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Photo SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

Lettre à un Otage. 

New York, Brentano's, 1946.
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950 €

Very beautiful binding executed by Jean Paul Miguet (1925-2019) one of the greatest French bookbinders of the 20th century.

Photo SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

Lettres de Jeunesse (1923-1931). 

Paris, NRF Gallimard, 1953.
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2000 €

First edition.
One of the 60 copies on paper Hollande Pannekoek, ours n°X. Second paper after 21 on "japon".

Very beautiful binding executed by Jean Paul Miguet (1925-2019) one of the greatest French bookbinders of the 20th century.

From 1923 to 1931, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote many particularly touching letters to Renée de Saussine known as "Rinette". Three years his senior, Renée de Saussine was introduced to him by her brother Bertrand, a classmate of Antoine at the Lycée Saint-Louis. An affectionate friendship binds Antoine to Renée and spans the years. Sometimes, when he is far from her, he phones her. Finding her only rarely, he writes her many letters.

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

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

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies. 

La Haye, Neaulme, 1746.
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250 €

First edition.

Photo AILHAUD, Jean Gaspard. 

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.

Photo MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

Mademoiselle Fifi. 

Paris, Louis Conard, 1908.
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Sold

Fine binding signed by Canape.

Photo AUGIER, Emile. 

AUGIER, Emile. 

Maitre Guérin. 

Paris, Michel Levy, 1865.
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80 €

First edition.
Comedy.

Photo [MAROQUIN]. 

[MAROQUIN]. 

Manuel du Chrétien. 

Cologne, Aux dépens de la compagnie, 1740.
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150 €
Photo PHILIPPE, Charles Louis. 

PHILIPPE, Charles Louis. 

Marie Donadieu. 

Paris, Mornay, 1921.
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90 €

Illustrations by Daragnès.

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.

Photo [RELIURE MAROQUIN]. 

[RELIURE MAROQUIN]. 

Missel Romain. 

Limoges, Dalpayrat et Depelley, 1892.
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200 €

Copy print with colors on japan paper.

Photo [RELIURE A FERMOIRS]. 

[RELIURE A FERMOIRS]. 

Missel Romain. 

Limoges, Eugène Ardant, [v.1900].
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200 €
Photo HERMANT, Abel. 

HERMANT, Abel. 

Monsieur de Courpière marié. 

Paris, Ernest Flammarion, [1906].
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250 €

Second edition.

One of 10 copies on Holland paper, ours n°9.

Presentation copy to Henri de Baubigny.

Photo PRESSAVIN, Jean Baptiste. 

PRESSAVIN, Jean Baptiste. 

Nouveau traité des vapeurs, ou traité des maladies des nerfs. 

Lyon, V. Reguilliay, 1771.
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600 €

Second edition.
The "vapors" mental disorder popularized by Pierre Pomme, foreshadows what will be discussed under the term Hysteria in the 19th century.

"Contrary to Pomme, Pressavin does not condemn passions without restriction [...] vapors would correspond to a dysfunction of the relational system which binds living beings to the outside world; vapors can just as easily be passionate, in the grip of an overexcited sensitivity , that an indifferent, vegetating in a state of torpor. " Paul Hoffmann, "The Woman in the Thought of Lights", Slatkine, 1995

Beautiful copy in contemporary morocco.

Photo [MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS , Abbé]. 

[MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS , Abbé]. 

Nouveaux entretiens sur les sciences secrètes, ou le Comte de Gabalis. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'une lettre sur le sujet. 

Cologne, Paul de la Tenaille, 1693.
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950 €
Photo [ROBERT, procureur au Châtelet]. 

[ROBERT, procureur au Châtelet]. 

Observations sur la culture des arbres fruitiers. 

Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1718.
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950 €

Scarce first edition of this works on fruit trees.

Good copy, binding with arms of la Rochefoucauld on covers.

Photo MASSILLON, Jean-Baptiste. 

MASSILLON, Jean-Baptiste. 

Oeuvres choisies de Massillon. 

Paris, Delestre-Boulage, 1823-1825.
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300 €

Beautiful copy for this edition bringing together Massillon's sermons.
Jean-Baptiste Massillon (1663-1742) was bishop of Clermont and academician, he is often compared to Bourdaloue and Bossuet.

Voltaire, who had Le Petit Carême read to him during his meals, said of him: “The preacher who knew the world best; more flowery than Bourdaloue, more pleasant, and whose eloquence smacks of the man of the court, the academician, and the man of wit; moreover, a moderate and tolerant philosopher. ».

Photo LE SAGE, Alain René. 

LE SAGE, Alain René. 

Oeuvres de Le Sage. Avec notices et notes par A. P. - Malassis. 

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1877-1877.
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600 €
Photo [RELIURE MAROQUIN]. 

[RELIURE MAROQUIN]. 

Office de la quinzaine de Pâque, en latin et en françois. 

Paris, Libraires associés, 1777.
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200 €

Beautiful 18th century red morocco binding.

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Office de la Semaine Sainte à l'Usage de Rome. 

Paris, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1762.
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100 €
Photo [AUX ARMES ROYALES]. 

[AUX ARMES ROYALES]. 

Office de la semaine sainte. 

Paris, Herissant, [1745].
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500 €

Good copy in contemporary morocco whose covers are gilded with the arms of Mesdames de France.
The daughters of Louis XV indeed shared the same arms for their bindings, they were distinguished only by the color of the morocco. Red morocco was reserved for Adelaide of France (1732-1800).

Photo [GRUEL]. 

[GRUEL]. 

Paroissien romain d'après les imprimés français du XVème siècle. 

Paris, Gruel Engelmann, 1858.
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300 €

Good copy.

Photo BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri. 

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.

Photo [RELIURE MAROQUIN]. 

[RELIURE MAROQUIN]. 

Petit Eucologe, ou livre d'Eglise, à l'usage des fidèles du Diocèse d'Auxerre. 

Auxerre, François Fournie, 1746.
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150 €

Pleasant copy in morocco from the period of this Auxerre printing.

Photo FISCHER, Ernst Gottfried. 

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.

Photo HIPPOCRATE. 

HIPPOCRATE. 

Pronostics et prorrhétiques d'Hippocrate. 

Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1817.
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250 €

New translation by Etienne Pariset.

Nice copy.

Photo GROLLIER DE SERVIÈRE, Gaspard. 

GROLLIER DE SERVIÈRE, Gaspard. 

Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière avec des figures en taille douce. 

Lyon, David Forey, 1719.
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2200 €

First edition.
Among the mechanical inventions depicted in Grollier de Serviere's Cabinet are those for propelling ships, making elevations, various kinds of clocks, lamps, mechanical figures, mills, optical contrivances and geometrical instruments.

Photo LEBESCHU DE LA BASTAY. 

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.

Photo FERRI DE SAINT CONSTANT, Giovanni. 

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.

Photo FROMENTIN, Eugène. 

FROMENTIN, Eugène. 

Sahara et Sahel.
I - Un été dans le Sahara.
II - Une année dans le Sahel. 

Paris, Plon, 1879.
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600 €

First illustrated edition.
One of the 100 copy on papier vélin.
The 12 etchings are in our copy in four state (definitive, before the letter, before the letter and bistre and before the letter on china paper.

Photo MIRBEAU, Octave. 

MIRBEAU, Octave. 

Sébastien ROCH. 

Paris, Mornay, 1926.
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150 €

Illustrations by Barbier.

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.

Photo FRANCE, Anatole. 

FRANCE, Anatole. 

Sur La Pierre Blanche. 

Paris, La Connaissance, 1924.
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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.

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