DESCARTES, Réné (1596-1650). Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison & chercher la verité dans les sciences... Traité de la mechanique. Paris: Charles Angot, 1668. 2 parts in one volume, small 4° (227 x 170mm). Woodcut title vignettes, woodcut diagrams and illustrations throughout, 8 of these full-page (some leaves browned, a few spots, neat title inscription in an early hand). Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco label, edges sprinkled red (joints and extremities expertly repaired). Provenance: George Flore and Genevieve Dubois (green leather bookplate).

DESCARTES, Réné (1596-1650). Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison & chercher la verité dans les sciences... Traité de la mechanique. Paris: Charles Angot, 1668. 2 parts in one volume, small 4° (227 x 170mm). Woodcut title vignettes, woodcut diagrams and illustrations throughout, 8 of these full-page (some leaves browned, a few spots, neat title inscription in an early hand). Contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco label, edges sprinkled red (joints and extremities expertly repaired). Provenance: George Flore and Genevieve Dubois (green leather bookplate).

Third edition of Descartes' fundamental work, the foundation of all modern scientific and philosophic thought. Guibert 4; cf. (for the first edition): Norman 621; PMM 129.