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PETIT RADEL, Louis Charles François.

Recherches sur les bibliothèques anciennes et modernes jusqu'à la fondation de la bibliothèque Mazarine, et sur les causes qui ont favorisé l'accroissement successif du nombre des livres.

Paris, Rey et Gravier, 1819.

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250 €

First edition.
First edition. Very interesting history of the Mazarine library by the one who was its curator during the Restoration.

Note the chapters on the history of medieval libraries, a subject little known at the time.

FRANCE, Anatole.

Sur La Pierre blanche.

Paris, La Connaissance, 1924.

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250 €

Philosophical and anticipatory work of Anatole France.
"The work deals as a whole with the evolution of mankind, and outlines the possibility of a creation of the United States of the world." (wikipedia)
Very nice edition decorated with engravings by Jean Kefalinos (full page, banners, frames ...).

Copy on Vélin de Rives nominative for M. Du Part with the series of illustrations on Vellum.

DURANDY, Dominique.

La Ceinture de Vénus, collines et paysages de mon pays.

Macon, Brocherioux, 1923.

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250 €

First edition.
Book dedicated to the country of Nice by Dominique Durandy (1868-1920).
The book is prefaced by Camille Mauclair and the watercolors plates are by Lessieux.

Copy on Lafuma paper n°499.

SYDENHAM, Thomas.

Thomae Sydenham med. doct. ac practici Londinensis Celeberrimi Opera Medica.

Genève, Fratres de Tournes, 1749.

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250 €

This compilation of Sydenham's work notably contains two important chapters on smallpox epidemics at the end of the 17th century.

As always in this edition, is linked to the work of Sydenham, the two treatises on arthritis by Guillaume MUSGRAVE: De arthritide symptomatica dissertatio & De arthritide anomala.
Which are the first treatises devoted to arthritis.

[ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE].

L'Epopée, Centenaire de l'école polytechnique 1794-1894.

Paris, Plon Nourrit, [1894].

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60 €

Collection of texts in the form of a sung opera, retracing a century of history of the Ecole Polytechnique.

Show that was undoubtedly given during the evening of Shadows for the centenary of Polytechnique.

MOLIERE.

Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque pièce par M. Bret.

Paris, Compagnie des libraires associés, 1805.

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200 €

This edition uses the text and engravings of the 1773 edition of Molière's works, commented on by Bret and illustrated by Moreau.

PENN, Johannes Jacobus.

Handboek der Schoone Bouwkunst.

Breda, F.P. Sterk, 1841.

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200 €

Architecture book in Dutch.

LACOUR-GAYET, Georges.

L'Impératrice Eugénie.

Paris, Albert Morancé, 1925.

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200 €

First edition.
Interesting biography devoted to the Empress Eugenie by the historian Georges Lacour-Gayet shortly after the death of Eugenie.
The book is illustrated by numerous reproductions (letters, photos, paintings ...).
Copy on Hollande numbered n ° 17/25.

SIMPSON, Thomas.

Elémens de géométrie traduits de l'anglois.

Paris, Vincent, 1755.

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200 €

Rare first edition in french of the ' Element of Plane geometry ' of Thomas Simpson.
Mathematician, Simpson. was the son of a weaver.
On 1743, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal Academy at Woolwich, and on 1745 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.
His ' Element of Plane geometry ' were a bestseller with 6 London editions between 1714 and 1821, five at Paris, and one at Amsterdam.

BITAUBE, Paul Jérémie || HOMERE.

Oeuvres d'Homère, avec des remarques; précédées de réflexions sur Homère et sur la traduction des poètes.

Paris, L. Tenré, 1822.

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175 €

The French translation of the Homeric epics by Bitaubé became the reference text in the 18th and 19th centuries.

FRANKLIN, Alfred.

Recherches sur la bibliothèque de la Faculté de médecine de Paris d'après des documents entièrement inédits suivis d'une notice sur les manuscrits qui y sont conservés.

Paris, Aubry, 1864.

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150 €

First edition.
Printed with 347 copies.

LALLEMAND, Claude François.

Recherches anatomico-pathologiques sur l'encéphale et ses dépendances.

Paris, Béchet Jeune, 1830-34.

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150 €

Complete copy with the third volume in original edition. Published in 1834, it complements previous editions.

Claude François Lallemand (1790-1854), a fervent admirer of Hippocrates, taught at the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier from 1819.
“His work, very extensive, emphasizes especially the physiological disorders caused by the alterations of the body. encephalon but it also contributed to develop and individualize what will become, after him urology. " (Louis Dulieu, Revue d'histoire des sciences 1975 28-2 pp. 125-138).

[CIRQUE MOLIER] POIRE, Emmanuel dit CARAN D'ACHE.

Programme de la Grande Fête sans fin du 11 juin 1891.

Paris, Krakow, 1891.

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150 €

Rare program of the Molier circus for June 11, 1891 illustrated by Caran d'Ache.

[CIRQUE MOLIER] THELEM, Ernest.

Programme du Cirque Molier 1880-1920.

Paris, Devambez, 1920.

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150 €

Circus Molier program for the 1880-1920 retrospective.
Illustrated by the famous poster artist of the Belle Epoque Ernest Thélem.

TRONCHAY, Michel.

Vie de M. Lenain de Tillemont, avec des reflexions sur divers sujets de morale, et quelques lettres de pieté.

Cologne, s.n., 1711.

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150 €

First edition.
Michel Tronchay (1668-1733) was for many years the secretary of the historian Lenain de Tillemont (1637-1698) with whom he worked on his monumental ecclesiastical history.
From this collaboration he draws this book of moral reflections very imbued with Jansenism.

MARESCHAL || SIMON || DANTY.

Traité des Droits Honorifiques des Seigneurs dans les Eglises Par feu M. MARESCHAL, Avocat. Et un Traité du Droit de Patronage, de la Présentation aux Bénéfices.

Paris, Claude Robustel, 1724.

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150 €

Reference book on a very particular point of the law of the old regime which aims to govern the privileges of the nobles within the Church (Right of patronage, Right of bench ...).

RÉVAL, Gabrielle.

Le Ruban de Vénus.

Paris, C. Lévy, 1906.

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150 €

First edition.
Copy with autograph dedication of the author to Mr. Paul-Boncour.
Gabrielle Réval was the literary pseudonym of Gabrielle Logerot, French novelist.

LELUT, Francisque.

Qu'est-Ce Que La Phrénologie Ou Essai Sur La Signification Et La Valeur Des Systèmes De Psychologie En Général Et De Celui De Gall En Particulier.

Paris, Trinquart, 1836.

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120 €

First edition.
Very critical work towards Gall, but if phrenology is put forward in the title, it is in fact all the psychological sciences of time that Lelut examines.

BROUSSAIS, François Joseph Victor.

Cours de phrénologie.

Paris, Baillière, 1836.

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120 €

First edition.
Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

BORXA Y LOAISO, Valerio de.

La Verdadera Política de los hombres de distincion.

Barcelone, Viuda Piferrer, [v. 1780].

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120 €

Third edition.

[CIRQUE DE MOSCOU].

Ensemble Prospectus et brochures du Cirque de Moscou.

s.l., s.n., 1956-1969.

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100 €

Set of various documents on Moscow circus and russian circus :
- Masters of Soviet Circus (1956, 2 exemplaires)
- Oleg Popov (1958, 2 exemplaires)
- "Le Cirque de Moscou, un spectacle prodigieux (1956)
-"Cirque d'état de Moscou au Palais des Sports" (1956)
-"Cirque de Moscou 1960"
-"Cirque de Moscou 1969".

[CIRQUE] BOYER, Maurice dit Moriss.

Annonce du spectacle d'Antonio et Brelock-Tolmés-Moriss au Nouveau cirque.

s.l., s.n., [v. 1920].

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50 €

After having been a comic illustrator for many years, Moriss devoted himself entirely from the 1940s on to music hall.

Here is the announcement of one of these first shows (the New Circus, which closed in 1926), illustrated by him.

COMBE, George || LEBEAU, H.

Traité de phrénologie.

Bruxelles, Société Belge de librairie, 1840.

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110 €

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau.
George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

GARNIER, Francis Xavier Paul.

Traité des chemins de toute espèce, comprenant les grandes routes, chemins de halage, vicinaux et particuliers, arbres et fossés qui les bordent, les rues et les places publiques ; suivi d'un appendice au régime des eaux.

Paris, Imprimerie Pillet ainé, 1827.

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100 €

Third edition signed by the author.

LA BRUYERE.

Les Caractères.

Paris, Stéréotype d'Herhan, 1802.

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100 €

Beautiful edition given by Herhan and its stereotyping process allowing a very readable impression.
Portraict of La Bruyère in volume I and of Théophraste in volume III. This last volume being devoted to the Characters of Theophrastus.

SAMAIN, Albert.

Le Chariot d'Or.

Paris, Mercure de France, 1901.

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100 €

First edition.
Albert Samain is one of the most famous French poets at the end of the 19th century.
Regular print n°284.

CARCO, Francis.

L'Equipe.

Paris, Edition Rouffé, 1925.

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100 €

Color illustrations by Dignimont.

Numbered copy on Lafuma paper (ours n ° 87) and signed by publisher.

NIVELLE DE LA CHAUSSEE, Pierre Claude.

Oeuvres de Monsieur Nivelle de la Chaussée.

Paris, Prault, 1762.

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80 €

Collection of pieces by Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée (1692-1754)
"Known as the creator of tearful comedy, a theatrical genre to which he is unfairly reduced, he is the author of a rich and diverse work." (wikipedia)

Missing the volume of supplement which appeared separately.

BOSSUET, Jacques-Benigne.

Discours sur l'histoire universelle depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à l'empire de Charlemagne.

Paris, Pierre Didot, (1803) An XI.

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80 €

Beautiful stereotype edition by DIdot, the most famous french printer.
This in-18 edition is complete in two volumes.

SAUTEREAU DU PART.

Au Long de ma route.

Macon, Protat frères, 1931.

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75 €

Collection of poems.

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PETIT RADEL, Louis Charles François.

Recherches sur les bibliothèques anciennes et modernes jusqu'à la fondation de la bibliothèque Mazarine, et sur les causes qui ont favorisé l'accroissement successif du nombre des livres.

First edition.First edition. Very interesting history of the Mazarine library by the one who was its curator during the Restoration. Note the chapters on the history of medieval libraries, a subject little known at the time.

FRANCE, Anatole.

Sur La Pierre blanche.

DURANDY, Dominique.

La Ceinture de Vénus, collines et paysages de mon pays.

First edition. Book dedicated to the country of Nice by Dominique Durandy (1868-1920). The book is prefaced by Camille Mauclair and the watercolors plates are by Lessieux.Copy on Lafuma paper n°499.

SYDENHAM, Thomas.

Thomae Sydenham med. doct. ac practici Londinensis Celeberrimi Opera Medica.

[ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE].

L'Epopée, Centenaire de l'école polytechnique 1794-1894.

Collection of texts in the form of a sung opera, retracing a century of history of the Ecole Polytechnique. Show that was undoubtedly given during the evening of Shadows for the centenary of Polytechnique.

MOLIERE.

Oeuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque pièce par M. Bret.

This edition uses the text and engravings of the 1773 edition of Molière's works, commented on by Bret and illustrated by Moreau.

PENN, Johannes Jacobus.

Handboek der Schoone Bouwkunst.

Architecture book in Dutch.

LACOUR-GAYET, Georges.

L'Impératrice Eugénie.

First edition.Interesting biography devoted to the Empress Eugenie by the historian Georges Lacour-Gayet shortly after the death of Eugenie.The book is illustrated by numerous reproductions (letters, photos, paintings ...).Copy on Hollande numbered n ° 17/25.

SIMPSON, Thomas.

Elémens de géométrie traduits de l'anglois.

BITAUBE, Paul Jérémie || HOMERE.

Oeuvres d'Homère, avec des remarques; précédées de réflexions sur Homère et sur la traduction des poètes.

The French translation of the Homeric epics by Bitaubé became the reference text in the 18th and 19th centuries.

FRANKLIN, Alfred.

Recherches sur la bibliothèque de la Faculté de médecine de Paris d'après des documents entièrement inédits suivis d'une notice sur les manuscrits qui y sont conservés.

First edition.Printed with 347 copies.

LALLEMAND, Claude François.

Recherches anatomico-pathologiques sur l'encéphale et ses dépendances.

[CIRQUE MOLIER] POIRE, Emmanuel dit CARAN D'ACHE.

Programme de la Grande Fête sans fin du 11 juin 1891.

Rare program of the Molier circus for June 11, 1891 illustrated by Caran d'Ache.

[CIRQUE MOLIER] THELEM, Ernest.

Programme du Cirque Molier 1880-1920.

Circus Molier program for the 1880-1920 retrospective.Illustrated by the famous poster artist of the Belle Epoque Ernest Thélem.

TRONCHAY, Michel.

Vie de M. Lenain de Tillemont, avec des reflexions sur divers sujets de morale, et quelques lettres de pieté.

First edition.Michel Tronchay (1668-1733) was for many years the secretary of the historian Lenain de Tillemont (1637-1698) with whom he worked on his monumental ecclesiastical history. From this collaboration he draws this book of moral reflections very imbued with Jansenism.

MARESCHAL || SIMON || DANTY.

Traité des Droits Honorifiques des Seigneurs dans les Eglises Par feu M. MARESCHAL, Avocat. Et un Traité du Droit de Patronage, de la Présentation aux Bénéfices.

Reference book on a very particular point of the law of the old regime which aims to govern the privileges of the nobles within the Church (Right of patronage, Right of bench ...).

RÉVAL, Gabrielle.

Le Ruban de Vénus.

First edition. Copy with autograph dedication of the author to Mr. Paul-Boncour.Gabrielle Réval was the literary pseudonym of Gabrielle Logerot, French novelist.

LELUT, Francisque.

Qu'est-Ce Que La Phrénologie Ou Essai Sur La Signification Et La Valeur Des Systèmes De Psychologie En Général Et De Celui De Gall En Particulier.

First edition. Very critical work towards Gall, but if phrenology is put forward in the title, it is in fact all the psychological sciences of time that Lelut examines.

BROUSSAIS, François Joseph Victor.

Cours de phrénologie.

First edition.Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

BORXA Y LOAISO, Valerio de.

La Verdadera Política de los hombres de distincion.

Third edition.

[CIRQUE DE MOSCOU].

Ensemble Prospectus et brochures du Cirque de Moscou.

[CIRQUE] BOYER, Maurice dit Moriss.

Annonce du spectacle d'Antonio et Brelock-Tolmés-Moriss au Nouveau cirque.

After having been a comic illustrator for many years, Moriss devoted himself entirely from the 1940s on to music hall. Here is the announcement of one of these first shows (the New Circus, which closed in 1926), illustrated by him.

COMBE, George || LEBEAU, H.

Traité de phrénologie.

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau. George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

GARNIER, Francis Xavier Paul.

Traité des chemins de toute espèce, comprenant les grandes routes, chemins de halage, vicinaux et particuliers, arbres et fossés qui les bordent, les rues et les places publiques ; suivi d'un appendice au régime des eaux.

Third edition signed by the author.

LA BRUYERE.

Les Caractères.

Beautiful edition given by Herhan and its stereotyping process allowing a very readable impression. Portraict of La Bruyère in volume I and of Théophraste in volume III. This last volume being devoted to the Characters of Theophrastus.

SAMAIN, Albert.

Le Chariot d'Or.

First edition.Albert Samain is one of the most famous French poets at the end of the 19th century.Regular print n°284.

CARCO, Francis.

L'Equipe.

Color illustrations by Dignimont.Numbered copy on Lafuma paper (ours n ° 87) and signed by publisher.

NIVELLE DE LA CHAUSSEE, Pierre Claude.

Oeuvres de Monsieur Nivelle de la Chaussée.

Collection of pieces by Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée (1692-1754)"Known as the creator of tearful comedy, a theatrical genre to which he is unfairly reduced, he is the author of a rich and diverse work." (wikipedia)Missing the volume of supplement which appeared separately.

BOSSUET, Jacques-Benigne.

First edition.
First edition. Very interesting history of the Mazarine library by the one who was its curator during the Restoration.

Note the chapters on the history of medieval libraries, a subject little known at the time.

First edition.
Book dedicated to the country of Nice by Dominique Durandy (1868-1920).
The book is prefaced by Camille Mauclair and the watercolors plates are by Lessieux.

Copy on Lafuma paper n°499.

Collection of texts in the form of a sung opera, retracing a century of history of the Ecole Polytechnique.

Show that was undoubtedly given during the evening of Shadows for the centenary of Polytechnique.

First edition.
Interesting biography devoted to the Empress Eugenie by the historian Georges Lacour-Gayet shortly after the death of Eugenie.
The book is illustrated by numerous reproductions (letters, photos, paintings ...).
Copy on Hollande numbered n ° 17/25.

First edition.
Printed with 347 copies.

Circus Molier program for the 1880-1920 retrospective.
Illustrated by the famous poster artist of the Belle Epoque Ernest Thélem.

First edition.
Michel Tronchay (1668-1733) was for many years the secretary of the historian Lenain de Tillemont (1637-1698) with whom he worked on his monumental ecclesiastical history.
From this collaboration he draws this book of moral reflections very imbued with Jansenism.

First edition.
Copy with autograph dedication of the author to Mr. Paul-Boncour.
Gabrielle Réval was the literary pseudonym of Gabrielle Logerot, French novelist.

First edition.
Very critical work towards Gall, but if phrenology is put forward in the title, it is in fact all the psychological sciences of time that Lelut examines.

First edition.
Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

After having been a comic illustrator for many years, Moriss devoted himself entirely from the 1940s on to music hall.

Here is the announcement of one of these first shows (the New Circus, which closed in 1926), illustrated by him.

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau.
George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

Beautiful edition given by Herhan and its stereotyping process allowing a very readable impression.
Portraict of La Bruyère in volume I and of Théophraste in volume III. This last volume being devoted to the Characters of Theophrastus.

First edition.
Albert Samain is one of the most famous French poets at the end of the 19th century.
Regular print n°284.

Color illustrations by Dignimont.

Numbered copy on Lafuma paper (ours n ° 87) and signed by publisher.

Collection of pieces by Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée (1692-1754)
"Known as the creator of tearful comedy, a theatrical genre to which he is unfairly reduced, he is the author of a rich and diverse work." (wikipedia)

Missing the volume of supplement which appeared separately.

Beautiful stereotype edition by DIdot, the most famous french printer.
This in-18 edition is complete in two volumes.