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1766mon0003003357Unknown 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
1752044020Clermont en-Auvergne: Les Freres Lefranc 1752. Later Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. Full contemporary leather worn at corners and spine ends hinges cracked spine worn dry and degraded binding still sound; attractive marbled endpapers. Attractive armorial crest on the front board still mostly intact. A few minor paper flaws a few wormholes early on the the margin but mostly clean and bright internally. A nice little edition of Pascal's influential letters.448pp.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Rev. Charles Lawrence Lawrencetown of Galway bookplate and binding. His papers are held by the Galway County Council Archives. The family came to Ireland in 1571 Rev. Charles Lawrence 1828-1905 was head of the family in the 19th century. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 044020. Les Freres Lefranc hardcover
1727144800London: Jacob Tonson 1727. Second edition. . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo spine worn and boards detached. Mild damp stain affecting title & rear pages no rear end paper. <br/> <br/> Jacob Tonson hardcover
175462960No place nor printer 1754. 12mo. In contemporary full mottled calf. Wear to extremities spine ends with loss of leather. Hinges weak. Internally with light marginal browning but generally good. LXXXII 336 pp. <br/><br/><em>Later edition of the letters that make up Pascal's seminal "Les Provinciales" the hugely influential polemical magnum opus that constiutes "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." PMM. Pascal's brilliantly written "provincial Letters" which humorously attacked casuistry and accused Jesuits of moral laxity hugely influenced the prose of later French writers such as Voltaire and Rousseau. The effect of the work was enormous read by all of educated France and condemned to burning by both the king and the Pope. Contemporarily bound with further 36 polemical texts of the Jansenist-Jesuit feud. </em> hardcover
1712026705Amsterdam: Henry Wetstein 1712. Nouvelle Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Good copy in full brown leather with shallow wear at the spine tips. The binding is sound. No date but believed 1712. <br/> <br/> Henry Wetstein hardcover
1752011631Clermont en Auvergne: Chez les freres Lefranc 1752 Book. Fair. Hardcover. viii 448 pages. Ink stamp of previous owner to the title page - J.F. Soehnee. Ink and pencil owner's names to a front free end paper. Bookplate of Bibliotheque de Pastoret to the front pastedown. Front and rear free end papers are stained. Some tears to page edges. Pages lightly browned throughout some spotting. In old full leather but this is now very worn and damaged. Chez les freres Lefranc hardcover
1749HM8310London: D. Browne & Others 1749. Half black leatherette & dark nubbly cloth over boards all edges marbled & pale brown endpapers/pastedown; A good copy; 374 pages 1 page of publisher advertisements. Size: 5"x7.75". Hardcover. D. Browne, & Others Hardcover
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171511786Paris: Guillaume Desprez and Jean Desessartz 1715. Full leather. Very Good -. The 1715 "nouvelle edition' in its original full leather. 5 raised bands gilt-tooled compartments. Spine label missing a bit of chipping at the spine ends and very light cracking of the leather along the panels. Interior very clean with bright crisp pages and lovely marbled endpapers. No writing or markings to speak of. A solid well-preserved copy especially impressive given its age. 64mo 371 pgs. plus "Privilege du Roi" at the rear. Guillaume Desprez and Jean Desessartz unknown
1754267888S.l.: s.n. 1754. Nouvelle edition. lxxxij 8 336 pp. 12mo. Later full tan calf spine in gilt comb-marbled endpapers and edges. Fine. Nouvelle edition. lxxxij 8 336 pp. 12mo. s.n. unknown
1783009620Paris: Chez Nyon l'aine 1783. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. New edition. Contemporary calf. Marbled endpapers. cxii 475 pp. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Professionally rebacked new spine with red spine label and gilt compartments with original boards. Original calf is worn and lightly stained. Some ink inscriptions to half-title and title. Sporadic foxing and rust staining to interior. A few notations and light marginalia. Chez Nyon, l'aine hardcover
1764058996London: B. Dod in Ave-Mary Lane 1764. Tenth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Small Octavo. LONDON : 1754. First published in 1740. This is the tenth edition with large additions and corrected throughout. 20 'Dialogues' extended from the original 17 Dialogues. Hardback. Original full calf-leather. Raised bands; gilt ruled to spine and covers. Spine not lettered as issued. Raised bands. No owner name or internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Slight browning to end-papers an some sporadic foxing. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. Advert leaf prior to title-page for two of Wilson's books. xvi 300 pages. Early editions are Scarce. SCARCE. Sm.8vo. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. B. Dod in Ave-Mary Lane. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> B. Dod, in Ave-Mary Lane hardcover
1704387436London: Printed by W.B. for A. and J. Churchil at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row; R. Sare at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holbourn; and J. Tonson at Grays-Inn-Gate in Grays-Inn-Lane 1704. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Translated by Basil Kennett. Octavo. Contemporary full calf with later endpapers circa 1808. Front free endpaper with owner's name from St. John's College Cambridge dated 1808. Contemporary owner's signature on the title page and front free endpaper. Engraved bookplate of Louis I. Bredvold a noted John Dryden scholar on the front pastedown. Both boards are detached light dampstaining on the outer page margins a fair sound copy suitable for rebinding. One of the earliest English translations of Pascal's Pensées. ESTC T144329. Printed by W.B. for A. and J. Churchil, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row; R. Sare, at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holbourn; and J. To hardcover
170114921Amsterdam 1701. Tome second. Beigebunden: Pascal Blaise; Suite des Caracteres de Theophraste et des Pensées 2 Bde. in einem Unbeschn. Dadurch etwas Verlust und kleine Risse an den auslaufenden Rändern Brunet III 720 8°. Pbd. marm. Literatur unknown
171420563<p><b>1714 Blaise PASCAL Pensees Christian Apologetic Pascal's Wager French Philosophy</b></p><p><i>"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."</i></p><p>– Pascal <i>Pensees</i></p><p>Blaise Pascal's thoughts organized as "<i>Pensees</i>" were written as a collection of writings on theology and philosophy. '<i>Pensees'</i> 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 <b><u>one of the most famous Christian books in history</u></b>.' Keller <i>Gospel Coalition</i>. '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 1714 French edition was published in Paris by Desprez and Desessartz.</p><p>Item number: #20563</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>PASCAL Blaise</p><p><b><i>Pensées sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets</i></b></p><p>Paris: Dezprez et Dessessartz 1714.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p>o civ 450 18</p><p>· References: Keller<i> Gospel Coalition</i>; Morris 145</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.5in X 4in 16.5cm 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>20563</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Dezprez et Dessessartz hardcover
1704403595London: W. B. for A. and J. Churchil R. Sare and J. Tonson 1704. 8vo 177 x 113 mm. Translated from the French into English by Basil Kenet 1674-1715. 1 lviii 12 392 pp. 2-leaf manuscript index at end wear at edges. 18th-century half calf marbled boards smooth spine gilt red morocco lettering-piece. Light wear at extremities rear hinge cracked some modest surface cracking along spine generally handsome. Provenance: David Rockfort signatures on title; armorial bookplate; Dale Raymond Bengtson bookplate. Second English translation following Joseph Walker's version of 1688. ESTC T144329.<br /> <br /> Bound with: STACKHOUSE Thomas 1677-1752. A Fair State of the Controversy between Mr. Woolston and his Adversaries. London: Edward Symon 1730. 8vo. xv 295 13 pp. With reference to the six discourses on the miracles of our Saviour by Thomas Woolston. ESTC T107869. W. B. for A. and J. Churchil, R. Sare, and J. Tonson unknown
1779WS0005<p>Rare first edition of the collected works of Blaise Pascal in 5 parts. Complete with all it's illustrations including one of the famous Pascaline.<br />Simple half leather bindings gold stamped title on spine golden filleting. Rubbing and some damages on covers and spines. Some foxing some wear on pages. Edges partly deckled. Only on Tome II loose front cover still connected to spine.<br /><br /></p><p><strong>If this book is temporarily unavailable I may be traveling and have paused my account.</strong></p><p><strong>Shown shipping rates are just an indication for tracked non-letterbox but small packages sent with Post NL. Rates may vary depending on where you live and the size and weight of the books. More shipping options UPS DHL are available please inquire with the seller.</strong></p><p>Rare première édition des œuvres complètes de Blaise Pascal en 5 tomes. Complet avec toutes ses illustrations dont une d'une Pascaline.<br />Reliure simple en demi-cuir titre estampé à l'or sur le dos filet doré. Frottements et quelques dommages sur les couvertures et les dos. Quelques rousseurs quelques traces d'usure sur les pages. Tome II: couverture détachée mais toujours reliée au dos voir photo.<br /><br /><strong>Attention ! Livres lourds. Des frais d'expédition spéciaux peuvent s'appliquer. Contactez le vendeur pour connaître les possibilités.</strong></p> Detune hardcover
1748456029Paris : G. Desprez ; P.G. Cavelier 1748. New Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in the original full-leather boards with raised spine bands gilt-tooled in the compartments. Boards lightly scuffed with edges and raised bands rubbed; lacking spine label. Light damp-stain to some final pages with text remaining legible. Large contemporary inscription to flyleaf which has bled through and offset to facing leaf. Interior slightly dust-dulled and remaining tight. A very serviceable and internally well-preserved copy. Physical description; cxx 453 3 pages ; 17 cm. Notes; With a half-title. At foot of title: Avec approbation et privilège. Drophead title on page liii for La vie de M. Pascal écrite par Madame Perier sa soeur. Part-titles for: Discours sur les Pensées de M. Pascal page 298; by Mr. Du Bois de la Cour i.e. Jean Filleau de la Chaise and Discours sur les preuves des livres de Moise page 377. Subjects; Philosophy French - 17th century Apologetics - 17th century Religion - Philosophy. Paris : G. Desprez ; P.G. Cavelier hardcover
174441714London: London. Printed by James Bettenham for the Author. 1744 1744. 8vo. 20cm in 2 volumes The Second English Edition xivlxiii228 & ii320pp. with 2 copper engraved frontis portraits by George Vertue several woodcut ornaments in the tex in contemporary full speckled calf real raised bands gilt decorations in the panels fading new dark crimson and orange labels original marbled endpapers incorporating an early hinge repair in both volumes wear on the edge a very good copy in contemporary eighteen century bindings Ho2.2. ~ First Edition of the Second English Translation of the 'Provincial Letters' by William Andrews and First Edition in English with the prefatory biography of Pascal by his sister pp i-lxiii. London. Printed by James Bettenham, for the Author. 1744 unknown
1744PSCePASC95London: James Bettenham 1744. 1744. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 7 p.l. lxiii 228; 2 p.l. 320. 2 engraved frontis. portraits by George Vertue. Vol. I lacking A2 dedication to George Pitt Jun. several woodcut ornaments. contemporary calf rebacked & recornered covers worn internally fine & crisp. First Edition of the Second English Translation of the 'Provincial Letters' by William Andrews and First Edition in English of the prefatory biography of Pascal by his sister. Pascal's famous defence of Jansenism the seventeenth-century French ascetic movement of reform inside the Roman Catholic Church stands as a brilliant and noble defence of thought in religious faith. The author's first important ethical work and a classic of French prose it was composed following Pascal's removal in 1654 to Port Royal the monastery famous as the centre of the Jansenist movement. 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 leading 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 magnificent invective against the casuistical methods of argument employed by the Jesuits seriously weakened their position in France and was largely responsible for the traditional bad reputation which they still bear. The prefatory biography was written by Pascal's sister Jacqueline Perier who was a nun at Port Royal. "Pascal's counter-attack took the form of a brilliant exposure of the casuistical methods of argument employed by the Jesuits.His 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." Printing and the Mind of Man NCBEL II 1525. Rothschild 35. F. London: James Bettenham, 1744. unknown
1779d033R.pascalHague: A la Haye chez Detune Libraire 1779. FRENCH TEXT. In volume one there is a STAIN to the top of the frontispeice which also affects nearby leaves including top of title page. Otherwise clean tight texts bound in likely contemporary full leather mottled calf.Decorated spines with raised bands and twin title labels gold on burgundy & green. Marbled endpapers and edges. Bookplate of William Spottiswoode in each volume. Plates in volumes 4 9 and 5 5. 14 plates in total. Books are in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. VG. A la Haye, chez Detune, Libraire Hardcover
1778263100London 1778. hardcover. very good. Nouvelle Edition Commente corrigee & augmentee en III Parties. Part I 59 pages part II 95 pp part III 104pp.; 15 page "Discours" by Montesque. Bound along with. THOMAS Eloge de Marc-Aurele. 59 pages. Amsterdam: Moutard 1775. Also bound with SOCRATE Eloge de Socrate; Prononce dans Une Societe de Philanthropes. 8vo marbled edges full vellum worn. Yverdon: Societe Litter 1777. Very good.<br/> <br/> unknown
1787H-210<p><em><strong>The increasingly scarce first French translation by Parraud </strong></em>of "The Bhagvat-Geeta or Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon; in Eighteen Lectures" by Charles Wilkins in English published two years earlier in London in 1785.</p><p>Abbot Joseph Pascal Parraud Translator 1752-1832 Charles Wilkins Author 1749-1836. <em>Le Bhaguat-Geeta ou Dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon ; contenant un Précis de la Religion et de la Morale des Indiens. Traduit du sanscrit la langue sacrée des Brahmes en anglais par M. Charles Wilkins : et de l'anglais en français par M. Parraud de l'Académie des Arcades de Rome. A Londres et se trouve à Paris chez Buisson</em> <strong>1787 </strong>Octavo 6-CLXII pp. and 180 pages in contemporary binding.</p><p>The English translation of the Bhagavad Gita is the greatest accomplishment of notable Orientalist Wilkins founder of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Published by the East India Company in 1785 under the patronage of Governor General Warren Hastings this translation had a profound impact on some of the greatest Western intellectuals of the time including Carlyle and Emerson. Soon after efforts were underway to translate this extraordinary text into other languages this French translation being the pre-eminent of all. As a beautiful testament to skilled pre-Revolutionary French printing this edition by Parisian publisher Buisson bears the signatory hallmark and increasing importance of oriental religion specifically Hinduism within the literary minds of France.</p><p>The Bhagvat Geeta is part of the sixth book of the <em>Mahabharata</em> the great Indian epic. During the battle of Kurukshetra the Lord Krishna friend and charioteer of Arjun offers words of wisdom to the Pandava prince Arjun and this set of philosophical dialogues between them is a central text of Hinduism. The poem consists of 700 Sanskrit verses divided into 18 chapters here "lectures". In Hinduism Krishna is regarded as the human incarnation of God Vishnu. One may recall the famous Radha-Krishna love-songs and stories that form the bedrock of romantic literature in Sanskrit and other languages such as Maithili Bengali etc.</p><p><strong>Condition</strong>- In beautiful contemporary binding Pages are remarkably clean; a beautiful collector's copy in very good condition!</p> Buisson, Paris hardcover
177941493La Haye Dètune 1779. 8vo. Five very nice contemporary full mottled calf bindings with gilt title- and tome-labels to richly gilt backs triple gilt line-borders to boards and single gilt line-ornamentation to edges of boards. Marbled adges. Minor repairs to a few capitals but overall a very nice copy indeed. Internally very nice clean and fresh; printed on good paper. One leaf of volume one with neatly closed tear. Old owner's name to title-page of volume 5. Title-pages printed in red and black. With book-plates of Fritz Trieboe/Twilboe A. Gedeon and C. Rasch. Frontis-piece portrait 425 pp.; XII 549 pp. last leaf uncut an folded; VIII 526 pp.; VIII 456 pp. 9 engraved plates of which 8 are folded; VIII 462 pp. 5 folded engraved plates 1 p directions for the book binder. In all 14 engraved plates of which 13 are folded. <br/><br/><em>Scarce first edition of Pascal's collected works comprising much significant material printed for the first time as well as the second appearance of the announcement of Pascal's groundbreaking calculating machine the first edition privately printed of which from 1645 is impossibly scarce making this the earliest obtainable edition of the seminal text. "Pascal designed his first mechanical adding machine in 1642. He was not the first to design and construct a mechanical calculator." but in contrast to Schickard's accomplishments which were destined for a history of obscurity Pascal in contrast "constructed about fifty examples of his machine of which several are extant; and the machine was well known to the cognoscenti both through Pascal's own efforts he hoped to make a profit selling them and through Diderot's later description of it in the "Encyclopédie" 1751. In 1645 Pascal published an eighteen-page pamphlet - now extremely rare - describing his calculating machine. The pamphlet does not identify a place of printing or a printer's name so we may assume that Pascal himself paid for its printing. When we wrote this bibliography OCLC cited only two copies of this pamphlet in one French library and no copies and North America." The pamphlet was reprinted along with additional material in volume IV pp. 7-30 of the present "Oeuvres". The additional material consists of Pascal's 1650 letter to Queen Christina of Sweden; the privilege for its construction and sale issued in 1649 and published for the first time here ; and Diderot's description of it for the "Encyclopédie" along with two plates. Also of interest here is the reprint of Pascal's 1654 paper introducing his triangle of binominal coefficients Pascal's Triangle included in Volume V pages 1-54. Pascal's invention "predated the concepts of computation of the values of polynomial functions by differences." Lee 1995 538." Origins of Cyberspace No. 13. In the present edition the Pascal-Noël correspondence on the vacuum is also printed for the first time along with other pieces on the vacuum as well as his correspondence with Fermat and deRibeyre.Origins of Cyberspace: 13.Brunet: IV395; Tchemerzine: IX p78 f: "Les Oeuvres Scientifiques de Pascal sont recueillies dans l'édition des Oeuvres La Haye chez Detune libraire 1779. 5 vol. in 8. Titre rouge et noir. Publiée par l'Abbé Bossut. Les oeuvres scientifiques occupent les tomes IV et V." </em> hardcover
1779153032The Hague: Detune 1779. Collecting Pascal's published and unpublished work First collected edition of Pascal's works containing much significant material published here for the first time. Pascal is the towering figure among the European mathematicians of the mid 17th century. His achievements range from his celebrated calculating machine - the first to be produced commercially - to projective geometry the calculus of probabilities and indivisibles and to the study of infinitesimal problems. This edition was prepared by an important French disseminator of science and major contributor to scientific education Charles Bossut 1730-1814. His textbooks of engineering and physics were in use in France and - in translations - in other European countries up to the Empire. He also wrote the "Discours sur la vie & les ouvrages de Pascal" which takes up pages 3 to 119 of volume I of this edition. The first three volumes are devoted to Pascal's literary and philosophical writings the final two volumes to his scientific texts. For a detailed bibliographical analysis see René Taton's article in DSB. Among the scientific works appearing here for the first time are the famous Pascal-Noël correspondence on the vacuum the letter to Le Pailleur refuting Noël the preface to the treatise on the vacuum the only surviving fragment of his intended major treatise on the vacuum and his correspondence with Fermat and de Ribeyre. Also included are all of the Pascal texts relating to his invention of the calculating machine with two finely engraved plates depicting the mechanism Pascal's letter to Queen Christina Royal patents etc. which are virtually unobtainable in the originals. 5 vols octavo 199 x 127 mm. Titles printed in red and black with engraved portrait frontispiece 13 folding engraved plates 1 further plate usually folding here trimmed and single page woodcut vignettes woodcut tailpieces in the text. Contemporary calf red and black morocco labels gilt in compartments gilt rule border to covers marbled endpapers gilt edges. Some chipping and wear round extremities all joints and hinges intact contents clean bound without the 'Avis' leaf at the end of vol. V repaired closed tear at head of vol. III pp. 491/2 affecting text; a very good set. Maire pp. 11719; see DSB X 33042. unknown