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This essay presents the text and translation, with comments, of a Latin work of Descartes which exists only in a copy, made by Leibniz, but not known until 1860. The manuscript treats two subjects and is notable in several respects, aside from being a work of Descartes.
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Federico, P.J. (1982). Introduction. In: Descartes on Polyhedra. Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, vol 4. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5759-2_1
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