards rubbed bookplate of E.A. Landon and another ink nameWilliam W. Clarke Dec. 19th 1869 on front endpapers. 1664 Half-Leather. 30 196; 14 216; 20 83 5 pp. 4to. Full leather gilt titles rules and decorations. An early edition possibly the fourth of Descartes's philosophical works in Latin including: Principia Philosophiae; Specimen Philosophiae sev Dissertatio de Methodo; Dioptrica et Meteora; Passiones Animae. Herein Descartes discusses his theories of mind matter physics mechanics light thermodynamics and the first scientific theory of magnetism Copernican astronomy vs. the Bible the nature of human knowledge psychology and physiology. Descartes is considered the father of modern philosophy and best known for laying the foundation for rationalism. Illustrated with engravings throughout. "Rene Descartes 31 March 1596 [Danielem Elzevirium] / Elizeum Weyerstraeter hardcover books

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DESCARTES RenAABAA

Excellent Compendium of Musick:

165367749First Edition in English of Descartes Earliest Surviving Work DESCARTES RenÃˆ. Excellent Compendium of Musick: with Necessary and Judicious Animadversions Thereupon. By a Person of Honour. London: Printed by Thomas Harper for Humphrey Moseley 1653. First English edition. Small quarto 7 5/16 x 5 3/8 inches; 187 x 135 mm. 16 94 1 errata 1 blank pp. Two parts in one volume. With three engraved plates and with numerous woodcuts including head-and-tail pieces and initials. Title-pages with woodcut vignette. Much of the illustrations are of musical notes staffs and various charts relating to music theory. Also with a detailed and attractive engraving of a lute. The translator the "Person of Honour" refers to Lord Brouncker. His name has been printed neatly on the title-page in old ink by a previous owner. A separate title-page for Animadversions vpon the musick-compendium of Renat. Des-Cartes is included but the pagination and collation is continuous. Modern half calf over marbled boards. Morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Newer endpapers. Front pastedown with previous owner's bookplate. Some toning and spotting throughout the first two leaves being the worst. Tiny burn hole to top margin of two leaves in the "To the Reader" not affecting text. Written in 1618 when he was 22 the Compendium was not published until after his death. "Although it is his earliest surviving work the Compendium was not published until 1650 shortly after his death in Stockholm. The English translation was published in 1653 by William Brouncker 2nd Viscount Brouncker 1620Ã±1684 a mathematician who became the first President of the Royal Society in 1662 and was a close friend of both Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn. He is named on the title page of the Compendium as a "Person of Honour" and his commentary the "animadversions" on Descartes work constitute his only publication. They include an unsuccessful mathematical attempt to divide the diapason into seventeen equal semitones. DescartesÃ study of the mathematical basis of music was also an examination of methodology: the application of empirical deductive and scientific approaches to the study of sensory perception. It is thus among the earliest attempts to define the dual relationship between the physical and psychological phenomena in music." Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library University of Toronto. ESTC R13570. HBS 67749. $3750 Printed by Thomas Harper, for Humphrey Moseley hardcover books

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DESCARTES RENEABAA

De Homine

16622203Leydon: Peter Leffen & Francis Moyard 1662. First edition. contemporary vellum. Very Good. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TEXTBOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY. "René Descartes's Treatise of man De homine 1662; Traité de l'homme 1664 was never intended to stand as a work on its own. It was one part of a much larger work Le monde The world. Although this was finished around 1633 Descartes did not publish it himself because he was alarmed by the Italian Inquisition's condemnation of Galileo Galilei that year. Some time after Descartes's death in 1650 his French manuscript copies of which had circulated among his friends and correspondents was edited and published. The first version was a Latin translation De homine by Florentius Schuyl in 1662 the second the now better known 'original' French version Traité de l'homme edited by Descartes's self-appointed literary executor Claude Clerselier in 1664. In the seventeenth century the 1662 Latin version was probably much more widely read than the French text" Donaldson J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2009; 39:375-6. Heirs of Hippocrates 295. Garrison-Morton 574. With 10 engraved plates; with 2 lift-up flaps on plate depicting the heart but without flap on plate of the brain as usual; numerous full-page and text engravings and woodcuts. Inscribed on title to Mart. Christian Sweerts "ex dono Autoris". The "author" in this case is most likely the translator Schuyl. De homine figuris et latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl. Leyden: Peter Leffen & Francis Moyard 1662. Small quarto contemporary vellum with leather spine label. Evidence of old label at base of spine. Remnants of old stamp on title occasional very light browning to margins. A beautiful copy. Peter Leffen & Francis Moyard unknown books

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Descartes ReneABAA

Geometria a Renato Des Cartes Anno 1637 Gallice edita; nunc autem cum notis Florimondi De Beaune in curia Bloesensi consilliari regii in linguam Latinam versa & commentariis illustrata opera atque studio Francisci a Schooten Leydensis in Academia Lugduno-Batava Matheseos Professoris Belgice docentis

1649140941260Lugduni Batavorum Leiden: Ex Officina Ioannis Maire 1649. First Separate Edition. Good. First separate edition and first edition in Latin of Descartes' magnum opus. Bound in early 20th century quarter leather with spine lettered in gilt. Good. Binding rubbed at extremities with shallow loss to the crown. Front and rear inner hinge exposed though binding is holding; binding tender at pages 3-6 and 139-142. Evidence of small label removal from front pastedown markings and edge-tear to title page. English mathematician and astronomer Richard Towneley's 1629-1707 name to title page and his bookplate to verso of title page. Two contemporary ink notations. A work of monumental importance which influenced the thinking of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz it was the first to propose the idea of uniting algebra and geometry reducing geometry to a form of artimetic and algebra and transforming geometric shapes into algebraic equations. Originally published in French in 1637 as an appendix to Discours de la Methode; a separate French edition would not be published until 1664. Ex Officina Ioannis Maire unknown books

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DESCARTES Rene VIEUSSENS RaymondABAA

Les Principes de la Philosophie. Escrits en Latin par René Descartes. Et traduits en François par un de ses Amis. Revues & corrigez en cette derniere Edition

16684897Paris: Bobin & Le Gras 1668. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 55 477 pp 2. With 22 full-page woodcuts 1 folding and 70 woodcut illustrations in text. Ink ownership inscription of Raymond Vieussens to front pastedown & shelf mark on front free endpaper. Bound in contemporary French calf spine in six compartments with gilt florets and title; some wear to boards but generally an excellent copy clean and fresh. Scarce edition of Descartes' magnum opus bearing the manuscript ex-libris of Raymond Vieussens 1635-1715 Royal Physician to Louis XIV and an important anatomist in his own right. Drawing directly on the dualistic theories of Descartes Vieussens became fascinated by the actions of the heart and of the brain in particular. "In his speculations on physiology Vieussens drew inspiration from both the mechanistic philosophy of Descartes and the iatrochemical ideas of F. de la Boë Sylvius. He believed that he had demonstrated the existence of the nervous fluid." DSB "Without Descartes the seventeenth-century mechanization of physiological conceptions would have been inconceivable" notes the DSB ".No other great philosopher except perhaps Aristotle can have spent so much time in expermintal observation. According to Baillet over several years he studied anatomy dissected and vivisected embryos of birds and cattle and went on to study chemistry. His correspondence from the Netherlands described dissections of dogs cats rabbits cod and mackerel; eyes livers and hearts obtained from an abattoir.". Descartes' magnum opus his Principia Philosophiae presented to the world the purest expression of his mechanist vision of the universe seized upon eagerly by later anatomists such as Thomas Willis Nicolas Steno and as is evident from the present copy Raymond Vieussens. Intended to replace the Aristotelian texts used in universities with a curriculum based on physical and immutable laws of nature Descartes' Principles especially in its French editions comes replete with numerous plates of his famous swirling vortices as well as discussions of the Copernican system. Curiously as C. F. Fowler has noted a direct reference to the Principia is lacking from the Index Librorum Prohibitorum of 1664 which otherwise banned most of Descartes' works - although a blanket clause is also given "and the philosophical works of same author". Evidently the decree of the Catholic Church disuaded neither French publishers from printing the work nor the Royal Physician from purchasing it! In particular Veussens seems to have been inspired by the Cartesian concept of cerebral localization; but while Descartes considered the pineal body to be the seat of animal spirits and the soul Veussens regarded the corpora striata as the seat of the imagination. "Inspired by both Descartes's mechanistic and the iatrochemical philosophies Vieussens studied the white matter of the brain by tracing the path of its fibers" Schlager & Lauer eventually providing us with an early description of the brain's centrum semiovale sometimes referred to as Vieussens' centrum. Following his well-received Neurographica Universalis 1685 the Royal Physician issued his Traité nouveau des Liqeurs de Corps Humain 1705 in which he describes the three Cartesian elements in detail and their functions within the body. Guilbert "Les Principes" 13; cf also Schlager & Lauer eds Science and Its Times 3 Gale 2001 p. 154; Fowler Descartes on the human soul: philosophy and the demands of Christian doctrine Kluwer 1999 pp 8-10. For the impact of Descartes' philosophy see PMM 129. Bobin & Le Gras hardcover books

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The World. Le Monde ou Traite de la lumiere. Translation and introduction by Michael Sean Mahoney. cover title The World.

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The World. Le Monde ou Traite de la lumiere. Translation and introduction by Michael Sean Mahoney. cover title The World.

Le Monde ou Traite de la lumiere. Translation and introduction by Michael Sean Mahoney.

Principia philosophiae; Dissertatio de Methodo; De passiones animae

Opera philosophica. Editio quinta.

Renati des Cartes Principia matheseos universalis seu introductio ad geometriae methodum.

Renati Des-Cartes Tractatus de homine et de formatione foetus

Epistolae Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae partim ex Gallico translate. . . . 2 Volumes

Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison & chercher la verité dans les Sciences. Plus la Dioptrique les Meteores la Mechanique

Renati Des-Cartes Principia Philosophiae. Editio Quarta. Nunc demum hac Editione diligenter recognita & mendis expurgata. with Specimen Philosophiae sev Dissertatio de Methodo Recte regendae rationis & veritatis in scientiis investigandae: et Dioptrice et Meteora. et Passiones Animae Rene Descartes

Excellent Compendium of Musick:

De Homine

Geometria a Renato Des Cartes Anno 1637 Gallice edita; nunc autem cum notis Florimondi De Beaune in curia Bloesensi consilliari regii in linguam Latinam versa & commentariis illustrata opera atque studio Francisci a Schooten Leydensis in Academia Lugduno-Batava Matheseos Professoris Belgice docentis

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