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PASCAL, Blaise. Les Provinciales ou les lettres escrites 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. Cologne, de la Vallée [Elzevier], 1657 In-12mo, 132x74 mm. Coeval binding in stiff parchment with nails, manuscript title on spine. Pages [24], 398, 2 blank, 111. Frieze to Frontispiece, Ornate initials, Roman and Italic typeface. Old possessor's handwritten note on the guard sheet before the Frontispiece. Good condition. First edition of the Elzevier, with continuous numbering, in first run. Issued the same year as the first complete 4to edition published Paris. The first printing run is indicated by the title, with "lettres escrites" and by the Advertissement mentioning only XVII letter. The letter a à P. Annat is placed here between the 17th and 18th letters. It follows, with different numbering, "Advis de Messieurs les curez de Paris" by A. and P. Nicole. This by Elzevier is the definitive version of Pascal's text. It was the first edition to collect the eighteen letters within a continuous layout and became the standard text for all subsequent editions. It also contains, as an appendix at the end and paginated separately the 'Advis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris'. The Lettres Provinciales, as they are called, are the earliest example of French prose as we know it today, perfectly finished in form, varied in style, and on a subject of universal importance. Pascal's weapon was irony, and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of manner. PMM 140: "The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best. "Tchemerzine IX-70; Willems 1218. In-12mo, 132x74 mm. Contemporary stiff vellum binding with squares, handwritten title on back. Pp. [24], 398, 2 blank, 111. Vignette on titlepage, adorned initials, Latin and italic types. Handwritten note of previous owner on endpaper before titlepage. Good condition. First edition of the Elzevier, with continuous numbering, in the first issue. Published the same year as the first complete edition in 4to published in Paris. The first issue is indicated by the title, with "lettres escrites" and by the Advertissement which mentions only the seventeenth letter. The letter to P. Annat is placed here between the seventeenth and eighteenth letters. There follows, with different numbers, "Advis de Messieurs curez de Paris" by A. and P. Nicole. This by Elzevier is Pascal's version of the definitive text. It was the first edition to collect the eighteen letters within a continuous layout and became the standard text for all subsequent editions. It also contains, attached at the end and paginated separately, the 'Advis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris'. The Lettres Provinciales, as they are called, are the earliest example of French prose as we know it today, perfectly finished in form, varied in style, and on a subject of universal importance. Pascal's weapon was irony, and freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the ways.PMM 140: "The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best" Tchemerzine IX-70; Willems 1218.

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PASCAL, Blaise. Les Provinciales ou les lettres escrites 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. Cologne, de la Vallée [Elzevier], 1657 In-12mo, 132x74 mm. Coeval binding in stiff parchment with nails, manuscript title on spine. Pages [24], 398, 2 blank, 111. Frieze to Frontispiece, Ornate initials, Roman and Italic typeface. Old possessor's handwritten note on the guard sheet before the Frontispiece. Good condition. First edition of the Elzevier, with continuous numbering, in first run. Issued the same year as the first complete 4to edition published Paris. The first printing run is indicated by the title, with "lettres escrites" and by the Advertissement mentioning only XVII letter. The letter a à P. Annat is placed here between the 17th and 18th letters. It follows, with different numbering, "Advis de Messieurs les curez de Paris" by A. and P. Nicole. This by Elzevier is the definitive version of Pascal's text. It was the first edition to collect the eighteen letters within a continuous layout and became the standard text for all subsequent editions. It also contains, as an appendix at the end and paginated separately the 'Advis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris'. The Lettres Provinciales, as they are called, are the earliest example of French prose as we know it today, perfectly finished in form, varied in style, and on a subject of universal importance. Pascal's weapon was irony, and the freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of manner. PMM 140: "The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best. "Tchemerzine IX-70; Willems 1218. In-12mo, 132x74 mm. Contemporary stiff vellum binding with squares, handwritten title on back. Pp. [24], 398, 2 blank, 111. Vignette on titlepage, adorned initials, Latin and italic types. Handwritten note of previous owner on endpaper before titlepage. Good condition. First edition of the Elzevier, with continuous numbering, in the first issue. Published the same year as the first complete edition in 4to published in Paris. The first issue is indicated by the title, with "lettres escrites" and by the Advertissement which mentions only the seventeenth letter. The letter to P. Annat is placed here between the seventeenth and eighteenth letters. There follows, with different numbers, "Advis de Messieurs curez de Paris" by A. and P. Nicole. This by Elzevier is Pascal's version of the definitive text. It was the first edition to collect the eighteen letters within a continuous layout and became the standard text for all subsequent editions. It also contains, attached at the end and paginated separately, the 'Advis de Messieurs les Curez de Paris'. The Lettres Provinciales, as they are called, are the earliest example of French prose as we know it today, perfectly finished in form, varied in style, and on a subject of universal importance. Pascal's weapon was irony, and freshness with which the gravity of the subject contrasts with the lightness of the ways.PMM 140: "The vividness and distinction of his style recalls the prose of Milton at its best" Tchemerzine IX-70; Willems 1218.

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