Amsterdam: Estampado en caza de Iaacob de Cordova, 5441 [1681]. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. [5] 634pp. Re-backed in modern spine with raised bands, blind-stamped tooling and the original gilt-stamped leather label pasted on. Retains original leather boards. Edges of the book block in red. Engraved title page. Text throughout..... More
Philadelphia, New York, Boston: Beck Engraving Company, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated cover with copper lettering on cover housed in a black paper-covered slipcase. Illustrated endpapers. Presentation page with handwritten name of recipient. Frontispiece photograph. Facts you should know about Beck Gravure in relation to its background..... More
Lipsiae (Leipzig): Apud Jo. Fridericum Gleditschium, 1743. Editio novissima (New edition). Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/2"). [21], 6-32, [16]pp, 2138 columns (1069pp). [107]pp (Index). Contemporary full vellum with handwritten title to spine. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Johann Martin Bernigeroth. Title page in red and black..... More
Paris: Editions Littéraires de France, 1945. Limited first edition. Softcover. 1/950. Quarto. 141, [7]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by Louis Lafuma. Title page in red and black lettering. Illustrated head-, and tailpieces. The Pensées (literally, "thoughts") represented a defense of the..... More