The Thoughts, Letters, and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal

Title: The Thoughts, Letters, and Opuscules of Blaise Pascal

Author: Pascal, Blaise and O.W. Wight, trans.

Publication: Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878.

Description: Works of Pascal, translated from the French by O.W. Wight. Bound in half brown calfskin leather with marbled paper over boards, spine decorated in gilt with red lettering piece, marbled text edges and marbled endpapers. 7.5 x 5 inches; 552 pages. Signature of former owner W.I. Lincoln Adams, dated August 6, 1886. Moderate wear to binding with loss of leather in some spots, but a clean interior. Very Good. Former owner Washington Irving Lincoln Adams (1865-1946) was a politician, banker, photographer, and author and served as a major in the U.S. Army during World War One. He was also a descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.