René Descartes

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The file contains:;a) a copperplate showing a half portrait of Descartes, holding a head in his right hand, 24 x 36 cm. Subscript: Renatus Descartus, Nobilis Gallus, Perroni Dominus, Summus Mathematicus & Philosophus. Talis erat vultu Naturae Filius: unus qui menti in matris viscera pandit iter. Assignansque suis quavis miracula causis, miraculum reliquuum solus in orbe fuit. F. Hals pinxit, I. Snyderhoff sculpsit.;b) a copperplate showing a full lenght portrait of Descartes sitting on a chair aside a table, holding a quill in his right hand and pages of a book in his left, 14 x 20 cm. Subscript: Renatus Descartes, Nobil. Gall. Perroni dom, summus mathem. et philoso. Talis erat vultu Naturae filius: Unus Assignansque suis quavis miracula causis, qui menti in matris viscera pandit iter. Miraculum reliquuum solus in orbe fuit.