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MORIN, Jean.

Abrégé du Mécanisme universel, en discours et questions physiques.

Chartres, J. Roux, 1735.

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150 €

First edition.

Jean Morin (1705-1764) discovered a new liquid phosphorus in 1726 and was admitted to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1736. This book is a synthesis of his research works in physics.

WERTHEIM, Guillaume.

Mémoires de Physique mécanique.

Paris, Bachelier, 1848.

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75 €

First edition.

This book is a collection of several texts dealing in particular with elasticity on the cohesion of metals, on the sounds produced by electric current or on the balance of homogeneous solid bodies.

ROUSSET, Auguste.

La diffusion de la lumière par les molécules rigides.

Paris, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1947.

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70 €

First edition.
Important study on light and Raman specter. . (Flügge. Light and Matter p.787).

PAYEN, Anselme.

Précis de chimie industrielle à l'usage des écoles préparatoires aux professions industrielles et des fabricants.

Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1849.

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75 €

First edition.
Anselme Payen (1795-1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.

CAMUS, François-Joseph de.

Traité des forces mouvantes pour la pratique des arts et métiers. Avec une explication de vingt machines nouvelles & utiles.

Paris, Claude Jombert et Laurent Le Conte, 1722.

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150 €

First edition.

François-Joseph de Camus (1672-1732) is a French technician and inventor in mechanical science. This book is one of his most important texts, including a significant number of his inventions.

CASTEL, Louis-Bertrand.

Traité de physique sur la pesanteur universelle des corps.

Paris, André Cailleau, 1724.

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900 €

First edition.

Louis Bertrand Castel (1688-1757) was a Jesuit, mathematician, physicist and French journalist.
This book is one of the first scientific treatises published by this author. He explains his theory according to which all the phenomena of the universe are explicable according to two principles, which are: the gravity of the bodies, which makes everything tend to rest, and the activity of the spirits, which incessantly creates the movement.
In France, he was one of the main opponents of Newton's theory of gravitation.

BOYS, Charles-Vernon.

Bulles de Savon. Quatre conférences sur la capillarité faites devant un jeune auditoire.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1892.

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50 €

First French edition, translated of English, with new notes from author and translator.

WAGGONER, Joseph Harvey.

D'Eden en Eden, étude scripturaire et prophétique.

Bâle, Société internationale de traités, 1889.

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150 €

First edition. Fine copy.

This book, written by Joseph Harvey Wagoner (1820 -1889), deals with an interpretation of the Bible and a history of prohets related to the doctrine of a new Church, born in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century:The Adventists.

LUMIERE, Auguste et Louis.

Résumé des Travaux Scientifiques.

s.l., s.n., 1914.

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500 €

Important first edition containing the works of by the Lumière brothers from 1887 to 1914.
The most important being of course those on photography.

FISCHER, Ernst Gottfried.

Physique Mécanique avec des notes et un appendice sur les anneaux colorés, la double réfraction, la polarisation de la lumière et le magnétisme tant en repos qu'en mouvement par M. Biot.

Paris, Mme Ve Courcier, 1819.

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300 €

Third enlarged edition, sought for Biot's notes on the polarization of light.
Biot is known for having studied and established the laws of rotation of the plane of polarization of the light passing through a liquid solution just before this edition, in 1815.

COCTEAU, Jean || LHOTE, André.

Escales.

Paris, Éditions de la Sirène, 1920.

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3000 €

440 copies.
This (n° xviii) one of the 25 on Hollande paper, with an additionnal text 'Musée Secret' containing 5 erotical drawing in black from Lhote that is not in the normal paper.

LORRIS, Guillaume de || MEUNG, Jean de.

Le Roman de la Rose. Edition faite sur celle de Lenglet Dufresnoy, corrigée avec soin, et enrichie de la dissertation sur les auteurs de l'ouvrage, de l'analyse, des variantes et du glossaire publiés en 1737 par J.-B. Lantin de Damerey.

Paris, Fournier et Fils F. Didot, An VII (1799).

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4500 €

One of the 90 copies on large vellum paper wih portrait and engravings in two states.

Fine binding from Bradel l'Aîné.

RETZ.

Recherches pathologiques, anatomiques et juduciaires, sur les signes de l’empoisonnement.

Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Méquignon, 1784.

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250 €

Rare book on forensic medicine.

[ALARY, François].

Le Parnasse Assiégé ou la Guerre Declarée entre les Philosophes Anciens & Modernes.

Lyon, Antoine Boudet, 1697.

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1750 €

First edtion.
It is only recently that the author of this rare treatise has been identified through the work of Didier Kahn. François Alary is also the author of the famous Texte d'Alchymie, et le songe-verd.
"It is a very curious effusion in which the author attemps to prove the reality of the Hermetic Science and the correctness of the views of Paracelsus" (Duveen).

EYQUEM du MARTINEAU, Mathurin.

Le pilote de l'onde vive, ou le secret du flux et reflux de la mer.

Paris, Jean Dhoury, 1678.

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2200 €

Rare first edition of this alchemical work.
With the author signature on the title page.

DU HAYS, Charles.

Dictionnaire de la race pure pour remonter à l'origine des chevaux et juments de pur sang anglais qui ont été introduits en France, Belgique, Hollande et tout le continent germanique et des individualités célèbres entrées en Angleterre qui ont formé illustré et conservé cette race.

Bruxelles, Paris, Leipzig, Parent, Goin & Durr, 1863.

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200 €

Fine copy.

HUZARD, Jean-Baptiste.

Des haras domestiques en France.

Paris, Mme Huzard, 1829.

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200 €

First edition.

GAUTHIER, Mr.

Collections mathématiques.

s.l., s.n., 1806-1807.

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1500 €

Fine copy.

BULLET, Pierre.

Traité de l'usage du pantomètre, instrument géométrique, instrument géométrique propre à prendre toutes sortes d'angles, mesurer les distances accessibles et inaccessibles, arpenter et diviser toutes sortes de figures.

Paris, André Pralard, 1675.

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450 €

First edition.

[PERNETY, Jacques || BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe ].

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

La Haye, Neaulme, 1746.

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250 €

First edition.

BUDAN, Ferdinand.

Nouvelle méthode pour la résolution des équations numériques.

Paris, Courcier, 1807.

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900 €

First edition.
A fresh copy, untrimmed, as issued.

LEBESCHU DE LA BASTAY.

Révolution de la médecine ou régénération de l'Art de Guérir.

Paris, Méquignon, An VII [1799].

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350 €

Rare first edition.

LACROIX, Silvestre-François.

Essais de géométrie sur les plans et les surfaces courbes (Ou Élémens de Géométrie Descriptive).

Paris, Fuchs & Bernard, 1795.

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600 €

First edition of Lacroix's very rare first book; it was extremely popular and saw a seventh edition in 1840. The book was written in part for various professions including architects, carpenter, artists, and geometers in order to improve their graphical procedures.
Bound after : 2. Élémens de géométrie précédés de réflexions sur l'ordre à suivre dans ces élémens, sur la manière de les écrire, et sur la méthode en mathématiques. Chez Duprat, An septième [1798], Paris. First edition.

PINAMONTI, Giovanni Pietro.

Le Leggi dell’Impossibile ovvero le Regole dell’Astrologia per rintracciare l’avvenire.

Venetia, Andrea Poletti, 1700.

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Second edition of this rare work againt astrology.

VELPEAU, Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie.

Embryologie ou ovologie humaine contenant l'histoire descriptive et iconographique de l'oeuf humain.

Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1833.

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650 €

First edition.
At the time Velpeau published this treatise on embryology, he was surgeon to l'Hôpital Saint-Antoine and l'Hôpital de la Pitié in Paris. He was, in addition, supernumerary professor on the Faculté de Médecine de Paris and was also active at l'Hôpital de la Charité.

SCARPA, Antoine.

Supplément du Traité pratique des hernies, ou mémoires anatomiques et chirurgiaux sur ces maladies.

Paris, Gabon, 1823.

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250 €

Atlas of the supplement only.

EDWARDS, William Frederic.

De l'influence des Agens physiques sur la Vie.

Paris, Crochard, 1824.

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300 €

First edition.

DIEUDONNE, Robert.

Hommes de Chevaux ! (Heures Hippiques d'un Fantassin). Dessins de HAUTOT.

Paris, La Nouvelle Revue Critique, sans date [ca. 1918].

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150 €

First edition, one of the 20 copies on japan paper.

TRUC, Gonzague.

Paul Claudel - Portrait et Autographe - Document pour l'histoire de la littérature française.

Paris, La Nouvelle Revue Critique, 1925.

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150 €

First edition, one of the 5 copies on japan paper.

LE COINTE, Jourdan.

La cuisine de santé, ou moyens faciles & économiques de préparer toutes nos Productions Alimentaires, de la manière la plus délicate & la plus salutaire, d'après les nouvelles découvertes de la Cuisine Françoise et Italienne.

Paris, Briand, 1789-1790.

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2500 €

Scarce first edition.
Each volumes with 2 title pages, first dated 1790 and a second dated 1789, as the Bitting [278] copy.

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MORIN, Jean.

Abrégé du Mécanisme universel, en discours et questions physiques.

First edition. Jean Morin (1705-1764) discovered a new liquid phosphorus in 1726 and was admitted to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1736. This book is a synthesis of his research works in physics.

WERTHEIM, Guillaume.

Mémoires de Physique mécanique.

First edition. This book is a collection of several texts dealing in particular with elasticity on the cohesion of metals, on the sounds produced by electric current or on the balance of homogeneous solid bodies.

ROUSSET, Auguste.

La diffusion de la lumière par les molécules rigides.

First edition. Important study on light and Raman specter. . (Flügge. Light and Matter p.787).

PAYEN, Anselme.

Précis de chimie industrielle à l'usage des écoles préparatoires aux professions industrielles et des fabricants.

First edition. Anselme Payen (1795-1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.

CAMUS, François-Joseph de.

Traité des forces mouvantes pour la pratique des arts et métiers. Avec une explication de vingt machines nouvelles & utiles.

First edition. François-Joseph de Camus (1672-1732) is a French technician and inventor in mechanical science. This book is one of his most important texts, including a significant number of his inventions.

CASTEL, Louis-Bertrand.

Traité de physique sur la pesanteur universelle des corps.

BOYS, Charles-Vernon.

Bulles de Savon. Quatre conférences sur la capillarité faites devant un jeune auditoire.

First French edition, translated of English, with new notes from author and translator.

WAGGONER, Joseph Harvey.

D'Eden en Eden, étude scripturaire et prophétique.

First edition. Fine copy. This book, written by Joseph Harvey Wagoner (1820 -1889), deals with an interpretation of the Bible and a history of prohets related to the doctrine of a new Church, born in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century:The Adventists.

LUMIERE, Auguste et Louis.

Résumé des Travaux Scientifiques.

Important first edition containing the works of by the Lumière brothers from 1887 to 1914. The most important being of course those on photography.

FISCHER, Ernst Gottfried.

Physique Mécanique avec des notes et un appendice sur les anneaux colorés, la double réfraction, la polarisation de la lumière et le magnétisme tant en repos qu'en mouvement par M. Biot.

Third enlarged edition, sought for Biot's notes on the polarization of light. Biot is known for having studied and established the laws of rotation of the plane of polarization of the light passing through a liquid solution just before this edition, in 1815.

COCTEAU, Jean || LHOTE, André.

Escales.

440 copies. This (n° xviii) one of the 25 on Hollande paper, with an additionnal text 'Musée Secret' containing 5 erotical drawing in black from Lhote that is not in the normal paper.

LORRIS, Guillaume de || MEUNG, Jean de.

Le Roman de la Rose. Edition faite sur celle de Lenglet Dufresnoy, corrigée avec soin, et enrichie de la dissertation sur les auteurs de l'ouvrage, de l'analyse, des variantes et du glossaire publiés en 1737 par J.-B. Lantin de Damerey.

One of the 90 copies on large vellum paper wih portrait and engravings in two states. Fine binding from Bradel l'Aîné.

RETZ.

Recherches pathologiques, anatomiques et juduciaires, sur les signes de l’empoisonnement.

Rare book on forensic medicine.

[ALARY, François].

Le Parnasse Assiégé ou la Guerre Declarée entre les Philosophes Anciens & Modernes.

EYQUEM du MARTINEAU, Mathurin.

Le pilote de l'onde vive, ou le secret du flux et reflux de la mer.

Rare first edition of this alchemical work. With the author signature on the title page.

DU HAYS, Charles.

Dictionnaire de la race pure pour remonter à l'origine des chevaux et juments de pur sang anglais qui ont été introduits en France, Belgique, Hollande et tout le continent germanique et des individualités célèbres entrées en Angleterre qui ont formé illustré et conservé cette race.

Fine copy.

HUZARD, Jean-Baptiste.

Des haras domestiques en France.

First edition.

GAUTHIER, Mr.

Collections mathématiques.

Fine copy.

BULLET, Pierre.

Traité de l'usage du pantomètre, instrument géométrique, instrument géométrique propre à prendre toutes sortes d'angles, mesurer les distances accessibles et inaccessibles, arpenter et diviser toutes sortes de figures.

First edition.

[PERNETY, Jacques || BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe ].

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

First edition.

BUDAN, Ferdinand.

Nouvelle méthode pour la résolution des équations numériques.

First edition. A fresh copy, untrimmed, as issued.

LEBESCHU DE LA BASTAY.

Révolution de la médecine ou régénération de l'Art de Guérir.

Rare first edition.

LACROIX, Silvestre-François.

Essais de géométrie sur les plans et les surfaces courbes (Ou Élémens de Géométrie Descriptive).

PINAMONTI, Giovanni Pietro.

Le Leggi dell’Impossibile ovvero le Regole dell’Astrologia per rintracciare l’avvenire.

Second edition of this rare work againt astrology.

VELPEAU, Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie.

Embryologie ou ovologie humaine contenant l'histoire descriptive et iconographique de l'oeuf humain.

First edition. At the time Velpeau published this treatise on embryology, he was surgeon to l'Hôpital Saint-Antoine and l'Hôpital de la Pitié in Paris. He was, in addition, supernumerary professor on the Faculté de Médecine de Paris and was also active at l'Hôpital de la Charité.

SCARPA, Antoine.

Supplément du Traité pratique des hernies, ou mémoires anatomiques et chirurgiaux sur ces maladies.

Atlas of the supplement only.

EDWARDS, William Frederic.

De l'influence des Agens physiques sur la Vie.

First edition.

DIEUDONNE, Robert.

Hommes de Chevaux ! (Heures Hippiques d'un Fantassin). Dessins de HAUTOT.

First edition.

Jean Morin (1705-1764) discovered a new liquid phosphorus in 1726 and was admitted to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1736. This book is a synthesis of his research works in physics.

First edition.

This book is a collection of several texts dealing in particular with elasticity on the cohesion of metals, on the sounds produced by electric current or on the balance of homogeneous solid bodies.

First edition.
Important study on light and Raman specter. . (Flügge. Light and Matter p.787).

First edition.
Anselme Payen (1795-1871) was a French chemist known for discovering the enzyme diastase, and the carbohydrate cellulose.

First edition.

François-Joseph de Camus (1672-1732) is a French technician and inventor in mechanical science. This book is one of his most important texts, including a significant number of his inventions.

First edition. Fine copy.

This book, written by Joseph Harvey Wagoner (1820 -1889), deals with an interpretation of the Bible and a history of prohets related to the doctrine of a new Church, born in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century:The Adventists.

Important first edition containing the works of by the Lumière brothers from 1887 to 1914.
The most important being of course those on photography.

Third enlarged edition, sought for Biot's notes on the polarization of light.
Biot is known for having studied and established the laws of rotation of the plane of polarization of the light passing through a liquid solution just before this edition, in 1815.

440 copies.
This (n° xviii) one of the 25 on Hollande paper, with an additionnal text 'Musée Secret' containing 5 erotical drawing in black from Lhote that is not in the normal paper.

One of the 90 copies on large vellum paper wih portrait and engravings in two states.

Fine binding from Bradel l'Aîné.

Rare first edition of this alchemical work.
With the author signature on the title page.

First edition.
A fresh copy, untrimmed, as issued.

First edition.
At the time Velpeau published this treatise on embryology, he was surgeon to l'Hôpital Saint-Antoine and l'Hôpital de la Pitié in Paris. He was, in addition, supernumerary professor on the Faculté de Médecine de Paris and was also active at l'Hôpital de la Charité.

Scarce first edition.
Each volumes with 2 title pages, first dated 1790 and a second dated 1789, as the Bitting [278] copy.