PASCAL (Blaise) - Lot 188

Lot 188
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PASCAL (Blaise) - Lot 188
PASCAL (Blaise) The Provinciales or the letters written by Louis de Montalte, to a Provincial of his friends, & to the RR. PP. Jesuits: on the Subject of the Morals, & Politics of these Fathers. Cologne, de la Vallée [Elzevier], 1657. In-12 : 12f. 398pp. 1fb. 111pp. Copy of the first printing with the error on page 3 "Moines mandiants" instead of "religieux mendiants", and the warning spelled "Advertissement" mentioning only seventeen letters. Handwritten bookplate to be identified. Antique stiff vellum overlay, handwritten title on spine. Nice copy. First elzévirienne edition in-12 and the first with continuous pagination, published the same year as the first collective edition in-4. Copy of the first edition with the error "Moines mandiants" (page 3) and the warning spelled Advertissement mentioning only seventeen letters.
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