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Photo CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René. 

CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René. 

De Buonaparte y de los Borbones. 

Madrid, Repullés, 1814.
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70 €

Second edition in spanish.
Translated in the second edition given in France by Ramón Vicente Palero.
Pamphlet in which Chateaubriand overwhelms Bonaparte in a first chapter, pleads for the return of the Bourbons to the throne in a second, and explains the attitude of the allies towards France in the last.
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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 CHAM. 

CHAM. 

Cours de Physique. 

Paris, Maison Martinet, [v.1861].
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50 €

Cham, pseudonym of Amédée de Noé (1818-1879), is a French illustrator, caricaturist and playwright known and recognized.
This book is atypical and at the opposite of those received in schools!
It is a collection of very humorous illustrations, which are about the principles of Physics. With its simple, fast, sharp and precise style, Cham manages to make readers laugh about serious areas in the different fields of this science.

Photo CATALOGUE DE VENTE || CHARTES ET TITRES NOBILIAIRES || PICARDIE || ARTOIS || BRETAGNE. 

CATALOGUE DE VENTE || CHARTES ET TITRES NOBILIAIRES || PICARDIE || ARTOIS || BRETAGNE. 

Collection importante de chartes et titres nobiliaires concernant les provinces de Picardie, Artois et Bretagne. 

Paris, M. Charavay, 1868.
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70 €

First edition.

Catalog of auction sale of administrative and real estate documents, held in Paris, on 21st and 22nd February 1868, by Maître Henri Lechat, auctioneer.

Photo CARDAN, Jérôme, (CARDANI, Hieronymi). 

CARDAN, Jérôme, (CARDANI, Hieronymi). 

Arcana politica, sive de prudentia civili liber singularis. 

Leyde, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635.
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150 €

Second Elzevir edition.

This book by Jérôme Cardan was first published in 1627 with the title "Proxeneta", which means "the negotiator".
It deals with political life and court, household management, academia, and intellectual pursuits.

Photo CAMPAN, Jeanne. 

CAMPAN, Jeanne. 

De l'éducation, suivi des Conseils aux Jeunes Filles, de quelques Essais de morale, et d'un Théâtre pour les jeunes personnes.
Ouvrage mis en ordre et publié, avec une introduction, par M. F. Barrière, nouvelle, édition augmentée de lettres & de morceaux inédits. 

Paris, Lebigre, 1832.
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75 €
Photo [CAILLEAU]. 

[CAILLEAU]. 

Les Misères de ce monde ou Complaintes facétieuses sur les apprentissages de différens arts et métiers de la ville et fauxbourgs de Paris. 

Londres et Paris, Cailleau, 1783.
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650 €

First edition.
Very curious collection of texts on the miseries of apprentices.
Published by the bookseller Cailleau, the work brings together the History of the good man Misère, a popular tale from the 17th century, and nine pieces in burlesque verse describing the living conditions of apprentices and servants. It thus includes: the Mirror of patience or the misery of the attorney's clerks, the Misery of the surgeons' boys, the Patira or complaint of a attorney's clerk on his miserable apprenticeship, the Misery of the apprentice printers, applied in detail to each function of this noble Art, the Misery of the apprentice papermakers-gluers, bookbinders and book gilders, the Misery of the bakers' boys of the city and suburbs of Paris, The State of servitude or the misery of the servants, the Misery of the husbands and the Misery of the bailiffs' clerks.

Photo CADET-DE-VAUX, Antoine Alexis. 

CADET-DE-VAUX, Antoine Alexis. 

Mémoire sur la gélatine des os. 

Paris, Xhrouet, [1803].
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350 €

Rare first edition of this work on bone gelatin.
Cadet demonstrates that:
- A bone is a stock cube formed by nature.
- The bone broth, under dietary reports, is better than meat broth. (Oberle).

Photo [BUSSY-RABUTIN, Roger Comte de ]. 

[BUSSY-RABUTIN, Roger Comte de ]. 

Amours des dames illustres de notre siècle
[suivi de]
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 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 BRUNEL, Georges. 

BRUNEL, Georges. 

Le timbre-poste français. Étude historique et anecdotique de la poste et du timbre en France et dans les colonies françaises. 

Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1896.
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100 €
Photo [BRODEAU de MONCHARVILLE, Jean Pierre-Julien, marquis de Châtres]. 

[BRODEAU de MONCHARVILLE, Jean Pierre-Julien, marquis de Châtres]. 

Jeux d'esprit et de mémoire, ou conversations plaisantes avec des personnes les plus distinguées de l'Etat, par leur génie et leur rang. Avec quelques particularités qui se sont passées sous le règne de Louis le Grand. 

Cologne, Frédéric Le Jeune, 1694.
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130 €

First edition.

Photo BRINK, Louise. 

BRINK, Louise. 

Women Characters in Richard Wagner - A Study in "The Ring of the Nibelung". 

New York, Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company, 1924.
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30 €

First edition.
Presentation copy.

Photo BOUTMY, Emile || RIBOT, Alexandre. 

BOUTMY, Emile || RIBOT, Alexandre. 

Cours d'Histoire Constitutionnelle donnés à l'École libre des sciences politiques. 

s.l., s.n., 1886.
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2000 €

Original manuscripts.
Rare and well-preserved set of two constitutional history courses given at Sciences Po Paris in 1886 by the founders of the school: Emile Boutmy and Alexandre Ribot.
Perfectly readable and careful manuscripts by a writer who will remain unknown who was a listener of Emile Boutmy's course on the Constitution of the United States in May-June 1886 and the course on the French Constitution since 1789 given by Alexandre Ribot in February-March 1886.
Created by Emile Boutmy in the aftermath of the 1870 defeat and the Paris Commune, the École Libre des Sciences Politiques (now known as Sciences-Po) aimed to teach political science as a positive science. She will form the elite of french politicians until today.
1886 was the last year in which Boutmy gave his course on the Constitution of the United States; we know a transcription of it in the notes left by Pierre de Coubertin who was also a listener of this course the same year. A comparison of the transcription of Coubertin's notes and our manuscript leads us to believe that our collection is more faithful (seems to be a word for word transcription) of Boutmy's teaching.

Alexandre Ribot's course on the French Constitution (second part of a more extensive course on European constitutions) leaves an important part on the birth of the Third Republic whose constitutional laws were only passed in 1875.

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 [BOUTET, Claude]. 

[BOUTET, Claude]. 

L'école de la mignature, dans laquelle on peut aisément apprendre à peindre sans maître, ainsi que les secrets de faire les plus belles couleurs; l'or bruni, & l'or en coquille. 

Paris, J. B. G. Musier fils, 1766.
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150 €

This book, written by Charles Boutet (French painter of the 17th and 18th centuries), is intended for all painting lovers wishing to master the art of miniature painting.
He explained the technique of miniature in great detail such as the representation of draperies, skin tones, landscapes and flowers and how to paint with gold and silver.

Photo BOUHOURS, Dominique. 

BOUHOURS, Dominique. 

La manière de bien penser dans les ouvrages d’esprit. 

Paris, Charles-Nicolas Poirion, 1756.
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50 €
Photo BOUCHOT, Henri. 

BOUCHOT, Henri. 

Des livres modernes qu'il convient d'acquérir. 

Paris, Édouard Rouveyre, 1891.
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30 €

First edition.
Copy 682 on 750.
Good copy.

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 BOSTOCK, Franck C. 

BOSTOCK, Franck C. 

Le Dressage des Fauves. 

Paris, Hachette, 1904.
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90 €

with 34 plates.
Rare.

Photo BOSSUET, Jacques Benigne. 

BOSSUET, Jacques Benigne. 

Oeuvres de Bossuet - Discours sur l'histoire universelle. 

Paris, Napoléon Chaix et CIe, 1864.
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40 €
Photo [BLOCQUEL]. 

[BLOCQUEL]. 

- Mulieriana, ou recueil d'anecdotes sur le beau sexe.
- Medeciniana, ou recueil d'anecdotes médeci-chirurgico-pharmarcopoles à Epidaure.
- Omniana ou le petit Momus français. 

Lille, Blocquel-Castiaux, [1812].
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250 €

First editions.
Three Ana published in Lille, the first two by Blocquel-Castiaux the printer who became famous among bibliophiles by printing small witchcraft grimoires.

Photo BIENSTOCK, J.W. || CURNONSKY. 

BIENSTOCK, J.W. || CURNONSKY. 

Le Wagon des fumeurs. Petites histoires de tous et de personne. 

Paris, G.Crès et Cie, 1925.
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75 €

First edition. Rare luxe edition (only 150 copies) with an additionnal chapter ("Le Fourgon").

Photo BESCHERELLE Aîné. 

BESCHERELLE Aîné. 

Dictionnaire national ou Dictionnaire universel de la langue française. 

Paris, Simon, 1846.
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Photo BERQUIN, Arnaud. 

BERQUIN, Arnaud. 

Introduction à la connoissance de la Nature. 

Lyon, Librairie d'éducation de Perisse Frères, 1841.
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25 €
Photo BERANGER, Pierre-Jean. 

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".

Photo BERANGER de, Pierre-Jean [curiosa]. 

BERANGER de, Pierre-Jean [curiosa]. 

Les Gaietés de Béranger. Quarante-quatre-chansons érotiques de ce poète suivies de chansons politiques et satiriques non recueillies dans ses œuvres prétendues complètes.‎. 

Amsterdam [i.e. Bruxelles], aux dépens de la Compagnie [Poulet-Malassis], 1864.
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250 €

First edtion with two additional plates which are "Les Consolations" et "L'Accouchement" and the frontispiece engraved by Félicien Rops.
This book is composed of a collection of songs such as: "La romance de Mademoiselle Justine. Le Grand Marcheur. Le Lavement. La Petite Ouvrière. Les Consolations. L’Abbesse d’un couvent comme il y en a encore beaucoup. Madame Barbe-Bleue ou l’Ogresse. Les
Culottes. Ariane et Bacchus. L’Hermaphrodite. La Relique de Saint Nicolas. L’Oratoire d’une dévote.".

Photo BELLIN DE LA LIBORLIERE, Louis-François-Marie. 

BELLIN DE LA LIBORLIERE, Louis-François-Marie. 

Vieux Souvenirs du Poitiers d'avant 1789 suivis de notices spéciales sur la Grand'Gueule, et l'ancienne université de Poitiers. 

Poitiers, Chez tous les libraires, 1846.
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30 €

First edition.
A dive in pre-revolutionary Poitiers

followed by :
CHERGE, The Traveler's Guide to Poitiers, Poitiers, Henri Oudin, 1851
many engravings in the text, the folding end card has been torn off.

Photo BECAT, Paul-Emile. 

BECAT, Paul-Emile. 

Carte de voeux. 

s.l., s.n., 1959.
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50 €

Blank greeting card.
The card is decorated with a drypoint engraving signed in the plate by Paul-Emile Bécat (1885-1960), the subject is taken from the series of the card game created by Bécat.

Photo BECAT, Paul-Emile. 

BECAT, Paul-Emile. 

Carte de voeux. 

s.l., s.n., 1959.
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50 €

Greeting card for the year 1959 by the Thomas family.
The card is decorated with a drypoint engraving signed in the plate by Paul-Emile Bécat (1885-1960), the subject is taken from the series of the card game created by Bécat.

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