Lot 3312 , Pascal, Blaise. Thoughts on Religion, and Other Subjects, 1704; together with Wotton, William. Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, 1697, including Richard Bentley's Dissertation. (2)

° Pascal, Blaise. Thoughts on Religion, and Other Subjects, 1704; together with Wotton, William. Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning, 1697, including Richard Bentley's Dissertation. (2) Pascal, Blaise. Thoughts on Religion, and Other Subjects. Translated from the French by Basil Kennett. London: printed by W. B. for A. and J. Churchill, R. Sare and J. Tonson, 1704. 8vo, pp. iviii, [Advertifement: 2], [preface: 10], 392, in calf boards with speckled edges.
Wotton, William. Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning. Second edition, with large additions. London: printed by J. Leake for Peter Buck, 1697. 8vo, pp. xxxvii, [3], 421, [3], together with Richard Bentley's A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides, and Others; and the Fables of Aesop, pp. 152, separately paginated. In calf boards with speckled edges. Bentley's dissertation appears here for the first time.
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Condition:
Both bindings rubbed and worn, with scuffing and wear to edges and extremities. Pascal with front and rear boards detached but present, ink inscription to title page and intermittent spotting throughout. Wotton with some give to boards, particularly at lower front joint, although both remain attached; ink and pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Contents with occasional spotting, toning and handling marks. Text pages generally good and clean.

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