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[BLOCQUEL]. 

- Mulieriana, ou recueil d'anecdotes sur le beau sexe.
- Medeciniana, ou recueil d'anecdotes médeci-chirurgico-pharmarcopoles à Epidaure.
- Omniana ou le petit Momus français. 

Lille, Blocquel-Castiaux, [1812].
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250 €

First editions.
Three Ana published in Lille, the first two by Blocquel-Castiaux the printer who became famous among bibliophiles by printing small witchcraft grimoires.

Photo NUDANT, Alphonse. 

NUDANT, Alphonse. 

Service d'Etat Major en campagne. Notes Pratiques. 

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911-1912.
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300 €

First edition.
Staff course given by Lieutenant Colonel Nudant at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre for the year 1911-1912.
He was promoted to Brigadier General during the First World War and Foch said of him: "I loved this poor Nudant. put in all the sauces and all the sauces it was good!”
Very interesting document for understanding the organization of the French army on the eve of 14-18.

An exceptional document is attached: Examination copy of the student "Captain Bichot" on which he must write a fictitious "Secret Instruction" to give the maneuver signal perhaps during a wargame. Another hand corrects it in pencil and indicates: “Very clear, very clear TB”.

Photo VERNE, Jules. 

VERNE, Jules. 

Un Billet de Loterie - Frritt-Flacc. 

Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, 1886.
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100 €

First illustrated edition.

Photo LE BLOND, Guillaume. 

LE BLOND, Guillaume. 

Elémens de fortification. 

Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1756.
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150 €

Fourfth edition.
Remarkable work by its plates of fortifications.

Photo DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste Joseph || JANVIER, Antide. 

DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste Joseph || JANVIER, Antide. 

Extrait d'un rapport sur un ouvrage de M. Janvier, ayant pour titre: Des Révolutions des Corps célestes par le mécanisme des Rouages. 

[Paris], [Institut de France], 1813.
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100 €

First edition.
Rare booklet probably published by Antide Janvier in which he reproduces the minutes of a session of the Academy of Sciences in which Delambre acts as rapporteur for the reading of his work: "Revolutions of the Celestial Bodies by the Mechanism of the Cogs ". Janvier adds some comments in footnotes in which we sense his bitterness that the Institute did not judge his book worthy of being sent to universities for study. He is saddened that they preferred to give four thousand francs to the miller Girardot for his uranographic machine. Janvier was one of the most brilliant watchmakers of his time, famous in particular for his spheres and planetaries.

Photo OVIDE || BECAT, Paul Emile. 

OVIDE || BECAT, Paul Emile. 

L'Art d'aimer et Les Amours. 

Paris, La Tradition, 1942-1943.
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300 €

First edition of the illustrations.
The Art of Loving is one of the most famous erotic texts in the world, illustrated here by Paul Becat, a past master in the art of mastering the body.

Printed on blue Ingres laid Arches paper, one of 100 copies with the set of the plates printed in black with remark, ours n°37.

Photo STENDHAL || SAUVAGE, Sylvain. 

STENDHAL || SAUVAGE, Sylvain. 

Le Rouge et le Noir. 

Paris, Henri Creuzevault, 1945.
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180 €

Very nice illustration of this classic by Stendhal with the etchings of Sylvain Sauvage.

One of copies son Vélin Lana paper, ours n°413.

Photo BELIDOR, Bernard Forest (de). 

BELIDOR, Bernard Forest (de). 

Nouveau cours de mathématique à l'usage des ingénieurs officiers d'artillerie. 

s.l., s.n., 1730.
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700 €

Handwritten copy of Bélidor's Nouveau cours de mathématiques published in 1725.
Our copy, in very legible handwriting, is dated 1730.
It is accompanied by the 34 plates that illustrated the printed edition of this course. At that time, Belidor was a mathematics professor at the artillery school in La Fère, and this course was intended for student officers. The work was a great success in artillery school circles.

Photo [MANUSCRIT]. 

[MANUSCRIT]. 

Physicae Institutiones. 

s.l., s.n., [v. 1750].
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600 €

Handwritten course in Latin probably given in a Jesuit college (the patronage of St. Louis de Gonzague is repeated many times), in the first half of the 18th century. The manuscript is part of the tradition of Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophy which was taught in seminaries and theological faculties in the form of a Compendium mixing physics and metaphysics. The first volume is devoted to metaphysics and logic, including the schemata of Aristotelian categories. The second volume, devoted to physics, is divided into four treatises (on the senses, bodies, movement, gravity) and finally a chapter on meteors.

Photo DUMOULIN, Nicolas. 

DUMOULIN, Nicolas. 

Cours de Thérapeutique. 

[Gand], s.n., [v. 1869].
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400 €

Course on Therapeutic Pharmacology given by Nicolas Dumoulin during the years 1868-1869 at the University of Ghent. Nicolas Du Moulin (1827-1890) was a Belgian physician. In 1857, he was appointed to lecture in pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Ghent (Faculty of Medicine). In 1870, he exchanged his pharmacology courses for internal medicine courses. The writer, Cyrille Van Cauwenberghe, left his signature at the head of the book. The course details the different formulations of medications and their therapeutic uses. Noteworthy is a long chapter on rye ergot, used as an abortive substance.

Photo DUMOULIN, Nicolas. 

DUMOULIN, Nicolas. 

Cours de Pharmacologie. 

[Gand], s.n., 1868-1869.
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400 €

Pharmacology course given by N. Dumoulin during the years 1868-1869, possibly at the University of Ghent. The manuscript is divided into 11 numbered notebooks on lined paper that were bound together. The writer, Cyrille Van Cauwenberghe, left his signature at the beginning and end of the notebooks. The teaching details the different types of medications, their methods of administration, with sometimes advanced aspects of pharmacodynamics and chemistry.

Photo [MANUSCRIT]. 

[MANUSCRIT]. 

Recueil des remèdes domestiques augmenté par Madame Fouquet. 

s.l., s.n., [1750].
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200 €

Handwritten copy of Volume II of Madame Fouquet's "Collection of Domestic Remedies," one of the most famous domestic medicine manuals of the 18th century.
It contains various recipes that immerse us in popular pharmacopoeia under the Ancien Régime.

A note on the last page: "Ad usum Adriani Lenglé 1816".

Photo [ASTRUC, Jean]. 

[ASTRUC, Jean]. 

Histoire des maladies du bas ventre. 

s.l., s.n., [v. 1740].
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1000 €

Original manuscript in French.
This manuscript reproduces the course given by Jean Astruc (1684-1766), who held the chair of medicine at the Collège royal from 1731.
This teaching on abdominal diseases, from hiccups to hemorrhoids, was never published by Astruc. However, several manuscript copies are known under the title Traité des Maladies du bas ventre.
The medical content of our manuscript is identical to the digitized copies of the BIU Santé (Ms 2116) and the Collège de France (XV 8° 375). Most of the chapter headings are similar, although there are some differences in the structure (some chapters are grouped together, others are separated).
Finally, our copy extends to the question of hemorrhoids, which is absent from the Ms2116 manuscript (present in that of the Collège de France), but omits the question of intestinal worms, which are usually found in this course (present in both aforementioned manuscripts).
On the front flyleaf, the following handwritten ex libris is found: "hic liber attinet ad me Lagilardo" (or Lagilardie?).

Photo TANUDE. 

TANUDE. 

Traité d'anatomie, d'ostéologie et de miologie, nécessaire au dessin : débarrassé des choses inutiles a la peinture pour en facilitier l'étude et faire connaitre clairement les facultés des os et des muscles, et l'attache des muscles sur les os, ce qui se trouve expliqué par la table et les lettres de renvoi, marqué conformement sur chaque figures vuës de différents côtés / par Tanude, anatomiste, et dessiné par Naudet. 

Paris, Jean, [v.1800].
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600 €

First edition.
Anatomy treatise for artists illustrated with 12 lithographs by Mademoiselle Papaveine after Naudet.
The author's name appears in another work as 'Tanude, chirurgien-anatomiste de Montpellier.' The letters of the name being the same as in 'Naudet', 'Tanude' may be a pseudonym for a member of the Naudet family of Montpellier and possibly for the designer.

Photo LEURET, François || GRATIOLET, Louis Pierre. 

LEURET, François || GRATIOLET, Louis Pierre. 

Anatomie comparée du système nerveux - Atlas. 

Paris, J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1839-1857.
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750 €

Scarce first edition. The Atlas only.

Photo [LA BARRE de BEAUMARCHAIS, Antoine de]. 

[LA BARRE de BEAUMARCHAIS, Antoine de]. 

Le Temple des muses, orné de LX. Tableaux Où sont représentés les Evenemens les plus remarquables de l’Antiquité fabuleuse ; Dessinés & gravés par B. Picart le Romain, & autres habiles Maitres ; et accompagnés d’explications et de remarques, Qui découvrent le vrai sens des Fables, & le fondement qu’elles ont dans l’Histoire. 

Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain, 1742.
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1400 €

Second edition of this mythology, illustrated by Bernard Picart, with an engraved title page, two vignettes, and 60 beautiful plates outside the text, drawn and engraved by him.
These plates, first printed in 1733, are inspired by those Diepenbeck had executed for Michel de Marolles's work of the same name, published in 1655.
They are decorated with rich frames and accompanied by captions in French, English, German, and Dutch.

Photo DUMORTOUS, Pierre. 

DUMORTOUS, Pierre. 

Histoire des conquêtes de Louis XV. Tant en Flandre que sur le Rhin, en Allemagne & en Italie, depuis 1744, jusques à la paix conclue en 1748. 

Paris, De Lormel, 1759.
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1300 €

First edition.
Illustrated work on the battles and military victories of the reign of Louis XV between 1744 and 1748.
With maps and views of the fortifications of Tournai, Ghent, Mons, Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Ostend, Bergen op Zoom, Maastricht, Ypres, Wissembourg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Villefranche, Cony, and more.

Photo NEWTON, Isaac. 

NEWTON, Isaac. 

Traité d'optique sur les réflexions, réfractions, inflexions et les couleurs de la lumière. 

Paris, Montalant, 1722.
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1500 €

Second French edition of this important work in which Newton sets out his theory of light, the study of the refraction and diffraction of light. He observes in particular that light is composed of a multitude of colors.

This edition is more sought after than the first because the translation by Pierre Varignon was revised and supervised by Newton himself.

Handwritten note at the end: "Bookplate Musei C.Dupré. 1 quarto volume purchased on April 2, 1779"
An old handwritten note states that this copy was purchased on May 2, 1863, at the library sale... and placed to their proper place the plates that had been incorrectly inserted by the bookbinder.

Photo JACOB, Pierre || LULLE, Raymond. 

JACOB, Pierre || LULLE, Raymond. 

La clavicule ou Science de Raymond Lulle.
Avec toutes les figures de Rhétorique par le Sieur Jacob et la vie du même Raymond Lulle, par Monsieur Colletet. 

Paris, Jean Remy, 1647.
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750 €

First edition of this rhetorical work at the crossroads of occult and information sciences.

Bound after Llull's treatise: BAUDOIN. Traité des fondements de la science générale et universelle. Le Cointe, Paris, 1651.
Pierre Baudouin de Montarcis was one of the leading French Lullists of the 17th century, possessor of a collection of handwritten copies of the works of the Illuminated Doctor, translator and commentator of some of them, alchemist, and prolific author of treatises on all sorts of subjects. (See F.-P. Goy. Pierre Baudouin de Montarcis, un lulliste français du Grand Siècle).

Photo DESCARTES, René. 

DESCARTES, René. 

Les traitez de l'Homme et de la formation du foetus, composez par Mr. Descartes, & mis au jour depuis sa mort, par Mr. Clerselier.
Avec les remarques de Louys de La Forge. 

Paris [Amsterdam], Guillaume le Jeûne [Daniel Elzevier], 1680.
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1300 €

Third edition in french, quite rare and printed by Daniel Elzevier (Berhman sup.77)

Descartes considered the human body to be a material machine, directed by a rational soul.
He conceived its functioning based solely on the laws of mechanics, without incorporating metaphysical principles that could not be verified by experiment.
Nearly four centuries later, in the era of transhumanism, this "Traité de l'Homme" has aroused renewed interest in the fields of neuroscience and cognitive science.

Photo COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon. 

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon. 

Dictionnaire infernal ou recherches et anecdotes sur les Démons, les Esprits. 

Paris, P. Mongie, 1818.
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2800 €

First edition.
First edition of Collin de Plancy's famous work, which presents itself as an encyclopedia of superstitions, demonology, occult sciences and all popular beliefs related to the devil and magic.
The work is both erudite and tinged with irony, typical of the rationalist tone of the 19th century.

Our copy, complete with the two allegorical frontispieces by Delignon, one representing a sabbath, the other represents Superstition.

Photo BRUGNATELLI, Luigi-Vincenzo. 

BRUGNATELLI, Luigi-Vincenzo. 

Pharmacopée générale à l'usage des pharmaciens et des médecins modernes, ou dictionnaire des préparations pharmaceutico-médicales simples et composées les plus usités de nos jours, suivant les nouvelles théories chimiques et médicales. 

Paris, D.Colas, 1811.
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200 €

First french edition.

Photo UTRILLO, Maurice || CARCO, Francis. 

UTRILLO, Maurice || CARCO, Francis. 

Montmartre vécu par Utrillo. 

Paris, Editions Pétridès, 1947.
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9000 €

First edition, limited edition of 240 copies.
Our copy (b), illustrated with 22 color lithographs based on gouaches by Maurice Utrillo.

Photo EUCLIDE || HENRION, Denis. 

EUCLIDE || HENRION, Denis. 

Les quinze livres des élémens d'Euclide. 

Rouen, Isaac Clément Malassis, 1649.
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550 €

Fifth edition of the French translation of Euclid's Elements by Denis Henrion.


This book is one of the first translations into French of the works of the ancient mathematician Euclid. Denis Henrion was a French mathematician of the first half of the seventeenth century, which allowed the spread of Euclidean geometry in France.

Photo BARBAULT, Jean. 

BARBAULT, Jean. 

Les plus beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore. 

Rome, Bouchard & Gravier, 1761.
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5500 €

First edition of this beautiful collection dedicated to ancient Rome, remarkably illustrated by the painter and engraver Jean Barbault.
117 engravings on 73 leaves, 9 large engraved vignettes in the text, and 1 on the title page.
They depict the principal monuments of antiquity—the Colosseum, the Pantheon, temples, columns, aqueducts, thermal baths, and paintings recently discovered at Herculaneum—some with their plans and bas-relief details.
Several etchings reveal the influence of Piranesi, with whom Barbault collaborated for a time.
The collection presents a true archaeological inventory.

The French painter and engraver Jean Barbault, born in Vienna near Beauvais around 1705, received a scholarship from the Academy of Fine Arts to study in Rome in 1749.
After graduating from the Academy in 1753, he decided not to return to France due to lack of funds and remained in Italy until his death in 1766.

Photo CERVANTES, Miguel de. 

CERVANTES, Miguel de. 

Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maîtres avec les explications des XXXI planches de cette magnifique collection tirées de l'original espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes. 

La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1746.
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4500 €

Engravings in first state without numbers.

Rare in contemporary morocco binding.

Photo HAUKSBEE, Francis. 

HAUKSBEE, Francis. 

Experiences physico-mechaniques sur différens sujets, et principalement sur la lumiere et l'electricité, produites par le frottement des corps. 

Paris, Veuve Cavelier, 1754.
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600 €

First french edition.
Binding with gilt arms of de La Rochefoucauld on the top of the spines.

Translation by Brémont and prefaced by Desmarets of the experiments of Francis Hauksbee (1660-1713) English physicist who worked in particular on static electricity.
He is one of the pioneers of electroluminescence and the majority of the work is devoted to his experiences of light production by the friction of various materials (including various phosphorus) on his static electricity production machine.

Photo POILLE, Jacques. 

POILLE, Jacques. 

Les œuvres. Divisées en onze livres. Rome en sept livre, La Grèce en un livre. Les Barbares, Les Grands Roy, Les Grands Seigneurs, Les Derniers Hérésiarques en un livre. L'Icare Français en deux livres. 

Paris, Thomas Blaise, 1623.
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950 €

First edition.
A collection of 919 sonnets describing famous men, from the Greeks and Romans to barbarians, kings, and heretics, ending with a portrait, in 105 sonnets, of the French Icarus, who was none other than Marshal Biron, a close friend of Henry IV, and executed as a traitor at the Bastille on July 31, 1602. The dedication to Louis XIII occupies no fewer than 54 sonnets.

Copy in a fine morocco binding from Hardy.

Photo DESHOULIERES, Antoinette. 

DESHOULIERES, Antoinette. 

Poësies de Madame Deshoulières. 

Paris, veuve de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1688.
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450 €

First Edition.
A French woman of letters and little-known writer, Antoinette Deshoulières frequented the salon of Mademoiselle de Scudéry.
She was nicknamed the "Tenth Muse" by her contemporaries.
She was the first French woman to be a member of the Academy. So, of course, we're not talking about the Académie Française (which nevertheless read one of her poems in a session in 1690), but the Académie des Ricovrat.
This copy is bound in fine Jansenist full morocco by Chambolle-Duru.

Copy in a fine morocco binding from Chambolle-Duru.

Photo DESMAZES, Charles. 

DESMAZES, Charles. 

Le Bailliage du Palais Royal de Paris. 

Paris, Willem et Daffis, 1875.
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1500 €

One of the three copies printed on vellum.

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