(1644). DESCARTES (René). THE MAN. AND A TREATISE ON THE FORMATION OF THE FOETUS. With remarks by Louys de La Forge. Paris, Jacques Legras, 1664. In-4° of [70]-448-[8] pages granulated brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, spotted edges (contemporary binding). A rare FIRST EDITION of the French translation by Claude Clerselier (1614-1684), a lawyer at the parliament of Paris. Dedicated to Colbert, this edition contains an important preface, the text of l'Homme, that of Traité de la formation du fœtus, remarks by Louis de La Forge and the French translation of the preface to the original Latin edition of 1662 written by Florent Schuyl. It is illustrated with 56 FIGURES woodcut in the text and invented by Descartes... Worn binding, scattered light rings, marginal galling to first 10 leaves (Tchemerzine II, 799).