DESCARTES (René). [Works]. Set of 14 in-12 volumes, calfskin - Lot 10

DESCARTES (René). [Works]. Set of 14 in-12 volumes, calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (bound circa 1750). Letters […] dealing with various interesting questions concerning Ethics, Physics, Medicine, and Mathematics. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1724–1725. (6 vols.). 29 folded plates; • The Principles of Philosophy. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1723. Four folded plates; • Discourse on the Method for Properly Forming One’s Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1724 (2 vols.). 26 folded plates; • The Passions of the Soul. The World, or Treatise on Light. And Geometry. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1726. [Followed by:] Geometry […] divided into three books. Paris, Christophe David, 1705 (2 works in one vol.). Three folded plates; • Metaphysical Meditations […] Concerning First Philosophy. Paris, Charles Osmont & Compagnie des Libraires, 1724 (2 vols.); • Man […] and the Formation of the Fetus, with Remarks by Louis de La Forge. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1729. Six folded plates; • [BAILLET (Adrien)]. The Life of Mr. Descartes. Abridged. Paris, Guillaume de Luynes, the Widow of P. Boüillerot, and Claude Cellier, 1692. É. O. Portrait missing. Damage to seven headpieces; some scuffing on the edges. THE WORKS & LIFE OF René DESCARTES IN A UNIFORM 18TH-CENTURY BINDING.