DESCARTES, RENÉ L'Homme de René Descartes et un a traité de la formation du foetus dus mesme autheur. Avec les remarques de Louys de la Forge. Paris: C. Angotk 1677
2nd edition. 4to (247 x 187 mm). Contemporay calf with hinges cracked, cords intact. Collation : [64] 511 [9] p. There are numerous woodcuts in text from the Latin edition that have been partly preapred by de la Forge and Gutschoven. Text is sound and good.
This is the second French edition of Descartes' views on embyro development and extensive commentary of Louis de la Forge. "L'homme was edited from Descartes's original text by Claude Clerselier, a desciple of Cartesian philosophy who prepared several of Descartes's works for publication.(Norman, 628)
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