Principia Matheseos Universalis, seu Introductio ad Geometri Methodum With: GILLET, Stephanus. Celeberrimi de Centro Oscillationis problematis solutio

by René Descartes

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First edition

Third edition, corrected, of the first title; First edition of the second title. Numerous diagrams in text. 16 , 420; 8 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Later full vellum. Foot of title torn away with loss of bottom line of imprint, else a clean, sound copy. Item #39632 Third edition of Descartes’ mathematical treatise, bound with Gillet’s work on pendulum oscillation.

  • Binding: Leather

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