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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
1683212561683 Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1683, in-12 de (56)-356-(20) pp. ; (4)-143-(3) pp. ; (4)-12 pp., reliure de lépoque de plein veau brun, dos à nerfs orné de caissons de fers dorés, pièce de titre, coiffes manquantes, non d'un propriétaire à l'encre brune (rayé) sur la page de titre, usures, sinon bon exemplaire.
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
1659707782 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque pleine basane brune, plats recouverts de papier fin XVIIIe ou tout début XIXe, dos à 5 nerfs orné, Chez Nicolas Schoute, Cologne, 1659, 7 ff., 320 pp., 2 ff., 240 pp. ; pp. [ 241-328 ], 493 pp. Rappel des titres complets : Les Provinciales ou les lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte, à un Provincial de ses amis, et aux RR. PP. Jésuites Avec La Théologie Morale des dits Pères & Nouveaux Casuistes : Représentée par leur prattique, & par leurs livres ; Diuisée en cinq parties. La théologie morale des Jésuites, et nouveaux casuistes Représentée par leur prattique, & par leurs liures ; Condamnée il y a déjà longtemps par plusieurs Censures, Decrets d'Universitez, & Arrests de Cours souveraines ; Nouvellement combattüe par les Curez de France ; Et censurée par un grand nombre de Prélats, & par des Facultez de Théologie Catholiques ; Divisée en cinq parties.
167522247Rouen david Berthelin 1675 in-12 plein-veau un volume, reliure plein veau raciné (binding full calfskin in-12) brun in-douze (8,6 x 15,2 cm) cm), dos 5 nerfs (spine with raised bands), décorations "or" et à froid, titre frappé "or" dans un encadrement d'un filet "or", filet à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, entre-nerfs à fleuron (floweret) "or" au centre et des feuillages exécutés aux filets courbes "or" aux angles dans un encadrement à filet "or", léger manque de cuir au nerf de tête, roulette "or" sur les coupes avec manque de dorure, coins écornés, tête lisse, toutes tranches lisses jaspées rouge, texte en français, sans illustrations excepté des bandeaux et lettrines (dropped initial) historiées gravées sur bois en noir + une marque de l'Editeur gravée sur bois en bas de la page de titre, les 19 premiers feuillets sont jaunis, 38 ff. préliminaires non chiffrés + 348 pages chiffrées + 10 ff. non chiffrés pour la table, 1675 Rouen david Berthelin Editeur,
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
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
1657383971657 Petit in-12 (132 x 76 mm), basane glacée brune, dos à 4 nerfs plats, orné de compartiments garnis de petits fers dorés, doubles filets d'encadrement sur les plats (reliure de l'époque), (24), 398 p., (1) f. bl., 111 p. Cologne, Pierre de la Vallée [i.e. Amsterdam, Louis & Daniel Elzevier], 1657.
1698130021698 un volume, reliure (tardive début 19ème) demi-velin havane in-douze (binding half calfskin duodecimo) (16,7 cm de haut x 9cm de large), dos long (spine without raised band), décoré or (gilt decoration) - titre frappé or (gilt title) - roulettes et filets or (fillets and gilt line), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), toutes tranches lisses jaspées bleues (all blue marbled smooth edges - une tache d'encre bleue sur la gouttière (blue ink mark on the fore-edge), Illustré par 2 planches dépliantes hors-texte (folding plates full page engraving) gravées sur bois (engraving wood) en noir, donnant à voir les instruments utilisés à l'époque et les tubes de où l'on mesurait la hauteur atteinte par le mercure lors des expériences en altitude. La page 237/238 est reliée par erreur en début d'ouvrage, après l'avertissement, (26 pages de préface) + 238 pages avec Approbation & Privilège du Roi Roy, 1698 Paris Guillaume Desprez Editeur,
16844331684 Cologne, Winfelt, 1684 ; in-8 de [20] ff., 613 pp., vélin ivoire, dos lisse, titre à l'encre (en espagnol), tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque).
16715551671 Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1671-1672 ; 2 ouvrages en un vol. in-12 de [39] ff., 348 pp., [10] ff. ; [3] ff., 214 pp., [1] f., veau brun, dos à nerfs orné, roulette sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque).
16973437A Liège, chez Frédéric Massot, 1697. In-12 (15,8 x 10 cm), 375 pp., 7 pp. table des matières, reliure maroquin de l'époque vert-olive, dos à cinq nerfs plus foncé, triple filet or sur les plats avec armoiries au entre de Paulin Prondre de Guermantes (1650-1723), tranches mouchetées. Antoine Arnauld, surnommé le Grand Arnauld (1612-1694 Paris-Bruxelles), prêtre Janséniste, fut aami avec Blaise Pascal et Pierre Nicole et fut aimablement reçu par Louis XIV en 1698, après la Paix clémentine. Son corps repose à Palaiseau (Essonne), depuis 1710. (Réf. Wikipedia et Olivier Hermal Rotton). (défauts d'usage à la reliure, dont une charnière fendue)
1659YRG-2231 Volume (16.5x11 cm), Reliure veau brun de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs, usures, excellente édition. Divisée en 5 parties. Schoute. Cologne.
16648857En la Boutique de Charles Savreux, chez Guillaume Desprez 9,5 x 16 Paris 1664 In-12, reliure plein veau de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs soulignés d'une roulette dorée, entre-nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, celui en queue comportant deux petites initiales F et D, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches jaspées, [26]-232-[6] pp., deux planches dépliantes in fine, une figure in-texte p. 105. Titre complet : "Traitez...contenant l'explication des causes de divers effets de la nature, qui n'avoient point été bien connus jusques icy, particulièrement de ceux que l'on avoit attribuez à l'horreur du vuide par Monsieur Pascal". Seconde édition - la première date de l'année précédente - des deux célèbres traités de Pascal sur le vide, édités de façon posthumes par les soins de Florin Périer, le beau-frère de Pascal. Le volume s'ouvre par une longue préface qui rappelle le cheminement familial et les expériences de Pascal, des travaux de Torricelli (1643), l'élève de Galilée à Florence, du rôle du Minime de Paris, le Père Mersenne, aux expériences publiques des années 1647-1648.. Suivent les deux traités, celui de l'équilibre des liqueurs et celui de la pesanteur de la masse de l'air. Sont rassemblés à la suite des "Fragments" trouvés dans les papiers de Pascal, le récit de l'expérience "du Puy de Domme" et des observations de M. Périer, ainsi que les "Nouvelles expériences faites en Angleterre". La question du vide au début du XVIIe siècle était au centre des débats scientifiques et philosophiques. La question n'était pas nouvelle et avait été soulevée dès l'antiquité, opposant les tenants de la philosophie aristotélicienne ("horror vacui") et les atomistes, disciples de Démocrite et de Lucrèce. En reliant pour la première fois la question du vide et celle de la pesanteur et de la pression de l'air, Pascal inaugure une étape importante de l'histoire des sciences. Les deux traités montrent la nouveauté de la démarche de Pascal : L'expérience est placée au centre du processus de la connaissance scientifique. Exemplaire parfaitement restauré (coiffes et coins). Planches en très bon état. Ex-libris manuscrit sur la première page de la préface. Très bel exemplaire. (B13) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
16648857En la Boutique de Charles Savreux, chez Guillaume Desprez 9,5 x 16 Paris 1664 In-12, reliure plein veau de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs soulignés d'une roulette dorée, entre-nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, celui en queue comportant deux petites initiales F et D, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches jaspées, [26]-232-[6] pp., deux planches dépliantes in fine, une figure in-texte p. 105. Titre complet : "Traitez...contenant l'explication des causes de divers effets de la nature, qui n'avoient point été bien connus jusques icy, particulièrement de ceux que l'on avoit attribuez à l'horreur du vuide par Monsieur Pascal". Seconde édition - la première date de l'année précédente - des deux célèbres traités de Pascal sur le vide, édités de façon posthumes par les soins de Florin Périer, le beau-frère de Pascal. Le volume s'ouvre par une longue préface qui rappelle le cheminement familial et les expériences de Pascal, des travaux de Torricelli (1643), l'élève de Galilée à Florence, du rôle du Minime de Paris, le Père Mersenne, aux expériences publiques des années 1647-1648.. Suivent les deux traités, celui de l'équilibre des liqueurs et celui de la pesanteur de la masse de l'air. Sont rassemblés à la suite des "Fragments" trouvés dans les papiers de Pascal, le récit de l'expérience "du Puy de Domme" et des observations de M. Périer, ainsi que les "Nouvelles expériences faites en Angleterre". La question du vide au début du XVIIe siècle était au centre des débats scientifiques et philosophiques. La question n'était pas nouvelle et avait été soulevée dès l'antiquité, opposant les tenants de la philosophie aristotélicienne ("horror vacui") et les atomistes, disciples de Démocrite et de Lucrèce. En reliant pour la première fois la question du vide et celle de la pesanteur et de la pression de l'air, Pascal inaugure une étape importante de l'histoire des sciences. Les deux traités montrent la nouveauté de la démarche de Pascal : L'expérience est placée au centre du processus de la connaissance scientifique. Exemplaire parfaitement restauré (coiffes et coins). Planches en très bon état. Ex-libris manuscrit sur la première page de la préface. Très bel exemplaire. (B13) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
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.
165799081657 veau brun, dos à n., tr. dorées. pet. in-12, (12ff.), 396pp., 108pp., Cologne chés Pierre de La Vallée 1657, (Amsterdam Louis et Daniel Elzévier),
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