Jansenism

Rare first edition under this title, complete with the engraved title-page. The first edition of 1607, Remonstrance faicte au Roy Très Chrétien pour la réunion des religions à la foy catholique, was printed in Tournon in only 96 pages. This second edition, of which there were probably two issues from the same bookseller, was substantially revised and enlarged by the author.

Contemporary limp vellum with turn-ins, smooth spine, faded ink manuscript title to spine, original ties present...

First bilingual edition translated and annotated by Le Maistre de Sacy. Ruled copy. Text in double columns.

Contemporary full burgundy morocco binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Roll tooling on edges and board-edges. All edges gilt. Trace of dampstain in lower margin of first leaves fading away, reappearing on some leaves in the middle and at the end.
Before appearing in its entirety in 1696 under the secular title Bible de Port-Royal, Pierre Thomas du Fossé gathered the various manuscripts left by Le Maistre de Sacy at his death in 1684 and published them punctually. He continued the unfinished work and published separately first the translations...

First edition of this volume 14 of the Essais de morale, whose volumes appeared separately and whose publication spanned several decades. Copy entirely ruled.
Contemporary full old red morocco binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Gilt title. Roulette on edges and interior fillet. A slight lack at foot. One leaf sprung. One corner slightly bumped. Dark areas on lower board.
Pierre Nicole was, with Antoine Arnauld, one of the principal authors of Jansenism. Gouget drew upon several manuscripts, notably the memoirs of Nicole's greatest friend, to write a detailed history of Nicole's life, whose purpose is not to draw a portrait but to establish the actions and facts of his...