Monsieur Pascal; Basil Kennet [trans.] — Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects

London and New York, George Routledge and Sons, [1898]. Leather. A smart English translation of Pascal's Pensées, containing fragments written in defense of the Christian religion. The 'Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books' edition.  In a half red morocco binding. A signed binding by Sotheran.  Originally titled the Pensées, this volume contains a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, whose religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism. The Pensées was in many ways his life's work, and it represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion. Written originally in French, and translated to English by Basil Kennet.  With the book stamp of Ricardo Augusto Caminos, a twentieth-century Argentine Egyptologist focused on epigraphy and paleography.     In a half morocco binding. Externally, light fading to spine, with rubbing to the extremities. Light rubbing to joints and spine bands, with a crack to the tail of the front joint. Binder's stamp to rear of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .