René Descartes. Line engraving by J. Rebel.

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2485i
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Standing at a table, holding a pen in his right hand and a sheet of mathematical calculations in his left. A sheet of astronomical diagrams leans against a globe on the table. On the back wall, geometrical instruments

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Descarte. Rebel sc.

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 795.17

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Wellcome Collection 2485i

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