Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
JESUP, EDWARD. The Lives of Picus and Pascal . . . To which is subjoin'd, A Parallel between those Two Christian Worthies. [8], 47, [1]; 92 pages. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, worn, front cover detached. Embossed stamp of (the author?) John Fowles, Lyme Regis. London: W. Burton and J. Hooke, 1723

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first edition, comprising Jesup''s brief life of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and the first edition in english of Gilberte Perier''s biography of her brother, the mathematician Blaise Pascal, translated by Jesup.