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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662) Les Provinciales.
[Paris: Pierre de la Vallée, 1656-1657.]
Uncut and untrimmed sheets consisting of the eighteen Lettres Provinciales, including the Response to the first two letters; the 17th letter in eight pages; without the eight-page Refutation to the 12th letter, the second letter dated 29 February 1656; the 18th letter reprinted, "sur la copie imprimée à Cologne le 24 Mars 1657; each letter consisting of a single uncut sheet meant to be bound up as four leaves; never bound or trimmed, some stains and tears, 10 1/2 x 8 in.
[Together with] trimmed disbound copies of letters 12, 15, 16, and 17.
