<p>Blaise Pascal</p><p>Les provinciales ou lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte</p><p>à un provincial de ses amis et aux RR. PP. Jésuites.</p><p>Huitième édition dans laquelle on a ajoûté la Lettre d'un avocat du Parlement à un de ses amis.</p><p>Cologne chez Nicolas Schoute 1685.</p><p>22 – 433 – 114 pp. Avertissement sur les dix-huit lettres Rondeau aux RR.PP. Jésuites 19 lettres Avis de messieurs les curés de Paris et autres diocèses de France sur le sujet des mauvaises maximes de quelques nouveaux casuistes et autres pièces.</p><p>Reliure plein veau glacé de l'époque dos à 5 nerfs plats ornés d'un décor doré à la fanfare. Tranches dorées.</p><p>Bel exemplaire d'une des premières éditions ce célèbre pamphlet contre les Jésuites. Cachet et quelques mentions manuscrites au titre. Brunissure et quelques taches claires aux tous premiers et tous derniers feuillets. Exemplaire très propre sinon. Reliure remboîtée au charmant décor. Coiffe supérieure arasée.</p><p>Envoi avec assurance et suivi</p> Nicolas Schoute hardcover
Unknown 1766. Hardcover. Good. . Bound in full calf cover shows moderate to heavy wear rubbing loss at the corners and spine ends starting joints. Marbled edges and endpapers pages are lightly tanned and clean. Unknown hardcover
Paris: Chez Lefevre Librairie 1821. Nouvelle edition complete in two hardback volumes. 8vo xxiv 488pp; xliv 578pp. Later brown calf spines marbled boards gilt titling and raised bands to the spines. Rubbing to the edges of the boards scattered light foxing of the contents. Overall this set is in good to very good condition. Nouvelle edition augmentee 1 d'un examen les lettres provinciales et des sources de la perfection du style de Pascal 2 d'une introduction aux pansees par M le Comte Francois de Neufchateau 3 d'une nouvelle table analytique des pensees. Paris: Chez Lefevre, Librairie, 1821. hardcover
Paris : Librairie de Firmin Didot Fréres 1846. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5" . Hopwood . A handsome full morocco edition of Blaise Pascal's provincial letters alongside an essay by François de Neufchateau and an introduction by Demoulin. A new edition. In handsome full morocco binding with gilt detail. With an engraved portrait frontispiece by Hopwood. Blaise Pascal's provincial letters alongside praise for Pascal by M. Bordas Demoulin taken from a speech which won the prize awarded by the French Academy on June 30th 1842. In addition to an essay by François de Neufchateau regarding the letters and style of Pascal. Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician physicist and philosopher who began writing works on theology and philosophy after a religious experience in 1654. His 'Lettres provinciales' were a series of letters written during the formulary controversy between the Jansenists and the Jesuits. In his letters Pascal defends the Jansenist Antoine Arnauld who was condemned for his 'heretical' views. Arnauld was also a friend of Pascal. With a bookseller's label for 'P. Rolandi' to the front free endpaper. In full morocco binding. Externally very smart with some light rubbing to the edges. Some fading to the spine. A few marks to the boards. Bookseller's label to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages age-toned with a few marks and spotting throughout. Text however is still bright and clear. Spotting heavier to the frontispiece. Very Good Librairie de Firmin Didot Fréres hardcover
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères 1846. Fine. Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères Paris 1846 - relié New edition. Half red calf binding smooth spine lightly faded decorated with black and gilt fillets marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns contemporary binding. Work illustrated with a portrait of Blaise Pascal as frontispiece. Some foxing. Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères hardcover
Paris: Firmin-Didot 1859. Leather. Good. 10.5" by 7". None. A handsome edition of philosophical reflections and thoughts in the original French. A handsome edition of philosophical reflections and thoughts. With a frontispiece of the main author Blaise Pascal. The main focus of this publication is on Pascal a French mathematician inventor writer and Christian philosopher and details his life as well as his most important philosophical teachings. Also included is a list and analysis of the maxims of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld a philosophical writer. In a half calf binding with gilt detail. Externally smart with rubbing to extremities. Library label to the spine. Ex libris bookplate to the front pastedown. Hinges starting but sound. Internally firmly bound. Library stamps to title page and front blanks. Spotting to title page. Good Firmin-Didot hardcover