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1626470311626. Basileae: Johan. Jacobi Genathii 1626 Kl.4° 15 1 pp. Pappband. unknown
1699265141699. A Bruxelles chez EugÂne Henry Fricx 1699. Un vol. au format in-12 163 x 98 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. et 404 pp. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau mouchetÂŽ brun plats jansÂŽnistes dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs larges fleurons dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin havane titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en tÂte et queue dentelle dorÂŽe sur les coupes tranches mouchetÂŽes. A la fin du siÂcle Perrault ayant fait l'ÂŽloge des Provinciales dans ses ParallÂles des anciens et modernes Gabriel Daniel ÂŽcrivit une RÂŽponse aux lettres provinciales de Blaise Pascal ; laquelle contient une analyse intÂŽressante de son style. Pierre Bayle dans son Dictionnaire historique prÂŽtend que la premiÂre ÂŽdition a presque complÂtement disparu les jansÂŽnistes ayant rachetÂŽ ˆ prix d or et dÂŽtruit la plupart des exemplaires. Barbier IV Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes 305-d - Brunet IV Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 398 pour l'originale de 1696. Infimes marques d'usage affectant la reliure. Papier lÂŽgÂrement oxydÂŽ. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1700#BIBLIO-1193<p>Les Provinciales ou Lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte Blaise Pascal à un provincial de ses amis et aux RR. PP. Jésuites sur Morale & la Politique de ces Peres avec les notes de Guillaume Wendrock. Tome Premier. The Provincial Letters or Letters written by Louis de Montalte Blaise Pascal to a provincial friend of his and to the RR. PP. Jesuits on the Morality and Politics of these Fathers with the notes of Guillaume Wendrock. Volume One. <em>The Lettres provinciales Provincial Letters are a series of eighteen letters written by French philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal under the pseudonym Louis de Montalte. Written in the midst of the formulary controversy between the Jansenists and the Jesuits they are a defence of the Jansenist Antoine Arnauld from Port-Royal-des-Champs a friend of Pascal who in 1656 was condemned by the Faculté de Théologie at the Sorbonne in Paris for views that were claimed to be heretical. Source: Wiki</em> Hardback full leather nouvelle new edition with frontispiece published 1700. Pagination: lxxvi 470 with one-page note of corrigenda at rear. Duodecimo/12mo measures around 4" x 6 1/2" x 1 5/8". <br />Brown speckled leather binding raised bands and faded gilt lettering and detail to spine. Scuffing and marking to binding. Other signs of wear rubbing at edges and on hinges. Cracking to hinges especially to front outer hinge but boards still attached. Otherwise binding reasonably firm. Bumped and torn corners. Marbled page edges which are browned scuffed and otherwise marked. Some marking around edges of endpapers initials and pencil pricing to front pastedown. Soiling to gutters of endpapers. Some tanning to page extremities with mild foxing and staining to page surfaces throughout but no underlining marginalia etc. See pictures for further information.</p> hardcover
1697045799Rouen & Delft: Hendrik van Rhyn 1697. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary calf worn at edges and hinges scattered foxing and light stains old notes and a doodle to endpapers. 2 2-344 4; 8 336 4 12 pp A response to Blaise Pascal's 'Provinciales' which appeared under the pseudonym of Louis de Montalte they were published at Cologne in 1657 Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045799. <br/><br/> Hendrik van Rhyn hardcover
1666094109Cologne Köln: Nicolas Schoute 1666. 8 Bl. 355 S.; mit Titelvignette u. 2 Schmuckbordüren in Holzschnitt; Pappband der Zeit rundum Rotschnitt; Kanten berieben Ecken gestaucht innen sehr gut stabiles Expl. Pappband. Befriedigend. 172 cm. Nicolas Schoute Hardcover
168519<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
1656016978Cologne: Nicolas Schoute 1656. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo. 6th Edition. Vellum hand lettered spine yapp edges 24 476pp light damp-staining at edges of leaves a small inkblot pp. 9 text not affected some ink stains on unnumbered leaves 16-17 partially affecting text gutter cracked but tight on front inner board bookplate of Dr. James Douglas 1837-1819 on front pastedown vellum a bit soiled damp stained especially on spine and rear board with vellum worn off along the lower and bottom edge. Very Good. Blaise Pasca 19 June 1623 - 19 August 1662 was a philosopher polymath and Catholic writer. His Provincials originally published in 1656-7 was an attack on religious casuistry. Written with wit and satire his letters influenced the prose of later famous French literary figures like Voltaire and Rousseau. An incensed Louis XIV ordered that the book be shredded and burnt in 1660. Nicolas Schoute hardcover
1681641Paris: Chez Edme Couterot rue Saint-Jacques au Bon Pasteur 1681. First edition. Contemporary full mottled calf gilt spine with floral devices in six compartments and raised bands red morocco label titled “EFFET DES FERM.†Double-ruled borders to boards red-speckled edges and attractive marbled endpapers. Binding tight and handsome with only light rubbing to extremities and minor wear at crown. <br /> <br /> A remarkable 17th-century exploration of biological fermentation and early physiological chemistry written by Jean Pascal 1642–1699 a French physician active during the reign of Louis XIV. In La Nouvelle Découverte Pascal investigates the theory of fermentation as a fundamental principle of life interpreting bodily functions—digestion respiration and even thought—as chemical processes driven by “ferments.†His argument aligns with the emerging mechanical and corpuscular philosophies of the period bridging alchemical tradition and the new experimental science championed by figures like Boyle and van Helmont. This work represents an important precursor to biochemical and metabolic theory framed through empirical observation and early chemical reasoning.<br /> <br /> Richly produced the volume opens with a fine engraved portrait of the author facing the title page both executed with characteristic late-Baroque elegance. The dedication is addressed to Antoine Daquin physician to Louis XIV situating Pascal within the intellectual milieu of the royal medical establishment. The book comprises fifteen “Lettres†covering the nature of fermentation solution and coagulation the role of ferments in the blood and nerves and their connection to vitality and disease. A sophisticated synthesis of medicine natural philosophy and proto-chemistry—illustrating the intellectual transition between Paracelsian vitalism and Enlightenment empiricism.<br /> <br /> Condition: Interior clean and crisp with light age toning faint tide marks to a few leaves not affecting text and early ownership inscription on front blank. Engraved portrait sharp and well-inked. A very good well-preserved copy of a scarce 17th-century medical treatise. Overall very good. Chez Edme Couterot, rue Saint-Jacques, au Bon Pasteur unknown
162426291Paris Thomas de la Rvelle 1624. Small 8vo. Cont. full calf. Richly gilt back. Titlelabel gilt. Top and bottom of spine worn. Back and edges rubbed. 3230033811 pp. Occasionally brownspotted. <br/><br/><em>First edition. Consists of dialogues between Frenchman a Spaniard an italian on different scientific and moral questions. </em> unknown
1672k3983Silesiorum: Esaiæ Fellgibeli. G : in good condition. Cover heavily rubbed. Front hinge cracked. Some browning. 1672. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 320mm x 200mm 13" x 8". lx 881pp liii. . Tractatus Amplissimus Quatuor in Libros Distinctus in Quibus Omnia quæ Parentes erga Liberos Possint vel Debeant; & e Contra Quosve Sanguinis Coniunctio Operatur Effectus Facili Fertilique Methodo Pertractaantur. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Esaiæ Fellgibeli hardcover
1672D18771Paris: Guillaume Desprez 1672. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 40 365 20. Full contemporary calf worn chipped at head and foot. Early armorial bookplate on front pastedown and attractive engraved bookplate of Leopoldo Halenke to flyleaf. Scarce. <br/><br/> Guillaume Desprez hardcover
1670097737Paris: Guillaume Desprez 1670. Vellum. pp. 41 ff; 365; 10 ff. 12mo. Contemporary vellum binding with red leather title label lettered in gilt. Tide mark to one corner of text block affecting first 100 or so pages; very good. USTC 6070675. Counterfeit: with pagination matching the first edition and including the errata on verso of Privilege but woodcut on title page differing from that called-for Tchemerzine 9:73. PMM 152: "The reader will find questions asked and unanswered which take him far beyond the age-old controversy between faith and reason and an equally penetrating light cast on some relatively minor problem. Pascal's work has in fact the marks of a genius exploring and stating all that can be said on both sides of the question it investigates. Since these are notes unfinished conclusions are not always reached. Guillaume Desprez unknown
168520416<p><b>1685 Blaise PASCAL Provincial Letters Witchcraft JESUIT Magic</b> <b>Les Provinciales</b></p><p><i>"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."</i></p><p>― Blaise Pascal<i> The Provincial Letters</i></p><p>The <i>"Provincial Letters" </i>by Blaise Pascal are a collection of letters in defense of Antoine Arnauld a Jansenist who was condemned for heresy. Because of the content and nature of the letters Pascal wrote them under a pseudonym of Louis de Montalte and added satire humor and wit to them to further himself from the letters. Pascal addresses controversial subject matter including witchcraft magic sorcery and justification of assassinations.</p><p>Item number: #20416</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>PASCAL Blaise</p><p><b><i>Les provinciales ou Les lettres ecrites par Louis de Montalte pseud. a un provincial de ses amis et aux rr. pp. jesuites.</i></b></p><p>A Cologne : Chez N. Schoute 1685. </p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p>o 20 259 1; 114 i.e. 96</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.25in X 4in 16cm x 10cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>20416 </p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> N. Schoute hardcover
1677996F27Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfganck 1677 . Leather. Good Only. 6" by 3.5". None. A scarce early edition of the important 'Pensees' of French mathematician physicist inventor philosopher and Catholic writer Blaise Pascal. In the original French.A scarce early edition of Blaise Pascal's 'Pensees' a collection of fragments offering a defence of the Christian religion.The text of this edition is unchanged from the first edition of 1672 and without any changes to the text of the 1673 first edition of the 'Discours'.The work mixes sharp philosophical and theological reflections on the human condition - discussing our simultaneous greatness and misery - with criticism of pure rationalism and arguments for the necessity of faith.With a separate title page and pagination to the rear of the work for 'Discours sur les Pensees de Mr. Pascal' as called for.With the register: -212 A-L12 M6; A-E12. Collated complete.Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper and crossed out inscription to title page head.The concept of "Pascal's Wager" stems from a portion of this work. In a full calf binding. Lacking back strip. Major rubbing to board perimeters. Joints starting with boards firmly held. Endpapers renewed. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type with only the odd spot or handling mark. Crossed out inscription to title page head. Good Only Abraham Wolfganck hardcover
168426000<p><strong>1684 Blaise PASCAL Provincial Letters Witchcraft Sorcery JESUIT Philosophy RARE</strong></p><p><em>"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."</em></p><p>― Blaise Pascal<em> The Provincial Letters </em></p><p>The <em>"Provincial Letters" </em>by Blaise Pascal are a collection of letters in defense of Antoine Arnauld a Jansenist who was condemned for heresy. Because of the content and nature of the letters Pascal wrote them under a pseudonym of Louis de Montalte and added satire humor and wit to them so as to further himself from the letters. Pascal addresses controversial subject matter including witchcraft magic sorcery and justification of assassinations.</p><p><strong>RARE edition with 4 languages in parallel!</strong></p><p>Item number: #26000</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PASCAL Blaise</p><p><strong><em>Les provinciales ou lettres escrittes par Louis de Montalte : a un provincial de ses amis</em></strong></p><p>A Cologne: B. Winfelt 1684.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->40 613 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Handwritten – <em>Dominici Martelli</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><strong><em>Armorial bookplate – Sola Virtus Vera Nobilitas</em></strong></p><p> <!--endif--><strong><em>This coat of arms bears many elements of the arms of the artisocratic Martelli family of Florence allies of the Medici family who had amassed one of the greatest private libraries in Italy by the mid-19th century.</em></strong> This particular bookplate has been attributed to Giuseppe Maria Martelli 1678 – 1741 who was Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of Florence from 1722 to 1740.</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif--><strong>Language: French / Latin / Spanish / Italian in parallel</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in 20.5cm x 13cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26000</p><p>Photos available upon request.</p> B. Winfelt hardcover
168724065<p><strong>1687 Blaise Pascal PENSEES Christian Apologetic Pascal's Wager French Philosophy</strong></p><p><em>"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive make good men wish it were true and then show that it is."</em></p><p>– Pascal <em>Pensees</em></p><p>Blaise Pascal's thoughts organized as "<em>Pensees</em>" were written as a collection of writings on theology and philosophy. '<em>Pensees'</em> was a culmination of all of Pascal's non-mathematic discoveries and ideas which ultimately led him to a life of religious asceticism. He defended Christianity in this work. In doing so it 'became <strong><u>one of the most famous Christian books in history</u></strong>.' Keller Gospel Coalition. 'Pascal was aware that very often we see only what we want to see' Morris 145 and because of that he hoped to be able to 'convince man to overcome the natural reluctance many feel toward religion.' The concept of "Pascal's Wager" stems from a portion of this work. </p><p>This rare 1687 edition was published in Lyon by Roux and Chize.</p><p>Item number: #24065</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PASCAL Blaise</p><p><strong><em>PenseÌes de m. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets : qui ont esteÌ trouveÌes apreÌ€s sa mort parmy ses papiers.</em></strong></p><p>Lyon : F. Roux & C. Chize 1687.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->74 364 18</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Keller<em> Gospel Coalition</em>; Morris 145</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6in X 3.25in 15cm x 8.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>24065</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> F. Roux & C. Chize hardcover
168325487<p><strong>1683 FAMED Blaise Pascal PENSEES Apologetics Pascal's Wager Philosophy Geometry</strong></p><p><em>"Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive make good men wish it were true and then show that it is."</em></p><p>– Pascal <em>Pensees</em></p><p>Blaise Pascal's thoughts organized as "<em>Pensees</em>" were written as a collection of writings on theology and philosophy. '<em>Pensees'</em> was a culmination of all of Pascal's non-mathematic discoveries and ideas which ultimately led him to a life of religious asceticism. He defended Christianity in this work. In doing so it 'became <strong><u>one of the most famous Christian books in history</u></strong>.' Keller Gospel Coalition. 'Pascal was aware that very often we see only what we want to see' Morris 145 and because of that he hoped to be able to 'convince man to overcome the natural reluctance many feel toward religion.' The concept of "Pascal's Wager" stems from a portion of this work. </p><p>This rare 1683 edition was published in Paris by Guillaume Desprez.</p><p>Item number: #25487</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>PASCAL Blaise</p><p><strong><em>PenseÌes de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets : qui ont esteÌ trouveÌes apreÌs sa mort parmy ses papiers</em></strong></p><p>A Paris: Chez Guillaume Desprez 1683.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Pensees – 56 356 20</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Discours – 4 143 7 12</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Keller<em> Gospel Coalition</em>; Morris 145</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: French</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.25in X 3.75in 16cm x 9.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>25487</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Guillaume Desprez hardcover
1684352175Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang 1684. édition nouvelle augmentée de beaucoup de pensées & de la vie du même autheur. 49 3 50 1-107 7 1-9; 253 19pp. Contemporary mottled calf. édition nouvelle augmentée de beaucoup de pensées & de la vie du même autheur. 49 3 50 1-107 7 1-9; 253 19pp. Chez Abraham Wolfgang unknown
1658elala1202<p>Cologne: Nicolaus Schouten ie. Leyden: Jean Elzevir 1658. 1658. 8vo. pp. 16 p.l. 608. woodcutornaments & initials. calf antique light dampmark in fore-margin of outer leaves former owner's name deleted on title. First Edition in Latin pseudonymously translated by Port-Royal moralist and theologian Pierre Nicole of the Lettres Provinciales the most important ethical work of Pascal and one of the great classics of French prose. Written in response to the Jesuit attacks on Jansenism which culminated in the condemnation by the Sorbonne at the end of 1655 of Antoine Arnauld the chief light of Port Royal the Lettres were originally issued clandestinely in a series of eighteen separate parts between January 23 1656 and January 15 1657. "Pascal’s counter-attack took the form of a brilliant exposure of the casuistical methods of argument employed by the Jesuits. It was at the time a magnificent sustained invective after which the Jesuits never recovered their former position in France it was largely responsible for the traditional bad name they still less deservedly bear and a noble defence of thought in religious faith. Pascal’s weapon was irony and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the manner is an enduring triumph. The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best." PMM Brunet IV 396. Rand I p. 395. Rahir 829 with final errata leaf not called for by Willems. Willems 829. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 140. 1st Edition.</p> Cologne: Nicolaus Schouten [ie. Leyden: Jean Elzevir], 1658.
1658307Leiden Netherlands alias: Coloniae: Jean Elzevir alias: Apud Nicolaum Schouten 1658. First Latin Edition. Contemporary mottled full calf. Very Good. First Latin edition published and translated from the original French anonymously for fear of reprisal from the Catholic Church and the king of France.<br /> <br /> IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT<br /> <br /> The Lettres provinciales Provincial Letters are a series of eighteen polemical letters written by Pascal under the pseudonym Louis de Montalte. In these letters Pascal humorously attacked casuistry a rhetorical method of questionable logic often used by Jesuit theologians and accused Jesuits of moral laxity. The final letter from Pascal in 1657 had defied the Pope himself provoking Alexander VII to condemn the letters. The reaction to the Lettres provinciales was substantial. Pascal's use of wit humor and mockery in attacking existing institutions made his work extremely popular. However its publication was primarily via the underground press and in 1660 Louis XIV of France banned the book and ordered it shredded and burned. The Church banned it by placing on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Pascal himself had to enter clandestinity living in cheap hostels. Moreover even Pope Alexander while publicly opposing them nonetheless was persuaded by Pascal's arguments. Just a few years later 1665–66 and then 1679 Alexander condemned "laxity" in the church and ordered a revision of casuistic texts.<br /> <br /> Condition: Very Good. Complete.<br /> <br /> Full Title Translated: LUDOVICI MONTALTUS PROVINCIAL LETTERS from the Morality & Politics of Jesuit discipline. By Wilhelm Wendrock a theologian from Salzburg translated from French into Latin and illustrated with theological notes in which both the accusations of the Jesuits against Montalto are repelled and the principal topics of moral theology are vindicated from the corruptions of the new casuists<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> Published in 1658 in Leiden Netherlands by Jean Elzevir of the famed Dutch publishing powerhouse anonymously as Apud Nicolaum Schouten in Coloniae. First Latin edition. Translated into Latin from French by Pierre Nicole as "Willem Wendrockius" and as "Paulus Irenaeus". Bound in its contemporary mottled full calf. Spine with raised bands separating compartments richly tooled and ruled in gilt. All edges speckled red. Octavo 7.5" x 4.75". Collated and complete: 32 608 pp. Woodcut printer device on title page. Woodcut head- and tail pieces and decorated initials.<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> The book is in Very Good antiquarian condition.<br /> <br /> Exterior and Binding: Soiling and some white staining to boards. Joints starting to split near the spine tips but binding is holding firm. Chips to leather at spine tips. Rubbed extremities worn and bumped corners. Top edge darkened per usual.<br /> <br /> Interior: Pages are generally lightly toned browning in some sections. Light scattered foxing. Title page with partially erased antiquarian ink writing with a small hole from the scrubbing effort. Evidence of bookplate removal on front pastedown. Former owner name in ink on front pastedown and antique writing in French on verso of FFEP. Grubbiness to title page and endpapers. Signs of light handling like some creases and smudges some light marginal water spotting on occasion. 17th century bookplate of Francois Hemart on rear pastedown.<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE AUTHOR<br /> <br /> <br /> <p>Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662 was a French mathematician physicist inventor philosopher and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy. His earliest mathematical work was on projective geometry; he wrote a significant treatise on the subject of conic sections at the age of 16. He later corresponded with Pierre de Fermat on probability theory strongly influencing the development of modern economics and social science. In 1642 he started some pioneering work on calculating machines called Pascal's calculators and later Pascalines establishing him as one of the first two inventors of the mechanical calculator.</p> <br /> <p>Like his contemporary René Descartes Pascal was also a pioneer in the natural and applied sciences. Pascal wrote in defense of the scientific method and produced several controversial writings.He made important contributions to the study of fluids and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalising the work of Evangelista Torricelli. The SI unit for pressure is named for Pascal. Following Torricelli and Galileo Galilei in 1647 he rebutted the likes of Aristotle and Descartes who insisted that nature abhors a vacuum.</p> <br /> <p>He is also credited as the inventor of modern public transportation having established the carrosses à cinq sols a system of publicly available coaches the first modern public transport service shortly before his death in 1662.</p> <br /> PROVENANCE<br /> <br /> From the estate of Francois Hemart. Hermart settled in Champagne France in the early 17th century. He is primarily remembered through the Champagne house Henri Giraud which produces a grand cu cuvee named Hommage a Francois Hemart in his honor. Jean Elzevir (alias: Apud Nicolaum Schouten) unknown
1657100589London: Printed by J.G. for R. Royston 1657. First edition in English. 12mo. Additional engraved title by Robert Vaughan. 22 504 405-409 7 pp. COLLATION: A-Y12 Z6 complete with blank A1 and errata and catalogue at rear. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep; rubbed with some surface loss; occassional light staining to text some small paper flaws with flaw on K5 costing a few letters Anonymous translation sometime incorrectly ascribed to John Evelyn of Pascal's 18 Lettres provinciales 1656-1657 an attack on the Jesuits in defense of Jansenism an ascetic reform movement within the Catholic Church that Pascal had joined in 1654. "This is one of the great polemical works of French literature ranging in tone from ironical mockery to angry denunciation and using a number of very successful argumentational devices and tactics" New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. "Pascal's weapon was irony and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the manner is an enduring triumph. The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton" PMM. The engraved title uses Pascal's pseudonym Louis de Montalte. REFERENCE: ESTC R203163; PMM 140; Thomason E.16231 Printed by J.G. for R. Royston unknown
165766919London: Printed by J.G. for R. Royston 1657. The first example of French prose as we know it today"-PMM<br> <br> PASCAL Blaise. Les Provinciales: Or The Mysterie of Jesuitisme. Discover'd in certain Letters Written upon occasion of the present differences of Sorbonne between the Jansenists and the Molinists from January 1656 to March 1657. S.N. Displaying the corrupt Maximes and Politicks of that Society. Faithfully rendred into English. London: Printed by J.G. for R. Royston 1657.<br> <br> First edition in English first printed in French at Cologne in 1656-7. Twelvemo. 24 409 1 blank 6 pp. With preliminary blank a post-script leaf referring to the seventeenth letter and two final leaves of errata and advertisements. Added engraved title-page by Robert Vaughan.<br> <br> Eighteenth-century paneled calf neatly rebacked retaining old morocco lettering label. Spine lettered in gilt with decorative gilt board-edges. Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate of John Hustler of Acklam mounted on verso of engraved title-page. Early ink notations at bottom of engraved title-page. Leaves Q thru Q12 have been affected by printer's ink mostly just a little smudging; verso of Q10 is the only page where two lines of text have been affected. Apart from the few flaws this is a fine copy of a famous work.<br> <br> This work is a series of eighteen letters in which "Pascal defended Arnauld and satirized his Jesuit opponents and their theological and moral views. The work was published under the pseudonym Louis de Montalte and were probably the cooperative work of Pascal Arnauld and Pierre Nicole though they were principally Pascal" Edwards P. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy p. 52. Les Provinciales is considered one of the great French literary masterpieces and the first example of French prose.<br> <br> No translator's name ever appeared in any of the English editions and to this day the translator remains unknown. There is however a strong possibility that the work might have been translated by Evelyn. In 1664 a third volume on Jesuitisme appeared and the translation was fully acknowledged by Evelyn. In his diaries he writes: "This day was publish'd by me that part of the Mysterie of Jesuitism translated and collected by me tho' without my name containing the Imaginarie Heresy with 4 letters and other pieces.Evelyn included the book in the list of his works sent to Dr. Plot and though he did not refer to it again in his Diary his interest in the subject remained very active" Keynes John Evelyn pp. 124-126.<br> <br> Printing and the Mind of Man 140. Wing P643.<br> <br> HBS 66919.<br> <br> $2000. Printed by J.G. for R. Royston unknown
1656ST12177-11Paris or Leyden 1656-57; related material 1657-58. 235 x 165 mm. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2". With 16 of 18 letters lacking letters IV and XVIII as well as general title and "Advertisement" leaf. 17 of 19 individually issued parts including the "Refutation de la Réponse à la Douzième Lettre". <br/> The original parts bound up in pleasing modern tan crushed morocco blind-ruled border raised bands gilt titling new endpapers. PMM 140; Tchemerzine V 62-63. ◆Light brown stain to head margin of the last quarter of the leaves occasional faint browning or foxing elsewhere more conspicuous on final gathering minor worming in bottom margin of a few leaves otherwise a very good copy internally with nothing approaching a serious defect and in a pleasing unworn binding.<br/> <br/> In addition to related material normally not included this volume contains 17 of the rare original 19 separately issued letters or "Provinciales" by the French polymath Blaise Pascal 1623-62 a series characterized by PMM as "the first example of French prose as we know it today perfectly finished in form . . . on a subject of universal importance . . . and an expression of one of the finest intelligences of the seventeenth century." Prompted by the Jesuits' condemnation for heresy of Pascal's friend Antoine Arnauld the letters are "a magnificent sustained invective" PMM against the laxity and casuistry of his detractors and at the same time a defense of Jansenism that theological movement and faction within Catholicism that grew out of the writings of Dutch theologian Cornelius Jansen 1585-1638 and that emphasized many of the Calvinist tenets of faith human sinfulness lack of free will and the necessity of divine Grace. The additional material apparently collected from a variety of sources comprises letters Pascal wrote to parish priests seeking assistance with the controversy. There is also a copy of Noel de la Lane's "Recit de ce qui s'est Passé au Parlement au Sujet de la Bulle de Nostre S. Père le Pape Alexandre VII. contre les Censures de Sorbonne" ca. 1665. Pascal 1623-62 was a man of many attainments in several fields among them physics philosophy and mathematics. Above all he was a profound thinker a devout Christian and the creator of memorable prose. Written simply lucidly objectively and wittily the "Provinciales" represents a landmark in French literature an early expression of Enlightenment thinking. It was enormously successful dealt the Jesuits a fatal setback and influenced the prose of Voltaire and Rousseau. Not surprisingly the book was put on the Index and ordered to be burned. Originally printed clandestinely by various printers as separate publications at various times during 1656 and 1657 the series is bibliographically complicated but it is clear that our quarto format versions precede the duodecimo printing dated 1657 and obviously those editions with later dates. It is likely given the small parts we are missing that someone assembled the various letters found here as they were issued at the time. A complete set of these letters in first edition--which is rarely seen--would sell for a considerable amount of money. unknown
165728515Cologne" i.e. Paris: Chés Pierre de la Vallée 1657. First edition first issue the 18 separate letters plus the refutation bound together. 23.7 x 17.5 cm. Letters 1-15 have 8 pages; 16-18 have 12 pages. "Refutation de la reponse a la douziéme lettre" bound before the 12th letter. Full brown morocco gilt a.e.g. by Riviere. Small chip at the top of the spine; joints neatly repaired edges lightly rubbed; former owners' signature and bookplate. Fifth letter lightly browned; small hole repaired with loss of a few letters on 18:7/8. First state of advertisement leaf with spelling"advertisement". "These letters were originally issued clandestinely in eighteen parts as a series of separate publications by a variety of different printers between 23 January 1656 and 15 January 1657. No detailed or authoritative information on these separate issues is available" PMM. "The Lettres Provinciales as they are called are the first example of French prose as we know it today perfectly finished in form varied in style and on a subject of universal importance.Pascal was an infant prodigy whose work in mathematics and natural science attracted considerable attention before he was sixteen. But he will always be chiefly remembered as a moralist more especially as the great apologist for Jansenism the seventeenth-century French ascetic movement of reform inside the Roman Catholic Church.At the end of 1655 the movement had been much under attack from the Jesuits and Pascal was persuaded to write a rejoinder.his counter-attack took the form of a brilliant exposure of the casuistical methods of argument employed by the Jesuits.Pascal's weapon was irony and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the manner is an enduring triumph. The vividness and distinction of his style recalls Milton at its best." Printing and the Mind of Man 140. Chés Pierre de la Vallée unknown
165725133Cologne Amsterdam: Pierre de la Valle'e Elzevier 1657. First duodecimo edition and First Elzevier edition same year as the first complete 4to edition printed in Paris. This is the first and uncorrected state of two nearly identical issues. 12mo beautifully bound in regal 18th century full red morocco the covers framed by an elaborate decorative gilt rolled border surrounding a gilt coat of arms the spine beautifully gilt tooled in compartments between fine gilt tooled bands one compartment with a black morocco label gilt lettered and stippled gilt turn-ins and board edges marbled endpapers a.e.g. Ex-Libris of the Chateau de Sampigny. xxiv 398 111 pp. A fine and beautiful copy. FIRST ELZEVIER AND EXTREMELY EARLY PRINTING OF THIS MASTERPIECE OF THE MODERN FRENCH LANGUAGE. PMM 140. "The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best". Elzevier’s was Pascal’s definitive version of the text. It was the first edition to gather the eighteen letters within continuous pagination and has become the standard text for all successive editions. It also contains attached at the end and paginated separately the 'Advis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris<br> "The Lettres Provinciales as they are called are the first example of French prose as we know it today perfectly finished in form varied in style and on a subject of universal importance. Pascal's weapon was irony and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the manner is an enduring triumph. The vividness of and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best". Printing and the Mind of Man. Pierre de la Valle'e [Elzevier] unknown
