PASCAL, Blaise. Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion, & sur - Lot 245

PASCAL, Blaise. Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion, & sur quelques autres sujets. Published in Paris by Guillaume Desprez and Jean Desessartz in 1725. 1 vol. in-12, full brown speckled basane, 5-nerved spine decorated with flowered caissons, author and title in gold lettering, gilt roulettes on the edges, red speckled edges (period binding). 1 blank, 1 f. (title), CVI (warning, table, preface, life of Pascal, approvals) and 445 pp. 7 ff. (table, privilege), 1 blank f., engraved title vignette, headbands, lettering and endpapers. Binding rubbed, small insect holes, boards very slightly worn, a few tears at the edges, corners worn. Interior free of foxing. New edition of Pascal's Pensées, expanded with several thoughts, his life by Madame Perier, his sister, and a few speeches. At the end of the volume, it includes Pascal's opuscule entitled "qu'il y a des démonstrations d'une autre espèce et aussi certaines que celle de la géométrie", which was not present in the original 1670 edition. A good copy in its original binding.