PASCAL (Blaise). Set of 3 volumes; sold as is. - Lot 113

PASCAL (Blaise). Set of 3 volumes; sold as is. LITTERÆ PROVINCIALES. Coloniæ, apud Nicolaum Schouten, 1658 [probably Jan Elzevier for his Amsterdam relatives]. In-8, worn granulated brown calf (contemporary binding). One of the editions of this Latin translation by Pierre Nicole that appeared for the first time in the same year. Provenance: Pierre Rainssant (c. 1640-1689, handwritten bookplate on title), physician and scholar, protégé of the archbishop of Rheims (his native city), member of the Académie des Inscriptions and keeper of the King's Medals; the King's advisor Amé, in Rheims (handwritten bookplate on title); then the King's secretary and advisor S. Coquebert (handwritten bookplate on title). - PENSEES. Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfganck, following the copy printed in Paris, 1677. Small in-12, brown morocco, gilt edges (L. Bausel). Printed after: [FILLEAU DE LA CHAISE (Nicolas)]. Discours sur les Pensées de Mr. Pascal, où l'on essaie de faire voir quel estoit son dessein. Avec un autre Discours sur les preuves des livres de Moyse. Ibid. Provenance: Amédée Berton (bookplate). - PROVINCIALES (LES). A Cologne, chés Pierre de La Vallée, 1657. Small in-12, decorated morocco (binding circa 1815). First in-12 edition, printed before the publication of the first edition of the last letter in-4.