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Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison & chercher la verité dans les sciences : plus la dioptrique, les meteores, la mechanique, et la musique, qui sont des essais de cette methode / par Rene' Descartes auec des remarques & des éclaircissemens necessaires.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection RBC 2026 66
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650, author.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Science.
- Optics.
- Meteors.
- Mechanics.
- Music.
- Science--Methodology.
- Genre:
- Early works
- Physical Description:
- 303, [23], 127, [1] p. : ill., music ; 23 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Dioptrique
- Les météores
- Traite de la mechanique
- Abrege de la musique
- Place of Publication:
- A Paris : chez Charles Angot, ruë saint Iacques au Lion d'Or ; MDCLXVIII [1668]
- Notes:
- First published: Leiden, 1637.
- Traite de la mechanique has separate title page.
- Printer's device on title pages.
- Printer's headpieces.
- Engraved initials.
- Signatures: A-2S⁴ ²a-q⁴.
- Local Notes:
- RBC 2026 66: Purchased for the Penn Libraries from Cabinet Chaptal in 2025. Quarter binding: tanned animal skin spine with marbled paper over boards. Gold-stamped spine decorations. Bookseller's correspondence on file, 2026.
- OCLC:
- 1579851248
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