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DESCARTES, RENÉ. 1596-1650. L'Homme ... et la formation du foetus. Paris: Theodore Girard, 1677.
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DESCARTES, RENÉ. 1596-1650.
L'Homme ... et la formation du foetus. Paris: Theodore Girard, 1677.
4to (240 x 170 mm). [64], 511, [9] pp. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, spine gilt in panels. Some chipping to joints and head of spine, small marginal tear to p 99, but a clean and bright copy.
SECOND FRENCH EDITION revised and corrected. Another issue by Angot was published the same year. The work represents "the first attempt to cover the whole field of 'animal physiology'" (Garrison-Morton). The first edition appeared in Latin in 1662, a translation from the original French manuscript; the first French edition appeared in 1664, and included the first printing of the treatise De la formation du foetus, which appears on pp 99-154 in the present edition. The woodcuts are based on drawings by Descartes in the manuscript. This edition, edited by Descartes' friend Claude Clerselier, also includes a commentary by Louis de La Forge and a preface by Florentio Schuyl.
4to (240 x 170 mm). [64], 511, [9] pp. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, spine gilt in panels. Some chipping to joints and head of spine, small marginal tear to p 99, but a clean and bright copy.
SECOND FRENCH EDITION revised and corrected. Another issue by Angot was published the same year. The work represents "the first attempt to cover the whole field of 'animal physiology'" (Garrison-Morton). The first edition appeared in Latin in 1662, a translation from the original French manuscript; the first French edition appeared in 1664, and included the first printing of the treatise De la formation du foetus, which appears on pp 99-154 in the present edition. The woodcuts are based on drawings by Descartes in the manuscript. This edition, edited by Descartes' friend Claude Clerselier, also includes a commentary by Louis de La Forge and a preface by Florentio Schuyl.