Item 008140L'Homme de René Descartes et un traitte de la formation du foetus
Paris: Jacques Le Gras, 1664. Hardcover. [70], 448p, [8]. Contemporary calf with four raised bands. Numerous woodcuts in the text. Rene Descartes (1596-1650) writes Morton #574 "considered the human body a material machine, directed by a rational soul located in the pineal body". This is the first appearance in full.....

