PASCAL (Blaise). The provincials, or Letters of Louis de Mon - Lot 172

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PASCAL (Blaise). The provincials, or Letters of Louis de Mon - Lot 172
PASCAL (Blaise). The provincials, or Letters of Louis de Montalte. In Paris, At Ant. Augustin Renouard, XI = 1803. 2 vol. in-12, volume I : false-title, frontispiece engraving after Augustin de Saint-Aubin, title, [10] ff. + 254 pp. ; volume II : false-title, title, 376 pp. Bound in full glazed havana calf, spine with four raised bands, gilt fillets, black leather title-pieces (title and tomaison), gilt lettering, double gilt fillet framing the boards, triple gilt fillet on the inside of the boards, single gilt fillet on the edges, marbled edges, marbled paper endpapers and countersheets. Good condition, brittle spines, some spotting. Very neat edition, decorated with a portrait of the author engraved on copper by Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Joint, in uniform binding : PASCAL (Blaise). Thoughts of Blaise Pascal. In Paris, Chez Ant. Augustin Renouard, 1812. 2 vol. in-12, volume I: false title, frontispiece engraving after Augustin de Saint-Aubin, title, V-XXII pp. +299 pp. followed by a page of tables; volume II: false title, title, 376 pp. Reprint of the 1803 edition (with an additional "Avertissement sur cette nouvelle édition" by Antoine Augustin Renouard (1812): Pensées de Blaise Pascal [published with an Avertissement by A.-A. Renouard; the Discours sur la vie et les ouvrages de Pascal, by Abbé Bossut, the Préface by É. Perier and the Notes of Voltaire and Condorcet]. - Comparison of the ancient Christians with those of today. - Fragment of a writing on the conversion of the sinner. - Opinion on the following writing [the Memorial]. Paris : A.-A. Renouard, 1803. 2 vols.]
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