Blaise PASCAL - PENSEES. - 1683

PASCAL Blaise (Pensées. Ed. 1683. Paris)

Pensées by Mr. Pascal on religion and on a few other subjects.
Containing, successively, the three discourses of Nicolas Filleau de La Chaise (1631-1688), of which the first had been composed to serve as a preface to the original edition (1670).
Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1683 (enriched edition)

In-12 (155 x 88 mm). Binding from the period in full brown morocco, spine with raised bands ornamented with gilded tools, title piece, lower cap missing. Small scuffs, corners worn, boards split along the length but a solid copy.
Manuscript ownership marks on the title page, wear, otherwise good copy.
Title: (1) f., Preface: (20) ff., Approvals of His Lordships the Prelates, Table of Titles, Warning and Excerpt from the Privilege: (7) ff., Text of the Pensées: pp. I-356, Table of Contents: (10) ff. [Bound subsequently] : Discourses on the Pensées of M. Pascal, in which one tries to show what his aim was. With another discourse on the proofs of Moses’ books, and a treatise showing that there are demonstrations of another kind, and also some that are like those of geometry, and that such can be given for the Christian religion. [Without city names or publisher]. In-12. Title: (1) f., Warning: (1) f., Text: pp. 1-89, Approval: p. 90, Discourses on the proofs of Moses’ books [without city name …] : (1) f. of title and text pp. 91-143, Approval 2 pp., That there are demonstrations, etc… : title (1) f., Warning: (1) f., text: pp. 1-12.

First printing of the 1683 edition, recognizable by the pagination error in Filleau’s text: page “241” instead of “141.”
(Source: Librairie Camille Sourget).