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Photo MANGIN, Arthur || [JARDINS]. 

MANGIN, Arthur || [JARDINS]. 

Histoire des jardins anciens et modernes. 

Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1888.
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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.

Photo Maison Edmond Bournaud. 

Maison Edmond Bournaud. 

Fabrique de Moules en Plâtre ou Etain pour pièces montées à Socles. Décors de table.
Anciennes Maisons J.Bosch & E.Minder réunies. 

Paris, Bournaud, 1927.
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75 €
Photo [MAGNÉ de MAROLLES, François-Gervais]. 

[MAGNÉ de MAROLLES, François-Gervais]. 

Essai sur la chasse au fusil contenant un détail de ce qui concerne la fabrication des canons soit ordinaires, tordus, à ruban ou filés: l'examen de plusieurs questions touchant leur porté, eu égard à leur longueur, à leur calibre, à la charge, &c. & quelques notions sommaires sur les autres parties du fusil de chasse, avec des règles & instructions pour parvenir à bien tirer. 

Paris, Chez Théophile Barrois jeune, 1781.
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300 €

First edition.
Very interesting book on the weaponry of the hunter. With an interresting the chapter on rifled guns, which were not generalized until the nineteenth century.

Photo [LYCEE HENRI IV]. 

[LYCEE HENRI IV]. 

Distribution solennelle des prix (année scolaire 1917-1918). 

Paris, Imprimerie Chaix, 1918.
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40 €

Solemn distribution of the prizes under the chairmanship of Gaston Bonnier and M. Vial on October 10, 1918.

Photo [LIVRE DE FETES]. 

[LIVRE DE FETES]. 

Description des festes données par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, et de Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand amiral d'Espagne, les vingt-neuvième & trentième août mil sept cent trente. 

Paris, Le Mercier, 1740.
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6000 €

First edition.
One of the most beautiful festival books published in the 18th century to commemorate the festivities held in Paris for the wedding of Madame Première, Louise-Élisabeth de Bourbon, eldest daughter of Louis XV, to Philippe de Bourbon.

Beautiful copperplate engraving with 13 plates outside the text, including 8 double-page spreads, by Jacques-François Blondel based on his own drawings and those of the architects Jacques-Ange Gabriel and Giovanni.
There are also two vignettes in the text, one by Pierre Soubeyran after Edmé Bouchardon (coat of arms of the city of Paris), the other by Jacques Rigaud (nautical jousting scene).

Photo [LITHOGRAPHIE] HUMBERT, Paulette. 

[LITHOGRAPHIE] HUMBERT, Paulette. 

Armée en débacle. 

s.l., s.n., [v. 1930].
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35 €

Engraving signed in the plate Paulette Humbert (1904 - 1994), artist active as an illustrator in the 30s and 40s
Beautiful night scene of an army in debacle.

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 [LESAGE, Louis Ernest ] SAHIB. 

[LESAGE, Louis Ernest ] SAHIB. 

Croquis maritimes. 

Paris, Léon Vanier, 1880.
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100 €

First edition.
Sahib is the pseudonym used by the illustrator Louis Ernest Lesage (1847-1919) who after starting a career in the navy will devote himself to drawing.

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 LEMERY, Louis. 

LEMERY, Louis. 

Traité des alimens. 

Paris, Durand, 1755.
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500 €

Third greatly enlarged edition of this famous book on food, which became the leading book on the chemistry of dietetics.

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 LEGRAND, Louis. 

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).

Photo LE ROUX, Hugues || GARNIER, Jules. 

LE ROUX, Hugues || GARNIER, Jules. 

Les Jeux Du Cirque Et La Vie Foraine. 

Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1889.
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150 €

First edition.

Presentation copy.

Photo LE COINTE, Jourdan. 

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.

Photo LAURENT || PERROT. 

LAURENT || PERROT. 

Les Femmes de l'Asie ou description de leurs physionomie, moeurs, usages et costumes. 

Paris, Le Fuel, [1830].
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750 €

First edition.
A beautiful copy whose engravings were finely enhanced with watercolors and erased at the time. Traditional costumes of Asian women from Turks to Japanese.

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 LACROIX, Paul de (éditeur). 

LACROIX, Paul de (éditeur). 

Galerie contemporaine des illustrations françaises. 

Paris, Paul de Lacroix, [1884].
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6000 €

First edition.
Masterpiece of 19th century photography.

200 biographical chapters of 132 historical figures.

Copy complete with all the required notices and photographs.
Each chapter has 4 pages of text (8 for Corot 2 and Corot 3).

The series is therefore complete with the 200 entries for 132 biographies and is illustrated with 267 photographs:
- 131 portraits (65 in full-page and 66 in medallion in text)
- 136 reproductions of art works (135 in full-page and 1 in medallion the text).

Coming from the greatest photographic workshops (Nadar, Carjat, Goupil, Petit...) they are reproduced by photoglypie which is then the only printing process allowing such a faithful reproduction of photographic plates.

The portraits include the famous portrait of Baudelaire by Carjat but also those of Victor Hugo, Gustave Doré, Edmond de Goncourt, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Georges Sand, Sarah Bernhardt, Alexandre Dumas, Gustave Eiffel, Victor Hugo, Louis Pasteur, Emile Zola, ...
We added a rare "specimen" volume ( a commercial presentation volume).

Photo LABORDE, Alexandre de. 

LABORDE, Alexandre de. 

Versailles ancien et moderne. 

Paris, Schneider et Langrand, 1841.
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40 €

Historical book on Versailles, The castle, the kings and queens, etc.

Photo LA COMBE, Joseph-Félix. 

LA COMBE, Joseph-Félix. 

Charlet Sa Vie, Ses Lettres suivi d'une Description Raisonnee de Son oeuvre Lithographique. 

Paris, Paulin et le Chevalier, 1856.
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60 €

First edition.
Reference bibliography on the life and work of Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845) French painter and lithographer.

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 KAULBACH, William || JAEGER, C. || Mueller, A. || PIXIS, Th. || BAYSCHLAG, R. || LINDENSCHMIT, W. 

KAULBACH, William || JAEGER, C. || Mueller, A. || PIXIS, Th. || BAYSCHLAG, R. || LINDENSCHMIT, W. 

Schiller-Gallery. 

Munich, Bruckmann, [v. 1880].
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50 €

Beautiful photographic reproductions of drawings illustrating the work of Schiller.

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 JUVENAL || PERSE. 

JUVENAL || PERSE. 

D. Junii Juvenalis, et auli Persii Flacci Satyrae. 

Leide, Hackiana, 1671.
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230 €

Beautiful copy under full vellum.

Photo JULLIEN, Marc-Antoine. 

JULLIEN, Marc-Antoine. 

Essai sur l'emploi du tems, ou Méthode qui a pour objet de bien régler sa vie, premier moyen d'être heureux ; destinée spécialement à l'usage des jeunes gens. 

Paris, Dondey-Dupré père et fils, 1829.
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95 €

Fourth edition corrected by the author himself.

Marc-Antoine Jullien (1775-1848), is a revolutionary, man of letters and French pedagogue. Following a disagreement with Napoleon in 1810, he had to leave France for Italy.
During his trip, he met the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Yverdon.
The author became the founder of a new method of innovative education and popularizes the writings of Pestalozzi. He is one of the promoters of mutual education.

His new theory of education is scrupulously described in this very detailed book.

Photo JUBILE THEODORE TUFFIER. 

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".

Photo JANNIOT, Alfred. 

JANNIOT, Alfred. 

Carte de vœux autographe. 

s.l., s.n., 1969.
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35 €

Greeting card sent by Alfred and Cécile Janniot probably for the year 1969.
Alfred Auguste Janniot (1889-1969), sculptor who won the Prix de Rome and professor of Fine Arts.
The map published by the Académie des Beaux-Arts is decorated with a portrait of Berlioz engraved by Decaris.

Photo JANNIOT, Alfred. 

JANNIOT, Alfred. 

Carte de vœux autographe. 

s.l., s.n., 1963.
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50 €

Greeting card sent by Alfred and Cécile Janniot probably for the year 1964
The card is decorated with an engraving of Eros, signed in the plate and outside the plate in pencil by Alfred Auguste Janniot (1889-1969), sculptor who won the Prix de Rome and professor at the Beaux-Arts. The artist adds the date of 1963 to his signature.

Photo JANNIOT, Alfred. 

JANNIOT, Alfred. 

Carte de vœux autographe. 

s.l., s.n., 1963.
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35 €

Greeting card sent by Alfred and Cécile Janniot probably for the year 1964
The card is decorated with an engraving of Eros, signed in the plate by Alfred Auguste Janniot (1889-1969), sculptor who won the Prix de Rome and professor at the Beaux-Arts.

Photo JANNIOT, Alfred. 

JANNIOT, Alfred. 

Carte de vœux autographe. 

s.l., s.n., 1963.
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35 €

Greeting card sent by Alfred and Cécile Janniot probably in the 1960s. Alfred Auguste Janniot (1889-1969), sculptor who won the Prix de Rome and professor at the Beaux-Arts.
The card is decorated with an engraving of the Hotel Lambert in Paris.

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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