DESCARTES -- (BAILLET, A.). La vie de monsieur Descartes. Paris, D. Horthemels, 1691. 2 in 1 vol. (8), lxii, 417; (18), 602 pp. W. front. fold-out engr. portr. by (G.) Edelinck after Frans Hals, 1 engr. headpiece and 2 engr. in text in the 2nd part. 4°. Cont. mottled cf., spine in compartments w. red label and gilt dec. (Bind. a bit worn/slightly dam., upper hinge weak/partly split, surface of sides corroded, upper margin of first 9 lvs. a bit stained, but in excellent interior condition).