Eloge [by Condorcet] et Pensees de Pascal : Nouvelle edition commentee, corrigee et augmentee par M. de *** [Voltaire].
Paris: Not Identified, 1778.
Title with ornamental borders; title vignette and ornamental head/tail pieces throughout. Illustrated with a portrait of Pascal engraved by L. Demeuse. XII, 316 pages. 8vo, handsomely bound in full contemporary mottled calf with gilt decorated spine and marbled page edges. Paris [i.e. Geneva]: Publisher Not Identified [Grasset], 1778. Nouvelle edition. Scarce.
According to BN, the imprint is false; this edition was printed in Geneva by Grasset. A reprint of Condorcet's selection from the Pensees. he added to his own notes a selection from the "Remarques sur les Pensees de Pascal" by Voltaire, who's notes are signed "Note du present editeur." -- Bengescu, 1910; BN, 5391. Page 163 is misnumbered 139; page 193 is misnumbered 391.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Language: French
Price: $2,250.00
Item #263011