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by Rene Descartes

$11,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

Lugduni Batavorum Leiden : Ex Officina Ioannis Maire, 1649. First separate edition and first edition in Latin of Descartes' magnum opus. Bound in early 20th century quarter leather with spine lettered in gilt. Good. Binding rubbed at extremities, with shallow loss to the crown. Front and rear inner hinge exposed, though binding is holding; binding tender at pages 3-6 and 139-142. Evidence of small label removal from front

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