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Discourse on the Method [bound with] The Meditations.

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Discourse on the Method [bound with] The Meditations.

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Stock Code 112912

Edinburgh, Sutherland and Knox, 1850; 1853.

I think, therefore I am'. The rare second appearance in English of two major works by René Descartes, comprising his Discourse on the Method and The Meditations, with further extracts from his Principles of Philosophy. Translated from the original French by the philosopher John Veitch (1829-1894), and preceded only by Thomas Newcomb's English editions of 1644 and 1649 respectively.

Rare. We can trace just 12 copies of Veitch's Discourse in institutional collections worldwide, and only 7 copies of The Meditations.

Two works in 1 vol.; first Veitch editions; 12mo (18.5 x 11.5 cm); ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper, ownership inscription in pencil to title of Discourse; contemporary half-calf, sometime rebacked, marbled boards and edges, slightly rubbed, gutter margins reinforced at endpapers, otherwise internally clean; [2], xli, [4], 46-118 (complete); xiv, 212pp.

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Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

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Discourse on the Method [bound with] The Meditations.

DESCARTES, René; [VEITCH, John (translator)].

Stock code: 112912

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