DESCARTES, RENE

Geometriae Pars Secunda

      Amsterdam, Apud Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios. 1661. 8vo. The second volume of Descartes' Geometry, which consists of an important work on Descartes' mathematics by Schooten; de Beaune's Alter de Natura & Constitutione and Alter de Limitibus Aequationum; Johannis de Witt's Elementis Curvarum, and Schooten's Demonstrationibus Geometricis ex Calculo Algebraico. In contemporary vellum with light grazing to spine, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.