Provinciales by Pascal, First Edition (43 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. The Introduction is in English only, while the main body of text appears side-by-side in the original French and the translated English. Presumed first printing thus, trade paperback, has bumps with some light creasing to the corners, slight shelf wear to the spine ends and cover edges, rubbing with a few faint sticker shadows to the covers, and a couple brief effaced marks to the text. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Near Very Good copy.

Condition: Good. 1970. First Edition. 168 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. In French. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

First Edition. Provenance: bookplate of Henry Crossley Irwin. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 444 pages. Subjects; Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey). Jesuits. Jansenists France. French language. French literature. 3 Kg.

1st edition thus stiff wrappers New book octavo 209pp., Edited and translated by Stanley Appelbaum. FRENCH, ENGLISH TEXT.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. 344pp. 5.8 inches/ 14.7cm. No dw. Decorative card covers, creased spine, curled corners. Untrimmed pages. Internally, tanned titlepage with neat owner's name, contents vg. Text in French, including the Notes at the back, and the historical introductory "Notice". Also known as the Lettres Provinciales, written 1656-7, by eminent 17th century French mathematician, philosopher and writer. Scarce in this edition. 210g. (French, Literature) Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

First Edition. Provenance: bookplate of Henry Crossley Irwin. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 444 pages. Subjects; Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey). Jesuits. Jansenists France. French language. French literature. 1 Kg.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition,. undated but probably late 19thC, maroon half-calf starting at top end of spine, binding generally bumped, a little foxing at foredge, but text block generally clean and sound, 407 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Toilée éditeur. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Illustré de photographies n/b h-texte. Présentation par Henri Massis de l'Académie Française. Bien complet du livret contenant des gravures autour des "Provinciales et du Port-Royal". Exemplaire numéroté : 2091/3500 Dos insolé Intérieur frais, Lettrines Bel exemplaire.

Prémière /1./ édition. 343 pp. L'exemplaire est un peu bruni et légèrement poussiereux. La coupe est inégale. Avec une étampe à la une. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 Brochure originale. (16x11 cm). (= Bibliotheca romanica 67. 68. 69. 70. Bibliothèque francaise.).

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Edition originale.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. In-12°, relié , 423 pages.

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over buckram boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; lxiv, 395 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Jesuits. Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey). Jansenists. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Brossura. Condition: nuovo. senza sovraccoperta. prima edizione.

leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Brown cover with gilt lettering and embossed decoration to spine and upper board looks a little worn and rubbed. Coloured page block. School sticker to front inside cover. Contents in very good clean condition. Used in French.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. reliure percaline.

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over buckram boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; lxiv, 395 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Jesuits. Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey). Jansenists. Genre; Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Condition: Gut. 1st. ed. Gr. 8°. 10, 462, 18 S. Leder, 5 unechte Bünde, Einband berieben, min. Läsuren, innen gut. Sprache: Französisch,

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. rare les deux tomes en un broché avec les 18 lettres à la fin de l'ouvrage notes et un éloge de PASCAL par CONDORCET.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. Letters Written to a Provincial by Blaise Pascal, preceded by The History of Provincial Letters according to the 1754 edition; and Literary Observations by Francois de Neufchateau. Quarter bound in brown leather over marbled boards, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt and blind-stamped tooling in remainder, gilt tooling on bands, top edge and endpapers marbled. nd (c. 1924). In French. Spine mildly rubbed, edges lightly worn, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xx, 407 pp.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición. xxxii, 544 p. ; 16x10 cms. Media piel de época, Guardas decoradas. Lomo grabado, tejuelo, nervios y títulos dorados. Notas bibliográficas. 400 grs. Pequeña rotura en punta superior de contratapa. Teología Dogmática Jesuítas Jansenistas (A-305).

PP. Jesuites sur la Morale & la Politique de ces Peres. Avec les Notes de Guillaume Wendrock. Nouvelle Edition. Kl.-8°. Goldgepr. OGanzlederbd. (berieben, Kapitale mit Fehlstellen). 8 Bll., 404 SS. mit gestoch. Titelvign. und gestoch. Frontispiz. Sprache: Französich, Erste Ausgabe. dieser Fassung. - Band 1 von 4 mit den Briefen I-V zur Moraltheologie der Jesuiten. - Vgl. zu der erstmals 1656 erschienenen Ausgabe KNLL XII, 987 ff. - Exlibris Egon Alexander-Katz, eines trotz schon in zweiter Generation zum Christentum konvertierten Hannoveraner Juristen, der 1943 von den Nazis in einem KZ-ähnlichen Lager ermordet wurde. - Sehr gut erhalten.

rigide. Condition: Assez bon. 2 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. Cette édition elzévirienne est parue seulement 2 ans après les édition originales de 1657. D'après Willems, "cette édition du chef-d'uvre de Pascal et des pièces qui s'y rattachent est fort belle, malheureusement elle laisse beaucoup à désirer au point de vue de la correction. Elle comporte le fleuron du premier titre, la Méduse du second [. ],". Etat très satisfaisant (usures avec petits accrocs et manques en dos, qq. mouill., infime piq. de vers en coins sur qq. ff., bon état par ailleurs). Tchemerzine, IX, 71 ; Willems, 856 Langue: Français.

Hardcover (Full Leather). Condition: Good Condition. First Edition. Full contemporary calf, worn at edges and hinges, scattered foxing and light stains, old notes and a doodle to endpapers. [2], 2-344, [4]; [8], 336, [4], 12 pp A response to Blaise Pascal's 'Provinciales' which appeared under the pseudonym of Louis de Montalte, they were published at Cologne in 1657 Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045799.

Maroquine brune in-12. reliure de l`epoque. Leder geb. 12° Einb. d. Zt. Goldpràg. H 13,5 x B 7,5 cm (13) 476 pages S. ( Puy de Dome 7.Auflage, die Erstausgabe erschien 1657 ) Un ensemble de dix-huit lettres, en partie fictives, écrites par Blaise Pascal. Publiées entre janvier 1656 et mars 1657, elles ont d'abord eu pour but de défendre le théologien janséniste Antoine Arnauld, menacé d'être condamné par la Sorbonne, avant de s'orienter vers une critique de la Compagnie de Jésus et, en particulier, de la casuistique laxiste défendue par certains de ses membres.

Hardcover. First Edition. Contains all nineteen letters Pascal wrote in defense of his Jansenist friend Antione Arnaud, who had been condemned at the Sorbonne for heretical views. Initially ordered to be burnt by Louis XIV it became an enormously influential book. Half leather, all four vols in very good condition and clean inside. Neat small library stamps mostly to preliminary pages. We have several early religious titles in our list. To see these click on any title listed by us. At the bottom of the page that comes up, in "Store Description", is "List this Seller's Books". Click on this and our full list will appear, amongst which you will find them.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Les Provinciales, ou letteres ecrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial de ses amis, Et aux RR. PP. Jesuites sur la Morale & la Politique de ces Peres. Text in French; four volumes published by La Compagnie in Amsterdam. This is Pascal s argument against Jesuits re: the heretical and controversial Jansenism. Quarter leather over marbled boards; very good. Vol 4 printed in 1739.

(XXXII)+608 pp. Index. Hardcover. Contemp. full calf. (Binding rubbed/dam., spine ends sl. dam., title on spine missing; typed text glued to pastedown. Binding fair, contents VG). * Willems, 829. - 1st Latin ed. of the Lettres Provinciales, translated by Pierre Nicole. - Copy without the 4 pages "Addenda", also not mentioned in Willems.

Contemporary mottled full calf. Condition: Very Good. First Latin Edition. First Latin edition published and translated from the original French anonymously for fear of reprisal from the Catholic Church and the king of France. IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT 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. Condition: Very Good. Complete. 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 BOOK INFO 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 byPierre 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. CONDITION REPORT The book is in Very Good antiquarian condition. 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. 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. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Blaise Pascal(1623? 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, andCatholicwriter.Pascal was achild prodigy. His earliest mathematical work was onprojective geometry; he wrote a significant treatise on the subject ofconic sectionsat the age of 16. He later corresponded withPierre de Fermatonprobability theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics andsocial science. In 1642, he started some pioneering work on calculating machines (calledPascal's calculatorsand later Pascalines), establishing him as one of the first two inventors of themechanical calculator. Like his contemporaryRené Descartes, Pascal was also a pioneer in the natural and applied sciences. Pascal wrote in defense of thescientific methodand 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. 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. PROVENANCE 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. 1. Auflage. 165x92 mm. (8) Bll., 540 S., [r.524 Paginierung im ersten Teil springt von S.62 zu S.81], (4) Bll. Register; 68 S. In einen wenig früheren geprägten Schweinslederband mit vergoldeten Supralibros gehängt (Remboîtage). Etwas berieben, leicht fleckig. - Erste dt. Ausgabe (Fromm 19676; PMM 268 [zur frz. EA von 1656/7]). Fehlstellen im Unterrand des Titels und des ersten Bl.s der Vorrede hinterlegt, teils etwas fleckig, Feuchtrand in der zweiten Hälfte im unteren Drittel, Ss.531/2 und 537/8 hinter S.66 des zweiten Teils verbunden, von alter Hand an den jeweils vorhergehenden Ss. vermerkt. - Außerordentlich seltene erste dt. Ausgabe von PASCALs Lettres Provinciales. Via KVK sind weltweit nur drei besitzende Bibliotheken nachzuweisen, darunter keine deutsche; seit hundert Jahren nur ein weiteres Exemplar im JAP (1983, Aukt. Braecklein 1, #1069 [Pappband d.Zt.], dieses wieder 2002, Reiss 85, #390 [neuer Halblederband]). Der Übersetzer ist nicht bekannt; im Vorwort der neuen Übersetzung Lemgo 1773 schreibt deren Verfertiger FR.L.LACHMANN: "Es sol von eben diesen Briefen eine ältere deutsche Uebersetzung heraus seyn, die ich aber nicht gesehen habe." "PASCAL, der nach seiner Bekehrung zu den Jansenisten gebeten worden war, gegen die schweren Angriffe der Jesuiten eine Entgegnung zu verfassen, tat dies in 18 Briefen, die eine glänzende Entlarvung der von den Jesuiten verwendeten kasuistischen Beweisführung. Er war zuglech eine prachtvoll durchgehaltene bissige Schmähschrift. (.) Als Äußerungen einer der feinsten Intelligenzen des 17.Jahrhundert stehen sie nur PASCALs eigenen Pensées nach". (Carter/Muir, PMM).

Dix-neuf parties en un volume in-4°, 4 ff., 8 pp., 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 12, 8, 12 pp. Page de titre habilement restaurée en pied sur 2 cm. Plein maroquin janséniste bordeaux, dos à nerfs, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées (Godillot). Mors supérieurs fragilisés. Edition originale du second tirage pour la page de titre et l'avertissement qui mentionne XVIII lettres, caractéristique de second tirage. La douzième lettre est suivie de sa Réfutation ; la dix-septième est en premier tirage, en 8 pp. Toutes ces lettres, parues séparément furent réimprimées plusieurs fois en peu de temps par plusieurs imprimeries clandestines pour dérouter les recherches de la censure. Vendues sous le manteau, ces lettres ont été réunies dans des exemplaires assez peu homogènes. Celui-ci parfaitement établi par Godillot est grand de marges (250 x 173 mm) et est bien complet des 18 lettres et de la réfutation à la 12 ème lettre. Rochebilière 111, Tchemerzine 66 et suivantes.