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Photo NUDANT, Alphonse. 

NUDANT, Alphonse. 

Service d'Etat Major en campagne. Notes Pratiques. 

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911-1912.
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300 €

First edition.
Staff course given by Lieutenant Colonel Nudant at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre for the year 1911-1912.
He was promoted to Brigadier General during the First World War and Foch said of him: "I loved this poor Nudant. put in all the sauces and all the sauces it was good!”
Very interesting document for understanding the organization of the French army on the eve of 14-18.

An exceptional document is attached: Examination copy of the student "Captain Bichot" on which he must write a fictitious "Secret Instruction" to give the maneuver signal perhaps during a wargame. Another hand corrects it in pencil and indicates: “Very clear, very clear TB”.

Photo [LA BARRE de BEAUMARCHAIS, Antoine de]. 

[LA BARRE de BEAUMARCHAIS, Antoine de]. 

Le Temple des muses, orné de LX. Tableaux Où sont représentés les Evenemens les plus remarquables de l’Antiquité fabuleuse ; Dessinés & gravés par B. Picart le Romain, & autres habiles Maitres ; et accompagnés d’explications et de remarques, Qui découvrent le vrai sens des Fables, & le fondement qu’elles ont dans l’Histoire. 

Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain, 1742.
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1400 €

Second edition of this mythology, illustrated by Bernard Picart, with an engraved title page, two vignettes, and 60 beautiful plates outside the text, drawn and engraved by him.
These plates, first printed in 1733, are inspired by those Diepenbeck had executed for Michel de Marolles's work of the same name, published in 1655.
They are decorated with rich frames and accompanied by captions in French, English, German, and Dutch.

Photo DUMORTOUS, Pierre. 

DUMORTOUS, Pierre. 

Histoire des conquêtes de Louis XV. Tant en Flandre que sur le Rhin, en Allemagne & en Italie, depuis 1744, jusques à la paix conclue en 1748. 

Paris, De Lormel, 1759.
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1300 €

First edition.
Illustrated work on the battles and military victories of the reign of Louis XV between 1744 and 1748.
With maps and views of the fortifications of Tournai, Ghent, Mons, Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Ostend, Bergen op Zoom, Maastricht, Ypres, Wissembourg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Villefranche, Cony, and more.

Photo DESMAZES, Charles. 

DESMAZES, Charles. 

Le Bailliage du Palais Royal de Paris. 

Paris, Willem et Daffis, 1875.
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1500 €

One of the three copies printed on vellum.

Photo PETAIN, Philippe. 

PETAIN, Philippe. 

Cours d'Infanterie. 

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911.
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1600 €

First edition.
Infantry course given by Colonel Philippe Pétain at the War School in 1911.
Major document for understanding the strategic thinking of the future hero of Verdun.
This course was only rediscovered and studied in 1960 by General Jean Delmas and published for the first time in 2010 by Editions du Cosmogone.
Pétain taught the infantry course at the War School between 1908 and 1911. His course is divided into three parts: the first two, of around a hundred pages each, are devoted to the story and study of combat. infantry that Pétain considers exemplary (Auerstedt in 1806, Saint-Privas in 1870). The third part, of only fifty pages, offers an uncompromising analysis of the infantry regulations in use in the French army between 1870 and 1902. It promotes a change in the doctrine of use of the infantry which must no longer expose itself to enemy fire as the Napoleonic vision of combat wanted.

Through its concern to spare the blood of men, this course clearly announces the Pétain of 1917-1918.

Photo CORROZET, Gilles || Le Bibliophile JACOB. 

CORROZET, Gilles || Le Bibliophile JACOB. 

La Fleur des antiquitez de la noble et triomphante ville et cité de Paris. 

Paris, Léon Willem, 1874.
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200 €

Reprint with an erudite preface by Bibliophile Jacob (Paul Lacroix) of this 1532 booklet by Gilles Corrozet.
La Fleur des Antiquités is the first work written on the annals of Paris and its citizens. It is particularly insightful on the topography of Parisian streets at the time.
One of 22 copies on China paper, ours is number 20.

Photo CHÉREAU, Achille. 

CHÉREAU, Achille. 

Les Ordonnances de la ville de Paris pour éviter le danger de peste 1531. 

Paris, Léon Willem, 1873.
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200 €

Scholarly reprint of Renaissance hygienic prescriptions, accompanied by a historical study.
One of 22 copies on China paper, ours number 11.
Some engravings in the text.

Photo FRANKLIN, Alfred. 

FRANKLIN, Alfred. 

Les Rues et les cris de Paris au XIIIe siècle. 

Paris, Léon Willem / Paul Daffis, 1874.
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250 €

First edition.
In this work, Franklin mainly used the book of the size of Paris from 1292 which had been published by H. Géraud in 1837. He added several poems by Rutebeuf.
One of 35 copies on China paper, ours number 15.

Photo BUFFIER, Claude. 

BUFFIER, Claude. 

Géographie universelle, exposée dans les différentes méthodes. 

Paris, Pierre-François Giffart, 1736.
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150 €

The book offers a didactic method, including mnemonic verses to help remember information. This fifth edition, published in 1736, is enriched with updates on European geopolitics and a table of country names with their geographic coordinates. A comprehensive example of its 18 fold-out maps (world map, map of Europe, map of France, etc.).

Photo LASSUS, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine || DARCEL, Alfred. 

LASSUS, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine || DARCEL, Alfred. 

Album de Villard de Honnecourt. 

Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1858.
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Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the famous manuscript of Villard de Honnecourt, a 13th-century architect.
This manuscript, preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, is a valuable source on the construction techniques and know-how of medieval builders. It contains sketches and notes that reveal the empirical and artistic approach to Gothic architecture. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus, architect and fervent defender of the revival of medieval art in the 19th century, annotated this publication, which was then finalized by Alfred Darcel after his death.
The work is part of the movement of rediscovery and promotion of Gothic heritage, led in particular by Viollet-le-Duc and his contemporaries.

Photo [LAUGIER, Marc-Antoine]. 

[LAUGIER, Marc-Antoine]. 

Histoire de la République de Venise. 

Paris, N. B. Duchesne, 1758-1768.
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1200 €

First edition.
Marc-Antoine Laugier (1713-1769), Jesuit who became a Benedictine abbot, historian and theoretician of French architecture of the 18th century. The Republic of Venice, sometimes nicknamed "the Most Serene", was gradually established in the Middle Ages around the city of Venice, and which developed by the annexation of various territories in Northern Italy, along the coasts of the Adriatic Sea and in the Eastern Mediterranean until it became one of the main European economic powers.

Photo [RAMSAY, Andrew Michael]. 

[RAMSAY, Andrew Michael]. 

Histoire du vicomte de Turenne, maréchal général des armées du Roy. 

Amsterdam, Arkstee and Merkus, 1771.
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150 €

Edition enriched with engravings.
Ramsay highlights the life of Turenne, his campaigns during the Thirty Years' War, his victories at the battles of Rocroi, the Dunes, and Salzbach. He also describes his relations with Louis XIV, his role within the French army, and his influence on modern warfare. Ramsay attempts to pay tribute to Turenne's greatness, while evoking his human and military qualities.
The work is also a reflection on the art of war at that time and on the political and military issues of the time of Louis XIV. This work is part of the classic historiography on Marshal Turenne.

Photo [CASSINI, Jean Dominique]. 

[CASSINI, Jean Dominique]. 

Manuel de l'étranger qui voyage en Italie. 

Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1778.
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850 €

First edition.
Work by Jean-Dominique Cassini (known as Cassini IV) who wrote this manual the day after his trip to Italy in 1775.
Cassini regretted that most authors on Italy sometimes digressed without having left their salons. On the contrary, he wanted to offer a practical manual for travelers:
"this little work, whose sole purpose is to be useful to travelers. It teaches the routes, warns of obstacles; indicates the means; teaches what is to be seen, what can be neglected." (extract from the preface).

Photo [PAUW, Cornelius (de)]. 

[PAUW, Cornelius (de)]. 

Recherches philosophiques sur les égyptiens et les chinois. 

Berlin, G.J. Decker, 1773.
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150 €

First edition.
Work which combats the curious hypothesis raised by Joseph de Guignes who wanted China to be a colony of the ancient Egyptians.

Photo GRIFFET, Henri. 

GRIFFET, Henri. 

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Louis, Dauphin de France, mort à Fontainebleau le 20 décembre 1765. Avec un Traité de la connoissance des Hommes, fait par ses ordres en 1758. 

Paris, Simon & Merigot, 1777.
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First edition.
On the tragic destiny of the heir to the crown, Louis-Charles, son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. These memoirs provide details on the court intrigues, as well as the condition of the royal family during this tumultuous period. The second volume is a treatise on the knowledge of men.
Copie signed by the publisher.

Photo RICHER, Henri. 

RICHER, Henri. 

Vie De Mécenas Avec Des Notes Historiques et critiques. 

Paris, Chaubert, 1746.
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100 €

First edition.
Maecenas (c. 70 BC-8 BC) was a Roman politician and close friend of the Emperor Augustus, famous for devoting his wealth and influence to promoting the arts and literature.

Photo SPARRMAN, Anders. 

SPARRMAN, Anders. 

Voyage au cap de Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. 

Paris, Buisson, 1787.
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150 €

First french 8vo edition.
A student of Linnaeus, Sparrman (1748-1820) stayed in Cape Town and studied the flora and especially the fauna of the region. From Cape Town, he took part in James Cook's second voyage as a botanist's assistant and was thus one of two disciples of Linnaeus to have circumnavigated the world.

Photo DION CASSIUS [Jean Xiphilin]. 

DION CASSIUS [Jean Xiphilin]. 

Dionis Nicaei Rerum Romanarum à Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae, Epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino. Ex bibliotheca Regia. 

Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551.
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1200 €

Copy in an attractive reused binding which was originally intended to cover a slightly thicker volume.
Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80.

Photo VALOIS de La MOTTE (Comtesse). 

VALOIS de La MOTTE (Comtesse). 

Vie de Jeanne de St-Rémy de Valois, ci-devant comtesse de La Motte ; contenant un récit détaillé & exact des évenemens extraordinaires auxquels cette Dame infortunée a eu part depuis sa naissance, & qui ont contribué à l'élever à la dignité de Confidente & Favorite de la Reine de France ; avec plusieurs particularités ultérieures, propres à éclaircir les transactions mysterieuses relatives au collier de diamans,...écrite par elle-même. 

Paris, Garnéry, An I [1793].
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150 €

Sentenced to life imprisonment in the Affair of the Necklace, the Countess de La Motte fled to London and published her memoirs, in which she formally accused Marie Antoinette of complicity.
First edition under this title and greatly expanded.

Photo VALOIS de La MOTTE (Comtesse). 

VALOIS de La MOTTE (Comtesse). 

Mémoires justificatifs de la Comtesse de Valois de La Motte écrits par Elle même. 

s.l., s.n., 1789.
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100 €

A late portrait, not required for this edition, was added as a frontispiece.
Sentenced to life imprisonment in the Affair of the Necklace, the Countess de La Motte fled to London and published her memoirs, in which she formally accused Marie Antoinette of complicity. Finally, the supporting documents. This is an apocryphal correspondence between the Queen and Cardinal de Rohan.

Photo VUILLEMIN, Alexandre Aimé. 

VUILLEMIN, Alexandre Aimé. 

[Atlas Illustré de Géographie Commerciale et Industrielle présentant les grandes divisions physiques, la distribution géographique, des végétaux et des minéraux]. 

Paris, Fatout, 1859.
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Scarce decorative map of North America, published in Paris by Vuillemin.
Collection of 7 maps: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and France.
Maps drawn by A. Vuillemin, Geographer; Engraved by Langevin and Gérin.
Illustrations drawn by A. Testard and engraved by Guesnu
All maps are dated 1859.

Rare maps among the most decorative of the nineteenth century with for each, side panels containing numerous meticulously engraved vignettes with explanations on the regions making up the continents or the departments for the map of France.
For the map of North America :
- The map includes 16 decorative side panel vignettes showing indigenous scenes in America, flora and fauna.
The map shows Russian America, Utah and New Mexico, extending to the Rocky Mountains, and massive Oregon, Northwest and Indian Territories. Interesting notes on early discoveries, including a reference to Alvaro Nunez in Texas, in 1528, Cabrillo's discovery of the Pacific in 1548, Francis Drake, Lewis & Clark, Edwin James, etc.
Early railroads, forts, canals, military reserves, Indian lands, ports of commerce and other details noted.
One of the most decorative large format maps of North America from the period, finely engraved by Gerin and illustrated by A. Testard.

Photo SUETONE. 

SUETONE. 

Caius Suetonius Tranquillus. [La vie des douze césars]. 

Paris, e typographia regia, 1644.
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1200 €

Latin edition of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars given by the Imprimerie royale, created at the Louvre by Richelieu four years earlier in order to "give the public the works of good authors in characters worthy of their work".
Edition illustrated with an engraved title, and 12 portraits in the text engraved by Abraham Bosse.
These portraits representing the 12 Caesars are placed at the head of each of the chapters devoted to them.
A fine copy in morocco binding.

Photo JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé). 

JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé). 

Dissertation sur un Temple octogone et plusieurs bas-reliefs trouvez à Cestas. 

Bordeaux, Jean Baptiste Lacorne, 1743.
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600 €

First edition.
Description of a temple, probably early Christian, in Cestas by the local scholar Abbot Jaubert.
The latter identifies it as a temple dedicated to the cult of Cybele.
This temple, which has now disappeared, was attached to the old church of Cestas. The engravings by Abbot Jaubert representing the plan of the building and the bas-reliefs are the only archaeological traces that remain to us.

Photo FAULCON, Felix. 

FAULCON, Felix. 

Fruits de la Solitude et du Malheur. 

Paris, Du Pont, An IV [1796].
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100 €

First edition.
Felix Faulcon, deputy under the Constituent Assembly, then the Empire and the Restoration, he became a corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres) on June 3, 1803. In exile in the countryside during the Convention and the Terror, Faulcon delivers his reflections here in the form of Pastorales. The work will only be published under the Directory.

Photo FAULCON, Felix. 

FAULCON, Felix. 

Voyages et Opuscules. 

Paris, Debray, 1805.
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100 €

First edition.
Excerpts from the author's travel journal in Belgium, Holland and on the Rhine, in Allier and Puy-de-Dôme. Felix Faulcon, deputy under the Constituent, then the Empire and the Restoration, he became a corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres) on June 3, 1803.

Photo BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain. 

BAILLY, Jean-Sylvain. 

Mémoires d'un témoin de la Révolution, ou Journal des faits qui se sont passés sous ses yeux, et qui ont préparé et fixé la Constitution française. 

Paris, Levrault, Schoell et Cie, 1804.
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200 €

First edition.
Posthumous work by Jean Sylvain Bailly who was the first mayor of Paris during the French Revolution, in July 1789. He was a victim of the Terror and guillotined in 1793.

Photo LEON L'AFRICAIN [Leo Africanus, Johannes (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi).]. 

LEON L'AFRICAIN [Leo Africanus, Johannes (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi).]. 

De Totius Africae descriptione, libri IX.
Quibus non solùm Africae regionum, insularum, & oppidorum fitus, locorum q intreualla accuratè complexus est, sed Regum familius, bellorum causas &euentus, resq. In ea memorabiles, tam à seipso diligente obseruatione indagatas, q in veris Maurorum Annalib. Memoriae traditas, copiose descripsit, recéns in Latinam linguam conuersi Ioan. Floriano Interprete. 

Anvers, Ioan. Latium, 1556.
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6000 €

Rare first latin edition of this famous description of Africa.
Born Al Hassan Ibn Mahommed Al Wezaz Al Fasi probably in Granada in about 1494, the author received a great part of his education at Fez, later travelling through most of northern Africa between 1507-1520.
He undertook his most famous series of journeys across the Sahara into modern day Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad between 1513 and 1515.
Later he travelled to Constantinople and Egypt, and while travelling home from there in 1520 was captured by pirates and presented to Pope Leo X in Rome.
There he converted to Christianity, was baptized and adopted his Christian name.
First published in Italian in 1550, this first Latin edition was the basis for the English translation of 1600.

A complete copy, with the 2 final blank leaves often missing and in a contemporary binding.

Photo DEMIDOFF, Anatole de || DURAND, André || RAFFET, Auguste. 

DEMIDOFF, Anatole de || DURAND, André || RAFFET, Auguste. 

Excursion pittoresque et archéologique en Russie par le Havre, Hambourg, Lubeck, Saint-Pétersbourg, Moscou, Nijni-Nowgorod, Yaroslaw et Kasan, exécutée en 1839. 

Paris, Gihaut frères, [v.1842].
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9500 €

Scarce first edition of this atlas of the second excursion to Russia, financed by Anatole de Demidoff and sought after for its beautiful lithographs of the greatest Russian cities and their famous landmarks.

More commonly found is the atlas of the first excursion of 1837, which accompanies the book "Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie exécutée en 1837."

The second expedition, executed in 1839, departed from Le Havre and passed through Hamburg, Lubeck, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslaw, and Kasan.

The views published in the present second album are the most famous, since they included beautiful lithographs of the largest Russian towns and their celebrated places, such as the Winter Palace and the Alexandrine column in St. Petersburg, the banks of the Volga in Nizhniy-Novgorod, the Kremlins of Kasan and Moscow.

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 [CHARLES VII]. 

[CHARLES VII]. 

Vollständiges Diarium von den merckwürdigsten Begebenheiten, die sich vor, in und nach der Höchst-beglückten Wahl und Krönung, des Allerdurchlauchtigsten, Großmächtigsten und Unüberwindlichsten Fürsten und Herrn Carls des VII. 

Frankfurt am Main, Johann David Jung, 1742-1743.
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1200 €

First edition.
A remarkable work that offers a detailed and illustrated account of the significant events that occurred before, during and after the election and coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles Albert of Bavaria, known as Charles VII. Thanks to its detailed descriptions of the ceremonies, parades and festivities, enriched by numerous iconographic documents.
A very complete copy of all the required plates: 1 frontispiece, 19 portraits, 20 plates (including numerous double plates and 2 folding plans).

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