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PASCAL (Blaise). Les Provinciales, ou lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte à un provincial de ses amis et aux RR. PP. Jésuites, sur la Morale & la Politique de ces Pères. Nouvelle édition, augmentée d'un Discours préliminaire contenant un abrégé de la vie de M. Pascal, & l'Histoire des Provinciales. sl [Paris], sn [Barrois], 1753. In-12 marbled calf, ornate spine, red tr. (period binding). Ex-libris JM.

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PASCAL (Blaise). Les Provinciales, ou lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte à un provincial de ses amis et aux RR. PP. Jésuites, sur la Morale & la Politique de ces Pères. Nouvelle édition, augmentée d'un Discours préliminaire contenant un abrégé de la vie de M. Pascal, & l'Histoire des Provinciales. sl [Paris], sn [Barrois], 1753. In-12 marbled calf, ornate spine, red tr. (period binding). Ex-libris JM.

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PASCAL (Blaise). Les Provinciales ou lettres écrites par Louis de Montalte à un provincial de ses amis, & aux RR.PP. Jésuites sur le sujet de la morale, & de la politique de ces Pères. sl, sn, 1656-1657. 19 parts in 1 vol. in-4 of 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 12, 12, 10 pp. First edition of the 18 Lettres provinciales, published between January 1656 and March 1657, each 8 pages long (except for the last 3, which are 12), complete with the refutation of the 12th letter. This is the second printing of this original edition ("Chez Pierre de la Vallée" instead of "Ché...", "lettres écrites" instead of "escrites...", etc.). See La Rochebilière, 41). Only the 17th letter is in first printing, with 8 pages. The 12th letter is followed by its 8-page refutation. All these letters, published separately at first, were reprinted several times in a short space of time by several clandestine printers to confuse research; and as they were sold "under the cloak" to avoid the wrath of the Church, the various copies subsequently composed under the above title are not very homogeneous ("variants in text and printing are therefore innumerable" according to Tchemerzine). Copies without the title or the three warning leaflets (like this copy) are considered the best. The 19 parts, printed separately, have been reunited here at the time of their publication and placed in an amateur hardback with handwritten title in ink. The 17th letter is in two states: 8 and 12 pp. (the 8 pp. state being the most sought-after, which is not the case here). First two leaves soiled and gnawed at the head over approx. 2 cm, with partial loss of the first line of the 2nd leaf, holes with loss of text on the 1st; pp. 11-12 of the 18th letter are missing (the quires have been inverted and the last leaf corresponding to p.5-6 is soiled and worn with several holes and loss of text); scattered light dampening, some soiling in places. A wide-margined copy (page size: 254 x 173 mm) in need of restoration, but in rare and sought-after condition. Ex-libris JM (Tchemerzine, IX, 66; Le Petit, 204; La Rochebilière, 110.)