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VERNE, Jules.
Aventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais dans l'Afrique Australe.
Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1894].
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150 €
VERNE, Jules.
L'Etoile du Sud - L'Archipel en feu.
Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, 1884.
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120 €
VERNE, Jules.
Le Testament d'un Excentrique.
Paris, Hetzel, [1899].
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300 €
This work is an adventure novel, where chance is king. A very rich American, named William J. Hypperbone, decides after his death to bequeath his immense fortune to six residents of Chicago, chosen at random. But to “win” the fortune, they will have to play a life-size game of goose taking place in the different states of the United States. Beautiful first illustrated edition, in double volume. And first box called "golden globe" type 3 of this title, with the back to the lighthouse. Good condition of the out-of-text, black and white leaflets of the "Noble game of the United States of America" called the goose game and the card of the "United States of America".
PRICHARD, James Cowles.
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme.
Paris, J-B Baillière, 1843.
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300 €
First french edition.
Translated from English by Roulin from the work The natural history of man (1843), popularization work by Prichard based on his Researches into the physical history of man.
Prichard concluded that all human races were part of the same species and originally shared the same black skin.
Complete with the 40 engravings announced (on 39 plates), most of them in color representing the different peoples of the world.
VERNE, Jules.
Une Ville Flottante suivi de Les Forçeurs de Blocus
Aventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais dans l'Afrique Australe.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1884-1889].
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270 €
A Floating City refers to the immense ship "Great Eastern" crossing the Atlantic between Liverpool and New York. In this novel, Jules Verne draws inspiration from his own experience, having himself made this crossing on the real British "SS Great Eastern", then the largest and largest transatlantic liner of the time. This ship, where thousands of people and the crew live together, forms a micro society and therefore a real “floating city”. An adventure novel follows. Three Russian scientists (Mathieu Strux, Nicolas Palander, Michel Zorn) and three English scientists (Colonel Everest, Sir John Murray, William Emery), are responsible for working together, and have the mission of measuring a meridian arc. Against this scientific background, a friendship and an infriendship are created. The whole thing was complicated by the start of the Crimean War (1853-1856), which pitted Russia against an Ottoman, French, English and Sardinian coalition.
VERNE, Jules.
L'Ile mystérieuse.
Paris, Hetzel, [1903].
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250 €
The Mysterious Island is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. It relates the adventures of five men who, fleeing the siege of Richmond during the Civil War, are stranded on a desert island which they name the Lincoln Island.
VERNE, Jules.
Michel Strogoff.
Paris, Hetzel, [v. 1905].
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250 €
The novel follows the journey of Michel Strogoff, a courier for the Tsar of Russia, as he travels across Siberia to warn the Tsar's brother, the Grand Duke, of an impending invasion by the Tartars. Strogoff faces many dangers along the way, including bandits, storms, and treacherous terrain.
VERNE, Jules.
L'Ile à Hélice.
Paris, Hetzel, [v. 1905].
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250 €
The story takes place in a near future, at the end of the 19th century. A group of American billionaires decide to build an artificial island, powered by propellers, to escape the constraints of earthly life. The island is named Standard-Island and is home to a population of 12,000 people, including businessmen, scientists, artists, and musicians.
VERNE, Jules.
Sans dessus dessous / Chemin de France.
Paris, Hetzel, [1889].
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250 €
The story takes place in the near future, where the world is dominated by science and technology. A group of scientists and gunsmiths, led by Michel Ardan, decide to move the Earth on its axis by firing a cannon so gigantic that the tilt of the globe will vary enough to expose the Arctic ice floes to the sun. The idea is to be able to exploit the coal mines which are supposed to be present in the subsoil of the North Pole. The project is ambitious and risky, but Ardan is convinced that it is feasible.
VERNE, Jules.
Deux Ans de Vacances.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1888].
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250 €
First large 8vo illustrated.
Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1888. It tells the story of fourteen boys who find themselves stranded on a desert island in the Pacific.
VERNE, Jules.
Le Tour du Monde en quatre-vingts Jours.
Le Docteur Ox,
suivis de Maître Zacharius, Un hivernage dans les glaces, Un drame dans les airs et Ascension française au Mont Blanc.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1884].
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200 €
This work brings together the famous adventures of Phileas Fogg around the world and the short story Doctor Ox. This short story full of humor, where the author tells the story of the life of a peaceful village in Flanders, which will be disturbed by the invention of Doctor Ox and his assistant Ygene. A fun little allusion, the combination of the two names forms the word “oxygen”. These two titles are followed by four short stories.
VERNE, Jules.
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers.
Paris, Hetzel - Hachette, [v. 1914].
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200 €
Last prints from the Hetzel collection after the takeover by Hachette, the Hachette-Hetzel cartons produced before the war have nothing to envy of the Hetzel cartons.
One of Jules Verne's best-known novels.
GALLAND, Antoine.
Les Milles et une Nuits.
Paris, Furne et Cie, 1837.
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180 €
Good copy.
VERNE, Jules.
Famille sans nom.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1889].
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170 €
Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1888. It tells the story of a Canadian family who finds themselves involved in the Patriot Rebellion of 1837-1838.
VERNE, Jules.
Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1885].
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150 €
This adventure novel by Jules Verne perfectly illustrates the famous proverb: "Money does not make happiness.". Indeed, the hero Kin-Fo, very rich but unable to know happiness or to feel emotions, confronts the idea of death, when he believes he is ruined. He then makes a pact with his philosopher friend Wang, who promises to kill him one day and disappears afterwards. As a result, the hero realizes that he is still wealthy, that he no longer wants to die, but rather to marry his beloved and enjoy life. Unfortunately, Wang is nowhere to be found to cancel his promise. It is therefore by trying to find him in the four corners of China, that the hero understands the true value of life.
Double volume edition followed by "Cing Cents Millions de la Begum" and "Les Révoltés de la Bounty".
VERNE, Jules.
Les Indes noires (Le Chancellor / Martin Paz).
Paris, Hetzel, [1877-1878].
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Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1877. It tells the story of a group of men who find themselves stranded in a coal mine in Scotland.
VERNE, Jules.
Le Pays des Fourrures.
Paris, Hetzel, [1875-1878].
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Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1873. It tells the story of a group of English explorers who find themselves stranded on a floating ice island in the Canadian Far North.
VERNE, Jules.
P'tit Bonhomme.
Paris, Hetzel, [1893].
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150 €
First large 8vo illustrated.
P'tit bonhomme is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1893. It tells the story of an orphan boy named P'tit bonhomme who struggles to survive in 19th-century Ireland.
[Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris].
Extrait des Nouvelles des missions des indes orientales.
Paris, Guillot, 1785-1787.
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150 €
First edition.
The Nouvelles des missions orientales is a Catholic publication which was published from 1785 to 1794 in five volumes.
Here the head of the series with the "Extrait des Nouvelles" published in 1785 covering the years 1783-1784 and the two volumes of the Nouvelles published in 1787 covering 1785 and 1786.
VERNE, Jules.
L'école des Robinsons.
Le Rayon-Vert.
Suivi de Dix Heures en Chasse.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1882].
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130 €
Jules Verne takes up here a known theme, "the Robinsonade", a term coming from the famous novel "Robinson Crusoe", by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719. In this learning novel, a young man from a very good family is determined to undertake a long sea voyage to New Zealand. Unfortunately confronted with the sinking of the ship, he will have to learn to survive on a lost island, populated by natives, with as his only companion his posture and dance teacher.
Subsequently, Le Rayon-Vert is a very different novel. Its title comes from a Scottish legend, which says that those who are lucky enough to observe it, it would allow them to see clearly into their hearts and those of others. This green ray really exists. It's an emerald glow that forms when the sun disappears just at sea level.
VERNE, Jules.
Un Capitaine de Quinze Ans.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1880].
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120 €
First illustrated edition and the first ttitle with this cartonnage.
VERNE, Jules.
Mathias Sandorf.
Paris, Hetzel, [1885].
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120 €
First large 8vo illustrated.
Mathias Sandorf is a popular novel that has been enjoyed by readers of all ages for generations. It is considered a classic of adventure literature.
The novel was first published in 1885, but it remains relevant today. It is an inspiring story that shows that freedom and heroism can overcome oppression.
LA FONTAINE || GRANDVILLE [ill.].
Fables de La Fontaine.
Paris, Garnier frères, 1868.
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100 €
VERNE, Jules.
Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant (Voyage autour du monde).
Paris, Hetzel, [1878-1893].
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90 €
This work is a novel of adventure and travel. The story begins in 1864, when a certain Lord and Lady Glenarvan fished for a shark during an excursion off the coast of Glasgow, aboard their yacht the Duncan. Inside the huge fish, they discover a bottle with a message in three languages, which indicates the coordinates of the castaways of the Britannia. An expedition was then quickly set up to come to the aid of the survivors, including Captain Grant. The latter's children are part of the trip, which will take the crew of the Duncan to South America, Australia and New Zealand.
VERNE, Jules.
Le Chateau des Carpathes.
Paris, Hetzel, [1892].
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80 €
First illustrated edition.
The Castle of the Carpathians is a Gothic novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1892. The story takes place in Transylvania, a mountainous region in Eastern Europe.
Near the village of Werst in Transylvania, stands the Castle of the Carpathians, an abandoned and sinister castle. The local population fears it and considers it haunted.
One day, a young man named Franz de Télek arrives in the village. He is looking for his friend, Baron Rodolphe de Gortz, who has disappeared several years ago. Franz is welcomed by the villager Gaspard, who tells him the legends surrounding the castle.
[ACCARIAS DE SERIONNE, Jacques].
Les Intérêts des Nations de l'Europe, dévelopés relativement au Commerce.
Leide, Elie Luzac, 1766.
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1000 €
First edition.
Work written in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War when Europe was seeking a new political balance. For Accarias this had to go through trade, he proposed a program of specific reforms – lowering of customs duties, reduction of tax pressure, in particular on essential goods, control of public credit and liberalization policy. agriculture and national economies... This economic program was based on pre-Smithian French and British literature and promoted radical liberalism.
MONNET, Antoine Grimoald.
Traité de l'exploitation des mines.
Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1773.
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600 €
First edition.
Antoine Grimoald Monnet (1734-1817) is a French mineralogist, he was trained at the mining school of Freiberg, in Saxony, from where he brought back the material to compose his Treatise. In 1776 he became inspector general in the Royal Corps of Mines, for which he traveled to mines throughout France.
CLARMORGAN, Jean.
La Chasse du Loup nécessaire à la maison rustique.
Rouen, Jean Baptiste Besongne, 1685.
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450 €
The Wolf Hunt by Jean Carlmorgan was appended to the editions of the Rustic House of Liebaut. Our edition has its own title page and includes the 14 mid-page woodcuts from the sixteenth century editions. A highly sought-after work in the 19th century, it represented the "dark ages" of the French countryside.
Following it we find "La Fabrique de la Gauge ou Diapason" in (10) sheets, (last sheet truncated). Another typical annex of the Rustic House.
SUSSDORFF, Guillaume.
Contribution à l'étude de l'acide nicotique et de quelques-uns de ses dérivés.
Genève, W. Kündig & Fils, 1897.
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450 €
First edition.
Author's copy, finely bound.
Doctoral thesis presented at the University of Geneva in 1896 on work carried out under the direction of Amé Pictet and Carl Graebe.
The chemistry of nicotine derivatives would find its application many years later in biochemistry and medicine. We now know the name of nicotic acid under the common name of Vitamin B3.
GIDE, Charles.
Conférences sur l'Economie politique.
s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1908-1912.
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350 €
First edition.
Conferences on Political Economy given to student officers at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre between 1908 and 1912, on the eve of the First World War.
Charles Gide (1847-1932), is a French economist and teacher. He is the historical leader of the French cooperative movement, the theoretician of the social economy, and the uncle of the writer André Gide.
The subjects of these conferences vary each year of the course:
1908: The Budget
1909-: The Strikes
1910: Tariff Wars and Trade Treaties 1
912: The Causes of the War
Bound with the following we will find the International Law course given Free School of Political Sciences (SciencesPo) by Louis Renault (Nobel Peace Prize in 1907) and written by trainee officers who were auditors.
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