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Office de la Semaine Sainte à l'Usage de Rome.
Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1762.
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100 €
Les plaisirs de Saint-Germain en Laye, et de la Cour, et le tableau de la vie humaine, ou le solitaire.
Paris, Gabriel Quinet, 1665.
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600 €
Unique edition.
ADET, Pierre-Auguste.
Leçons élémentaires de chimie à l'usage des lycées.
Paris, Dentu, An XIII - 1804.
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750 €
First edition.
Binding with empire gilt arms on covers.
AILHAUD, Jean Gaspard.
L’Ami des malades, ou Discours historique &
apologétique sur la poudre purgative.
Paris, Méquignon Le Jeune, 1774.
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750 €
The famous purgative powder of Ailhaud true "universal medicine" is a preparation of scammony that cured all diseases.
Its success was enormous and made the richness of its inventor.
This book is a defense of this remedy against the growing criticism of the physicians of the time.
FINE COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO BINDING.
ARENE, Paul.
Jean-Des-Figues.
Lyon, Lardanchet, 1921.
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100 €
Fine binding signed by Yseux.
Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.
AUGIER, Emile.
Maitre Guérin.
Paris, Michel Levy, 1865.
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80 €
First edition.
Comedy.
BAC, Ferdinand.
La Volupté romaine.
Paris, Louis Conard, 1922.
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100 €
Fine binding signed by Yseux.
Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.
[BAILLET, Pierre], DESCARTES.
La vie de Monsieur Descartes.
Paris, Daniel Horthemels, 1691.
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2000 €
First edition. The best biography of Descartes, written by one of his contemporaries.
Rare in its contemporary morocco with arms on covers.
BAUMANN, Emile.
La Fosse aux Lions.
Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1925.
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80 €
Fine binding signed by Yseux.
Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.
BERANGER, Pierre-Jean.
Chansons de P-J de Béranger.
Paris, Perrotin, 1831.
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300 €
Set containing the two volumes of Songs, as well as the "New and Last Songs...dedicated to Lucien Bonaparte" (1833, Perrotin) and the Supplement (Brussels, 1830) which contains political songs and saucy songs. It is certainly this supplement that pushed a collector of the time to hide these licenses from prying eyes behind a cathedral binding bearing the title "Parishioner".
BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri.
Paul et Virginie.
Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1874.
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950 €
Edition illustrated by Lalauze with 6 lates and 2 vignettes.
One of 15 copies on China with additional suites of engravings on Chine paper(black, sepia and bistre) and Japan paper (black, sepia and bistre), ours n°1.
Desirable copy in signed binding.
BEVERWYCK, Jan van.
De calculo renum & vesicae liber singularis. Cum epistolis & consultationibus magnorum virorum.
Leyden, Elzevier, 1638.
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First edition of this famous work in urology, one of the earliest medical books to accept William Harvey's account of the circulation of the blood.
Bound after, two rare books on the plague :
- PAAW, Pierre. Tractatus de Peste. Leyde, Abraham Commelini, 1636
- Theodore de BEZE. De Pestis Contagio et Fuga. 1636
RARE COPY WITH THE ARMS OF FRANÇOIS-AUGUSTE DE THOU.
BOCCACE.
Les Dix Journées de Jean Boccace.
Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles Joaust, 1873.
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450 €
Beautiful edition by Jouaust of the work of Boccace.
Paul Lacroix signs the introduction and Flameng who gives eleven very beautiful etchings.
BOCCACE, Jean.
Le décaméron.
Londres [Paris], s.n. [Prault], 1757-1761.
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5500 €
Rare when bound in contemporary morocco.
Very good copy.
CERVANTES, Miguel.
El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Edición en miniatura enteramente conforme á la última corregida y publicada por la Real Academia Española.
Paris, Jules Didot, 1827.
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600 €
First miscroscopic edition by Didot.
Performance by the printer Didot who fit the entire text of Cervantes into a single tiny volume. As Brunet remarks, it is not easy to read, and Didot printed a more convenient two-volume edition a few years later. The work was commissioned by Joachim Maria de Ferrer, a Spanish statesman, who said Rius, had this edition distributed to his friends.
Most of the copies encountered are covered in a romantic binding by Simier (various variants).
CHAMPFLEURY.
Grandeur et Décadence d'une Serinette.
Paris, Edmond Blanchard, 1857.
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125 €
Fine binding signed by Yseux.
Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.
CHAPONE, Hester.
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady.
London, John Mourray, 1807.
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1250 €
The 'Letters on the Improvement of the Mind' aim to cultivate a rational understanding in young women through the study of the Bible, history, and literature.
Girls are also encouraged to pursue subjects such as accounting, household management, botany, geology, and astronomy.
Binding with the coat of arms of Marie Caroline of Bourbon-Sicily, the Duchess of Berry, this book came from her extensive library at Château de Rosny.\newline Known for her refined taste, she collected a wide range of books, especially in the arts, history, and literature, including many in English.
The library also contained numerous works suitable for educating her children, Louise d'Artois and Henri Dieudonné.
CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René De.
Atala, René, Les Aventures Du Dernier Abencerage.
Paris, Ladvocat, 1827.
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300 €
Beautiful edition on vellum paper of three short stories by Chateaubriand.
This is the second edition for Les Aventures Du Dernier Abencerage.
Deluxe copy carefully bound by Petit.
CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René || VUILLIER, Gaston.
Les Aventures du dernier Abencérage.
Paris, A. Ferroud, 1912.
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250 €
Beautiful copy in morocco signed by Gruel.
Text by Chateaubriand illustrated with etchings by Gaston Vuillier.
One of the copies on Arches tinted vellum, ours n°412.
CHEVIGNE, Louis, Comte de.
Les Contes Rémois.
Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles Jouaust, 1877.
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300 €
Beautiful edition at Jouaust illustrated by Jules Worms.
One of the numbered copies on Holland paper (n ° 131).
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor.
Le Dit de l'Ancien Marinier en sept parties.
Paris, Emile Paul Frères, 1920.
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100 €
Fine binding signed by Yseux.
Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.
COMMINES, Philippe de.
Les Mémoires De Messire Philippe De Commines, Sr. D'Argenton.
Leide, les Elzeviers, 1648.
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950 €
COUTAN.
Le Grand Oeuvre dévoilé en faveur des enfans de la Lumière.
Paris, Delalin, 1775.
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950 €
III. Scarce first edition of the "Grand oeuvre dévoilée".
First are bound two other works :
I. LE CHOYSELAT, Prudent. Discours oeconomique, non moins utile que recreatif, monstrant comme de cinq cens livres pour une foys employées, l'on peult tirer par an quatre mil cinq cens livres de proffict honneste, qui est le moyen de faire profier son argent. Rouen: Martin le Menestrier, 1612 [but c. 1745].
II. LE BRETON. Divers Objets d'économie rurale et domestique. Chez l'Auteur. Paris [1788].
DRUMMOND DE MELFORT, Louis Hector.
Traite sur la Cavalerie.
Paris, Imprimerie de Guillaume Desprez, 1776.
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7500 €
First edition of this famous treatise on cavalry, one of the most spectacular ever published.
The treatise itself, adorned with a beautiful frontispiece by Pierre Charles Ingouf, depicting Louis XVI reviewing the mounted troops, a title vignette by Macret, and four headings and three tailpieces engraved by various artists after Van Blaremberghe, is illustrated with 11 copper-engraved tactical plates, seven of which are double-page spreads and one folded.
This copy bears the coat of arms of the Duke of Condé, second in the list of 69 subscribers to the work, after the Duke of Chartres, who was the author's godfather.
Text volume only. The atlas, bearing the coat of arms of the Prince of Condé, was sold at the 1988 Biennale des Antiquaires, Librairie Léonce Laget, Paris, and then at Christie's in 2016.
EUDEL, Paul.
Théatre.
Paris, Librairie Molière, 1903.
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900 €
First edition.
Collector and art critic, Eudel presents us with a collection of plays through which he makes a brief foray into the theater.
Unique copy, the only one printed in Japan.
Splendid personal copy of the author linked to his arms.
FERRI DE SAINT CONSTANT, Giovanni.
Rudimens de la traduction, ou l'art de traduire le latin en français.
Paris, Auguste Delalain, 1811.
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1200 €
Second edition.
Precious copy with the arms of Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles Duchess of Berry (1798-1870). Romantic heroine of the Legitimists, Marie-Caroline, daughter of the King of the Two Sicilies Francis I Xavier and Marie-Clementine of Austria, married in 1816 the Duke of Berry Charles-Ferdinand (1778-1820), son of Charles she had a son, the Duke of Bordeaux. Exiled during the revolution of July 1830, she returned to France in April 1832 and tried without success to raise the people in Vendée and Brittany with the aim of a legitimist restoration: arrested in Nantes in November 1832, she was imprisoned in Blaye. It was released in 1833.
Beautiful binding signed by Simier binder of the king.
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.
FLORIAN, J.-P. Claris de.
Fables de Florian Préface par M. Anatole de Montaiglon. Compositions inédites de Moreau gravées par Martial.
Leide, P. Rouquette, 1882.
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450 €
FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus et alii.
Historiae Romanae epitome.
Amsterdam, Guibel Lanss Caesius, 1625.
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500 €
Selections from Roman Historians.
Rare binding with the arms of François-Auguste de Thou (1604-1642), his coat of arms on the covers, flies on the boxes. Eldest son of Jacques-Auguste de Thou, François-Auguste succeeded his father as Grand Master of the King's Library in 1617. take an active part in it himself; he was however condemned to death in Lyon and beheaded on September 12, 1642 on the Place des Terreaux. He had inherited his father's library, which he kept carefully and which passed after his death to his younger brother, Jacques-Auguste. He had the volumes struck, the paternal collection of which he augmented with the simple arms of the de Thou.
FOUREST, Georges.
La Negresse blonde.
Paris, La Connaissance, 1920.
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90 €
Fine binding signed by Yseux.
Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.
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