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FOLIA MUNDI
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FOLIA MUNDIThe SelectionFM S 0002
1945 Lausanne edition of Descartes open at the title page
Uniform catalogue view on ivory
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Title page of the 1945 Descartes edition
Title page
Colophon dated 28 September 1945
Colophon · 1945
Printed tribute to Henri Duruz
Printed tribute to Henri Duruz
Editorial note discussing the 1637 original
Editorial note
Plain protective wrapper
Protective wrapper
Open chemise
Chemise condition
Printed front wrapper of the 1945 edition
Printed wrapper
Rear board of the beige wrapper
Rear wrapper
Interior of the chemise and flaps
Chemise interior
Leaf bearing the Gymnase de Chamblandes library stamp
Gymnase de Chamblandes stamp
Pages 36 and 37 of the Discourse on the Method
Pages 36–37

The Selection · FM S 0002

René Descartes

Discourse on the MethodLausanne, Alonso Diez, 1945

1945LausanneFine laid paperUnnumbered copy

A carefully printed Lausanne edition on fine white laid paper, with wide untrimmed margins and its modest original wrappers.

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Edition
Lausanne, Alonso Diez, 1945
Extent
77 pages plus colophon
Dimensions
25 × 19 × 1.2 cm
Copy
Unnumbered · Gymnase de Chamblandes library stamp

Bibliographical description

A sober bibliophile printing produced in post-war Lausanne.

The colophon states that the book was completed on 28 September 1945 on the presses of the Imprimeries Populaires and printed on fine white laid paper.

The title page repeats 1636 as the date of the original edition, while the editorial note correctly gives 1637. This is a typographical error in the 1945 printing, not evidence of an earlier Descartes edition.

Condition of the piece

A clean interior in a worn paper presentation.

Wrappers

Outer paper wrapper and chemise worn, torn and chipped at the edges.

Interior

Clean laid paper with broad margins; leaves remain untrimmed.

Copy status

No copy number, autograph or authorial dedication has been found.

FOLIA MUNDI · Described with care

An accessible bibliophile edition of a philosophical classic.

The exact condition of the wrappers is visible in the documentary photographs.

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