4th Dec, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
  Lot 105
 

105

Des-Cartes, Rene Opera Philosophica. Editio Ultima. [no imprint], 17th c. pp. [2 (title, verso...

Des-Cartes, Rene
Opera Philosophica. Editio Ultima. [no imprint], 17th c. pp. [2 (title, verso blank)], [6 (Dedication (5), blank)], [13 (epistola)], [13 (Index)], 241, [1 (blank)]; numerous figures to text. Bound with Specimina Philosophiae sev Dissertatio de Methodo. Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium Juniorem, 1656. pp. [2 (title, verso blank)], [14 (Index (13), (Lectori Suo 1)], 290; numerous figures to text. And Passiones Animae. Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium Juniorem, 1656. pp. [2 (title, verso blank)], [2 (IAd Lectorem)], [14 (Epistola Prima (13)), 1 (Responsio)], [2 (Epistola Secunda, Responsio)], 115 [5 (Index)]. And Meditationes de Prima Philosophia. Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium Juniorem, 1658. pp. [2 (title, verso blank)], [4 (Epistola)], [4 (Ad Lectorem and Contents), 226. And Appendix; Continens Obiectiones Quintas & Septimas. Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium Juniorem, 1657. pp. 199, blank, 106 [lacking to end]. All bound as one, no boards, just text block.

Sold for £110
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

. Tear on upper title, some spotting, esp. to pre- and post-lims, variable marginal toning, lacking final pages, text block only, w.a.f. but good and tight.

 


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