11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
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Descartes, Rene (1596-1650) Principia Philosophiae.

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$7,200$6,000
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Descartes, Rene (1596-1650) Principia Philosophiae. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1644.
First edition, quarto, collated, complete, with blanks, illustrated with woodcuts throughout, contents good, bound in contemporary parchment with yapp edges.
Descartes sketches out the core principle of the first fundamental law of motion in his Principia, later borrowed by Newton.
Estimate $5,000-7,000

Keywords

Amsterdam, fundamental law