PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662). Les Pensées . Paris: Guillaume Desprez, [2 January] 1670. 12° (150 x 85mm). Printer's monogram device on title, engraved headpiece, type-ornament tailpieces, decorated initials. (Small marginal wormhole expertly repaired, a few leaves faintly browned, several leaves strengthened at hinge.) Contemporary calf, gilt spine, red sprinkled edges (discreet repairs at spine ends and extremities); modern black morocco solander box. Provenance : André Félibien sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, royal historiographer (1619-1695, engraved armorial bookplates dated 1650, signature on title). FIRST EDITION. Pascal's comprehensive Christian apologetic, unfinished at the time of this death, is a thorough investigation of human nature in its all aspects: psychological, social, metaphysical and theological. He sets out to show that the ultimate solution to problems inherent in human nature may be found in a fundamental belief in God; through true knowledge of God, true happiness may be found. At the time of Pascal's death in 1662 the Pensées were a collection of only partly ordered fragments. The first edition, published at the behest of his nephew, Etienne Perier, and his family, appeared in 1670 with an 'achevé d'imprimer' dated 2 January 1670. It followed an 'édition préoriginale', known in 2 copies only (Paris and Troyes), which appears to have served as a trial or proof edition, since it was issued without approbation, privilege, table of chapters, errata, and avertissement . The contemporary owner of the present copy, André Félibien was a celebrated historian and author of numerous work on architecture and art, documenting among other things French royal palaces and their collections. Pascal, Oeuvres complètes II Edition , ed. Michel le Guern, Paris: 2000; Le Maire 2; PMM 152; Tchermerzine 9:73.
PASCAL, Blaise (1623-1662). Les Pensées . Paris: Guillaume Desprez, [2 January] 1670. 12° (150 x 85mm). Printer's monogram device on title, engraved headpiece, type-ornament tailpieces, decorated initials. (Small marginal wormhole expertly repaired, a few leaves faintly browned, several leaves strengthened at hinge.) Contemporary calf, gilt spine, red sprinkled edges (discreet repairs at spine ends and extremities); modern black morocco solander box. Provenance : André Félibien sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, royal historiographer (1619-1695, engraved armorial bookplates dated 1650, signature on title). FIRST EDITION. Pascal's comprehensive Christian apologetic, unfinished at the time of this death, is a thorough investigation of human nature in its all aspects: psychological, social, metaphysical and theological. He sets out to show that the ultimate solution to problems inherent in human nature may be found in a fundamental belief in God; through true knowledge of God, true happiness may be found. At the time of Pascal's death in 1662 the Pensées were a collection of only partly ordered fragments. The first edition, published at the behest of his nephew, Etienne Perier, and his family, appeared in 1670 with an 'achevé d'imprimer' dated 2 January 1670. It followed an 'édition préoriginale', known in 2 copies only (Paris and Troyes), which appears to have served as a trial or proof edition, since it was issued without approbation, privilege, table of chapters, errata, and avertissement . The contemporary owner of the present copy, André Félibien was a celebrated historian and author of numerous work on architecture and art, documenting among other things French royal palaces and their collections. Pascal, Oeuvres complètes II Edition , ed. Michel le Guern, Paris: 2000; Le Maire 2; PMM 152; Tchermerzine 9:73.
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