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Photo DUCHENNE, Guillaume-Benjamin. 

Rare copy of the deluxe edition of the second edition with the atlas.
It's the first medical book illustrated with photographs of living subjects.
The celebrated work by Duchenne de Boulogne on facial expressions induced by electrification.
Duchenne de Boulogne’s research was intended both for anatomists and scientists (Darwin would later use Duchenne’s findings in his The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals) and for artists, who, as he said, “have not always been able to find the fundamental lines” of an expressive face.
Using his electrodes and induction coil, Duchenne assigned the precise role of each facial muscle in animating the human face.
He thus aimed to “make known, through electro-physiological analysis and with the help of photography, the art of accurately painting the expressive lines of the human face—a kind of orthography of physiognomy in motion” (from the preface).

A copy from the deluxe edition, issued by the publisher, accompanied by its atlas; the regular edition contained only the frontispiece and the nine plates in the text volume.
Our copy is complete with its atlas of 82 additional plates (the last eleven "aesthetic" plates are often missing).

The atlas reproduces the original photographs, whose portraits had been extracted to create the nine synoptic plates, now printed in large format on albumen paper and mounted.
The electrically induced emotions of the six models literally leap off the page.

The first series of experimental photographs (plates 3–73), featuring an old cobbler with a wrinkled face, was deemed too coarse when Duchenne first presented it. He was persuaded to create a second series (plates 74–84) showing young women in various poses—ecstatic to imitate Saint Teresa or cruel to mimic Lady Macbeth.
“Striving to satisfy those with a sense of beauty, and wishing to please while instructing, I have undertaken some new electrophysiological studies in which, as far as possible, I hope to meet the principal requirements of aesthetics: beauty of form, combined with the truth of facial expression, attitude, and gesture.” (p. 133)
He called this part of his work the aesthetic section.
Perhaps unconvinced of its scientific value, he did not always distribute these 11 “aesthetic” photographs with the atlas; for example, the copies sent to Darwin and Charcot stop at plate 73.
The publisher himself only anounced on the title page 74 plates. Copies with plates 74 to 84 are rare.

Duchenne stands at the crossroads of three recent scientific revolutions (electrical induction, physiology, and photography), yet here he has composed one of the true photographic masterpieces of the 19th century.

Photo DAUMIER, Honoré || (GOBIN, DELTEIL, MAISON, ...). 

Twenty-eight books and exhibition catalogs relating to the work of Honoré Daumier.

This collection comes from the documentation library of the art dealer Maurice Gobin (later his son Francis).
Maurice Gobin wrote a book with a catalogue raisonné of the Daumier's Sculpture (see 5).

1. DELTEIL, Loys. Oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier. 1925- Paris. Complete run of 11 volumes of the lithographs of Daumier. Published in the series 'Le peintre-graveur illustré"+ volume 20 up to 29 bis (Tables).
Quarter clothes, original printed wrappers bound in.
Copy printed for Maurice Gobin, as a member of the patronage committee formed specifically by Loys Delteil for this publication on Daumier.
Copy filled with two letters from Loys Delteil to Maurice Gobin. The first thanking him for joining the patronage committee and the second requesting information on the prices achieved at auctions in Germany for Daumier's lithographs.
Also filled with four leaves from the manuscript of the book. Some annotations by Gobin and two photos of unpublished Daumier lithographs that Maurice Gobin transferred or donated to the BNF, based on his annotations.

2. MAISON, Karl Eric. Honoré Daumier: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings. 1968. Paris.
Set of two books in original slipcase
3. MAISON, Karl Eric. Daumier studies. 1954. Offprint from "The Burlington Magazine - january, march and Aprill 1954". Presentation copy.
4. CHAMPFLEURY. Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié et gravé de H. Daumier : avec une eau-forte inédite. 1878. (4)-52 pages and 1 etching. Poor copy, disbound without the upper cover. Only 100 copies printed. This one for A.Bareaux
5. GOBIN, Maurice. Daumier Sculpteur 1808-1879, avec un catalogue raisonné et illustré de l'oeuvre sculpté. 1952, Cailler, Genève.
6. Galerie Sagot-Le-Garrec. Daumier sculpteur, lithographe et dessinateur. 1957. Exposition catalogue. With an introduction written by Maurice Gobin.
7. Bibliothèque Nationale. DAUMIER. Lithographies, Gravures sur bois, Sculptures. 1934. Exposition catalogue.
Poor copy. Spine broken with lacks. With add in a manuscript sheet from Maurice Gobin to Marcel Lecomte (see n. 23) dated 19533 in which is discuss the date of the lithigraphy n°142 of this book.
8. DAUMIER, Jean Baptiste. Un matin de printemps. 1815. 27 pages. Stain p. 23/24.
First edition of this poem by Daumier's father. Copy that belonged to Léo Larguier (author of works on Corot, Cézanne, etc.) who then gave it to Maurice Gobin.
9. ALEXANDRE, Arsène. Honoré Daumier, l'homme et l'eouvre. Ouvrage orné d'un portrait à l'eau-forte, de deux héliogravures et de 47 illustrations. Paris, Renouard - H. Laurens, 1888.
8vo, (8)-383-(1) pages and 6 plates. Foxings.
Fine contemporary half morocco bindong signed Canapa. Originals wrappers bound in.
10. FUCHS, Edouard. Der Maler Daumier. 1927 + Supplement. 1930.
First volume in the original printed cloth and the supplement with original printed paper hardcover.
11. LE GARREC, Maurice . Trente-Six Bustes de H. Daumier, reproduits en phototypie grandeur nature. 1932. Spine chipped. 325 copies. Plates are captioned in pencil.

12. ESCHOLIER, Raymond. Daumier Peintre et Lithographe. Paris, Floury, 1923.
8vo, frontispiece, 202-(2) pages and 63 plates. Few pencil annotations.
Contemporary quarter morocco. Original wrappers bound in.
13. ESCHOLIER, Raymond. Daumier et son Monde. 1965.
14. ROGER- MARX, Claude, Daumier. 1938. Spine broken with lacks. Presentation copy to Maurice Gaubin : "Pour Maurice Gobin qui lutte pour l'art vrai avec l'amitié de CRM".
15. Burlington Magazine n°613. Avril 1954. Contain : Daumier Studies III par K.E. Maison
16. ROSENTHAL, Leon. Daumier (L' Art De Notre Temps). 1911.
17. The Journal Walter Art Gallery. Vol. XI.1948. With a paper from Marceau and Rosen : "A Terracotta by Daumier". With a manuscript paper from Gobin who give is advise on this Terracotta (par et truffé d'un page manuscrite de commentaire de Gobin sur cette terre cuite (Le Fardeau).
18. Arts et Livres de Provence. Premier Bulletin Daumier. 1949.

19. BALZER, Wolfgang. Der junge Daumier und seine Kampfgefährten. Politische Karikatur in Frankreich 1830 bis 1835. Dresden. 1965.
20. REY, Robert. Daumier. 1968.
21. FOGG ART MUSEUM. Daumier Sculpture - a Critical and Comparative Study. 1969. With ballpoint annotations on the book and on some loose sheets.
22. Catalogue vente Maurice Loncle. 22 novembre 1977. With in particular important sculptures by Daumier, with the auction prices noted in ballpoint pen.
23. SAGOT-LE GARREC. Daumier Sculpteur. * Les bustes des Parlementaire et LECOMTE, Marcel. ** Les figurines et autres sculptures. 1979. Joint exhibition of these two galleries opened on October 10, 1979
24. PASSERON, Roger. Daumier: Témoin de son temps. 1979
25. CHERPIN, Jean. Daumier et la sculpture. 1979. Presentation copy : "A Francis Gobin en témoignage de gratitude pour les conseils amicaux reçus de Maurice Gobin et l'admiration pour son oeuvre. En cordial hommage".
26. The Metropolitan Art Museum. Daumier Drawings. 1992.
27. Colta Ives. Honoré Daumier : Zeichnungen (German). 1992. German version of the catalogue of this joint exhibition (see no. 26) between the Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt and the Metropolitan Art Museum.
28. LOYRETTE, Henri [ under the direction ]. Daumier, 1808 -1879 - Album de l'exposition [ Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Ottawa, 11 juin-6 septembre 1999 ; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 5 octobre 1999-3 . Washington, 19 février-14 mai 2000 ]

Due to the important weight of this set (arround 60 kg) , no shipping out France or with important shipping extra cost.

Photo CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène. 

First edition of the rarest of Chevreul's publications on color.

Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889) is known to chemists for his research on fatty acids, saponification, and the discovery of stearin, but it is as a color theorist that his name will go down in history. Chevreul was appointed director of the Manufacture des Gobelins in 1824. Responsible for overseeing the production of dyes, he supported the work of dyers with his research on color perception. Thus, in 1839, he proposed a scientific approach to color complementarity and subsequently developed "color circles." A true "Pantone" color chart, a hundred years ahead of its time, Chevreul's color circles had the dual benefit of systematizing the production of hues (each with its own name) and making it easier to understand the concept of color complementarity. Thus, complementary colors are found on the same diameter of the color wheel, Red No. 2 corresponds to Green No. 2. "I believe I can affirm that it is possible to subject colors to a reasoned nomenclature, by relating them to types classified according to a simple method, accessible to the intelligence of all those who deal with colors" (extract from the preface). The standardization of color production was to interest first and foremost the industry then in full development, but it is undoubtedly in the Impressionist movement that Chevreul's theories found their finest accomplishment. Very early on, painters were inspired by Chevreul's work in their paintings, starting with Delacroix and then Monet. We will thus remember the fields of poppies dear to the Impressionists (Van Gogh, Monet, Pissaro...) where the red dots of the flowers burst out on complementary green backgrounds. The 27 spectacular plates were printed by René-Henri Digeon using chromochalcography, the process and difficulties of which are discussed in a paragraph in the book. Digeon appears to have presented a first edition of these plates at the 1855 World's Fair, for which he received a patent from the Empress. Several of the plates in our copy appear to be from this first edition and contain errors that have been corrected in other later copies that we have been able to consult.

Photo CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène. 

First edition.
One of the most influential books on art in the 19th century.
Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889) is known to chemists for his research on fatty substances (1810–1823) and on immediate organic analysis (1824), but it is as a color theorist that his name achieved lasting fame.
De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs introduced a scientific understanding of color that had a profound and lasting impact on the painters of his time.
His “law” describes how the perception of a hue is altered by the surrounding colors, each color projecting its complementary onto its immediate environment (thus, a red object tends to cast a greenish glow on nearby surfaces, a yellow one a purplish tint, and so on). This principle is clearly illustrated in plate 7 of the Atlas, where colored dots on a white background seem to emit halos of their complementary hues.

Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), a central figure of Romanticism, paid close attention to Chevreul’s research. According to the painter Paul Signac, Delacroix even sought to meet the chemist and acquired notes from his lectures in order to better grasp the law of simultaneous contrast. Several of his paintings feature harmonies built around complementary color pairs. For instance, The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople (1840) deliberately juxtaposes yellow/purple, blue/orange, and red/green to dramatize the scene—so effectively that art historian Lee Johnson called it an ideal “illustration” of Chevreul’s treatise.

But it was arguably within the Impressionist movement that Chevreul’s theories reached their highest artistic fulfillment. Claude Monet (1840–1926), in particular, used simultaneous contrast to heighten luminosity in his landscapes. He avoided black and earth tones, preferring instead to render shadows in color: purples and blues for shaded areas at sunset, accented with yellow-orange highlights in full light. This technique appears as early as Impression, Sunrise, the foundational work of the movement. One might also recall the poppy fields, a favorite motif of the Impressionists (Van Gogh, Monet, Pissarro…), where red flowers vibrantly stand out against green backgrounds.

A book heralding one of the greatest revolutions in painting.

Our copy is complete with all the color plates, most of them signed by Chevreul himself.

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