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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 DUTENS, Louis. 

DUTENS, Louis. 

Des Pierres précieuses et des Pierres fines, avec les moyens de les connoitre & de les évaluer. 

Paris, F.A. Didot, 1776.
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800 €

First edition.
In the first part Dutens explains his system of classification whereby the finest and most durable of gemstones are dubbed "oriental" while those of lesser quality and hardness receive the title of "occidental," thus perpetuating in a highly popular and widely distributed work these unfortunate and misleading terms that persisted in use well into the last century. Some generalities on gemstones also appear here as curious lore, origin of gemstones, and other topics, followed by separate chapters on the major gemstones beginning with diamond. The latter chapter records recent experiments in France and elsewhere on the combustibility of diamond, one such experiment he personally observed. The second part describes lesser gemstones, mainly massive types, used mostly in cabochons or in the manufacture of small to large ornamental articles or decorations.

Photo DESGODETZ, Antoine. 

DESGODETZ, Antoine. 

Les Édifices antiques de Rome, mesurés et dessinés très exactement sur les lieux. 

Paris, Claude Antoine Jombert, 1779.
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3000 €

Second edition.
A new edition by Claude Antoine Jombert, who had just acquired the original copperplates from the descendants of the architect.
Antoine Desgodetz was sent to Rome, where he stayed for sixteen months in 1676–1677, to survey and measure ancient monuments with great precision. The purpose was well conceived, as he had already observed discrepancies in the dimensions—and thus the proportions—given in classical works on the subject.
The result was a work of obvious utility and great beauty: Desgodetz’s drawings were engraved by excellent artists, including Louis de Chastillon, Nicolas Guérard, and Jean and Pierre Lepautre. Each plate is accompanied by a facing descriptive notice specifying the measurements of the various elements and pointing out the errors in earlier treatises.
The work was justly admired and underwent several reissues. It is all the more surprising to learn that, unlike most ancient treatises, it has not lost its value: even today’s archaeologists—far more demanding than the amateurs of the past—still recognize its accuracy and usefulness.

A complete copy, with all 137 required plates.

Photo DARLES DE LINIERE, ?. 

DARLES DE LINIERE, ?. 

Pompes sans cuirs. 

Paris, Manufacture royale, 1768.
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400 €

First edition.
Darles de Linière presents his pump models in which the leather bladders and valves were replaced by copper pistons. The plates show models of merchant ship pumps, wheeled fire pumps (the ancestor of the fire truck), and pumps for raising water from wells.

Photo BEDOS DE CELLES, François. 

BEDOS DE CELLES, François. 

La Gnomonique pratique, ou l'art de tracer avec la plus grande précision les cadrans solaires. 

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1790.
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250 €

New edition of this important treatise on gnomonics by François Bedos de Celles (1709-1779), a Benedictine monk and engineer, also known for his work in clockmaking and organ building. This work details the precise methods of building sundials, addressing the underlying mathematical and astronomical principles. Published by Firmin Didot, it is an essential reference for amateurs and specialists in clockmaking and time measurement. Some handwritten annotations.

Photo BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. 

BERTHOUD, Ferdinand. 

L'Art de conduire et de régler les pendules et les montres. 

Paris, J. M. Eberhart, 1805.
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250 €

Third edition.
Watchmaking at the end of the 18th century was a field at the cutting edge of technology. Berthoud's manual aimed to make accessible the knowledge and practice of the maintenance and adjustment of clocks and watches.
Untouched copy.

Photo SCHRAMKE, Theophilus. 

SCHRAMKE, Theophilus. 

Description of the New-York Croton aqueduct : in English, German and French. 

New York, at the authors, 1846.
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1500 €

First edition.
Rare publication on the construction of the Croton Aqueduct.
Following the Cholera epidemic of 1832, the city of New York, whose population was exploding at the time (the most populated city in the United States as early as 1820), decided to build an aqueduct to bring drinking water from the Catskills to the heart of the city.
The construction site, which spanned 40.5 miles (65 kilometers) from 1837 to 1842, was led by John B. Jervis and secured New York's water supply. It was then one of the largest works of hydraulic architecture, linking reservoirs, tunnels, and bridges. The Aqueduct remained in service until 1955.
It was the first of the monumental infrastructures that would make New York a new Rome.

Photo EIFFEL, Gustave. 

EIFFEL, Gustave. 

Nouvelles Recherches sur La Résistance De L'air et L'aviation Faites Au Laboratoire. 

Paris, H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1914.
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1200 €

First edition.
After experimental aerodynamic tests obtained by free fall from the second floor of the tower he had built on the Champ de Mars in Paris, Gustave Eiffel had a wind tunnel built there in 1909. It was moved to Auteuil in 1912 and is still in operation today, operated by the company Aérodynamic Eiffel. This aerodynamics laboratory was used in particular to test the characteristics of Farman military biplanes which were used during the First World War.

Photo BOECE DE BOODT, Anselme. 

BOECE DE BOODT, Anselme. 

Le Parfaict Joaillier, ou Histoire des pierreries ou sont amplement descrites leur naissance, de juste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, & se garder des contrefaites, facilitez medicinales, & propriectez curieuses. 

Lyon, Jean Antoine Huguetan, 1644.
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500 €

First french edition.
Milestone in mineralogy and gemmology.
Translation by Jean Bachou from the Latin edition of the "Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia" and enriched with annotations by André Toll.
All precious stones are studied there as well as the cutting and polishing processes. Boodt also describes the virtues of stones, medicinal and magical faculties.
Numerous woodcuts in the text.

Photo EIFFEL, Gustave. 

EIFFEL, Gustave. 

La Résistance de l'air et l'aviation. 

Paris, Imprimerie de la Cour d'Appel, 1911.
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70 €

Rare offprint of an article by Gustave Eiffel written for the Hommage à Louis Olivier.
This choral book was written on the occasion of the death of Louis Frédéric Olivier (1854-1910), a scientist passionate about technical, scientific and cultural progress.
Beautiful full-margin printing on laid paper.

Photo LECORNU, Léon. 

LECORNU, Léon. 

Note sur le laboratoire aérodynamique Eiffel à Auteuil. 

s.l., Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 1914.
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Offprint from the Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences..
Short presentation to the Academy of Sciences of the Eiffel laboratory in Auteuil, August 3, 1914. Created on the Champ de Mars at the foot of its tower, Gustave Eiffel's aerodynamics laboratory was moved to Auteuil in 1912. It is still in operation today, operated by the company Aérodynamique Eiffel.
This aerodynamics laboratory was used in particular to test the characteristics of the Farman military biplanes that were used during the First World War.

Photo LESCALLIER, Daniel. 

LESCALLIER, Daniel. 

Traité pratique du gréement des vaisseaux et autres batimens de mer. 

Paris, Clousier, 1791.
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1200 €

First edition.
In addition to a busy career in the administration of the Navy, Daniel Lescallier (17443-1822) wrote several works devoted to the navy.
This practical treatise by Lescallier is abundantly illustrated with plates, some of which come from his Marine dictionary.
This work is today a reference for knowledge of the rigging of 18th century vessels.

Photo MOMORO, Antoine-François. 

MOMORO, Antoine-François. 

Traité élémentaire de l'imprimerie, ou le Manuel de l'Imprimeur. 

Paris, A.F. Momoro, 1793.
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2000 €

The scarce first edition.
Manual which will remain a reference for printers for a long time.
Momoro was very active during the French Revolution, member of the Cordeliers club, printer for Père Duchesne d'Hébert, he put his career at the service of the Revolution but died on the scaffold in 1794 with his Hébertist friends. It would be to him that we owe the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".
Complete copy of the 36 plates required. The error which announced 40 plates on the title page was crossed out on our copy. This notice will be modified in the second edition.

Photo SANNIÉ, Charles / GUÉRIN, D. 

SANNIÉ, Charles / GUÉRIN, D. 

Éléments de police scientifique. 

Paris, Hermann & Cie, 1938-1940.
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120 €

First edition.
Sannié and Guérin's book is contemporary with the work of Edmond Locard (1877-1966), considered one of the founding fathers of forensic science. The work is mainly devoted to what we would call today forensic identity, with the first two volumes focusing on anthropometry and the next two on fingerprint identification.

Photo MALOUIN, Paul-Jacques. 

MALOUIN, Paul-Jacques. 

l'Art du Meunier et du Boulanger. 

Neuchatel, Société Typographique, 1771.
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400 €

First 4to edition.
This is only Volume I, entirely devoted to the art of the miller and the baker: description of mills, milling techniques, flour quality, breadmaking processes, and economic aspects of the profession. This work is an exceptional primary source on 18th-century know-how for understanding how bread was made before the Revolution.

Photo DOURDIN, Jacques. 

DOURDIN, Jacques. 

Textiles artificiels, étude de leur situation présente et de leur avenir. 

Paris, imprimerie Paul Dupont, 1947.
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250 €

First edition.
Jacques Dourdin is the first to import the method of opinion polls in France. The method was popularized during the thirties in the United States by Doctor Gallup.
The French firm Jacques Dourdin proposed to provide industrialists and traders with all the information they wanted, thanks to the method of surveys by sample.
He thus delivers the first rational studies of the French market.
This pamphlet presents a survey on the need and acceptance of artificial textile fibers (rayon and fibranne) by the French market.

Numbered copy (n°861).

Photo BERTALL. 

BERTALL. 

Cahier des charges des chemins de fer. Pamphlet illustré. 

Paris, J. Hetzel, 1847.
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50 €

Second edition.
Frontispiece and numerous drawings in the text by Bertall.

Photo CHEVALIER, Charles || PRITCHARD, Andrew. 

CHEVALIER, Charles || PRITCHARD, Andrew. 

300 animalcules infusoires, dessinés à l'aide du microscope. 

Paris, Charles Chevalier, 1838.
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350 €

First edition.
Chevalier, Charles (1804-1859) French optical engineer, manufacturer and seller of microscopes, including abroad, supplier in particular to the Academy of Sciences, the Collège de France, and the Ecole Polytechnique.

Photo ANDRAUD, Antoine. 

ANDRAUD, Antoine. 

Chemins éoliques ou locomotion par l'air comprimé. 

Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1847.
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350 €

First edition.
For Andraud, compressed air was an energy whose force was destined to change the face of the world. A visionary inventor, he developed a system of automobiles using compressed air as a propulsion system, the air was brought first by pipes along the route, then by tanks.
On August 26, 1844, Andraud and Tessié du Motay launched on the Paris-Versailles line (Left Bank) a new compressed air "locomotive-waggon". Weighing five tons and resembling a cylindrical boiler. As represented in the engravings in this book, Andraud planned to compete with the railways with "air-powered railways".
It was in fact in the tramway networks, after Andraud's death, that compressed air propulsion was developed in the 1860s-1870s
Presentation copy.

Photo BIOT, Edouard. 

BIOT, Edouard. 

Manuel du constructeur de chemins de fer. 

Paris, Librairie encyclopédique Roret, 1834.
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250 €

First edition.
One of the very first works in French on railways.
Édouard Constant Biot (1803 - 1850) was a French engineer and sinologist. He participated as an engineer in the construction of the second French railway line, between Lyon and Saint-Étienne.

Photo RAGUENET, Antonin. 

RAGUENET, Antonin. 

Les principaux palais de l'exposition universelle de Paris. 

Paris, Eugène Bigot, 1900.
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300 €

First edition.
Complete copy of the 96 architectural plates.

Photo CHAMPION, E.-A. 

CHAMPION, E.-A. 

Suggestions d'intérieurs modernes. 

Paris, Ch. Massin et Cie, [v. 1925].
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1500 €

First edition.
Georges Champion (1889–1940) was a French decorator and furniture designer. He was born in Chaumont. He was professionally active in Paris. Champion’s designs were known for their sleek lines and modern aesthetic. The Art Deco movement, which was well-liked in the early 20th century, had a significant influence on him. His furniture pieces often featured geometric shapes and bold colours, which made them stand out from more traditional designs. In addition to his work as a furniture designer, Champion was also a skilled decorator. He worked on numerous high-profile projects throughout his career, including the interior design of several Parisian hotels and restaurants.

Photo KUPFFER, Adolf Theodor. 

KUPFFER, Adolf Theodor. 

Travaux de la commission pour fixer les mesures et les poids de l'empire de Russie. 

St Petersbourg, Imprimerie de l'Expédition de la confection des papiers de la Couronne, 1841.
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2000 €

First edition.
Adolph Theodor Kupffer (1799-1865) was a Baltic German physical chemist and therefore subject of the Russian Empire. He proposed establishing a single system of weights and measures in Russia, whose system, still of medieval inspiration, was then very heterogeneous. Kupffer's unified system will be adopted by an imperial decree of Nicholas I in 1835. He explains the modalities in this publication in 1841. Although these works are written in French, the French decimal metric system seems to him to be mathematically logical. , too revolutionary for Russia. He preferred to draw inspiration from the London Commission of Weights and Measures and defined the standards of weight (the pound), length (the Sagène) and volume (the védro) based on English measurements. A Russian Sagène is thus worth six English feet. The basic standards are made of copper and platinum. The Kupffer system remained in use in Russia until the end of the 19th century, before the country finally adopted the metric system.
Very complete set of atlas of 12 plates which completes the text.

Photo RATIER, H. 

RATIER, H. 

Manuel du négociant en spiritueux. 

Paris, F. Savy, 1863.
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800 €

First edition.
Rare book on the distillation and maturation of Cognac.
"My intention is therefore to demonstrate, as clearly as I can, the manner of distilling wines, to designate those which are most suitable for being burned, and in which regions they are harvested. I then give all the scales necessary to cellar masters, for the reduction and re-increase of degrees." (extract from the preface).

Photo PARIS, François-Edmond. 

PARIS, François-Edmond. 

Traité de l'Hélice Propulsive. 

Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1855.
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600 €

First edition.
Reference work on the beginnings of the use of the propeller as a means of propulsion of ships. T
he propeller improved in the 1830s begins to show its superiority over paddle wheels, and all commercial or military fleets are in full transition to steam propulsion.

The frontispiece represents the Himalaya, a British liner which is then the largest ship ever built. It will be used by the Royal Navy during the Second Opium War and will not be destroyed until 1940 by a German bombing.

Complete copy with all the required plates.

Photo BURGSDORF, Friedrich August Ludwig (von) || BAUDRILLART, Jacques-Joseph. 

BURGSDORF, Friedrich August Ludwig (von) || BAUDRILLART, Jacques-Joseph. 

Nouveau manuel forestier à l'usage des agens forestiers de tous grades, des arpenteurs, des Gardes des bois impériaux et communaux, des préposés de la marine pour la recherche des bois propres aux constructions navales. 

Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, 1808.
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First french edition.
French translation by Jacques-Joseph Baudrillart of the reference book by Friedrich August Ludwig von Burgsdorf, a German forest specialist famous throughout Europe. The first volume contains a summary of the forest code, a general section on natural history, and the description of several hundred plant species found in forests and woods. In the second, there are chapters containing introductions to geometry, mechanics, and civil and naval construction. The tree to be felled is considered to provide parts useful for shipbuilding. It should be noted that the work comes three years after the defeat at Trafalgar, where the English had annihilated the French fleet.

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Photo APPERT, Nicolas. 

APPERT, Nicolas. 

L'Art de conserver, pendant plusieurs années, toutes les substances animales et végétales. 

Paris, Patris et Cie, 1810.
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800 €

First edition.
Book which discloses to the public the "Appertization" process, consisting of enclosing food in a glass bottle, then placing this bottle in a vase filled with boiling water for eight to ten minutes, heating in a closed container destroying the fermentation germs. Until then, only salting, sugaring and drying were known as methods of preserving meat and fish. Although the book was a great success and was republished many times, giving rise to the creation of the conservation industry, Nicolas Appert did not benefit from it and died poor in 1841.
Copy signed by the author.

Photo [ECOLE CENTRALE DE PYROTECHNIE]. 

[ECOLE CENTRALE DE PYROTECHNIE]. 

Cours d'artillerie. Notion sur la dynamite. 

Bourges, s.n., 1876.
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200 €

Set of 27 lithographic courses given at the Central School of Pyrotechnics during the year 1875-1876.
The courses were attended by François Mazeau, deputy chief pyrotechnician at the 21st artillery, 12th battery in Angoulème.
The 21st artillery was formed during the siege of Paris in 1870. The war of 1870 marked the defeat of the French artillery, which was surpassed by the much more modern and organized German artillery. The reform of the central school of pyrotechnics moved from Metz to Bourges was one of the first reforms of the French army after this defeat. The French artillery, particularly with the 75 cannon, became one of the most efficient during the First World War.

The first course is devoted to the use of dynamite, invented a few years earlier by Nobel.

Photo [BERGERON, Louis-Georges-Isaac Salivet]. 

[BERGERON, Louis-Georges-Isaac Salivet]. 

Manuel du Tourneur, ouvrage dans lequel on enseigne aux Amateurs la manière d'exécuter sur la Tour à Pointes, à Lunette, en l'Air, Excentrique, Ovale, à Guillocher, Quarré, à Portraits & autres, tout ce que l'Art a produit de plus ingénieux. 

Paris, Bergeron, 1792-1796.
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700 €

First edition.
Reference manual on turning, very complete with its 72 folding plates including color plates presenting the different species of wood.

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