Pascal, Blaise (Léon Brunschvicg)
Bibliophile luxury edition Frieda Thiersch 1930 | Pensées, Bremer Presse, München Mai 1930, gedrückt für die Vereinigung von Freunden der Bremer Presse in 270 exemplaren, nr. 10, 364 pp. [Special bibliophile edition with golden edges in red leather with goldprint in marbled slipcase, bound by Frieda Thiersch.]
Fine red crushed morocco binding by the famous Frieda Thiersch (stamp-signed on rear turn-in). 29,5 x 20 cm. Covers with double gilt fillet border, riased bands, double gilt-ruled compartments, gilt titling, all edges gilt. In a matching morocco-lipped marbled paper slipcase. Some pages with light waterstains on the top but further in great condition. Frieda Thiersch was the principal bookbinder of the Bremer Press and very famous for her fabulous binding skills. Her name is in the binding at the back. The books she bound with her own hands bear her full name (as here), the books bound by her workers under her supervision were signed with her initials instead. When the Bremer Press had to close in 1934 and she had to search for other employmnet. The Nazi party was attracted to Thiersch’s work by her international reputation and she became the main bookbinder for the Nazi party and Hitler himself.
This book consists of the Pensées by Pascal Blaise. Text in French. The content is: Table des Matieres: Section I: Pensées sur l’Esprit et sur le Style. Section II: Misere de l’Homme sans Dieu. Section III: De la Nécessité du pari. Section IV: Des Moyens de croire. Section V: La Justice et la Raison des Effets. Section VI: Les Philosophes. Setion VII: La Morale et la Doctrine. Section VIII: Les Fondements de la Religion chrétienne. Section IX: La Perpétuite. Section X: Les Figuratifs. Section XI: Les Prophéties. Section XII: Preuves de Jésus-Christ. Section XIII: Les Miracles. Section XIV: Appendice: Fragments polémiques.-Mémorial de Pascal.
Copy 10 of 270 in the luxury gilded version. The basis of this copy is found in the “Gesamtausgabe der Werke Pascals, die im Jahre 1925 in dritter Auflage in der Sammlung “Les Grands Ecrivain de la France” erschienen ist. Mit freundliche Genehmigung des Herausgebers Professor Léon Brunschvicg und der Librairie Hachette, Paris”.
SKU: BB110213
Frieda Thiersch (1889-1947) is a famous German female Art bookbinder, cover designer and graphic artist who worked in the period of the German book art movement after the First World War. As head of the Bremen bindery she was responsible for the design and execution of almost all the covers of the Bremen press.
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