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DESCARTES, René. L'Homme et la formation du foetus, Avec des remarques de Louis de La Forge. A quoy l'on ajouté le Monde ou Traité de la Lumière du mesme Autheur. Paris, Charles Angot, 1677 4to. 245x180 mm. Coeval binding in full marbled brown leather, sinew spine with gilt title and friezes, splash cuts. Pages (64), 511, (9). Frieze to Frontispiece, Ornate and figured Headpieces and Initials. 52 woodcut engraved figures in the Homme, 32 in the Traité de la Lumière. Coeval hand annotations and corrections in the text of the 'Foetus', in black ink. Slight diffuse foxing and sporadic spotting, genuine specimen. Second edition in French, revised and corrected. L'Homme accompanied by remarkable iconographic apparatus, is devoted to the brain and the organ of sight and marks a significant advance in the study of physiology. For Descartes, the rules governing physiology are the same as those governing mathematics. The work, published posthumously, is introduced by a lengthy preface by editor Claude Clerselier, a faithful friend of Descartes. The work concludes with an insightful commentary on "l'Homme" and the figures that illustrate it, by Louys de La Forge, a physician and disciple of Descartes. For a long time it was considered the first comprehensive treatise on human physiology. To give an appendix to his "Discourse on Method," René Descartes (1596-1650) wrote it directly in French. In this edition, the Traité de l'homme is followed, from page 405, by the Traité de la lumière, which had appeared separately in 1664, in which Descartes expounds his physical theory of the universe.Tchemerzine, II-799; Guibert, p. 205. 4to. 245x180mm. Contemporary full marbled brown leather binding, gilt title and ornaments on the spine with raised bands with gilt title and friezes, sprayed edges. Pages (64), 511, (9). Woodcut vignette on the Titlepage, ornate and illustrated headpieces and Initials. 52 woodcut illustrations in the Homme, 32 in the Traité de la Lumière. Annotations and corrections by a contemporary hand in the text of the 'Foetus', in black ink. Slight diffuse foxing and sporadic speckles, unsophisticated copy. Second edition in French, revised and corrected. L'Homme, accompanied by a remarkable iconographic apparatus, is dedicated to the brain and to the organ of sight and marks a significant progress in the study of physiology. For Descartes, the rules that govern physiology are the same as those that govern mathematics. The work, published posthumously, is introduced by a long preface by the editor Claude Clerselier, a faithful friend of Descartes. The work concludes with an in-depth commentary on "l'Homme" and on the figures who illustrate it, by Louys de La Forge, physician and disciple of Descartes. For a long time it was considered the first comprehensive treatise on human physiology. As an appendix to his "Discourse on Method," René Descartes (1596-1650) wrote it directly in French.In this edition, the Traité de l'homme is followed, from page 405, by the Traité de la lumière, which had appeared separately in 1664, in which Descartes sets out his physical theory of the universe.

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DESCARTES, René. L'Homme et la formation du foetus, Avec des remarques de Louis de La Forge. A quoy l'on ajouté le Monde ou Traité de la Lumière du mesme Autheur. Paris, Charles Angot, 1677 4to. 245x180 mm. Coeval binding in full marbled brown leather, sinew spine with gilt title and friezes, splash cuts. Pages (64), 511, (9). Frieze to Frontispiece, Ornate and figured Headpieces and Initials. 52 woodcut engraved figures in the Homme, 32 in the Traité de la Lumière. Coeval hand annotations and corrections in the text of the 'Foetus', in black ink. Slight diffuse foxing and sporadic spotting, genuine specimen. Second edition in French, revised and corrected. L'Homme accompanied by remarkable iconographic apparatus, is devoted to the brain and the organ of sight and marks a significant advance in the study of physiology. For Descartes, the rules governing physiology are the same as those governing mathematics. The work, published posthumously, is introduced by a lengthy preface by editor Claude Clerselier, a faithful friend of Descartes. The work concludes with an insightful commentary on "l'Homme" and the figures that illustrate it, by Louys de La Forge, a physician and disciple of Descartes. For a long time it was considered the first comprehensive treatise on human physiology. To give an appendix to his "Discourse on Method," René Descartes (1596-1650) wrote it directly in French. In this edition, the Traité de l'homme is followed, from page 405, by the Traité de la lumière, which had appeared separately in 1664, in which Descartes expounds his physical theory of the universe.Tchemerzine, II-799; Guibert, p. 205. 4to. 245x180mm. Contemporary full marbled brown leather binding, gilt title and ornaments on the spine with raised bands with gilt title and friezes, sprayed edges. Pages (64), 511, (9). Woodcut vignette on the Titlepage, ornate and illustrated headpieces and Initials. 52 woodcut illustrations in the Homme, 32 in the Traité de la Lumière. Annotations and corrections by a contemporary hand in the text of the 'Foetus', in black ink. Slight diffuse foxing and sporadic speckles, unsophisticated copy. Second edition in French, revised and corrected. L'Homme, accompanied by a remarkable iconographic apparatus, is dedicated to the brain and to the organ of sight and marks a significant progress in the study of physiology. For Descartes, the rules that govern physiology are the same as those that govern mathematics. The work, published posthumously, is introduced by a long preface by the editor Claude Clerselier, a faithful friend of Descartes. The work concludes with an in-depth commentary on "l'Homme" and on the figures who illustrate it, by Louys de La Forge, physician and disciple of Descartes. For a long time it was considered the first comprehensive treatise on human physiology. As an appendix to his "Discourse on Method," René Descartes (1596-1650) wrote it directly in French.In this edition, the Traité de l'homme is followed, from page 405, by the Traité de la lumière, which had appeared separately in 1664, in which Descartes sets out his physical theory of the universe.

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