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Descartes, Rene (1596-1650) Opera Philosophica: Principia Philosophiae; Specimina Philosophiae; [and] Passiones Animae. Amsterdam: Johannem Jansonium Juniorem, 1656. Quarto, three parts in one, with three separate divisional title pages printed in red and black, general half-title (torn in upper blank margin with loss),engraved portrait of Descartes, numerous text illustrations, contemporary English tan calf, rebacked, 8 1/4 x 6 in.
Ex libris Dr. Adrian Pollock
Estimate $400-600
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