Spinoza, Baruch

Renati Des Cartes Principiorum Philosophiae Pars I, Pars II, More Geometrico Demonstratae. Amsterdam: for Jan Riewerts, 1663



4to (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.; 190 x 145 mm). Woodcut diagram on title, a few small woodcut text illustrations, decorative woodcut initials; some light marginal spotting, extensive pencilled annotations in Latin in the second part. 19th-century red half-morocco gilt over marbled boards; upper joint and extremities rubbed.

some light marginal spotting, extensive pencilled annotations in Latin in the second part. 19th-century red half-morocco gilt over marbled boards; upper joint and extremities rubbed.
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First edition of Spinoza's first book, and the only one published in his lifetime identifying him as the author. Here Spinoza presents an exposition of the first and second parts of Descartes' Principia philosophiae but recast in Euclidean form. The appendix contains his exposition of Cartesian metaphysics.