The Principles of Philosophy III (page 1 of 2)
This page collects illustrations from Descartes's Principles of philosophy, part III, in various editions, starting from the original Latin of 1644 and the French translation of 1647, up to the 1677 Latin edition. We aim to expand the collection with other early modern prints, and to provide a showcase of Descartes's influential images form this celebrated textbook.
The sources for illustrations collected here are as follows:
- Renati Des Cartes Principia philosophiae (Amsterdam: L. Elzevier, 1644) on Gallica.
- Les Principes de la philosophie, escrits en latin par René Descartes, et traduits en françois par un de ses amis (Paris: H. Le Gras, 1647) on Gallica.
- Principia philosophiae (Amsterdam: L. Elzevier, 1650) on Archive.org.
- Principia philosophiæ (Amsterdam: Louis Elzevier; Daniel Elzevier, 1656) from the Archive.org.
- Principia philosophiæ (Amsterdam: Johannem Jansonium, 1656) from Archive.org.
- Principia philosophiæ of Beginselen der Wysbegeerte (Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertz, 1657) from the library of the University of Ghent (via Google Books).
- Les Principes de la Philosophie (Paris: Henry and Nicolas Le Gras, 1659) on La Bibliothèque numérique patrimoniale des universités Toulosianes.
- Renati Des-Cartes Principia Philosophiae (Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier, 1664) on Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ).
- Renati Des-Cartes opera philosophica. Principia Philosophiae (Amsterdam: E. Weyerstraten and J. Janssonius van Waesberge, 1664) from PLUME.
- Les Principes de la philosophie (Paris: Theodore Girard, 1668) from Gallica.
- Principia Philosophiae (Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier, 1672) from Archive.org.
- Principia Philosophiae (Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier, 1677) from the Archive.org.
For the last five editions (1664, 1668, 1668W, 1672, and 1677), see the Next page in the collection.
The Principia philosophiae, part III (1644):
The Principes de la philosophie, part III (1647):
The Principia philosophiae, part III (1650):
The Principia Philosophiae, part III (1656, ed. L. and D. Elzevier):
The Principia Philosophiae, part III (1656, ed. J. Janssonius):
The Principia philosophiæ of Beginselen der Wysbegeerte, part III (1657):
