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[CORDEMOY (Géraud de). Discours physique de la parole, dedicated to the King. Second edition. Paris, Michallet, 1677. In-12 marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). The author bases himself on the Cartesian hypothesis of the absence of true speech in animals and on the idea that language can only be explained by mechanical principles, thus proving that man has a soul and a thought. Lack of leather on the tail and on one board otherwise good copy. (Barbier I, 1023.)
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[CORDEMOY (Géraud de). Discours physique de la parole, dedicated to the King. Second edition. Paris, Michallet, 1677. In-12 marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). The author bases himself on the Cartesian hypothesis of the absence of true speech in animals and on the idea that language can only be explained by mechanical principles, thus proving that man has a soul and a thought. Lack of leather on the tail and on one board otherwise good copy. (Barbier I, 1023.)
