Lot 63 · Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs
Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences. Plus la dioptrique. Les meteores. Et la geometrie, Leiden, Jan Marie, 1637
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- Estimate
- £35,000–£45,000 hammer ≈ $51,275–$65,925
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Fine Books, Manuscripts, Atlases & Historical Photographs, London, Knightsbridge · 18 March 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1793132
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Descartes, Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences. Plus la dioptrique. Les meteores. Et la geometrie, Leiden, Jan Marie, 1637. Bonhams, 18 Mar 2015, lot 63. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1793132.
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Descartes, Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, & chercher la verité dans les sciences. Plus la dioptrique. Les meteores. Et la geometrie, Leiden, Jan Marie, 1637. Bonhams, 18 Mar 2015, lot 63. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1793132.
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