L. d. l. F. ; La Forge / de La Forge / Delaforge / he signed his woodcuts "F" ;
Renée Bizard (16xx-1xxx) in 1653
1632 in La Flèche, Loire valley, central France
1665 or 1666
Paris ?
he studied at La Flèche and became a medical doctor
France
René Descartes: L'Homme et Traité de la formation du foetus (ed. by Claude Clerselier (1614-1684), Paris 1664) ; De verhandeling van den mensch en de makinge van de vrugt in 's moeders lichaam ; Tractatus de mente humana: ejus facultatibus & functionibus, nec non de ejusdem unione cum corpore; secundum principia Renati Descartes ; Treatise on the human mind (1664) ; Traktat o umyśle ludzkim, jego władzach, czynnościach oraz jego związku z ciałem ;
woodcutter -> G. de Gutschoven on Descartes (1664) ; publisher Jacques le Gras, Paris ;
anatomical, medical, optical, and physical woodcut
Georgette Legée: L'Homme de René Descartes (ed. 1662 & 1664): Physiologie et mécanissme, Histoire des Sciences Médicales 21,4 (1987): 381-96, ed. by the Société Francaise de l'Histoire de Médecine ;
Was physician, philosopher, mathematician & woodcutter; www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/sfhm/hsm/HSMx1987x021x004/HSMx1987x021x004x0381.pdf.
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