Les passions de l'ame /. par René Des Cartes.
René Descartes (1596-1650)
Category
Books
Date
1649
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3103706
Summary
Bibliographic description
[48], 286 p. ;. 8vo. Accession no. 4553. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Imperfect: wanting final leaf. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: (?) Karoline von Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704-1774), countess Palatine and regent dowager duchess of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1735-1740); 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.18. Binding: red morocco with single gold fillet on spine and boards; arms of the Palatinate of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen. Lettered directly onto spine, blue silk marker, green and white headbands, edges gilt, Antique Spot marbled endleaves.
Makers and roles
René Descartes (1596-1650) Elzevir, Louis, 1604-1670