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[DESCARTES, René (1596-1650)]

Lot 27
21.11.2022 12:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 27 | [DESCARTES, René (1596-1650)]
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[DESCARTES, René (1596-1650)] Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité dans les sciences , plus La dioptrique, Les météores et La géométrie qui sont des essais de cette méthode. Leyde : de l'imprimerie de Jan Maire, 1637.

Précieux exemplaire de l'édition originale en reliure de l’époque, aux armes de Louis Treslon-Cauchon dit Hesselin (1602-1662), conseiller de Louis XIII et surintendant des plaisirs du Roi, l’un des bibliophiles français les plus importants du XVIIe siècle.
«Hesselin faisait grande figure à la cour vers le milieu du XVIIème siècle. C'était l'homme de goût par excellence…Très friand des belles curiosités, il avait fait de sa maison quai des Béthune, dans l'île Saint-Louis, un véritable musée…J'appelle son cabinet toute sa maison - dit le père Nicéron, auteur de "La perspective curieuse" - car véritablement elle est ornée et remplie de tant de raretés, tant de rares peintures et de pièces à ravir, tant de bons livres en toutes sortes de science, qu'on peut la dire l'abrégé de tous les cabinets de Paris. Hesselin mourut empoisonné par un domestique en 1664. Les livres de sa bibliothèque se rencontrent difficilement ; ils sont d'ordinaire reliés en veau écaille à ses armes.?» (Bonnaffé, Dictionnaire des amateurs français au XVIIe siècle, 1884; pp. 139-141)

PMM, n°129 (« It is no exaggeration to say that Descartes was the first of modern philosophers and one of the first of modern scientists ; in both branches of learning his influence has been vast”) ; Brunet, II, col. 609 ; Tchemerzine, II, p. 776 ; Guibert, Bibliographie des œuvres de René Descartes publiées au XVIIe siècle, n°1, pp. 14-16 ; M. Weil-Curiel, "Louis Hesselin", in Un temps d'exubérance. Les arts décoratifs sous Louis XIII et Anne d'Autriche, Paris, RMG-GP, 2002, pp. 49-50.

In-4 (206 x 155 mm). Édition originale. Illustré de figures et diagrammes gravés dans le texte. Reliure strictement contemporaine en veau écaille, aux armes de Louis Treslon Cauchon, dit Hesselin (OHR, pl. 1687, fer 1), double filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, en alternance, de griffons et de croix fleurdelysées (meubles issus des armes d’Hesselin), tranches mouchetées, emboîtage moderne de maroquin ébène. Provenance : reliure aux armes de Hesselin -- « achepté a Paris de la bibliotheque de Mr Hesselin 1668 » -- « Ex libris Jacobi Borde Presbyt. Aurel. Canon. Magdun. 1673 » Signature de la même main au contreplat inférieur -- au titre, ex-libris de la fin du XVIIe siècle : « Ex Libris Petri Aniani Douberion (?) ». Une autre mention de la même main, sur le contreplat, a été cancellée à l’encre – « Ex libris Joannis Bapt. Amici Deméré…in Collegio Rhet…An. 1792 » -- ex-libris d’Eugène Paillet (1829-1901 ; son catalogue, I, 1902, n°60).

An extremely attractive copy of the first edition of this landmark work, in its strictly contemporary binding with the gilt arms of Louis Treslon-Cauchon, known as Hesselin, one of the most important and distinguished French bibliophiles of the 17th century. Copies in contemporary armorial binding are of the utmost scarcity.
Artist:René Descartes (1596 - 1650)
Place of origin:France
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