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Empiriques somnambules et rebouteurs Beaucerons.

Chartres, Petrot-Garnier, 1862.

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250 €

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WALSH, Cte Théobald.

Dunglas Home et le spiritualisme américain.

Paris, J.claye, 1858.

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600 €

Scarce first edition of this wotk on Dunglas Home and american spiritualism.
Only 100 copy printed.
Not in Caillet, Dorbon, Guaita ...
Dunglas Home was one of the greatest mediums of his time.
Inscribed copy.

[HORNOC, Comtesse de].

Histoire miraculeuse et admirable de la comtesse de Hornoc, Flamande, estranglée par le diable dans la ville d'Anvers, pour n'avoir trouvé son rabat bien godronné, le quiziesme avril 1616. Lyon. 1616.

Paris & Gand, Auguste Aubry & Duquesne, 1856.

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180 €

Rare reprint to only 150 copies from the 1616 edition.
This one of the 134 on Hollande paper.

[DAMAS-HINARD, Jean].

Un prophète inconnu. Prédictions, jugements et conseils par le Marquis de La Gervaisais.

Paris, Ledoyen, 1850.

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100 €

First edition.

BOURQUELOT, Felix.

Recherches sur la lycanthropie.

s.l., s.n., [1848].

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450 €

Rare offprint from XIXe volume des Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de France".
Scholarship paper on lycanthropy.

NORE, Alfred de || [CHESNEL, Adolphe de].

Coutumes mythes et traditions des provinces de France.

Paris, Perisse Frères, 1846.

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150 €

First edition.

MARY-LAFON, Jean-Bernard.

Histoire politique, religieuse et littéraire du Midi de la France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours.

Paris, Paul Mellier, 1845.

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300 €

Mary Lafon is favorably cited as "one of the rare writers who have understood the history and doctrine of the Albigensians", thanks to his knowledge of the language of the people he studied.
The religious issue is thus at the center of his history of the south and remains a valuable source for the history of the Waldensian and Albigensian heresies.
A very complete copy of the 3 maps enhanced with watercolor.

LABORDE, Léon de.

Recherches sur ce qu'il s'est conservé dans l'Egypte moderne de la science des anciens magiciens.

Lille, Jules Renouard et Cie, 1841.

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600 €

Scarce. Only 25 copies.
Work on Egyptian magic.

COMBE, George || LEBEAU, H.

Traité de phrénologie.

Bruxelles, Société Belge de librairie, 1840.

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110 €

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau.
George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

FRERE, Abbé.

Examen du magnétisme animal.

Paris, Gaume Frères, 1837.

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125 €

First edition.

BROUSSAIS, François Joseph Victor.

Cours de phrénologie.

Paris, Baillière, 1836.

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120 €

First edition.
Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

SALVERTE, Eusèbe.

Essai sur la Magie, les Prodiges et les Miracles chez les Anciens.

Bruxelles, Arnold Lacrosse, 1821.

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250 €

The first edition.
Rare missing to Caillet, Dorbon, Yve-Plessis.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

Paris, Guien et Compagnie, 1821-1822.

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220 €

First edition.

SALGUES, Jacques Barthélémy.

Des Erreurs et des Préjugés répandus dans la société.

Paris, F. Buisson, 1810-1813.

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300 €

First edition.
Each chapter is organized around a question or a belief: the existence of ghosts and specters, the healing of scrofula by the kings of France, should we be wary of Friday the 13th and needle knotters...
An unusual work, pleasant to read.

[PONCE, Nicolas] || LAVATER.

Le Lavater historique des femmes célèbres, des temps anciens et modernes; orné de douze portraits et de douze figures d'expressions, gravés en taille douce, d'après le meilleurs originaux. Par M. P.

Paris, F. Louis, 1809.

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1200 €

First edition, scarce first issue.
A second issue, with the same title page has and additionnal chapter with 4 more plates and a different table of contant page.
Rare with the plates colored.

Le NOSTRADAMUS MODERNE. Almanach national et patriotique, avec des changemens notables dans le Calendrier et des Prédictions pour chaque mois.

Liege, s.n., 1790.

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450 €

Rare Almanach.

PERNETY, Antoine Joseph.

Les Fables Egyptiennes et Grecques dévoilées & réduites au même principe, avec une explication des hiéroglyphes et de la guerre de Troye.

Paris, Delalain, 1786.

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600 €

Second edition.
Treatise by Pernety in which he argues that the Greek and Egyptian mythologies contain the secret of the Great Work.

PAULET, Jean Jacques.

L'Antimagnétisme ou origine, progrès, décadence, renouvellement et réfutation du magnétisme animal.

Londres, s.n., 1784.

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120 €

First edition.
Work criticizing Mesmer and his demonstrations of animal magnetism.
In his introduction, the author accuses economists of having introduced the taste for mysticism into good society.

COUTAN.

Le Grand Oeuvre dévoilé en faveur des enfans de la Lumière.

Paris, Delalin, 1775.

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950 €

III. Scarce first edition of the "Grand oeuvre dévoilée".

First are bound two other works :
I. LE CHOYSELAT, Prudent. Discours oeconomique, non moins utile que recreatif, monstrant comme de cinq cens livres pour une foys employées, l'on peult tirer par an quatre mil cinq cens livres de proffict honneste, qui est le moyen de faire profier son argent. Rouen: Martin le Menestrier, 1612 [but c. 1745].
II. LE BRETON. Divers Objets d'économie rurale et domestique. Chez l'Auteur. Paris [1788].

[PERAU, Gabriel Louis Calabre Abbé].

L'Ordre des Francs-Maçons trahi et Le Secret des Mopses révélé.

Amsterdam, s.n., 1771.

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450 €

Edition which includes the text and the plates of the original edition of 1745.
Many curious figures representing Masonic ceremonies.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

Paris, Saillant, 1769.

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150 €

First edition.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

Paris, Saillant, 1769.

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200 €

First edition.

OCELLUS, Lucanus.

De la nature de l'univers Avec la Traduction Françoise & des Remarques, par M. l'Abbé Batteux.

Paris, Saillant, 1768.

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150 €

First edition of the Batteux's translation in french. With the text in greek.
Bound after, Timée de Locres "De l'Ame du Monde" and Aristote "Lettres d'Aristote à Alexandre sur le Système du Monde", also with the translation of Batteux.

RICHARD, Charles-Louis (Abbé).

La Théorie des Songes.

Paris, Frères Estienne, 1766.

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600 €

First edition.

[MORELLET, André].

Le Manuel des Inquisiteurs à l'usage des inquisitions d'Espagne & de Portugal.

Lisbonne, s.n., 1762.

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500 €

First edition.
Work of the Abbé Morellet which was put on the index in 1764, he proposed there a summarized translation of the "Directorium Inquisitorium" of the grand inquisitor Aragon Nicolas Eymeric, in order to show the horror of the trials of the Inquisition.

COLLET, Pierre.

Examen et résolutions des principales difficultés qui se rencontrent dans la célébration des SS. Mystères.

Paris, Debure l'ainé, 1760.

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250 €

Work of Christian mysticism devoted to the holy sacraments and mainly to the Eucharist.

Copy which was successively in the libraries of Maurice Garçon (his ex libris on the inside cover) and of Guy Bechtel (lot n°84 of his sale catalog in 1978, the provenance Garçon is mentioned there).

BALLET, François (Abbé).

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

Paris, Cailleau, 1760.

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250 €

First edition.

PERNETY, Antoine-Joseph.

Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique dans lequel on trouve les Allégories Fabuleuses des Poètes, les Métaphores, les énigmes et les Termes barbares des Philosophes Hermétiques expliqués.

Paris, Bauche, 1758.

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650 €

First edition of this important source for knowledge of the history of alchemy and its symbols.

PLUCHE, Noël Antoine.

Histoire du ciel où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie.

Paris, Vve Estienne & fils, 1749.

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200 €

[PERNETY, Jacques || BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe ].

Lettres philosophiques sur les Physionomies.

La Haye, Neaulme, 1746.

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250 €

First edition.

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Occult, demonology, palmistry

LECOCQ, Ad.

Empiriques somnambules et rebouteurs Beaucerons.

Rare.

WALSH, Cte Théobald.

Dunglas Home et le spiritualisme américain.

Scarce first edition of this wotk on Dunglas Home and american spiritualism. Only 100 copy printed. Not in Caillet, Dorbon, Guaita ... Dunglas Home was one of the greatest mediums of his time. Inscribed copy.

[HORNOC, Comtesse de].

Histoire miraculeuse et admirable de la comtesse de Hornoc, Flamande, estranglée par le diable dans la ville d'Anvers, pour n'avoir trouvé son rabat bien godronné, le quiziesme avril 1616. Lyon. 1616.

Rare reprint to only 150 copies from the 1616 edition. This one of the 134 on Hollande paper.

[DAMAS-HINARD, Jean].

Un prophète inconnu. Prédictions, jugements et conseils par le Marquis de La Gervaisais.

First edition.

BOURQUELOT, Felix.

Recherches sur la lycanthropie.

Rare offprint from XIXe volume des Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de France". Scholarship paper on lycanthropy.

NORE, Alfred de || [CHESNEL, Adolphe de].

Coutumes mythes et traditions des provinces de France.

First edition.

MARY-LAFON, Jean-Bernard.

Histoire politique, religieuse et littéraire du Midi de la France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours.

LABORDE, Léon de.

Recherches sur ce qu'il s'est conservé dans l'Egypte moderne de la science des anciens magiciens.

Scarce. Only 25 copies. Work on Egyptian magic.

COMBE, George || LEBEAU, H.

Traité de phrénologie.

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau. George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

FRERE, Abbé.

Examen du magnétisme animal.

First edition.

BROUSSAIS, François Joseph Victor.

Cours de phrénologie.

First edition.Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

SALVERTE, Eusèbe.

Essai sur la Magie, les Prodiges et les Miracles chez les Anciens.

The first edition. Rare missing to Caillet, Dorbon, Yve-Plessis.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

First edition.

SALGUES, Jacques Barthélémy.

Des Erreurs et des Préjugés répandus dans la société.

First edition.Each chapter is organized around a question or a belief: the existence of ghosts and specters, the healing of scrofula by the kings of France, should we be wary of Friday the 13th and needle knotters... An unusual work, pleasant to read.

[PONCE, Nicolas] || LAVATER.

Le Lavater historique des femmes célèbres, des temps anciens et modernes; orné de douze portraits et de douze figures d'expressions, gravés en taille douce, d'après le meilleurs originaux. Par M. P.

First edition, scarce first issue. A second issue, with the same title page has and additionnal chapter with 4 more plates and a different table of contant page. Rare with the plates colored.

Le NOSTRADAMUS MODERNE. Almanach national et patriotique, avec des changemens notables dans le Calendrier et des Prédictions pour chaque mois.

Rare Almanach.

PERNETY, Antoine Joseph.

Les Fables Egyptiennes et Grecques dévoilées & réduites au même principe, avec une explication des hiéroglyphes et de la guerre de Troye.

Second edition.Treatise by Pernety in which he argues that the Greek and Egyptian mythologies contain the secret of the Great Work.

PAULET, Jean Jacques.

L'Antimagnétisme ou origine, progrès, décadence, renouvellement et réfutation du magnétisme animal.

First edition.Work criticizing Mesmer and his demonstrations of animal magnetism.In his introduction, the author accuses economists of having introduced the taste for mysticism into good society.

COUTAN.

Le Grand Oeuvre dévoilé en faveur des enfans de la Lumière.

[PERAU, Gabriel Louis Calabre Abbé].

L'Ordre des Francs-Maçons trahi et Le Secret des Mopses révélé.

Edition which includes the text and the plates of the original edition of 1745. Many curious figures representing Masonic ceremonies.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

First edition.

BATTEUX, Charles (Abbé).

Histoire des causes premières, ou exposition sommaire des pensées des philosophies sur les principes des êtres.

First edition.

OCELLUS, Lucanus.

De la nature de l'univers Avec la Traduction Françoise & des Remarques, par M. l'Abbé Batteux.

First edition of the Batteux's translation in french. With the text in greek. Bound after, Timée de Locres "De l'Ame du Monde" and Aristote "Lettres d'Aristote à Alexandre sur le Système du Monde", also with the translation of Batteux.

RICHARD, Charles-Louis (Abbé).

La Théorie des Songes.

First edition.

[MORELLET, André].

Le Manuel des Inquisiteurs à l'usage des inquisitions d'Espagne & de Portugal.

First edition.Work of the Abbé Morellet which was put on the index in 1764, he proposed there a summarized translation of the "Directorium Inquisitorium" of the grand inquisitor Aragon Nicolas Eymeric, in order to show the horror of the trials of the Inquisition.

COLLET, Pierre.

Examen et résolutions des principales difficultés qui se rencontrent dans la célébration des SS. Mystères.

Work of Christian mysticism devoted to the holy sacraments and mainly to the Eucharist. Copy which was successively in the libraries of Maurice Garçon (his ex libris on the inside cover) and of Guy Bechtel (lot n°84 of his sale catalog in 1978, the provenance Garçon is mentioned there).

BALLET, François (Abbé).

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

First edition.

PERNETY, Antoine-Joseph.

Scarce first edition of this wotk on Dunglas Home and american spiritualism.
Only 100 copy printed.
Not in Caillet, Dorbon, Guaita ...
Dunglas Home was one of the greatest mediums of his time.
Inscribed copy.

Rare reprint to only 150 copies from the 1616 edition.
This one of the 134 on Hollande paper.

Rare offprint from XIXe volume des Mémoires de la Société des antiquaires de France".
Scholarship paper on lycanthropy.

Scarce. Only 25 copies.
Work on Egyptian magic.

Translated in french with notes by Lebeau.
George Combe is one of the pioneers of phrenology, he founded in 1820 the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, the first and most famous working group on the subject.

First edition.
Broussais the most famous doctor of the Restoration also gave a course in phrenology and created the Phrenological Society of Paris in 1831.

The first edition.
Rare missing to Caillet, Dorbon, Yve-Plessis.

First edition.
Each chapter is organized around a question or a belief: the existence of ghosts and specters, the healing of scrofula by the kings of France, should we be wary of Friday the 13th and needle knotters...
An unusual work, pleasant to read.

First edition, scarce first issue.
A second issue, with the same title page has and additionnal chapter with 4 more plates and a different table of contant page.
Rare with the plates colored.

Second edition.
Treatise by Pernety in which he argues that the Greek and Egyptian mythologies contain the secret of the Great Work.

First edition.
Work criticizing Mesmer and his demonstrations of animal magnetism.
In his introduction, the author accuses economists of having introduced the taste for mysticism into good society.

Edition which includes the text and the plates of the original edition of 1745.
Many curious figures representing Masonic ceremonies.

First edition of the Batteux's translation in french. With the text in greek.
Bound after, Timée de Locres "De l'Ame du Monde" and Aristote "Lettres d'Aristote à Alexandre sur le Système du Monde", also with the translation of Batteux.

First edition.
Work of the Abbé Morellet which was put on the index in 1764, he proposed there a summarized translation of the "Directorium Inquisitorium" of the grand inquisitor Aragon Nicolas Eymeric, in order to show the horror of the trials of the Inquisition.

Work of Christian mysticism devoted to the holy sacraments and mainly to the Eucharist.

Copy which was successively in the libraries of Maurice Garçon (his ex libris on the inside cover) and of Guy Bechtel (lot n°84 of his sale catalog in 1978, the provenance Garçon is mentioned there).