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2 parts in 1 volume, 12mo (143 x 86 mm) 2 nn.ll., 12, 91, 73 pp. Contemporary vellum, flat spine.
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See NLM, 366 and Wellcome, IV, 381 (for the first edition).
Second edition, translated from Latin by de Rouvière.
The Second part bears the title : Abrégé de toutes les principales actions Automatiques qui sont dans les Hommes, avèque leurs maladies & leur guérison. Composé selon les principes de la Mechanique & de la Philosophie de Monsieur Descartes, repeté publiquement à Louvain sous Monsieur Dorlix, Docteur & Professeur en Médecine.
Descartes’s philosophical principles had also a very strong influence on medicine and medical research.
Very good copy, from the library of Dr. Maurice Villaret with his book plate.
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