Les provinciales, ou, Les lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial de ses amis, & aux RR. PP. jesuites : sur le sujet de la morale, & de la politique de ces Peres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pascal, Blaise, 1623-1662.

Contributor:

Elzevier Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Provinciales

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800.

Jesuits.

Catholic Church.

Jansenists.

France.

Jansenists--France--Early works to 1800.

Port-Royal des Champs (Abbey).

Catholic Church--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church--Apologetic works--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Controversial literature.

Apologetic writings.

Penn Provenance:

Krumbhaar, Edward Bell (autograph & stamp) (Elzevier copy)

Physical Description:

24 unnumbered pages, 398, 111 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 13 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial de ses amis & aux RR. PP. jesuites

Place of Publication:

A Cologne : Chés Pierre de la Valleé [that is, Louis and Daniel Elzevier], 1657.

Notes:

This is the first of the Elsevier editions; and the first edition to have continuous pagination. Cf. Maire, A. Bibl. gén. des oeuvres de Blaise Pascal, 1925, v.2, p.168-170.

False imprint: actually printed by Louis and Daniel Elzevier. The title vignette (Rahir, no. 85, p. 436) and head-piece on leaf a1 (Rahir, no. 77, p. 434) are those of the Amsterdam Elzeviers. Cf. Rahir and Willems.

Signatures: *¹² A-P¹² Q⁴ R¹² S⁴ a⁸ b-e¹² (S4 blank).

"Advis de Messieurs les curez de Paris, à Messieurs les curez des autres dioceses de France, sur le sujet de mauuaises maximes de quelques nouueaux Casuistes." -- p. 1-111 at end.

Published in Amsterdam.

Local Notes:

Elzevier Collection copy has bookseller's description pasted on prelim. free endpaper.

Elzevier Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Edward Bell Krumbhaar.

Yarnall Library of Theology (Saint Clement's Church, Philadelphia, Pa.) copy on permanent deposit at the Penn Libraries.

Cited in:

Copinger, H.B. Elzevier Press, 3497

Willems, A. Elzevier, 1218

Rahir, E. Elzeiver, 1247

OCLC:

187452868