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Photo WITH, Émile. 

WITH, Émile. 

Les Machines. Leur histoire, leur description, leurs usages. 

Paris, J. Baudry, 1873.
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Firszt edition.

Émile With (1824-1886) was a French civil engineer, known for his writings on the history of technology and industry. His work Les Machines (Machines) is a technical treatise that focuses on the history, description, and use of machines in the 19th century. It is part of the "Bibliothèque de l'Enseignement Technique," which highlights its pedagogical purpose.

Photo VREDEMAN DE VRIESE, Paul. 

VREDEMAN DE VRIESE, Paul. 

Plusieurs Menuiseries comme Portaulx, Garderobbes, Buffets, Chalicts. 

Bruxelles, G. A. Van Trigt, 1869.
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100 €

Reprint in photolithographs of the original plates from 1630.

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[VICTRIX]. 

Magnétos à bougies Victrix pour moteurs à explosions à 6 cylindres. 

Paris, J. Barreau, [v. 1930].
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30 €

For magnetos type V-1-6 with fixed feed and variable feed.

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[VEEDOL]. 

Eléments de graissage des moteurs à combustion interne. 

France, Tide Water oil, 1925.
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30 €

"The purpose of this booklet is to effectively and usefully educate motorists on the most efficient way of lubricating motor car dies and internal combustion engines for all other uses"

7th edition.

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VARELA, Francisco. 

Principles of Biological Autonomy. 

New York, North-Holland, 1979.
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1500 €

First edition.

Francisco Varela (1946 - 2001) was a Chilean neurobiologist whose work in theoretical biology and cognitive science had an influence far exceeding his initial fields of study and thus influenced the field of artificial intelligence research.

Francisco Varela’s Principles of Biological Autonomy was a groundbreaking text when it was first published in 1979, putting forth a novel theory of how living systems produce and maintain themselves.

This foundational book introduces the key concept of autonomy derived as an elaboration of the idea of autopoiesis (the self-production and self-distinction) of living organisms.

Varela covers topics in systems theory, neuroscience, theories of perception, and immune networks and offers a participatory epistemology that goes on to be further developed in later enactive literature. (The MIT Press, 2025).

These ideas are compelling not only for historical reasons but also because they still illuminate current efforts in developing the enactive approach toward wider and more challenging goals (including language, human cognition, ethics, and environmentalism).

Varela’s ideas continue to shape cognitive science through the ongoing development of the enactive approach, which today encompasses accounts of various aspects of cognition and is becoming an increasingly influential framework. Yet it’s often forgotten how deeply Varela’s work was grounded in a conception of biological autonomy. So much so, in fact, that the label enactivism is frequently invoked without reference to its foundational commitment to autonomy.

Photo [Union centrale des arts décoratifs]. 

[Union centrale des arts décoratifs]. 

Les Arts du bois, des tissus et du papier. Mobilier national et privé. Tapisseries. Tissus. Objets orientaux. Livres et reliures. Gravures. Papiers peints. Reproduction des principaux objets d'art exposés en 1882 à la 7e exposition de l'Union centrale des Arts décoratifs. 

Paris, A. Quantin, 1883.
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80 €

Beautiful catalog of the 7th exhibition of the central union of decorative arts illustrated with 338 reproductions.
Text by MM. de Champeaux, Darcel, Gaston Le Breton, Gasnault, Germain Bapst, Duplessis, Rioux de Maillou, Victor Champier.

Photo TOMMASI, Donato. 

TOMMASI, Donato. 

Traité des piles électriques : piles hydro-électriques accumulateurs, piles thermo-électriques et pyro-électriques. 

Paris, Georges Carré, 1889.
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60 €

First edition.

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THUILE, Jean. 

La Céramique à Montpellier du XVIe au XVIIIe Siècle. Ses rapports avec la Faïence Nimoise des XVe et XVIIIe Siècles. 

Paris, Thibault de Champorosay, 1943.
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450 €

First edition, limited to 335 copy.
Our, number 252, signed by the editor and the author.

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[TEXTILES LYONNAIS]. 

Classeur d'échantillons de soie et tulles. 

Lyon, Société Coopérative Lyonnaise F1C, [v. 1935-1955].
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750 €

Set of 203 samples of fabrics printed on silk and viscose (tulles, muslin and rayon) produced in the Lyon region between the years 1935-1955.
The majority of these coupons come from the SIE Jallieu and Pervilhac companies and grouped together by the Lyonnaise F1C cooperative society.

Interesting testimony to the high-end textile production which made the heyday of the Lyon industry. Some patterns are reminiscent of some well-known silk squares still produced in the region.

Photo TERQUEM || [MANUEL RORET]. 

TERQUEM || [MANUEL RORET]. 

Manuel de mécanique, ou exposition élémentaire des lois de l'équilibre et du mouvement des corps solides, à l'usage des personnes privées des secours d'un maître. 

Paris, Roret, 1828.
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50 €

First edition.

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SOTHEBY. 

Faïences Françaises et Européennes. 

Monte-Carlo, Sporting d'Hiver, 1982.
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30 €

Auction sale catalogue.

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[SOLEX]. 

Ensemble de notices techniques carburateurs Solex. 

Paris, Citroën, 1956 à 1958.
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25 €

Technical guides for:
Alcohol Carburetors
Carburetor type R
Carburetor type X.

Photo [Société d'aquarellistes français]. 

[Société d'aquarellistes français]. 

12 Catalogues d'expositions (1879-1893). 

Paris, D. Jouaust, 1879-1893.
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150 €

First editions.
Original initiative in France, the Society of French watercolorists was created as a company in 1879, its goal was the fair remuneration of its painters.
Each year an exhibition was organized, the income from the sale of entrance tickets, catalogs and works were then distributed equally among the painters.
Among the members, some well-known names of pre-impressionist art: Detaille, Worms, Leloir, De Beaumont, Jacquemart, Doré.

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[SECRETS]. 

Secrets concernant les arts et métiers. 

Paris, Claude Jombert, 1716.
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350 €

First edition.
This book contains many craft secrets for the decorative arts with the recipes of varnishes, ink, dyes useful to painters, engravers, jewelers, cabinetmakers, perfumers ... A real treasure for the restorers of objects of the eighteenth century.

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.

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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 SALVERTE, François de. 

SALVERTE, François de. 

Les Ébénistes du XVIIIe Siècle. Leurs œuvres et leurs marques. 

Paris, Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1934.
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Count François de Salverte (1753-1823) was a writer and historian, known for his work on the 18th century. This work is a reference treatise on 18th-century French cabinetmaking, detailing the works, marks (stamps), and biographies of the craftsmen.

Photo ROUSSEL, Joseph. 

ROUSSEL, Joseph. 

Comment recevoir la téléphonie sans fil. 

Paris, Vuibert, 1924.
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50 €

Third edition.

Book on the latest technological advances in telephony in the first half of the 20th century.

Photo ROUBO, André Jacob. 

ROUBO, André Jacob. 

L’Art du menuisier (Seconde partie). 

Paris, [Delatour], 1770.
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250 €

First edition.
Published in four parts from 1769 to 1775, L'Art du Menuisier de Roubo is the reference work on all aspects of carpentry and cabinetmaking in the 18th century.
Here only the second part of Art du Menuisier with his 120 plates.

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ROSWAG, C. 

Les métaux précieux considérés au point de vue économique. 

Paris, Eugène Lacroix, 1865.
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120 €

First edition.
Presentation copy.

Photo ROBIQUET, Henri-Edmond. 

ROBIQUET, Henri-Edmond. 

Manuel théorique et pratique de photographie sur collodion et sur albumine. 

Paris, Labé - Masson Sénez, 1859.
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750 €

Henri-Edmond Robiquet (1822-1860) was a French physicist and a member of the Société de Pharmacie.
He mastered photography and much of the photographic science in his textbook was personally tested in his lab at the school.
Rare first edition, complete with the photograph, using the carbon powder print technics of Garnier and Salmon.
In 1858, Henri Garnier and Alphonse Salmon discovered the photochemical reaction of ferric citrate, altering its hygroscopic and solubility properties. This led to the invention of their "dusting-on" process – procédé au charbon – using a positive rather than a negative to make the exposure. Pine soot, pigment, or metal salt particles were affixed to the tacky areas of unexposed emulsion, using a tampon in conjunction with the hot breath of the photographer. The particles were then easily washed out of the exposed areas of emulsion, leaving behind the grained image. A year later, Garnier and Salmon abandoned iron salts to pursue emulsions of ammonium dichromate and sugar. The plate in Robiquet's book is one of few, or maybe the sole, published example from their workshop of their carbon powder method.

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RIS-PAQUOT. 

Documents inédits sur les faïences charentaises D'Angoulême, L'Houmeau Garde-Épée, Saint-Eutrope-de-Montmoreau et Cognac, suivis de quelques notes sur les faïenceries de la Charente-Inférieure. 15 sujets en couleur retouchés à la main. 

Amiens, Chez l'Auteur, 1878.
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250 €

Rare first edition.

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REYNAUD, Henry J. 

Faïences de Moustiers XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. 

Genève-Marseille, s.n., 1952.
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75 €
Photo [Revue Technique Auto-Expertise]. 

[Revue Technique Auto-Expertise]. 

L'Expertise des fourgons Citroën H. 

Boulogne-Billancourt, Editions techniques pour l'automobile et l'industrie, 1973.
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25 €

Technical review for insurance experts to estimate the cost of damage after an accident.

Photo [Revue Technique Auto-Expertise]. 

[Revue Technique Auto-Expertise]. 

L'Expertise des coaches Renault 5. 

Boulogne-Billancourt, Editions techniques pour l'automobile et l'industrie, 1973.
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25 €

Technical review for insurance experts to estimate the cost of damage after an accident.

Photo [Revue Michelin Prospérité]. 

[Revue Michelin Prospérité]. 

Des faits et des chiffres sur l'automobile en France. 

Clermont-Ferrand, Michelin, 1932.
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40 €

Third quarter issue 1932 of "Prosperité" magazine published by Michelin to promote the automobile.

Photo REULEAUX, Franz. 

REULEAUX, Franz. 

Le constructeur. Principes, formules, tracés, tables et renseignements pour l'établissement des projets de machines. À l'usage des ingénieurs, constructeurs, architectes, mécaniciens etc. 

Paris, Librairie F. Savy, 1890.
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Franz Reuleaux (1829-1905) was a German mechanical engineer, professor at the Berlin Polytechnic, considered the "father of modern kinematics." His work Le constructeur (The Constructor) is a fundamental technical manual for machine design, highly influential in the late 19th century. It provides principles, formulas, drawings, and tables necessary for engineers, constructors, and mechanics. The French translation by A. Debize, chief engineer of State Manufactures, based on the fourth German edition (fully revised and augmented), testifies to the international importance of Reuleaux's work and his role in disseminating knowledge in mechanical engineering.

Photo RÉSAL, Jean. 

RÉSAL, Jean. 

Stabilité des constructions : cours de l'école des ponts et chaussées. 

Paris, C. Béranger, 1901.
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50 €

First edition.
Copy signed by the author.

Photo RENOU, Emilien. 

RENOU, Emilien. 

Instructions météorologiques. 

s.l., Société Météorologique de France, [v. 1855].
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50 €

Three texts extracted from the Yearbook of the Meteorological Society of France.
- Weather instructions.
- Usual meteorology tables.
- Errata and supplement.

Photo [RENAULT]. 

[RENAULT]. 

Catalogue de PIèces de rechange pour Voiture Primaquatre Types KZ10 et KZ10-SA. 

s.l., s.n., 1933.
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90 €
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