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An entire body of philosophy, according to the principles of the famous Renate des Cartes : in three books ... / written originally in Latin by the learned Anthony Le Grand ; now carefully translated from the last corrections, alterations, and large additions of the author, never yet published ; the whole work illustrated with almost an hundred sculptures ..., besides the figures or schemes for the explanation of the philosophical parts ... by Richard Blome.

Accession number
PML 195573
Creator
Le Grand, Antoine, d. 1699.
Published
London : Printed by Samuel Roycroft, and sold by the undertaker Richard Blome ..., 1694.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Jonathan A. Hill and on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2011.
Notes
Translation of: Institutio philosophiae secundum principia D. Renati Descartes.
Fine paper issue with gatherings at the beginning and the end containing crown shield posthorn watermarks; the ordinary paper issue (Wing L950) is unwatermarked and names nine booksellers in the imprint. Blome's prospectus (Wing B3216A) mentions the possibility of obtaining copies "of a finer sort of Paper."
Numbers 93-96 omitted in second pagination sequence.
Plates engraved, some on both sides, and one on a double leaf, by Johannes Kip and Michael van der Gucht after Bernard Lens and G. Freman.
The number of plates, their engraved dedications, and the number of subscribers vary from copy to copy; the plates facing pp. 1 & 225 (2nd count) have letterpress dedications on their versos. This copy has the arms of 97 "benefactors" in the front matter.
"An explanation of the sculptures in this work": pp. [23]-[30] at front.
Description
[30], 403, [1], 263 [i.e. 259], [1] p., [89] leaves of plates including front. : ill., coats of arms ; 35 cm. (fol.)
Provenance
South Library bookplate of the Earls of Macclesfield, with their blindstamped arms in the preliminaries.
Binding
Contemporary mottled calf, in green cloth box.
Classification
Department