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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.

[PARTITION] ROSSINI.

Guillaume tell opera en quatre actes partition pour piano seul.

Paris, Leon Grus, [v. 1880].

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30 €

Adapted for piano by Th. Labarre.

MANGIN, Arthur || [JARDINS].

Histoire des jardins anciens et modernes.

Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1888.

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150 €

Book on the history and art of gardens, illustrated with many illustrations by Anastasi, Daubigny, V. Foulquier, French, W. Freeman, H. Giacomelli and Lancelot.

One plate illustrates the picturesque park of Le Vésinet and its large lake.

BALLET, François (Abbé).

Histoire des Temples des Payens, des Juifs et des Chrétiens.

Paris, Cailleau, 1760.

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250 €

First edition.

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.

Société Rouennaise de Bibliophiles.

Histoire Prodigieuse d'une invasion d'oiseaux ravageurs en Normandie et Pays du Maine en 1618 précédée d'une notice par Michel Hardy.

Rouen, Imprimerie de Espérance Cagniard, 1879.

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120 €

Rare reissue made after the only known copy, that of BNF, of this opuscule originally published in 1618.
Edition given by the by the "Société Rouennaise de Bibliophiles" whose publications were limited to there 75 members and their friends.
Our copy, No. 15, printed for M.Revel.

DIEUDONNE, Robert.

Hommes de Chevaux ! (Heures Hippiques d'un Fantassin). Dessins de HAUTOT.

Paris, La Nouvelle Revue Critique, sans date [ca. 1918].

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150 €

First edition, one of the 20 copies on japan paper.

LEGRAND, Louis.

Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Marsy
Hôtel de Mme Riensch de Osa.

Paris, s.n., 1894-1905.

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2000 €

18 architectural plans of Parisian mansions printed from the drawings of the architect Legrand. The plans show the interior layout, layout and facades.

- 10 plans for Mademoiselle De Marsy's Hotel (1905)
Marie-Louise Marsy, real name Anne-Marie-Louise-Joséphine Mars (1866-1942), member of the Comédie Française which she left in 1902 after becoming Mme de Vassart d'Hozier.
Hotel located at the intersection of Boulevard Jules Sandeau and Rue Octave Feuillet in the 16th arrondissement. The current facades at this address do not correspond to the architect's plans.

- 8 plans for the Hotel de Mme Riensch de Osa (1894).

Augusta de Osa (1855-1944), née Riensch, was born into a wealthy industrial family in Hamburg. The diplomatic position of her husband allowed Augusta to lead a brilliant social life by frequenting the Parisian high society of the Belle Epoque.
Each plan is countersigned by Mme Riensch de Osa with the mention Read and approved.
Hotel still visible at the current 35, avenue Georges V (current boutique which adjoins the Prince de Galles hotel).

BERQUIN, Arnaud.

Introduction à la connoissance de la Nature.

Lyon, Librairie d'éducation de Perisse Frères, 1841.

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25 €

[GRAVESANDE, Willem Jacob].

Introduction à la philosophie, contenant la métaphysique et la logique.

Leide, Jean et Herm Verbeek, 1748.

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100 €

Willem Jacob's Gravesande (1688 – 1742) was a Dutch jurist and diplomat, known today for his scientific work: he contributed to the introduction of Newton's theories and the experimental method. Interestingly, Gravesande presents his revolutionary method of coding and decoding encrypted letters ("De l'art de déchiffrer des Lettres", p. 391-408).

[GRAVURE].

Jacques CALLOT.

s.l., s.n., [1840].

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15 €

Portrait of Jacques Callot engraved by Boilly after Jacquand.

Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

[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.

[GRAVURE].

Joseph VERNET.

s.l., s.n., [1840].

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15 €

Portrait of Joseph Vernet engraved by Baudran after Guilleminot
Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

BARBE-MARBOIS, François.

Journal d'un Déporté non jugé, ou déportation en violation des lois, décrétée le 18 Fructidor an V (4 Septembre 1797).

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1834.

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200 €

First edition.
Elected from Moselle to the Council of Elders under the Directory, Barbé-Marbois was overthrown during the September 1797 insurrection and then sent into exile in Guyana. Exile journal which alternates between political considerations and observations of Guyana, its inhabitants and its prison system.

JUBILE THEODORE TUFFIER.

Jubilé de Th. Tuffier (23 avril 1925).

Paris, Imprimerie Lahure, [1925].

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40 €

First edition.

Théodore Tuffier (1857-1929) was a surgeon and specialist in cardiac and pulmonary surgery, highly respected in his time.
This book is the program of the official ceremony of the promotion of M. le Dr. Tuffier as "Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur".

FOREST, Louis || BERNARD, Tristan.

L'Art de faire le café au lais à l'ancienne à l'aide de la Caféolette de Louis Forest.

Paris, René Chauveau, [v. 1913].

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75 €

Advertising brochure presenting the Caféolette, a device patented by Louis Forest (writer and journalist) in 1913 for making coffee with milk easily. The object that could look like a joke has been produced and can still be found in flea markets.

The preface is signed by Tristan Bernard, fervent support of the café au lait without water!.

DU FRESNOY, Charles-Alphonse || DE MARSY, François-Marie || [MEUSNIER DE QUERLON, A.-G.].

L'école d'Uranie, ou l'art de la peinture.

Paris, Saugrain & Lamy - Barrois, aîné, 1780.

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90 €

This book is devoted to the poetic work of the painter and art critic Charles-Alphonse Du Fresnoy (1611-1668), who was a student of Simon Vouet and a friend of Pierre Mignart.
It consists in the poem "De Graphica" in Latin and French, the notes by Roger de Piles on the poem, a text by Du Fresnoy on the great painters, an index of pictorial terms and the poem "Pictura" in Latin and French.

[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.

CLARMORGAN, Jean.

La Chasse du Loup nécessaire à la maison rustique.

Rouen, Jean Baptiste Besongne, 1685.

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450 €

The Wolf Hunt by Jean Carlmorgan was appended to the editions of the Rustic House of Liebaut. Our edition has its own title page and includes the 14 mid-page woodcuts from the sixteenth century editions. A highly sought-after work in the 19th century, it represented the "dark ages" of the French countryside.

Following it we find "La Fabrique de la Gauge ou Diapason" in (10) sheets, (last sheet truncated). Another typical annex of the Rustic House.

LE COINTE, Jourdan.

La cuisine de santé, ou moyens faciles & économiques de préparer toutes nos Productions Alimentaires, de la manière la plus délicate & la plus salutaire, d'après les nouvelles découvertes de la Cuisine Françoise et Italienne.

Paris, Briand, 1789-1790.

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2500 €

Scarce first edition.
Each volumes with 2 title pages, first dated 1790 and a second dated 1789, as the Bitting [278] copy.

VAUBERT, Luc.

La Dévotion à Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ dans l'Eucharistie.

Paris, Gabriel Charles Berton, 1752.

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180 €

Good copy in contemporary morocco bindings.

DE GASPARIN, Agénor.

La Famille, ses devoir, ses joies et ses douleurs.

Paris, Michel Levy, 1869.

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50 €

"Whether it is a question of politics, social organization, happiness, morals or religion, the family always reappears in the first row; it is she, always she, who holds the solutions in her hands." (extract from the preface).

BOUHOURS, Dominique.

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

Paris, Charles-Nicolas Poirion, 1756.

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50 €

[Pascal Pia, André Malraux].

La Quintessence satyrique du XXe siècle, composée de poèmes de quelques-uns des meilleurs esprits de ce temps qui ne figurent point dans leurs œuvres : Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, L.Tailhade, Tristan Bernard, Alfred Jarry, L.M. [Louis Marsolleau], A. Birot, Jean Cocteau, Raymond Radiguet, Guillaume Apollinaire, Pascal Pia, etc., etc.

[Paris], [Les Artisans Imprimeurs], [1926].

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450 €

First edition published in 1926 of this collection of erotic poems Only Only 150 copies.
Rare complete with the two erotic engravings.

[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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[GRAVURE].

LE BRUN.

s.l., s.n., [1840].

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15 €

Portrait of Le Brun engraved by Lefevre after Decaisne
Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

Le cabinet satyrique ou recueil parfaict des vers piquants et gaillards de ce temps, tiré des secrets cabinets des sieurs de Sigones, Regnier, Motin, Berthelot, Maynard et autres des plus signalez poëtes du dix-septièmes siècle.

Gand & Paris, Duquesnes & Claudin, 1859-1860.

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200 €

One of the 134 copy. This is one of the 116 examples on handmade paper.

NADAR.

Le Cas des cloches.

Chambery, impr. de Ménard, [1883].

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250 €

First edition.
One of the 66 copies on Japon, first luxury paper, ours n°66.
Amusing little pamphlet written by the famous photographer Nadar to protest against the disturbance caused by the ringing of the bells.
Both driven by his republican convictions and his desire for tranquility during his stays in the Province, Nadar addressed his pamphlet to the Mayor of Aix les Bains and to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Presentation copy.

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.

MORET, Louis.

Le Chemin de Fer de Saint-Germain.
Premier chemin de Fer de Paris. 1837.

Saint-Germain-En-Laye, s.n., 1927.

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150 €

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Miscellany

CLOUET, Jean-Baptiste Louis.

Atlas with 68 watercolor plates. Commplete.

[PARTITION] ROSSINI.

Guillaume tell opera en quatre actes partition pour piano seul.

Adapted for piano by Th. Labarre.

MANGIN, Arthur || [JARDINS].

Histoire des jardins anciens et modernes.

Book on the history and art of gardens, illustrated with many illustrations by Anastasi, Daubigny, V. Foulquier, French, W. Freeman, H. Giacomelli and Lancelot. One plate illustrates the picturesque park of Le Vésinet and its large lake.

BALLET, François (Abbé).

Histoire des Temples des Payens, des Juifs et des Chrétiens.

First edition.

KÄMPFER, Engelbert.

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

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.

Société Rouennaise de Bibliophiles.

Histoire Prodigieuse d'une invasion d'oiseaux ravageurs en Normandie et Pays du Maine en 1618 précédée d'une notice par Michel Hardy.

Rare reissue made after the only known copy, that of BNF, of this opuscule originally published in 1618. Edition given by the by the "Société Rouennaise de Bibliophiles" whose publications were limited to there 75 members and their friends. Our copy, No. 15, printed for M.Revel.

DIEUDONNE, Robert.

Hommes de Chevaux ! (Heures Hippiques d'un Fantassin). Dessins de HAUTOT.

First edition, one of the 20 copies on japan paper.

LEGRAND, Louis.

Hôtel de Mademoiselle de MarsyHôtel de Mme Riensch de Osa.

BERQUIN, Arnaud.

Introduction à la connoissance de la Nature.

[GRAVESANDE, Willem Jacob].

Introduction à la philosophie, contenant la métaphysique et la logique.

[GRAVURE].

Jacques CALLOT.

Portrait of Jacques Callot engraved by Boilly after Jacquand. Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

[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.

First edition.

[GRAVURE].

Joseph VERNET.

Portrait of Joseph Vernet engraved by Baudran after Guilleminot Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

BARBE-MARBOIS, François.

Journal d'un Déporté non jugé, ou déportation en violation des lois, décrétée le 18 Fructidor an V (4 Septembre 1797).

JUBILE THEODORE TUFFIER.

Jubilé de Th. Tuffier (23 avril 1925).

First edition. Théodore Tuffier (1857-1929) was a surgeon and specialist in cardiac and pulmonary surgery, highly respected in his time. This book is the program of the official ceremony of the promotion of M. le Dr. Tuffier as "Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur".

FOREST, Louis || BERNARD, Tristan.

L'Art de faire le café au lais à l'ancienne à l'aide de la Caféolette de Louis Forest.

DU FRESNOY, Charles-Alphonse || DE MARSY, François-Marie || [MEUSNIER DE QUERLON, A.-G.].

L'école d'Uranie, ou l'art de la peinture.

[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.

CLARMORGAN, Jean.

La Chasse du Loup nécessaire à la maison rustique.

LE COINTE, Jourdan.

La cuisine de santé, ou moyens faciles & économiques de préparer toutes nos Productions Alimentaires, de la manière la plus délicate & la plus salutaire, d'après les nouvelles découvertes de la Cuisine Françoise et Italienne.

Scarce first edition. Each volumes with 2 title pages, first dated 1790 and a second dated 1789, as the Bitting [278] copy.

VAUBERT, Luc.

La Dévotion à Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ dans l'Eucharistie.

Good copy in contemporary morocco bindings.

DE GASPARIN, Agénor.

La Famille, ses devoir, ses joies et ses douleurs.

"Whether it is a question of politics, social organization, happiness, morals or religion, the family always reappears in the first row; it is she, always she, who holds the solutions in her hands." (extract from the preface).

BOUHOURS, Dominique.

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

[Pascal Pia, André Malraux].

First edition published in 1926 of this collection of erotic poems Only Only 150 copies. Rare complete with the two erotic engravings.

[VISSCHER, Nicolaus].

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

[GRAVURE].

LE BRUN.

Portrait of Le Brun engraved by Lefevre after Decaisne Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

Le cabinet satyrique ou recueil parfaict des vers piquants et gaillards de ce temps, tiré des secrets cabinets des sieurs de Sigones, Regnier, Motin, Berthelot, Maynard et autres des plus signalez poëtes du dix-septièmes siècle.

One of the 134 copy. This is one of the 116 examples on handmade paper.

NADAR.

Le Cas des cloches.

MONTESQUIOU, Robert de.

Le Chancelier de Fleurs.

MORET, Louis.

Le Chemin de Fer de Saint-Germain. Premier chemin de Fer de Paris. 1837.

Book on the history and art of gardens, illustrated with many illustrations by Anastasi, Daubigny, V. Foulquier, French, W. Freeman, H. Giacomelli and Lancelot.

One plate illustrates the picturesque park of Le Vésinet and its large lake.

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.

Rare reissue made after the only known copy, that of BNF, of this opuscule originally published in 1618.
Edition given by the by the "Société Rouennaise de Bibliophiles" whose publications were limited to there 75 members and their friends.
Our copy, No. 15, printed for M.Revel.

Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Marsy
Hôtel de Mme Riensch de Osa.

Portrait of Jacques Callot engraved by Boilly after Jacquand.

Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

Portrait of Joseph Vernet engraved by Baudran after Guilleminot
Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

First edition.

Théodore Tuffier (1857-1929) was a surgeon and specialist in cardiac and pulmonary surgery, highly respected in his time.
This book is the program of the official ceremony of the promotion of M. le Dr. Tuffier as "Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur".

Scarce first edition.
Each volumes with 2 title pages, first dated 1790 and a second dated 1789, as the Bitting [278] copy.

First edition published in 1926 of this collection of erotic poems Only Only 150 copies.
Rare complete with the two erotic engravings.

Portrait of Le Brun engraved by Lefevre after Decaisne
Steel engraving enhanced with colors for the French Plutarch (published around 1840).

Le Chemin de Fer de Saint-Germain.
Premier chemin de Fer de Paris. 1837.