PASCAL (Blaise) - Lot 195

Lot 195
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PASCAL (Blaise) - Lot 195
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. Contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, headpieces torn off, one bit cracked, one corner dull. 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 to "Moines mandiants" (page 3) and the warning spelled Advertissement mentioning only seventeen letters.
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