Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3245TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 08, 2019 12:00PM
Description:
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) [and] Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) Eloge et Pensees de Pascal. Paris [Geneva?]: [no printer], 1778. Octavo, engraved portraits of Pascal and Voltaire, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, bound in full contemporary speckled calfskin, spine darkened, joints cracked, water stain to front board, contents good, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Ex libris Dr. Adrian Pollock
Estimate $150-200
[pi]2 (portraits),a4, A-V8.
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