Descartes, René. Geometria, à Renato Des Cartes... Lot 40
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Descartes, René. Geometria, à Renato Des Cartes anno 1637 Gallicè edita; nunc autem cum notis Florimondi de Beaune. Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1649. In 4° (197 x 155 mm); [12], 336, [2] pages. Typographic mark to title page printed in red and black, numerous diagrams in text (last blank paper missing, small restoration to white margin of page 336, marginal halos, paper Vv bound at end of first fascicle, lightly browned). Modern vellum binding with gold title on smooth spine tassel.
First separate edition in Latin translation edited by Frans van Schooten. Although the volume was first printed in 1637 in French, the work gained scholarly recognition and circulation only through the present Latin translation. La Géométrie "radically changed the conception and practice of geometry" (Treccani).
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