Fortunat Strowski — Pascal Et Son Temps

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1908-1910. Leather. A smartly bound three volume set of this history of French mathematician Blaise Pascal, in the original French. French. Complete in three volumes. From the "History of Religious Feeling in France in the Seventeenth Century" series. Volume one and two are third editions, with volume three being a second edition. An exploration into the life and times of Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. He is best remembered for his work on calculating machines (called Pascal's calculators and later Pascalines), which established him as one of the first two inventors of the mechanical calculator. With relevant historical commentary. Volume one details Montaigne to Pascal, volume two details the history of Pascal, and volume three details the provincials and the thoughts. Written by Fortunat Joseph Strowski de Robkowa, a French literary historian, essayist and critic who was a specialist on Pascal and Montaigne. Bound in full calf with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the extremities. Light age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .