Cartesio (René Descartes)

Cartesius (René Descartes). Opuscula Posthuma, Physica et Mathematica. Amsterdam from the printing house of P. & J. Blaeu 1701. First Edition. Very rare original edition of the renowned collection of scientific writings by the great French mathematician and philosopher. The work contains Tractatus de Lumine, the treatise on wave physics and cosmology, the De Mechanica on mechanics with the Elucidationes by Nicolas Poisson, the essay Regulae ad Directionem Ingenii, the first major methodological treatise that outlines the method for guiding the intellect, the Inquisitio Veritatis per Lumen Naturale and the Primae Cogitationes circa Generationem Animalium of biological and physiological character. Finally the Excerpta of Cartesio. Unbound but well sewn. Printer's mark engraved on the title page. Illustrated by numerous engravings. Dimensions 20x16, pp. 10 leaves, 74, 4 leaves, 51, 2 leaves, 22, 2 leaves, 90, 2 leaves, 26, 2 leaves, 17. Excellent condition.

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