[Rarebooks] FS: Baillet's very scarce life of Descartes in Italian. Basel: 1713

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(DESCARTES, RENE) Baillet, Adrien. RISTRETTO DELLA VITA DI RENATO DESCARTES... Tradotto dall'Idioma Francese nel Vulgare Toscano. Basel: No pub. 1713. 8vo. (8),346pp. plus the errata leaf. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled, spine with inked title & a decoration. Several old library rubber stamps on title page, as well as a contemporary ownership inscription, otherwise a good clean copy.	$450.00 (trade discount allowed)
Very scarce Italian adaptation of Baillet's life of Descartes, with an account of his philosophy. OCLC lists only 3 copies.


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