Sale: 379 / Rare Books, May 23. 2011 in Hamburg Lot 70

René Descartes - Epistolae... 1668-1701. 9 Bde.


70
René Descartes
Epistolae... 1668-1701. 9 Bde.
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,200
Sold:
€ 1,800 / $ 1,980

(incl. surcharge)
Descartes, R., [Opera]. 9 Bde. With 1 engr. portrait , numerous woodcuts in the text as well as Elzevier's and Blaeu's woodcut printer's devices (both rep.) . Amsterdam, D. Elzevier 1668 (1 vol.) and Blaeu 1682-1701. Contemp. calf with label and rich ornamental gilt spine. 8vo.

This actually bound edition contains: I: Epistolae , partim ab auctore Lationo sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae. 3 vols. 1668-1683. - Guibert 9 (p. 88) and 11 (pp. 92-93). - Willems 1393. - First complete Latin edition of the collection of Descart's correspondence. Part I and III in first edition, part II in second, already released by Blaeu, however, still carrying Elzevier's printer's devcie. - II: Geometria anno 1637 Gallicè edita; postea autem unà cum notis F. de Beaune .. Operâ atque studio F. à Schooten. Ed. tertia. With 1 engr. portrait. 1683. - Guibert 5 (p. 33). - III: Principia Matheseos universalis. Editio tertia. 1683. - This second part of the Geometria not mentioned by Guibert in this form. - IV: Meditationes de prima philosophia . Editio ultima. 1698. - Guibert 15 (67). - V: Principia philosophiae . Ultima editio .. 1692. - Guibert 21 (p. 136). - VI: Specima philosophiae . Ultma editio. 1692. - Guibert 10 (p. 112). - VII: Tractatus de homine , et de formatione foetus. 1686. - Guibert 10 (p. 206). - VIII: Opuscula posthuma , physica et mathematica. 1701. - Guibert p. 221. - IX: Musicae compendium. 1683. - Guibert 6 (p. 186). - Inside hardly stained copy, title with entries by an old hand and old library stamp. Bindings rubbed and scuffed, spine end with small blemishes in places, 6 outer joints slightly torn, 2 boards with stronger stains. - Rare uniformly bound collection of Descarte's writings.

This actually bound edition contains,among others, the first complete Latin edition of the collection of Descart's correspondence. With 1 engr. portrait, numerous woodcuts in the text as well as Elzevier's and Blaeu's woodcut printer's devices. Contemp. calf with label and rich ornamental gilt spine. - Guibert p. 221. - IX: Musicae compendium. 1683. - Guibert 6 (p. 186). - Inside hardly stained copy, title with entries by an old hand and old library stamp. Bindings rubbed and scuffed, spine end with small blemishes in places, 6 outer joints slightly torn, 2 boards with stronger stains. - Rare uniformly bound collection of Descarte's writings.




70
René Descartes
Epistolae... 1668-1701. 9 Bde.
Estimate:
€ 2,000 / $ 2,200
Sold:
€ 1,800 / $ 1,980

(incl. surcharge)