Author: DESCARTES, R.- brieven.- 1692.- Glazemaker.-
Title: Brieven, aan veele hoog-geagte personen, van verscheide ampten, geschreven: handelende van de over-natuur-kunde, natuur-kunde, Zede-Kunst, Genees-Kunst, Wis-Kunst, Zang-Kunst en Werk-Daad, enz. Zijnde ten hoogsten dienstig, om de voorgaande werken des Schrijvers te verligten, en duidelijker te doen verstaan. Door Renatus Des-Cartes beschreven: en van J.H.Glasemaker vertaalt.
Description: Amsterdam, by Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkoper, over het oude Heeren Logement, in de Histori-Schrijver, 1692. 4to. 3 vols. in 1. Printed title in red and black. W. woodc. vign. on printed title, and appr. 350 text ills., typogr. ills., notations [The total number of ills. depending on recognizing separate woodblocks, i.c. some woodblocks are single blocks with 3 ills., some are 3 separate blocks each with 1 ill.) Very good contemp. full vellum. [+4, A - 4O4, (A) - (R)4, S - Z4, 2A-2K4 2L2 [2nd series Hh signed as H, [Vol. I and II w. consecutive pagenumbers and signatures]. (VIII, 1 - 664; 1 - 268 (306 numbered 206, 480 as 408, 553 as 559, 561 as 581, 2nd 67 as 59, 2nd 83 as 113 ). (Upper free endp. missing, printed title a bit frayed at righthand margin, a few chips; lower free endp. not present.). (Good clean internal condition.). Glazemaker exhibition University Library of Amsterdam, 1982, item 20. Reprinted version of the 3 vols 'Brieven' published by Jan Rieuwertsz Amsterdam [Vol. I and II: 1661 & vol. III: 1684]. [R. Des-Cartes, 'Alle de werken' IV']: Thijssen-Schoute, 32, 67, 34 note: Van Otegem, A bibliography of the works of Descartes [2002], vol. II, pp. 576 - 654, spec. item on p. 614-617: 'Second edition of the Brieven in Dutch, published as the fourth and final volume of 'Alle de Werken'.

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