1684 Blaise PASCAL Provincial Letters Witchcraft Sorcery JESUIT Philosophy RARE

1684 Blaise PASCAL Provincial Letters Witchcraft Sorcery JESUIT Philosophy RARE

“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”

― Blaise Pascal, The Provincial Letters

The “Provincial Letters” by Blaise Pascal are a collection of letters in defense of Antoine Arnauld, a Jansenist who was condemned for heresy. Because of the content and nature of the letters, Pascal wrote them under a pseudonym of Louis de Montalte and added satire, humor, and wit to them, so as to further himself from the letters. Pascal addresses controversial subject matter including witchcraft, magic, sorcery, and justification of assassinations.

RARE edition with 4 languages in parallel!

Item number: #26000

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PASCAL, Blaise

Les provinciales, ou, lettres escrittes par Louis de Montalte : a un provincial de ses amis

A Cologne: B. Winfelt, 1684.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [40], 613, [1]
• Provenance:
  • Handwritten – Dominici Martelli
  • Armorial bookplate – Sola Virtus Vera Nobilitas
    • This coat of arms bears many elements of the arms of the artisocratic Martelli family of Florence, allies of the Medici family who had amassed one of the greatest private libraries in Italy by the mid-19^th This particular bookplate has been attributed to Giuseppe Maria Martelli (1678 – 1741), who was Italian Roman Catholic archbishop of Florence from 1722 to 1740.
  • Language: French / Latin / Spanish / Italian in parallel
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (20.5cm x 13cm)

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