⚠The image is extremely overexposed and faded, making the text almost illegible. The transcription is based on the faint traces of the characters and the known bibliographic layout of the first edition of René Descartes' "Discours de la méthode" (1637).

DISCOURSE

ON THE METHOD

For rightly conducting one’s reason, and seeking

truth in the sciences.

Plus

DIOPTRICS. original: "LA DIOPTRIQUE." This is a treatise on optics, specifically the study of how light refracts through lenses.

METEORS. original: "LES METEORES." In the seventeenth century, this term referred to all atmospheric phenomena, including clouds, rainbows, and lightning, rather than just space rocks.

AND

GEOMETRY. original: "LA GEOMETRIE." This essay introduced what we now call analytic geometry, combining algebra and geometry.

Which are essays on this Method.

Two circular institutional stamps, heavily faded, are positioned on the lower left and lower right of the page center.

AT LEIDEN

From the Printing House of JAN MAIRE.

1637. original: "CIƆ IƆ C XXXVII." This is a typographic representation of Roman numerals. CIƆ signifies 1,000, and IƆ signifies 500. Combined with C (100) and XXXVII (37), it denotes the year 1637.

With Privilege.

original: "Avec Privilege." This indicates that the publisher was granted a legal monopoly to print and sell the work for a set period, protecting it from unauthorized copies.