Oeuvres de Blaise Pascal.:. Cuius gloriæ profuit quisquam laudando, nec vituperando quisquam nocuit, cum utrumque summis præditi fecerint ingeniis ... .
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Category
Books
Date
1779
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3256137.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
Vol. 1.,plates. ill., port... 8vo. Pencil markings on bookplate and back flyleaf recto. $Provenance: adhered to front pastedown, bookplate with peacock and crown device 'Egerton V. Harcourt'. Former shelfmarks (not National Trust) on bookplate and front flyleaf verso. Binding: Full marbled calf, triple gilt fillet to form border. Raised bands with gilt tooled decorative panels on spine, title label worn. Marbled edges.
Provenance
From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent to his daughter, Eleanor Clutton-Brock, the current vendor. Ownership by EC-B confirmed by the auction house.
Makers and roles
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Abbe Charles Bossut (1730-1814) Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)