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ABAA-75TH-VBF-23<p>Amsterdam Blaeu 1682-1683.</p><p>3 parts in 3 volumes 4to I/ 1 bl.l. 4 ll 383 pp 1 bl.l.; II/ 1 bl.l. 2 ll 404 pp. 2 ll. 1 bl.l.; III/ 1 bl.l. 8 ll. 427 pp. 1 bl.l. small burnhole pp. 249 and 413 with damage to 2 letters.</p><p>Full Dutch vellum blindstamped fleuron in the center of the covers double blindstamped fillet around the covers flat spines speckled edges. <em>Contemporary binding by the editor Blaeu.</em></p><p>201 x 154 mm.</p><p><strong>First complete edition of Descartes' Letters to princess Elisabeth and Mersenne.</strong> The 3rd volume contains the continuation of Descartes' Latin correspondence and appears here for the first time.</p><p>Tchemerzine II 786.</p><p><strong>For several years from 1642 to the end of 1649 i.e. during the period of his life from the "Meditations Metaphysiques" to his death in Stockholm Rene Descartes 1596-1650 corresponded assiduously with princess Elisabeth daughter of Frederic V elector palatine and king of Bohemia.</strong></p><p><em>"Princess Elisabeth a highly cultured woman with a special interest in mathematics had read the 'Méditations métaphysiques' with great interest and admiration. Through a French émigré and friend of Descartes Palotti she had penetrated further into the thinking of the man she soon considered her master.</em></p><p><em>And in her very first letter May 1643 she asked the philosopher to explain a point in his "Meditations" that she didn't quite grasp: how it could be that "the soul can determine the spirits animals of the body to do voluntary actions being only a thinking substance" and therefore unexpanded. Descartes explains why this point may have remained obscure in his exposition. This discussion which is the most interesting in the whole "Correspondence" occupies all the letters of 1643. In the years that followed the problems that arose with the publication of Descartes' works he sent them to his friend and dedicated his "Passions de l'amour" to her were of all kinds: about the "Principles of Philosophy" about books he advised her to read or on which she asked his opinion about new scientific developments the princess asked for clarification and discussed certain points of physics mathematics morals and metaphysics that she had not grasped or that seemed questionable. "My admiration increases every time I reread the objections made to you how it is possible that people who have spent so many years meditating and studying could not understand things so simple and clear that most in disputing the true and the false seem not to know how they should be discerned and that the sieur Gassendus Gassendi who is in the greatest repute for his learning has made after the Englishman Hobbes objections less reasonable than all the others. "</em></p><p><strong>This correspondence is of very great interest; for in connection with the questions of his interlocutor Descartes was led to take up a certain number of problems and to give a clearer and more complete account of them than in his works</strong>;<em> but above all it is the only direct document that lets us get to know him intimately and in him the man and not just the philosopher. "We learn that he had planned to write a 'Traité de l'érudition' Treatise on Erudition; we gain interesting details about the life all secluded and devoted to study and above all meditation he led in Holland and about the few months he spent at the court of Christine of Sweden."</em></p><p><strong>Descartes also wrote to Mersenne</strong> improvising answers to countless questions with extraordinary ease.</p><p>"The 3 volumes of this correspondence are illustrated with numerous figures and geometric woodcuts". Guibert <em>Bibliographie des Œuvres de René Descartes</em> p. 94.</p><p><strong>A fine copy preserved in its contemporary Dutch vellum binding.</strong></p><p><strong>FR</strong></p><p>Amsterdam Blaeu 1682-1683.</p><p>3 parties en 3 volumes in-4 I/ 1 f.bl. 4 ff. 383 pp. 1 f.bl. ; II/ 1 f.bl. 2 ff. 404 pp. 2 ff. 1 f.bl. ; III/ 1 f.bl. 8 ff. 427 pp. 1 f.bl. pte. brulure pp. 249 et 413 avec atteinte à 2 lettres.</p><p>Plein vélin hollandais fleuron à froid au centre des plats double filet à froid autour des plats dos lisses tranches jaspées. <em>Reliure de l'époque de l'éditeur Blaeu</em>.</p><p>201 x 154 mm.</p><p><strong>Première édition originale complète des Lettres de Descartes à la princesse Élisabeth et à Mersenne.</strong>Le 3ème volume contient la suite de la correspondance latine de Descartes et paraît ici pour la première fois.</p><p>Tchemerzine II 786.</p><p><strong>Pendant plusieurs années de 1642 à la fin de 1649 c'est-à-dire pendant la période de sa vie qui va des " Méditations métaphysiques " à sa mort à Stockholm René Descartes 1596-1650 échangea une correspondance assidue avec la princesse Élisabeth fille de Frédéric V électeur palatin et roi de Bohême.</strong></p><p><em>" Celle-ci femme fort cultivée et spécialement versée dans les sciences mathématiques avait lu avec beaucoup d'intérêt et une vive admiration les 'Méditations métaphysiques'. Par un émigré français ami de Descartes Palotti elle avait pénétré plus avant dans la pensée de celui qu'elle considéra bientôt comme son maître.</em></p><p><em>Et dès sa première lettre mai 1643 elle demande au philosophe quelques explications sur un point de ses " Méditations " qu'elle ne saisit pas bien : comment peut-il se faire que " l'âme puisse déterminer les esprits animaux du corps pour faire les actions volontaires n'étant qu'une substance pensante " donc inétendue. Descartes explique pourquoi ce point a pu demeurer obscur dans son exposé. Cette discussion qui est la plus intéressante de toute la " Correspondance " occupe toutes les lettres de l'année 1643. Au cours des années suivantes les problèmes qui se poseront à l'occasion de la parution des œuvres de Descartes celui-ci les faisait parvenir à son amie et lui dédia ses " Passions de l'amour " sont de tous ordres : à propos des " Principes de la Philosophie " à propos des livres qu'il lui conseille de lire ou sur lesquels elle lui demande son avis à propos des nouveautés scientifiques la princesse se fait éclaircir et discute certains points de physique de mathématiques de morale et de métaphysique qu'elle n'a point saisis ou qui lui semblent contestables. " Mon admiration s'augmente toutes les fois que je relis les objections qu'on vous a faites comment il est possible que des personnes qui ont employé tant d'années à la méditation et à l'étude ne sauraient comprendre des choses si simples et si claires que la plupart en disputant du vrai et du faux semblent ne pas connaître comment il les faut discerner et que le sieur Gassendus Gassendi qui est en la plus grande réputation pour son savoir a fait après l'Anglais Hobbes des objections moins raisonnables que tous les autres. "</em></p><p><strong>Cette correspondance présente un très grand intérêt ; car à propos des questions de son interlocutrice Descartes se trouve amené à reprendre un certain nombre de problèmes et à en donner un exposé plus clair et plus complet que dans ses œuvres </strong>; <em>mais surtout c'est le seul document direct qui nous le fasse connaître dans son intimité et en lui l'homme et non plus seulement le philosophe. " Nous y apprenons qu'il avait projeté d'écrire un " Traité de l'érudition " ; nous y gagnons d'intéressants détails sur la vie toute retirée et consacrée à l'étude et surtout à la méditation qu'il mena en Hollande et sur les quelques mois qu'il passa à la cour de Christine de Suède.</em> "</p><p><strong>Descartes écrit aussi à Mersenne</strong><strong> </strong>improvisant des réponses à d'innombrables questions avec une facilité extraordinaire.</p><p>" Les 3 volumes de cette correspondance sont illustrés de nombreuses figures et dessins géométriques sur bois ". Guibert <em>Bibliographie des Œuvres de René Descartes</em> p. 94.</p><p><strong>Bel exemplaire conservé dans son vélin hollandais de l'époque. </strong></p> hardcover
35575Amsterdam. Daniel Elzevier. 1668. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to 19.5cm first Latin edition viii383p. title page vignette numerous woodcut text illustrations index black leather label contemporary full vellum yapped front edges some light foxing binding is somewhat dust soiled about usual for vellum very good to fine ds1. ~ Volume one of three volume set. The spine title reads : Cartesii. Epistol. Tom. I." A Latin edition of Descartes' "Letters" whereby the fundamentals of Cartesian doctrines are laid out. Amsterdam. Daniel Elzevier. 1668 hardcover
2004Q-190491912XCrw Pub Ltd 2004-08-31. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Crw Pub Ltd hardcover
165367749London: 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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 1620-1684 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. Descartes' 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.<br> <br> ESTC R13570.<br> <br> HBS 67749.<br> <br> $3750. Printed by Thomas Harper, for Humphrey Moseley unknown
1896002500Librairie Garnier Freres 1896 Title: French Age of Enlightenment and Drama - 18 Books. Publisher: Librairie Garnier Freres. Printer: C. Whiting Beaufort-House Savill Edwards and Co E. Capiomont et Cie A. Derse E. Grevin Leve L. Maretheux Orleanaise. Publication date: Late 19th Century no date circa 1890s. Editions: Nouvelle Editions. "Garnier Classiques". Place: Paris. Language: French. Author - Individual titles pages p. R. Descartes - Oeuvres Choisies de Descartes 438 p. J. De la Fontaine - Contes et Nouvelles de la Fontaine 508 p. H. Murger -Scenes de la Vie de Boheme 423 p. J. Racine - Theatre Complet de J. Racine. 760 p. J. Rousseau - Emile 638 p. Contrat Social 512 p. Les Confessions 656 p. Stendhal - La Chartreuse de Parme. Edition Complet. 321 p. Voltaire - Romans 572 p. Histoire de Charles XII 390 p. Le Siecle de Louis XIV 611 p. Précis du Siecle de Louis XV 564 p. Theatre 717 p. Lettres Choisies Vols. 1 441 p.& 2 406 p. La Henriade 404 p. La Pucelle D'Orleans 390 p. Le Sottisier 333 p. About this item: 7726 Pp total. 8vo. Published circa 1920s. 18 uniformly bound volumes. 3/4 Red Morocco binding 4 raised bands on spine covers with gilt titles with gilt/blind stamped design matching marble boards and end papers contents included tables and appendices a few illustrated with tissue guarded frontispiece portraits. Dimensions: 7.5 H x 5 D x 1 - 2 23 overall W inches. Provenance/Publisher: In 1833 two brothers from the department of Manche Auguste and Hippolyte Garnier opened a bookstore in the tradition of nineteenth-century publisher-booksellers under the arches of the Palais Royal in Paris then one of the liveliest centers in the capital. They were soon joined by another of their brothers Pierre. The business took off very quickly and the Garnier brothers bought up the backlists of Delloye Dubochet and Salvat publishers of the works of the great romantic authors followed by the classical lists of Panckoucke. They also struck up connections with Sainte-Beuve Musset Gautier Sand and Vigny publishing some of their works. The Maison Garnier Frères gained even more prestige in 1853 when it moved to the former government building on the corner of the rue de Lille and the rue des Saints-Pères. The Garnier brothers worked to expand and improve their catalog publishing numerous dictionaries popular titles and books for young readers while also continuing with their literary publications: collections of Latin and Greek classics and modern works. In 1896 the appearance of the first "Nouvelle Editions" of the Classiques Garnier a new collection combining the previous Classiques latins Classiques grecs and Bibliothèque choisie collections. In the words of the catalog the new collection offered the best French and foreign ancient and modern works. It was a success and frequent references to the Classiques Garnier is featured in autobiographical works thereafter. Over the course of the twentieth century scholarly editions increasingly took precedence. In the 1960s to produce low-cost versions of the "Classiques Garnier" a deal was struck with Flammarion. The low-cost versions were stripped of critical commentary. This was the start of Garnier-Flammarion an independent company in 1970 under the name GF Flammarion. This was one of many deals to assure the solvency of the publisher though eventually Editions Garner Freres went bankrupt in June 1983 their list was bought up by Presses de la Cite. InfoMédia acquired the collection in 1998 with the prime aim of upholding the editorial policies that have made the Classiques Garnier famous for over a century. Since 2009 under the editorial direction of Claude Blum Editions Classiques Garnier has expanded its catalog to include all aspects of literature and the humanities publishing both editions of texts and studies and essays by top specialists. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Librairie Garnier Freres hardcover
2001346222Easton Press 2001. FIRST THUS. Hardcover. Like New/No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Published by Easton Press 2001. Octavo. Hardcover. Deluxe genuine fine red leather binding with extra gilt decoration on inside edges. The Harvard Classics Eliot Edition/Millennium Edition. Book is like new very fine. No writing names or ownership markings or bookplates. Binding tight and pages crisp. Gilt staining has no scratches. A wonderful crisp and clean copy of this deluxe edition of this Harvard Classics volume. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Easton Press hardcover
1994207290Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1994. Eliot Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded bottom and side edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Harvard Classics. Easton Press hardcover
2010057313Kessinger Publishing 2010. Reprint . Soft cover. Fine. Frontispiece P;Ortrait. . Xiv 520 Pp Reprint Of The 1683 Original. Soft Cover. Fine. <br/> <br/> Kessinger Publishing paperback
1649307Lugduni Batavorum Leiden: Ex Officinâ Ioannis Maire 1649. First separate and first Latin edition of “La Géometrie†second printing overall. Title page in red and black with printer’s device. In 18th century blind-stamped leather spine with four raised bands. Spine lettered in ink. Small traces of worming on the lower margin of the first five leaves. Slight damages on spine otherwise in fine condition. With numerous illustrations of diagrams in the text. With numerous illustrations of diagrams in the text. First separate and first Latin edition of “La Géometrie†second printing overall. Title page in red and black with printer’s device. In 18th century blind-stamped leather spine with four raised bands. Spine lettered in ink. 4°; 12 336 2 2 blank p. <p><br /> Descartes’ Geometria with brief notes by de Beaune 1601–1652; French mathematician and commentary by van Schooten. Frans van Schooten 1615–1660 was introduced to Descartes in 1632. Their first cooperation is dated a few years later when Descartes asked van Schooten to make the illustrations for “La Géométrie†1637 the first work to propose the idea of uniting algebra and geometry into a single subject which invented an algebraic geometry called analytic geometry. Van Schooten was one of the earliest and most important people to promote the Cartesian geometry.<br /> <p><p><br /> Tchemetzine IV 305. Wolf 196. Honeyman 858.<br /> <p><p><br /> With:<br /> <p><p><br /> Descartes René<br /> <p><p><br /> Musicae Compendium.<br /> <p><p><br /> Trajecti ad Rhenum Utrecht 1650. Gisberti à Zijll & Theodori ab Ackersdijck. 4°; 58 2 blank p.<br /> <p><p><br /> First edition of Descartes’ only work on music. Printer’s device on title page with numerous woodcut illustrations of diagrams figures and sheet music.<br /> <p><p><br /> Descartes wrote this study on music in 1618 but it was first published only after a year of his death. During his service in the army Descartes met Isaak Beeckman 1588–1637 the Dutch philosopher and scientist who introduced him into problems in mechanics and acoustics. The result of their meeting was this eassay “Musicae Compendium†a treatise on music and a study in methodology. The German music theorist Hugo Riemann declared this work to be “among the ablest musical writings of its timeâ€. <br /> <p><p><br /> MGG III 209.<br /> <p><p><br /> With:<br /> <p><p><br /> Descartes René<br /> <p><p><br /> Epistola Renati Des Cartes ad celeberrimum Virum D. Gisbertum Voetium in qua <br /> examinatur duo libri nuper pro Voetio Ultajecti simul editi unus Confraternitate Mariana alter de Philosophia Cartesianâ.<br /> <p><p><br /> Amstelodami 1650. Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium. 4°; aa1–ll4; 88 p.<br /> <p><p><br /> With half-title. Part of “Renati Des Cartes meditationes de prima philosophia in quibus Dei existentia & animae à corpore distinctio demonstratur . Tertia editio prioribus auctior & emendatior .â€. In this edition this epistle published with a special half-title and separate paging.<br /> <p><p><br /> Gisbertus Voetius Gijsbert Voet 1568–1676 was a Dutch Calvinist theologian. In 1642 while serving as rector of University of Utrecht persuaded the university’s academic senate to issue a formal condemnation of the Cartesian philosophy. Descartes responded to the offense with this epistle.<br /> <p>. Ex Officinâ Ioannis Maire unknown
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
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