19. Pascal (Blaise) Pensees, Edmund Gosse’s copy , title with woodcut ornament, occasional light spotting, attractive modern dark blue crushed morocco, richly gilt, rubbed at extremities, 12mo, Paris, chez Guillaume Desprez, 1670.

est. £200 – £300

A piracy of the 2nd edition.
Provenance: Edmund Gosse pencil initialled note to front free endpaper; Alan Lubbock bookplate.

Sold for £240
Sale 681, 23rd April 2009


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