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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 books
18302305836Paris: Armand-Aubree 1830. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards lightly rubbed lightly foxed throughout. 1830 Full-Leather. xxiii 424; 416 33 3 pp. 8vo. French text. Full leather gilt and blind stamped decorations gilt titles on morocco spine labels marbled edges and endpapers. A collection of letters by the author of Pensees most notable for their attack on casuistry a common rhetorical method at the time especially among Jesuits who Pascal specifically condemns for their lax morals. These later influenced the writings of Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The second volume includes his famous Pensees along with Bordas Demoulin's Eloge. Armand-Aubree hardcover books
CA07A-01239Les Libraires Associes. Collectible - Very Good. Paris: Les Libraires Associes 1962. Elephant Folio black cloth with red text hardcover. French. Reprodcutions of handwriting. Very Good. Inquire if you need further information. Les Libraires Associes hardcover books
187728042Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1877. 2 vols. 8vo pp. 4 lxxxiii 1 326 1; 4 420 1; engraved frontispiece portrait in vol. I vignette title-pp. 1 page of Pascal's facsimile handwriting woodcut initials and ornaments original printed wrappers bound in at the back; contemporary quarter brown morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. the others uncut; some scuffing of the spines else very good and sound. There is also an issue of twenty-five copies printed on Whatman paper. <br/><br/> Alphonse Lemerre hardcover books
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 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. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 044020. <br/><br/> Les Freres Lefranc hardcover books
1998159579Paris: Editions Plume 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 400 pages. Text in French by Ivo Grammet Benoit Albinovanus Paul-Louis Van Berg and Pascal Amel. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ivo Grammet to Chicago gallerist Douglas Dawson on the half title page. Uncommon thus. Editions Plume unknown books
17832305751Paris: Chez Nyon l'aine Libraire 1783. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Front free endpaper removed two owner bookplates on front paste-down ink number on title page. 1783 Full-Leather. cxii 475 pp. 12mo. French text. Original full tree calf gilt titles and decorations burgundy morocco spine label. "Blaise Pascal the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes was a gifted mathematician and physicist but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. "The Pensees" is a collection of philosophical fragments notes and essays in which Pascal explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological social metaphysical and - above all - theological terms. Mankind emerges from Pascal's analysis as a wretched and desolate creature within an impersonal universe but who can be transformed through faith in God's grace. Chez Nyon, l'aine, Libraire unknown books
1930263897Shanghai: T'ou-sè-Wé 1930. xxxv 45 637 23p. paperback very good. On Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People. T'ou-sè-Wé unknown books
607286"Milton Pascal" & "Edgar Fairchild" in black ink on Assignment of Canadian Copyright New York New York March 1934. 8 1/4" x 13 1/2" 2 pages 1 leaf recto and verso. Very good. Agreement between Milton Pascal Edgar Fairchild and T.B. Harms Co. for their song "Recipe For Love". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1996159751Paris and New York: Revue Noire and D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc 1996. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Text in English and French by Jean Loup Pivin and Pascal Martin Saint Leon. Includes numerous black and white images. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A terrific retrospective look at this underappreciated French photographer. Revue Noire and D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers Inc unknown books
2004185016New York: Kilima House Publishers 2004. Softcover. VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to wraps. Pages are very clean and clear. Black wraps with two tone illustrations white and tan lettering; xiii 111 pp; bw illustrations and maps. Includes bibliographical references pages 99-109 and index. Kilima House Publishers unknown books
182965212Amherst Mass: Published by J. S. and C. Adams 1829. First American edition. Translated from an 1819 Paris edition of the "Pensées." The first attempt at the collection of the "Pensées" was in 1670. the first edition in English was the translation by Joseph Walker and published in 1688. 304 pp. 12mo. Contemporary cloth-backed brown boards. New labels some rubbing and wear to binding some spotting and browning of text generally light small tears on title from partial removal of a signature. In a leather tipped brown cloth open end case. First American edition. Translated from an 1819 Paris edition of the "Pensées." The first attempt at the collection of the "Pensées" was in 1670. the first edition in English was the translation by Joseph Walker and published in 1688. 304 pp. 12mo. Craig's edition includes most of the "Pensées" with exceptions of those pieces relating to the Catholic church which he felt inadequate to translate and those pieces that did not relate to religion. "The work is notable for its acute analysis of human character for many striking sayings and for its combination of powerful and persuasive reasoning with passionate devotion" Oxford Companion. American Imprints 39971 Published by J. S. and C. Adams unknown books
1990427641Maeght editeur 1990. Soft Cover. Very Good. Eight volume set. 8vo. Burgundy wraps with slipcase. Text in French. Publisher's card tipped in to front of first volume. A touch of sun-fading to spines. Slipcase with some bumps and fraying at the edges and shelfwear. Near fine in a very good slipcase. Maeght editeur paperback books
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. <br/><br/> Guillaume Desprez and Jean Desessartz hardcover books
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 books
181925219Paris: Lefevre "de l'imprimerie de Crapelet 1819. Nouvelle edition augmentée. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 2 vols. 8vo. Quarter brown morocco and maroon paper boards covers a little scuffed gilt spines. Very pleasantly produced set in an attractive binding. Nouvelle edition augmentée. Engraved frontispiece portrait. 2 vols. 8vo. Lefevre, "de l'imprimerie de Crapelet unknown books
190634101Paris: Bibliothéque-Charpentier 1906. 1 vols. 8vo. Full brown crushed levant morocco triple gilt fillet borders on covers elaborately gilt floral spine in 6 compartments a.e.g. delicately gilt turn-ins by Riviere. Front hinge just a little tender else about fine. 1 vols. 8vo. Bibliothéque-Charpentier unknown books
18424992México: Impr. de Luis Abadiano y Valdes 1842. Small 4to. 16 pp. <br><br>Will Pascal ever be admitted to the libraries of devout Roman Catholics The author of this extended essay who styles himself "Un Leonés" and who signs himself with the initials "J.I.A." cautions a supposed subscriber to a new edition of Pascal's letters that they are riddled with Jansenist heresy and that the pope still prohibits the devout from reading them. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sutro 756 "19p." being a typographical error for collation given here; not in Steele Independent Mexico: A Collection of Mexican Pamphlets in the Bodleian Library. Folded and never sewn or bound; as issued. Impr. de Luis Abadiano y Valdes unknown books
1967152429New York: 101 Productions 1967. First Draft script for an unproduced musical with book by "John and Fran Pascal" who co-wrote the book of the 1968 musical "George M!" with Michael Stewart music by pianist and arranger Milton Kaye and lyrics by composer lyricist and performer Michael Brown. Single annotation in holograph pencil of "Sandy Farber" above 101 Productions on title page.<br/><br/>From the estate of actress Monique van Vooren. <br/><br/>An absurdist political comic musical taking place in 1875 Egypt at the fictitious "International Alliance for Prosperity and Perpetual Peace" a hypothetical precursor to the United Nations set in the summer palace in Suez.<br/><br/>Red titled Studio Duplicating Services wrappers. Title page present dated October 1967 noted as FIRST DRAFT with credits for Book by John and Fran Pascal Music by Milton Kaye and Lyrics by Michael Brown. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 2-5-26. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good with closed tears and chipping at extremities and splitting at spine bound with two gold brads. 101 Productions unknown books
190822024.1Paris: Librairie de la Construction Moderne 1908. 4th edition. Hardbound. VG. 4 vols. 1/2 red leather with marbled boards and 5 raised bands gilt letters on spine marbled flyleaves. 662 pp. 614 pp. 738 pp. 756 pp. at least 1887 figures and illustrations throughout the text; set weighs 17 lbs. Text is in French. A stunning four-volume set of this massive compendium on architectural theory penned by noted French architect Julien Guadet 1834-1908. With an introduction by Jean-Louis Pascal. Volume 1 contains The preparatory studies; General principles; Eléments of architecture. Volume 2 contains The elements of the composition in the dwelling and in the structures; teaching and public instruction. In the political administrative structures judicial jails; In the hospital structures in the public structures. Volume 3 contains The elements of the composition in the religious structures. Volume 4 contains elements of architectural composition in commemorative buildings and decorations along public roads. Really 8 volumes of text bound in 4. Vastly illustrated with many line drawings and floor plans. An invaluable reference and in terrific shape too! Librairie de la Construction Moderne hardcover books
1683262769Paris: Guillaume Desprez 1683. hardcover. very good. Some woodcut ornaments and initials throughout. 54 356 20; 4 143 19 pages. Thick 12mo full contemporary polished leather with gilt-decorated spine lightly worn with loss of leather at spine ends. Paris: Guillaume Desprez 1683. Nouvelle edition. A clean tight very good copy<br/><br/> Guillaume Desprez unknown books
182828241New York: Published by J. Leavitt Boston: Crocker & Brewster Vanderpool and Cole Printers 1828. First American edition and the first work by Pascal published in America. This translation first published in London in 1816. xii 13-319 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original purple cloth-backed boards printed paper label with title and publisher's name uncut. Cloth frayed and discolored some rubbing of binding with gift label on pastedown of Library of the Social Union gift of Daniel A. Hayes 1828 signature present purchase notation from library on free endpaper by Charles Dealano by purchase from Soc. Mission Soc. June 1846 some spotting and browning upper margin of free endpaper torn away else a very good copy. First American edition and the first work by Pascal published in America. This translation first published in London in 1816. xii 13-319 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Attacking the Jesuits. Reponding to attacks of the Jesuits on the Jansenists and especially on Antoine Arnauld Pascal wrote this very effective defence and counter-attack on the code of ethics of the Jesuits. It was very popular and placed on the "Index" in 1660.<br/>Anti-Catholic sentiment in America was strengthened in the 1820's encouraged by the dis-information disseminated by the British anti-Catholics fighting the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 and the repeal of the Test Act 1828 and aggravated by the increase of Catholic immigrants. The "Nativist" groups who throughout American history had directed much of their antagonism towards the Roman Catholics established groups like the American "Know-Nothing" Party and the "No-Popery" movement. S & S 34652 Published by J. Leavitt, Boston: Crocker & Brewster [Vanderpool and Cole, Printers] unknown books
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. 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. <br/><br/> W. B. for A. and J. Churchil, R. Sare, and J. Tonson hardcover books
720220 pp. 8vo 198 x 125 mm. modern aubergine cloth head of spine a little worn title on upper cover. Paris: Félix & Regnault-Delalande 1822. An extremely rare auction catalogue inventorying the collection of an obscure painter active at the turn of the century. A contemporary annotator has written in the surname for this anonymous sale on the title-page corroborating Lugt's attribution. An 1817 almanac of Paris records a painter with the same surname working at rue de Rohan 6. Viglianis also exhibited a landscape at the 1814 Salon - no. 948 in the exhibition livret. 184 lots consisting primarily of prints lots 1-132 by artists such as Bartolozzi Bervic Bloemaert Cochin Le Bas Desnoyers Earlom Green Ingouf Massard Morghen Strange Wille Woollett etc. We then find original engraved plates by a number of contemporary artists. The final section of drawings includes the work of Bruandet S. Gessner H. Robert and "Joseph Pascal Viglianis" presumably the seller. With the list of vacations on the final page. A very rare catalogue in fine condition. In the characteristic binding of the Bibliothèque Heim. ❧ Lugt 10220. hardcover books
1671263441Paris: Guillaume Desprez 1671. Third. hardcover. very good. Some engraved ornaments initials and headers throughout. 78 348 20; 6 214 2 pages. Thick 12mo full contemporary calf with gilt-decorated spine; both joints repaired with some minor loss of leather at spine ends. Paris: Guillaume Desprez 1671/1672. Troisieme edition. Some minor scattered soiling in margins but overall a very good copy in a repaired binding.<br/><br/> Guillaume Desprez unknown books
