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Photo [BUSSY-RABUTIN, Roger Comte de ]. 

[BUSSY-RABUTIN, Roger Comte de ]. 

Amours des dames illustres de notre siècle
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Le passe-temps royal, ou les amours de mademoiselle de Fontage. 

Cologne, Jean Le Blanc, 1682.
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550 €

Third edition.

This book is one of the most famous satyrico-historical novels of the 17th century.

Photo STEIN, Elias. 

STEIN, Elias. 

Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, avec des réflexions militaires relatives à ce jeu. 

La Haye, Aux dépens de l'auteur, 1789.
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600 €

First edition.
Work which appeared at the expense of the author on subscription.
Elias Stein (1748-1812) was a strong Dutch master, chess teacher and author.
After the analyses in this book the Dutch Defence was called [Lindörfer].

Photo LARRAMENDI, Manuel (de). 

LARRAMENDI, Manuel (de). 

Discurso histórico sobre la antigua famosa Cantabria : Question Decidida Si Las Provincias De Bizcaya, Guipuzcoa, Y Alava, Estuvieron Comprehendidas En La Antigua Cantabria. 

Madrid, Juan de Zuniga, 1736.
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600 €

First edition.
Promoter of Basque identity and unity, Larramendi here discusses the history of Cantabria to find out if the Basque provinces (Biscay, Álava, Guipuzcoa) were once part of Cantabria.

Photo [CURIOSA]. 

[CURIOSA]. 

Les Véritez inconnues sur la dissolution et le luxe des femmes et des hommes de Paris. 

Lyon, s.n., 1611 [v. 1870].
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600 €

Amusing brochure reproducing the unique copy from the Sainte Geneviève library.

Copy on laid paper (unnumbered)

With the following text :
Traicté de Mariage entre Julian Peoger et Jacqueline Patinet, sa future espouse, et de La Lubricité de Clépoatre.

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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.

Photo MONTESQUIOU, Robert de. 

MONTESQUIOU, Robert de. 

Le Chancelier de Fleurs. 

Chateaudun, La Maison du livre, 1907.
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600 €

First edition.
Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921), is a French man of letters, poet, dandy and art and literature critic. This book was written in memory of his friend (secretary and companion), Gabriel de Yturri.
One of the hundred numbered copies printed exclusively for the author, ours n°10

Handwritten dedication from the author to Jean Richepin (1849-1926), poet and writer who had just been elected to the Académie française (March 1908).

We enclose an empty, postmarked envelope, addressed by Montesquiou to Marcel Le Roy-Dupré.

Photo GRIGORIEFF, Boris. 

GRIGORIEFF, Boris. 

Visages de Russie. 

Paris, Paul Ollendorf, 1923.
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700 €

First edition.
Edition limited to 500 copies, ours unnumbered.
Boris Grigorieff is a Russian avant-garde painter specializing in portraits. He will create in 1929 a fresco for the society of nations "Faces of the world".

Photo HOWARD, John. 

HOWARD, John. 

État des prisons, des hôpitaux et des maisons de force. 

Paris, Lagrange, 1788.
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700 €

First french edition of Howard's pioneering work on prisons and penal reform.

Photo [GROS, Jean]. 

[GROS, Jean]. 

Moi, Poupée. 

s.l., A l'enseigne "des petites vertus", [1930].
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750 €

First edition.
Clandestine publication for this erotic novel attributed to Jean Gros with 9 pornographic lithographs.

Copy printed on laid paper (unjustified) with the plates printed on Japanese paper.

Photo [COLLECTIF]. 

[COLLECTIF]. 

Chants et Chansons populaires de la France. 

Paris, Delloye, 1843.
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750 €

First edition.
Complete copy of all the deliveries published in 1843. Each of the deliveries is devoted to a song from the popular
repertoire and includes: a notice, the lyrics illustrated with framing engravings, the scores. These deliveries forming three volumes.
Bound identically has been attached:
CHAMPFLEURY, Popular songs of the Provinces of France, Paris, New library, 1860
Published as the fourth volume of the previous set.

Photo MARTINI, Jean Paul Egide. 

MARTINI, Jean Paul Egide. 

Mélopée moderne ou l'Art du chant réduit en principes composé et dédié à Monsieur Lenormant d'Etioles. 

Paris, Naderman, [ca. 1791].
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750 €

First edition.
Entirely engraved book, composed mainly of scores. Martini, is a composer of German origin. In 1788 he was appointed Superintendent of the King's Music and responsible for religious music. At the same time, he directed the biggest Parisian stages.

Title page signed by the publisher.

Photo [GOUJON, Abel]. 

[GOUJON, Abel]. 

Promenade historique et pittoresque à Saint-Germain-En-Laye; précédée d'un itinéraire descriptif de la route de Paris à cette ville. 

S.-Germain, Chez tous les libraires, 1833.
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750 €
Photo PETITOT, Ennemond Alexandre. 

PETITOT, Ennemond Alexandre. 

Raisonnement sur la perspective, pour en faciliter l'usage aux artistes. Dédié aux mêmes. 

Parme, Frères faure, 1758.
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800 €

First edition.
Beautiful perspective manual, written in French and Italian.

Petitot was a French architect who joined Parma in June 1753 with the title of first court architect and instructor at the newly created Academy of Fine Arts.

Copy with large margins.

Photo EUDEL, Paul. 

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.

Photo VALERIAN Jean-Pierre. 

VALERIAN Jean-Pierre. 

Les Hiéroglyphiques. Autrement Commentaires des lettres et figures sacrées des Aegyptiens & autres nations. 

Lyon, Paul Frellon, 1615.
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900 €

First edition of the translation in French by Jean de Montlyard

One of the most famous emblem books from the end of the 16th century.

Pierio Valeriano (1477-1558) was inspired by the works left by Horapollo, the only ancient source on Egyptian hieroglyphics, to compose a book of allegorical emblems where the hieroglyphs mingle with biblical references and memories of classical antiquity.
Several hundred woodcuts illustrate the text.

Photo BOUTET, Henri. 

BOUTET, Henri. 

Paris - Croquis 1888-1889. 

Paris, [Henri Boutet], 1888-1889.
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900 €

First edition.

This book contains the collection of 28 issues of the magazine "Paris-Croquis" created, illustrated and published by the artist and engraver Henri Boutet (1851-1919), also known as the "little master of the corset". Each issue contains texts, by different authors, which have for main subject the Woman and a plate drawn by Boutet.
All issues of this magazine intend to emphasize the Woman and the Parisian elegance.

Photo [ENFANTINA]. 

[ENFANTINA]. 

Le Livre des Jeunes Braves, ou Etrennes militaires, recueil d'anecdotes remarquables, de beaux-faits d'armes, de traits généreux, etc. 

paris, Rapilly, 1823.
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950 €

Fine copy containing twelve hand-colored plates.
A reworking in octavo format of the work "Les délassements des braves" published the previous year by the same publisher, containing only the 11 announced plates. Our copy additionally contains the plate of Marshal Ney.

One of the rare copies with the plates in color.

Photo BULLART, Isaac. 

BULLART, Isaac. 

Académie Des Sciences et des Arts. 

Bruxelles, Fr. Poppens, 1682.
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950 €

First edition..
Decorated with more than 200 portraits engraved in the text.
Remarkable work for which Bullart worked for 30 years and which was published by his son. We will find, alongside humanists, navigators, scientists and inventors, printers, all the artists classified by school, Leonardo da Vinci, Magellan, Copernicus, Columbus, A. Paré, Gutenberg, etc.

Photo HILLEMACHER, Frédéric. 

HILLEMACHER, Frédéric. 

Le Cirque Franconi. Détails historiques sur cet établissement hippique et sur ses principaux écuyers. 

Lyon, Louis Perrin & Marinet, 1875.
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950 €

Cirque Franconi known as the Olympic Circus is the oldest Parisian circus.
Rare work retracing the history of the Cirque Franconi, illustrated with 8 portraits of Franconi by Frédéric Hillemacher.
Limited edition of 200 copies. This copy, No. 1 on chinese papier.

Photo LEMERY, Louis. 

LEMERY, Louis. 

Traité des Aliments, où l'on trouve par ordre, et séparément la différence & le choix qu'on doit faire de chacun d'eux en particulier; les bons & les mauvais effets qu'ils peuvent produire, les principes en quoy ils abondent; le temps, l'âge & le tempérament où ils conviennent. Avec des Remarques à la suite de chaque Chapitre, où l'on explique leur nature & leurs usages, suivant les principes Chymiques, & Méchaniques. 

Paris, J. B. Cusson & P. Witte, 1702.
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950 €

This celebrated books on food, which became the leading book on the chemistry of dietetics, is now well known for his notes concerning the aphrodisiac power of chocolates.

SCARCE FIRST EDITON.

Photo CUYP, Aelbert. 

CUYP, Aelbert. 

VI Stüks koitjer Geetst door A. Cuyp. 

s.l, s.n, [v. 1660].
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1000 €

Complete series of 6 engravings by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch painter, preceded by a title vignette.
Dimensions of the etchings: 67x75 mm
Dimensions of the paper: 170x135 mm

This complete set is rarely found with its margins preserved.

Photo LEGRAND, Louis. 

LEGRAND, Louis. 

Maison de M. le Marquis de Pracomtal,
Hôtel de Mme de Saint Paul
Hôtel de M. de Chanteaud. 

Paris, s.n., 1893.
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1000 €

8 plans of the House of M. le Marquis Pracomtal
House whose facade we still discover 10 rue Goujon Paris (8th) with its impasse d'Antin stables.

-9 plans of the Hôtel de Mme de Saint Paul
Hotel which was to be located between Dumont d'Urville and Galilée streets in the 16th arrondissement. The current facade does not correspond to the architect's plans.

- 7 plans of the Hôtel de Mr Ch. Chanteaud (1893)
Charles Chanteaud (?-1905) pharmacist who introduced dosimetric medicine to France.
Hotel which was intended for 39 rue Raynouard in Passy, ​​the existing facades currently do not correspond to the plans.

Photo [LITHOGRAPHIES] DE COULANGE. 

[LITHOGRAPHIES] DE COULANGE. 

St Germain en Laye pittoresque et ses environs. 

St Germain en Laye, Mayer et Paul, 1875.
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1000 €

First edition.
Rare collection of 30 lithographed views after the painter De Coulange, representing the main monuments of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Marly-le-Roi, Poissy, Le Vésinet, Chatou, Sartrouville ... T
The plates are accompanied by an explanatory text sheet.
Unlisted feature of our copy some plates are printed on colored paper (yellow, green and blue) others printed in gradient of sepia tones.

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 [VISSCHER, Nicolaus]. 

[VISSCHER, Nicolaus]. 

Labyrinte de Versailles. The labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-Garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles. 

Amsterdam, Visscher, Nicolaus, [1682].
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1250 €

Edition in four languages: French, English, German and Dutch.
A marvel of landscape art that has now disappeared, the Labyrinth of Versailles was commissioned from Le Notre by Louis XIV.
Labyrinth of hornbeams opening onto squares decorated with fountains whose lead subjects were multicolored.
Each fountain was inspired by Aesop's Fables.
The work reveals in 41 engravings, the plan of the labyrinth and each of the fountains with for each, the verses and the morals which had inspired them.
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Photo CHAPONE, Hester. 

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.

Photo CLOUET, Jean-Baptiste Louis. 

CLOUET, Jean-Baptiste Louis. 

Géographie Moderne avec Introduction. Ouvrage utile à tous ceux qui veulent se perfectionner dans cette Science, on y trouve jusqu'aux notions les plus simples dont on a facilité l'intelligence par des figures pour le mettre à la portée de tout le monde, Chaque Carte à sur les marges l'explication de celle qu'elle renferme, la méthode qu'on y suite a pour objet de developper les connaissances qui tiennant a l'Histoire, ce qui rend cette Géographie très intéressante. 

s.l., s.n., 1780.
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1300 €

Atlas with 68 watercolor plates. Commplete.

Photo KÄMPFER, Engelbert. 

KÄMPFER, Engelbert. 

Histoire naturelle, civile, ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon. 

La Haye, P.Gosse & J.Neaulme, 1732.
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1450 €

First 12mo french edition, after one Folio (1729).
There is an other more current edition, printed at Amsterdam (Herman Uitwerf), also in 1732.
This work, has long been recognized as the most authoritative account of Japan.

Photo BOUCHARDON, Édmé || HUQUIER, Gabriel. 

BOUCHARDON, Édmé || HUQUIER, Gabriel. 

Apollon et Les Muses,
dessinés par Ed. Bouchardon, sculp. du Roi.
Gravés et dédiés à Mre. Gabriel Bernard de Rieux ... par ... Huquier. 

Paris, Chez Huquier, 1739.
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1500 €

Rare and complete first edition.

"Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) was celebrated in his time as an exceptional artist," Bouchardon must have been a great man, "said the collector Pierre Jean Mariette," because he enjoyed all his reputation during his life." As a sculptor, he was nicknamed "the new Phidias", the modern equivalent of the greatest artist of ancient Greece, and as a draftsman he was considered one of the best in Europe. Historians of art have not changed today, Bouchardon being still considered one of the most creative and fascinating artists of the 18th century French, the one who played a decisive role in the transition from rockery to neoclassicism. "
This quote comes from the preface of the catalog of the exhibition "Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), une idée du beau", which took place in 2016, at the Louvre, and was written by Mr. J-L. Martinez ( President and director of the Louvre) and Mr.T. Potts (director of the J. Paul Getty Museum).

It perfectly illustrates the genius of the artist. This collection of engravings, is cited in the chronology of the artist's works, in the catalog of the Louvre exhibition (p. 415).

The engravings represent the god of Music and Love Apollo, followed by his muses Calliope, Clio, Erato, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsicore, Euterpe, Polimnia and Urania.
The genius of the artist is illustrated, here, with balanced compositions, the detail of the draperies, the vigor but also the softness of the figures. They perfectly illustrate Neoclassical style and Bouchardon's maner, as a sculptor.

This collection of engravings also shows his interest in the diffusion of his works, with the collaboration of the publisher and engraver Gabriel Huquier.
He was an engraver and publisher (1695-1772) specializing in prints. He is the one who engraved and published the greatest number of prints from Bouchardon's drawings, more than a hundred.
The engravings were not intended for the making of sculptures, but were drawings intended for a diverse audience such as artists, amateurs and collectors (as Mr. Gabriel Bernard de Rieux, cited on the title page).

Very fine copy.

Photo HUET, Pierre Daniel. 

HUET, Pierre Daniel. 

Traitté de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre. 

Paris, Jean Anisson, 1691.
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1500 €

First edition.
Curious work in which Huet try to find the location of Paradise.
Rare in morocco binding (not in Caillet, Dorbon as only the 1701 edition).

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