Quignard PascalABAA
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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
167054474Paris: Guillaume Desprez 1670. First edition second issue the first issue of 1669 - virtually unobtainable - is known by 2 copies only both in France; 12mo pp. 82 365 21; printer's device on title page engraved headpiece woodcut ornaments; 19th-century full brown levant by the Paris binder Trautz-Bauzonnet gilt-lettering direct on spine gilt turn-ins a.e.g.; very lightly scuffed else fine. Blaise Pascal 1623-1662 was a French mathematician physicist and religious philosopher. He laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities formulated what came to be known as Pascal's principle of pressure and propagated a religious doctrine that taught the experience of God through the heart rather than through reason. The subject of endless controversy these fragmentary meditations on faith and reason influenced generations of thinkers both sceptics and believers alike making this work a fundamental text in the history of western thought and literature. Printing and the Mind of Man 152; Brunet IV 398;. <br/><br/> Guillaume Desprez 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
19141341675Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1914. 7th edition revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 18mo; 7th edition revised and enlarged; G-; Hardcover; Spine green with gold print; Boards quarter bound with green cloth to spine and grey paper to boards wear to spine caps edges and corners cocked spine shelfwear/rubbing bumps to front top and bottom edges; Text block has spotting to edges name in ink on front pastedown slightly cracked front hinge occasional foxing within else clean text; Text in French; ix 808 pages frontispiece illustrated b&w plates including 1 folded plate. 1341675. FP New Rockville Stock. Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover 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
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
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
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
199137462Paris: Editions Galilee 1991. Hardcover. Very good. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket and publisher's slipcase. Signed by Jenkins on the half title page. <br/><br/> Editions Galilee hardcover books
2004140537Sulgen / Zurich: Verlag Niggli AG 2004. Hardcover. VG Corners may be slightly bumped; pages may be beginning to tan at edges. Color illus. boards 167 pp. profusely illus. Text is in German and English. Showcases the unique focus painting style of Swiss artist Pascal Danz b. 1961. With essays by Konrad Tobler Eitenne Lullin Felicity Lunn and Lisa Schmuckli and many examples of Danz's creative perspective. Verlag Niggli AG hardcover books
1936WRCLIT47897New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Large octavo. Cloth. Portrait and illustrations. First edition. Spine faintly dust marked but very good without dust jacket. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1971105380Pretoria South Africa: Ophir 1971. First edition. Softcover. The April 1971 issue of this slim poetry magazine with contributions by Sheila Fugard Sheila Roberts Piers Davies Ken Hanson Steve Heinemann Roy Williams and Pascal Gwala. A fine copy wrappers. Uncommon. Ophir unknown 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
2010151943Antwerp: Middelheimmuseum 2010. Hardcover. VG Corners are slightly bumped and covers are slightly soiled. Chartreuse and cream stamped paper boards illus. flyleaves 140 pp. profusely illus. in color. Text is in Dutch and English or French. Showcases the work of 13 contemporary Belgian sculptors at the Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum. With an essay by Pascal Gielen. The artists are: Caroline Coolen Johan Creten Jan de Cock Nick Ervinck Michel Francois Kendell Geers Wesley Meuris Selcuk Mutlu Johan Muyle Nadia Naveau Sven 't Jolle Angel Vergara and Gert Verhoeven. Each artist is given a section of narrative and illustrations of his/her work. Quite visual and contemplative. Middelheimmuseum hardcover books
2004136085Paris: Skira / Musee Luxembourg 2004. Softcover. VG- Ex-library with spine label and markings pages lightly tanned at edges. Illus. wraps French flaps 294 pp. many BW & color illus. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with a 2004 exhibition at the Musee Luxembourg in Paris. Book features 155 self-portraits of artists of the 20th century. Articles all written by Pascal Bonafoux: O Tout Partira: A Propos d'une exposition consacree a l'autoportrait au XXe siecle -- Or Tout Parait: Essai de definition d'un genre l'autoportrait -- Oeuvres -- Reseemblance & dissemblance -- Masque & expression -- Histoire & metamorphose -- Atelier & regard -- Corps & vanite -- Miroir & photographie. Skira / Musee Luxembourg paperback books
2000107247Paris: Galerie Blondeel-Deroyan 2000. Softcover. VG. Beautifully-illus. wraps with no lettering on cover; 34 pp. with color illus.;. text in both French on top and English. Galerie Blondeel-Deroyan paperback books
1967028000Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press 1967. xiii 266p. red cloth ex libris. Southern Methodist University Press unknown books
1988182325San Francisco Calif: Pascal de Sarthe Gallery 1988. Softcover. Vg. Glossy illustrated wrap. 69 pages : illustrations chiefly color portrait. Text in English and French. Reminiscing with Marie Raymond by Frédéric Altman. Exhibition October 1988. Pascal de Sarthe Gallery unknown books
2004147631Madrid: Fundacion Juan March 2004. Softcover. VG- Some scuffs to covers some soiling to bottom of book block otherwise clean. Brown and illus. wraps; 253 pp.; 100 duotone figures 84 color and duotone plates; weighs 3.5 lbs. Text in Spanish; Accompanied the exhibition held February 6-May 30 2004; Contains works by Mantegna Bruegel Rembrandt Guttenberg J.L. David and many others. Fundacion Juan March paperback books
2004109574Madrid: Fundacion Juan March 2004. Hardcover. VG. Library binding; Brown cloth over boards; Gold lettering on spine and front cover; Original color illus. wraps within; 253 pp.; 100 duotone figures 84 color and duotone plates. Text in Spanish; Accompanied the exhibition held February 6 - May 30 2004; Contains works by Mantegna Bruegel Rembrandt Guttenberg J.L. David and many others. Fundacion Juan March hardcover 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
201126684France: Editions Apres la Lune 2011. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Oblong paperbound volume 11 1/2" wide x 6" tall. A collaboration of artist and poet with black and white photographic images on the recto side of each sheet and brief text in French on the opposing left hand side. Fine condition. INSCRIBED by Matsas on the title page. A handsome copy of an intriguing volume. Editions Apres la Lune paperback 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
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
173427243Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie 1734; Cologne: Pierre de la Vallée 1739. 12mo 15.8 cm 6.25". 4 vols. I: Frontis. 14 404 pp. II: Frontis. 10 378 pp. III: Frontis. 10 372 pp. IV: 8 539 13 pp. <br><br>Pascal's pseudonymously published Provinciales an elegantly composed widely read defense of Antoine Arnauld and of Jansenism against Jesuit opponents. First printed in 1657 the work appears here along with the notes by Guillaume Wendrock a.k.a. Pierre Nicole translated from Latin into French.<br>Â Â Â Â The first three volumes were printed in Amsterdam in 1734 and each opens with an engraved frontispiece; the fourth volume was printed in Cologne in 1739. All four volumes have title-pages printed in red and black with the fourth specifying that Nicole's notes were translated by Mademoiselle de Joncourt.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: All four title-pages with small early inked ownership inscription in upper outer corner of "A. Thorpe York. Period-style quarter mottled calf and marbled papercovered sides spines with gilt-stamped leather title and volume labels and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Vols. I and II with frontispiece rectos institutionally rubber-stamped with bleed-through into images; ownership inscriptions as above. Pages clean. Aux depens de la Compagnie hardcover books
