Philosophical Works of Descartes, Elizabeth S. Haldane and G. R. T. Ross, translators, New York, Dover Publications, 1955, (reprint of 1931 edition).
Rules for the Direction of the Mind, Laurence J. Lafleur, translator, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1961.
Discourse, Optics, Geometry, Meteorology, Paul J. Olscamp, translator, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1965.
(The Discourse and the Meditations are available in many modern translations.)
Descartes: Philosophical Letters, Anthony Kenny, translator, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1970.
Volume and page references following each entry refer to the standard edition of Descartes’ works, Oeuvres de Descartes, edited by Charles Adam & Paul Tannery, Paris, Cerf, 1897-1913; 13 vols. Reprinted in part, with corrections, Vrin, 1957-
Additional selections were taken from Descartes: Oeuvres Philosophiques, Ferdinand Alquié, editor, Paris, Garnier, 1963- ; 3 vols.
Birth of Peace appears in “Un Ballet de Descartes,” by Albert Thibaudet and Johan Nordström, Revue de Genève, vol. I (1920), pp. 163-185.