[Rarebooks] FS: Elzevir edition of Descartes' "Opera Philosophica" Amsterdam: 1664

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(SCIENCE) Descartes, Rene. OPERA PHILOSOPHICA [from the half-title]. Editio 
Quarta. Nunc Demum hac Editione Diligenter Recognita, & Mendis Expurgata. 
Amsterdam: Danielem Elzevirium. 1664. 4to. 3 parts in 1. 
(36),222;(16),248;(24),92,(4)pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Descartes. Illustrated throughout 
with woodcuts, some full-page. Cont. vellum, somewhat soiled, with fore-edge 
clasps intact. Armorial stamp at the center of both covers defaced. First title 
page (and offsetting a bit on to the portrait) with an old discoloration at the 
center of the page to remove the name of a previous owner, otherwise a very 
nice copy.     $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
This volume contains Descartes’ PRINCIPIA PHILOSOPHIAE, SPECIMINA 
PHILOSOPHIAE, and his PASSIONES ANIMAE. It was published along with, but in a separate 
volume, Descartes’ MEDITATIONES (with a 1663 imprint date). See Willems #1339 
and #1304 for a discussion. The Elzevir 1664 edition is scarce, the reprint done 
by Weyerstraeten in Amsterdam in 1664 is much more common.

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