Description: Pensées de M. Pascal sur la Religion, & sur quelques âtres sujets. Nouvelle Edition. Augmentée de plusieurs Pensées, de saVie, & de quelques Discours. A Paris, Chez Guillaume Desprez, Imprimeur & Librairie ordinaire du Roi. Et Jean Desessartz, ruë saint Jacques à S. Prosper & aux trois Vertus. 1720. 372 pp, 5.5 x 3.25", 18mo. In fair condition. Front board detached. Boards scuffed at edges ad worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine lacking. Title label intact; gilt lettering normally dulled but legible. All edges of text-block marbled (dulled). Both front and rear marbled paste-downs exhibit probable ink staining. Gilt dentelles on paste-downs dulled but attractive. Previous ownership signature, in ink, found on front end-page (verso). Previous ownership signature, in pencil, found on front fly-leaf. Normal age-related toning throughout text-block; mostly to edges of leaves. Binding intact; front board detached. Please see photos. The Pensées (Thoughts) is a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work. It represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion, and the concept of "Pascal's wager" stems from a portion of this work. However as conflicting with the orthodoxy of the Catholic Church it has been forbidden to print or read by the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Later 18th-century French printing. FORN-SHELF-0738-BB-2405-HK1613
Price: 150 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-09-23T15:15:50.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Language: French
Author: Blaise Pascal
Publisher: Guillaume Desprez & JEan Desessartz
Topic: Religion
Subject: Philosophy
Original/Facsimile: Original
