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FOURIER, Charles.

Théorie des Quatre Mouvemens et des Destinées Générales. Prospectus et Annonce de la Découverte.

Leipzig [Lyon], [Pelzin], 1808.

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First edition.
Founding work of Fourierism.
It is in this book that Charles Fourier sets out for the first time his theories on the organization of human societies. Discoveries, which, according to him, is on a par with Newton's theory of gravitation. Fourier defines four phases of universal history (ascending chaos, ascending plenitude, descending plenitude, descending chaos), each phase subdivided into a multitude of times. Humanity is currently going through the fifth time of the first phase: Civilization. The revelation to humanity of "passionate attraction" will bring about Harmony, a phase of bliss in which Fourier's Utopia is realized.
When it was published, no one understood anything about this work, riddled with neologisms, divisions and subdivisions, extravagant considerations... the press passed over the book in silence and Fourier, annoyed that he was not recognized as a Genius, would not publish again for fourteen years.

Rare untouched copy.

VIGOUREUX, Clarisse.

Parole de Providence.

Paris, Bossange, Novembre 1834.

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Scarce first edition of the only work by the first female disciple of Charles Fourier.
Clarisse Vigoureux (1789-1865), born Charlotte-Dorothée-Claire Gauthier, was a fervent follower of Fourier's theories: it was she who introduced Victor Considerant to Fourierism (the latter married his daughter Julie).
She put her personal fortune at the service of the Fourierist cause by financing Phalanges (the journal of Charles Fourier) and later the exile of Considerant and then their attempt to found the Réunion phalanstery in Texas. Ruined, she will end her life alone in San Antonio.

François Barrier, central personality of the Fourierist movement, he adhered to the Fourierist doctrine in 1843. He was, in 1845, one of the founders of the African Agricultural Union and became the main leader and financial supporter from the Lyon Corporate School in the 1860s.

His work responded to the Words of a Believer, published in April 1834 by Lamennais, in which he promoted violence in the service of the class struggle. Clarisse Vigoureux, deeply pacifist and feminist, will answer him:
"What is this war cry and this reverberation which has been heard on all sides? [...] I ask the stronger sex who knows how to dethrone their kings, and who, calling himself a king, does not know how to hold the reins of the world" (excerpt from the preface)
This book will be condemned by the Roman Church and put in the Index catalog on September 22, 1836.

On the false title we see. finds the following mention written in pencil : "Given by Miss Beuque to Mr Barrier. (April 1845). Aimée Beuque (1788-1871) met Charles Fourier at Clarisse Vigoureux in 1828 and immediately adhered to his ideas, she will lead the Fourierist circles of Lyon. François Barrier, professor of medicine at the Faculty of Lyon, adhered to the Fourierist doctrine in 1844.

DESCARTES, René.

Specimina Philosophiae: Seu Dissertatio de Methodo Recte regendæ rationis, & veritatis in scientiis investigandæ: Dioptice, et Meteora.

Amsterdam, Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644.

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First latin edition of the Discours de la Méthode.

Milestone in the history of science which marked an epistemological rupture.
The Latin translation of the Discourse on the Method was first undertaken by Etienne de Courcelles but Descartes revised it, modified it and introduced variants compared to the French text of 1637. We find there for the first time the phrase (page 31) : "cogito, ergo sum".
The scientific texts following the Discourse are illustrated with numerous woods in the text.

D'AQUIN, Thomas.

Summa de veritate celeberrimi doctoris sancte Thome Aquinatis.

Cologne, Quentell, 1508.

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Post-incunable edition.
The most famous work of St Thomas Aquinas, which brings together 29 questions on the truth, and 253 articles of answers.
These disputed issues correspond to the first disputes led by Thomas Aquinas as master of theology at the University of Paris during the academic year 1256–1257, when Thomas Aquinas was a young professor.
In the first question, Thomas Aquinas defined truth as "the adequacy of the thing and the intellect.".

[Union agricole d'Afrique].

Ensemble de Documents et brochures sur le phalanstère fouriéristes d'Algerie.

s.l., s.n., 1845-1850.

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The project of the Agricultural Union of Africa was born from the meeting of French colonial interests in Algeria and the Fourierist desire to found a community following the phalansterian principles. These interests came together in Lyon where there was an active Fourierist group with the meeting of Captain Gautier, an officer of the Army of Africa, with Miss Aimée Beuque, a convinced Fourierist.
The project of a civil joint stock company running a colony in Algeria took shape during the year 1845 and the Agricultural Union of Africa was founded in December 1845. Its goal was to experiment with the Fourierist principle of associating capital, labor and talent.
It has thirty-three members including the members of the organizing committee: Fleury Imbert, François Barrier, Felix Beuque and Sister (Aimée), Captain Gautier...
On November 8, 1846, a royal ordinance authorized the Lyon Committee to found a Civil Colonization Society on the condition that it welcome three hundred European families, at least two-thirds of whom must be of French origin. Louis Philippe allocates three thousand hectares to the Union at the foot of the hills of the Sig Valley, eighteen kilometers from the sea, on the road from Oran to Mascara.
The first settlers will settle in Algeria during the year 1847. Gradually losing the Fourierist essence of the beginning, the Sig colony will nevertheless last until the end of the 19th century.

Inthis volume, are bound a series of documents from the organizing committee of the Agricultural Union of Africa:

- Draft Statutes of a Civil Society, For the Exploitation of a Rural Property in Algeria, Lyon, Dumoulin, 1845. 23 pages.
First edition.
One of the first documents relating to the Union. It presents the draft statutes of the company before its foundation, which would not take place until the end of 1845. The document also presents the members of the organizing committee and the list of the first subscribers.

- The Agricultural Union of... Civil joint-stock company for the exploitation of a rural property in Africa, Lyon, Boitel, [1845]. 16 pages.
First edition.
Work of the organizing committee from its formation until October 25, 1845. The end of the document gives the model of the power of attorney to be sent to subscribers for the founding of the company.

- Letter of application for membership, November 1845. 3 pages
Document in civil character probably sent to the subscribers who, on the eve of the filing of the application for a concession, seek to extend the number of concessionaires from ten to twelve people.
"ten to twelve people capable by their wealth and their position of lending us effective support."

- Plan with caption, (nd). (2) folding plates.
Probably the plan of the colony as it was planned in the early days of the project. It shows an enclosure of 400x300 meters grouping together residential and manufacturing buildings.

- Contract of enrollment of associated workers, Lyon, December 15, 1846. 2 pages.
Exceptional document presenting the contract that linked the Union with the associated workers.
Our copy is completed and countersigned by Félix Beuque (member of the board of directors) and Jacob Held, a 36-year-old ploughman and shoemaker from Geneva. Jacob Held commits for one year and becomes a shareholder with 50 francs.

- Pay scale for associated workers and Supplies scale, (nd). (2) pages.
Fascinating document for understanding the internal economy of the Union. Each worker is both an employee and an associate, the salary scale is defined for all hierarchical levels.
It should be noted that while women can claim a maximum of 70% of a man's salary, they can nevertheless access the position of special director of the 1st class (highest position after the General Director). We also see that a salary of 25 francs per year is provided for children from 0 to 5 years old...
On the back, we find the rate for accommodation and full board (with different meal and accommodation options).
Thus, a Worker's Assistant (14th class) will receive 504 francs per year and will spend at least 360 francs on food and 20 francs on accommodation.

- Union Agricole d'Afrique: Extract from the statutes..., Lyon, Boitel, (nd). (4) pages.
Extracts from the statutes and subscription form published after the founding of the civil society.

- Union Agricole d'Afrique joint stock company for the founding of an agricultural and industrial commune in the Sig plain, in Algeria, province of Oran, Lyon, Boitel, (nd). 4 pages.
Prospectus presenting the company.

- Union Agricole d'Afrique joint stock company... Royal concession order. Lyon, Boitel, (nd). 4 pages.
Prospectus reproducing the royal ordinance of concession granted to the Union.

Bulletin of the Union Agricole d'Afrique :

Bulletin intended for the members of the Union to report on the progress of the project and the first steps of the colony in Algeria.
- Bulletin No. 1: 4 pages. Proof presenting handwritten corrections that will be corrected in the distributed copy. In particular, the name of the correspondent of the city of Nancy is crossed out.
- Bulletin No. 1: 4 pages. Printing distributed with the inclusion of the corrections below, a new layout and the addition of the royal ordinance of Louis Philippe granting the concession.
- List of shareholders, Year 1847: 4 pages.
- Bulletin No. 2: Statutes of the Agricultural Union of Africa. 12 pages.
- Bulletin No. 3: Report of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Union of Africa. 30-(2) pages.
- Bulletin No. 4: 4 pages and 2 plates.
- Bulletin No. 6: Union agricole d'Afrique: Report on the administration, financial year 1847-1848
(2)-8-60 pages.
- Bulletin No. 7: Union agricole d'Afrique. 4 pages.

- Colonisation du Sig, Réponse à Mr le Maréchal Bugeaud, Oran, 1848. 4 pages. Inserted between bulletins No. 4 and No. 6.
Article taken from the Echo d'Oran in which Captain Gautier responds to Marshal Bugeaud who announced the future fall of the Union in an article in the Revue des deux mondes.

- Bulletin de l'Union du Sig. Tome premier - Septembre 1849 - Aout 1850. 282-xliv-[283-298] pages. The first xliv pages bound after page 282.
First year of publication of the Bulletin of the Union of the Sig which replaced the Bulletin of the Agricultural Union of Africa, to report to the members of the activity of the colony in Algeria.

FOURIER, Charles.

Théorie des Quatre Mouvemens et des Destinées Générales. Prospectus et Annonce de la Découverte.

Leipzig [Lyon], [Pelzin], 1808.

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First edition.
Founding work of Fourierism. It is in this book that Charles Fourier sets out for the first time his theories on the organization of human societies. Discoveries, which, according to him, is on a par with Newton's theory of gravitation. They must lead Humanity to a state of universal Harmony.

Some handwritten corrections.

Bound with is a rare brochure by Fourier:

[FOURIER], Mnémonique géographique ou méthode pour apprendre en peu de leçons la géographie, la statistique et la politique. Paris, Impr. Carpentier-Méricourt, [1824]. 15-(1) pages.
"Brand-new views on the teaching of one of the positive sciences, formerly cultivated, that Fourier was most fond of. The procedures he indicates, and particularly that of the Theory of Causes in Creation, are related to his system of Universal Unity. This piece is very curious. " (notice from the 'catalogue raisonné de l'école sociétaire', 1842).

FOURIER, Charles.

La Fausse industrie morcelée, répugnante, mensongère, et l'antidote, l'industrie naturelle, combinée, attrayante, véridique, donnant quadruple produit.

Paris, Bossange, 1835-1836.

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1500 €

First edition.
The last and most enigmatic of Charles Fourier's books.
Fourierist exegetes see the beginnings of a planetary ecology, Fourier inventing a practical ecosophy source of wealth and abundance.
Like pagination, the speech is often disjointed, linking demonstrations and free discussions moving from one subject to another.

Copy which was bound for François Barrier, central personality of the Fourierist movement, he adhered to the Fourierist doctrine in 1843. He was, in 1845, one of the founders of the Phalansterian project of the African Agricultural Union and became the main leader and financial support from the Lyon School of Society in the 1850s. He created a “Fourierist” bank which notably financed the Texas phalanstery. In 1864, he left Lyon and his career as a surgeon to go to Paris to reorganize the School of Society and devote himself to writing Fourierist treatises.

GATTI DE GAMOND, Zoé.

Réalisation d'une commune sociétaire, d'après la théorie de Charles Fourier.

Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1840.

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First edition.
Zoé Charlotte de Gamond (1806-1854), Belgian feminist, disciple of Charles Fourier whose work she became a commentator. In September 1841, she bought a monastery in Burgundy, the famous abbey of Cîteaux, in order to establish a phalanstery there, the theoretical aspect of which she had imagined in this work. In particular, she gave a feminist tint to the theories of Charles Fourier. Fourier's "Harmony" was supposed to regenerate the condition of Women. This phalanstery, which operated until 1846, was a financial disaster. The De Gamond couple, thus ruined, returned to Brussels where they led a life of embarrassment and deprivation.

[LAMY, François].

Le nouvel athéisme renversé, ou réfutation du sistême de Spinosa tirée pour la plupart de la conoissance de la nature de l'homme.

Paris, Jean de Nully, 1696.

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900 €

Rare first edition in a morocco bilding with gilt arms on covers.

[FONTENAY, (Abbé)].

Antilogies et Fragmens Philosophiques, ou Collection méthodique des morceaux les plus curieux & les plus intéressans sur la Religion, la Philosophie, les Sciences & les Arts, extraits des écrits de la Philosophie moderne.

Paris, Vincent, 1774-1775.

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800 €

First edition.
Louis Abel de Bonafous, a Jesuit priest, became a writer when his order was banned in 1773, under the name of Abbé Fontenay.
The Antilogies are a collection of contradictory arguments, often used to demonstrate paradoxes or to question certain dogmatic assertions. This work is typical of the way in which certain authors of the 18th century, particularly during the Enlightenment, questioned established truths and rigid systems of thought.
The Antilogies had a certain influence in the philosophical circles of its time, because of its innovative approach to logic and theology.

GUIBELET, Jourdain.

Examen de l'examen des esprits.

Paris, Veuve Jean de Heuqueville et Louis de Heuqueville, 1631.

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800 €

First edition.
Critical work of the Examen de ingenios para las sciencias by Juan Huarte de San Juan, which had been, in 1575, the first modern treatise to study the relationship between psychology and physiology.
Guibelet offers an in-depth analysis and a refutation of some of Huarte's theses, thus entering into the intellectual debates of the time on the nature of intelligence and human aptitudes. This text constitutes a valuable contribution to the history of ideas and to the study of the reception of psychological and medical theories at the dawn of the 17th century.
Title page in the name of the Heuquevilles with whom Soly (who appears on the privilege) shared the edition.

HENNEQUIN, Victor.

Les Amours au Phalanstère.

Paris, A la librairie Phalanstérienne, 1847.

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800 €

First edition.
Exposition of Fourier's ideas and theories dealing with love and the regulation and organization of relations between the sexes in the Phalanstery. Each being in one of the roles defined by Fourier: the chaste Vestals, the Damsels, the Angels and the Fairies (experts in love), ... Hennequin with Fourier considers that adultery and prostitution are invariants of human societies and must therefore be organized.

HENNEQUIN, Victor.

Les Amours au phalanstère.

Paris, A la librairie phalanstérienne, 1847.

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800 €

First edition.
Exposition of Fourier's ideas and theories dealing with love and the regulation and organization of relations between the sexes in the Phalanstery. Each being in one of the roles defined by Fourier: the chaste Vestals, the Damsels, the Angels and the Fairies (experts in love), ... Hennequin with Fourier considers that adultery and prostitution are invariants of human societies and must therefore be organized.

Hennequin's work is bound in the penultimate position with four other Fourierist brochures:

GUEPIN. Traité d'économie sociale. Paris, sn, 1835. 108 pages.

- [Anonymous]. Catéchisme de Fourier ou Fourier réfuté par lui-même. Paris, Maison, 1841. (8)-98-(2) pages.

- Le Sept Avril. Banquets commémoratifs de la naissance de Charles Fourier - Années 1843 et 1844. Paris, À la librairie sociétaire, 1844. 36 pages.

- PELISSIER. Choix de Poésies d'un Sourd-Muet. Paris, Rue St-Jacques, sd. 72 pages.

PASCAL, Blaise.

Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets qui ont été trouvées après sa mort parmy ses papiers.

Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1670.

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Counterfeit of the Pensées, with the same collation of the first edition.
This edition with a slightly different title was spotted by Tchermerzine (V,71).

DAIN, Charles || FOURIER, Charles.

De l'Abolition de l'Esclavage suivi d'un article de Fourier.

Paris, Au bureau de la Phalange, 1836.

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First edition.
Offprint from the magazine La Phalange.
The text by Charles Dain is followed by the article Remède aux divers esclavages by Charles Fourier.
Of Guadeloupean origin, Charles Dain (1812-1871) led the campaign for the abolition of slavery, although he himself was a slave owner. He sat in the Constituent Assembly in 1848.

Charles Dain's work is bound second to last, along with 4 other brochures:
- RICHARDSON, Essai sur le mal ou le péché, Paris, Treuttel et Wurtz, 1840. (4)-133-(1) pages. First edition in french.
- [CONSIDERANT], Théorie générale de Fourier : Coup d'œil sur la théorie des fonctions, Lyon, [Nourtier], [1841]. 16 pages (without the original printed covers wich was also the title page).
- CANTAGREL, Mettray et Ostwald. Etude sur ces deux colonies agricoles, Paris, Librairie de l'école sociétaire, 1842. 65 pages.First edition
-BERBRUGGER, Conférences sur la Théorie sociétaire de Charles Fourier en septembre 1833. Lyon, Babeuf, 1833. 105 pages. First edition.

BARBEYRAC, Jean.

Traité du jeu, où l'on examine les principales questions de droit naturel et de morale qui ont du rapport à cette matière.

Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1709.

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First edition.
Philosophical dissertation around the game, its dangers and its abuses all the moral, economic and social facets related to the practice of games are discussed. Barbeyrac writes at a key moment when the notion of chance (behind which hides divine intervention) gradually gives way to what will become a theory of games and probabilities.

MARTIN, Benjamin.

Grammaire des Sciences Philosophiques, ou Analyse abrégée de la Philosophie moderne, appuyée sur les expériences.

Paris, Briasson, 1749.

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600 €

First french edition.

GAMA MACHADO, José Joaquim da.

Théorie des ressemblances ou essai philosophique sur les moyens de déterminer les dispositions physiques et morales des animaux.

Paris, H. Fournier et Cie, 1844.

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First edition.
Third part alone of the four parts that appeared over a period of almost thirty years. The first part appeared in 1831, the last in 1858. The subject, on the border between natural history and philosophy, consists in applying a rigorous analogy between animal forms and human psychology. In the tradition of Lavater, Gall and the physiognomists, the physical configuration of the organ is revealing of personal dispositions. Da Gama Machado was a commander and gentleman of the Royal House of the King of Portugal; he lived surrounded by his birds, which he cherished.

Presentation copy to Achille Comte (1802-1866).

[LE CLERC, Jean].

Réflexions sur ce que l'on appelle bonheur et malheur en matière de loteries, et sur le bon usage qu'on en peut faire.

Amsterdam, Georges Gallet, 1696.

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First edition.
Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736) was a Protestant theologian and pastor. He was a member of the Remontrants, disciples of Arminius, breaking with Calvinism on questions of grace and predestination. The lottery and games of chance, then very popular in the Netherlands, were an ideal subject for reflection on these subjects. By rejecting any idea of an "invisible hand" behind chance or good fortune, he ends up with an ultimately very modern definition of chance:
"Tous ces mots ne sont que des termes négatifs, comme je l'ai dit, & qui ne servent qu'à faire comprendre que l'effet, dont on parle, n'est pas la production d'une cause nécessaire & déterminée à la produire".
In other words, we speak of chance where we do not know the sum of the causes that determine the effect that we observe.

[BOYER D'ARGENS, Jean-Baptiste (de)].

Lettres chinoises, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique, entre un Chinois voyageur à Paris & ses correspondans à la Chine, en Moscovie, en Perse et au Japon.

La Haye, Pierre Paupie, 1755.

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New edition.
Epistolary fiction told in the form of letters exchanged between a Chinese, Hoang, and a European. It is a social and philosophical critique that highlights the absurdities of European society through the eyes of a foreign character, a process often used by the Enlightenment to offer an external perspective on the customs and beliefs of the time. The last volume contains the author's philosophical dreams in which he develops several political utopias.

[VOLTAIRE].

Questions sur l'encyclopédie par des amateurs.

[Neufchatel], s.n., 1771-1773.

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New expanded edition.
Little-known book by Voltaire, his Questions on the Encyclopedia having been included in the Philosophical Dictionary of the Kehl edition which now makes reference.
"This attempt with an encyclopedic vocation claims to supplement, even amend and correct the great work of the Age of Enlightenment" (Mervaud, "L’Encyclopédisme des Questions sur l’Encyclopédie de Voltaire?”).

Composite copy with volumes published from 1771 to 1773.

[HELVETIUS, Claude-Adrien].

De l'Esprit.

Paris, Durand, 1758.

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First edition in B state.
Major work by Helvetius which caused a scandal upon its publication and was condemned to be burned. Too radical for its time, the book was nevertheless widely read thereafter.

BESSE, Pierre de.

L' Héraclite chrestien c'est a dire les regrets & les larmes du pêcheur penitent.

Paris, Nicolas du Fossé, 1612.

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First edition.
Pierre de Besse, preacher from the beginning of the 17th century was inspired by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, whose legend, peddled by Diogenes Laerce, said that he was perpetually in tears in front of the fate of men to draw from it a Christian Heraclitus desperate for the sins of the Men.
He will publish 3 years later the "Christian Democrite" showing a hilarious Democrite in front of the world as it is.

These two books did a lot to popularize the archetypes of a weeping Heraclitus and a laughing Democritus, which can be found in many works of art throughout the 17th century. One thinks in particular of the "Weeping Philosopher" of Rubens painted around 1636, or the Democrites of Velasquez and Rembrandt.

Engravings by Leonard Gaultier, famous french painter.

HUARTE, Jean.

L'Examen des Esprits pour les Sciences.

Amsterdam, Jean de Ravestein / Pierre Mortier [Daniel Elzevier], 1672.

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400 €

First edition of the French translation by François Savinien d'Alquié.
Beautiful Elzevirian edition decorated with a frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe.
On our copy, a butterfly replaces the name of the publisher with that of Pierre Mortier with the date of 1704.
Fresh copy.

CONDORCET, Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de.

Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain.

Paris, Agasse, An III [1795].

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Second edition.
Reprint of the original edition published the same year, with a new title page. Condorcet's work marks the birth of the idea of Progress, which would become the credo of the 19th century.

FOURIER, Charles.

La Fausse industrie morcelée, répugnante, mensongère, et l'antidote, l'industrie naturelle, combinée, attrayante, véridique, donnant quadruple produit.

Paris, Bossange, 1835.

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First edition.
The last and most enigmatic of Charles Fourier's books. First volume (on 2) only.
Fourierist exegetes see the beginnings of a planetary ecology, Fourier inventing a practical ecosophy source of wealth and abundance.
Like pagination, the speech is often disjointed, linking demonstrations and free discussions moving from one subject to another.

CABET, Etienne.

Voyage en Icarie.

Paris, Au Bureau du populaire, 1848.

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Fifth edition.
Major work by Cabet in which he describes his socialist utopia.
Etienne Cabet places himself alongside Charles Fourier or Robert Owen among the promoters of alternative social projects. Cabet is the first philosopher to describe himself as a communist.
In 1849, Cabet went to the United States to try to found an Icarian community there.

Copy which was bound for François Barrier, central personality of the Fourierist movement, he adhered to the Fourierist doctrine in 1843. He was, in 1845, one of the founders of the Phalansterian project of the African Agricultural Union and became the main leader and financial support from the Lyon School of Society in the 1850s. He created a “Fourierist” bank which notably financed the Texas phalanstery. In 1864, he left Lyon and his career as a surgeon to go to Paris to reorganize the School of Society and devote himself to writing Fourierist treatises.

CONSIDERANT, Victor || PROUDHON, Pierre-Joseph.

Les Socialistes peints par eux-mêmes.

Besançon, Imprimerie de J. Jacquin, [1848].

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First edition.
Publication, probably by the Fourierist circles of Besançon, of the public correspondence between Victor Considerant and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon who were then in full conflict in the aftermath of the 1848 revolution.

POMPERY, Edouard (de).

Théorie de l'association et de l'unité universelle de C. Fourier.

Paris, Capelle, 1841.

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First edition.
Édouard de Pompéry (1812-1895), French political journalist, publicist and essayist. He worked to bring together the work of the Freemason lodges and the theories of Charles Fourier.
This work was the subject of a fierce polemic with the editors of La Phalange (the journal of the Fourierists of the First Circle). The controversy centered on the notion of free will and the ability of each individual to act or not to act on the course of things. Pompéry was accused of promoting a false doctrine, under the guise of societal theory.

MALEBRANCHE, Nicolas.

Entretiens sur la Metaphysique & sur la Religion.

Rotterdam, Reiner Leers, 1688.

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300 €

First edition.
The Entretiens sur la métaphysique et sur la religion are the most accomplished of all Malebranche's works. A true literary work, demonstrating a magnificent mastery of the art of dialogue, these fourteen conversations are a model of pedagogy.

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FOURIER, Charles.

Théorie des Quatre Mouvemens et des Destinées Générales. Prospectus et Annonce de la Découverte.

VIGOUREUX, Clarisse.

Parole de Providence.

DESCARTES, René.

Specimina Philosophiae: Seu Dissertatio de Methodo Recte regendæ rationis, & veritatis in scientiis investigandæ: Dioptice, et Meteora.

D'AQUIN, Thomas.

Summa de veritate celeberrimi doctoris sancte Thome Aquinatis.

[Union agricole d'Afrique].

Ensemble de Documents et brochures sur le phalanstère fouriéristes d'Algerie.

FOURIER, Charles.

Théorie des Quatre Mouvemens et des Destinées Générales. Prospectus et Annonce de la Découverte.

FOURIER, Charles.

La Fausse industrie morcelée, répugnante, mensongère, et l'antidote, l'industrie naturelle, combinée, attrayante, véridique, donnant quadruple produit.

GATTI DE GAMOND, Zoé.

Réalisation d'une commune sociétaire, d'après la théorie de Charles Fourier.

[LAMY, François].

Le nouvel athéisme renversé, ou réfutation du sistême de Spinosa tirée pour la plupart de la conoissance de la nature de l'homme.

Rare first edition in a morocco bilding with gilt arms on covers.

[FONTENAY, (Abbé)].

Antilogies et Fragmens Philosophiques, ou Collection méthodique des morceaux les plus curieux & les plus intéressans sur la Religion, la Philosophie, les Sciences & les Arts, extraits des écrits de la Philosophie moderne.

GUIBELET, Jourdain.

Examen de l'examen des esprits.

HENNEQUIN, Victor.

Les Amours au Phalanstère.

HENNEQUIN, Victor.

Les Amours au phalanstère.

PASCAL, Blaise.

Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets qui ont été trouvées après sa mort parmy ses papiers.

Counterfeit of the Pensées, with the same collation of the first edition.This edition with a slightly different title was spotted by Tchermerzine (V,71).

DAIN, Charles || FOURIER, Charles.

De l'Abolition de l'Esclavage suivi d'un article de Fourier.

BARBEYRAC, Jean.

Traité du jeu, où l'on examine les principales questions de droit naturel et de morale qui ont du rapport à cette matière.

MARTIN, Benjamin.

Grammaire des Sciences Philosophiques, ou Analyse abrégée de la Philosophie moderne, appuyée sur les expériences.

First french edition.

GAMA MACHADO, José Joaquim da.

Théorie des ressemblances ou essai philosophique sur les moyens de déterminer les dispositions physiques et morales des animaux.

[LE CLERC, Jean].

Réflexions sur ce que l'on appelle bonheur et malheur en matière de loteries, et sur le bon usage qu'on en peut faire.

[BOYER D'ARGENS, Jean-Baptiste (de)].

Lettres chinoises, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique, entre un Chinois voyageur à Paris & ses correspondans à la Chine, en Moscovie, en Perse et au Japon.

[VOLTAIRE].

Questions sur l'encyclopédie par des amateurs.

[HELVETIUS, Claude-Adrien].

De l'Esprit.

First edition in B state.Major work by Helvetius which caused a scandal upon its publication and was condemned to be burned. Too radical for its time, the book was nevertheless widely read thereafter.

BESSE, Pierre de.

L' Héraclite chrestien c'est a dire les regrets & les larmes du pêcheur penitent.

HUARTE, Jean.

L'Examen des Esprits pour les Sciences.

First edition of the French translation by François Savinien d'Alquié.Beautiful Elzevirian edition decorated with a frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe. On our copy, a butterfly replaces the name of the publisher with that of Pierre Mortier with the date of 1704.Fresh copy.

CONDORCET, Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de.

Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain.

Second edition.Reprint of the original edition published the same year, with a new title page. Condorcet's work marks the birth of the idea of ​​Progress, which would become the credo of the 19th century.

FOURIER, Charles.

La Fausse industrie morcelée, répugnante, mensongère, et l'antidote, l'industrie naturelle, combinée, attrayante, véridique, donnant quadruple produit.

CABET, Etienne.

Voyage en Icarie.

CONSIDERANT, Victor || PROUDHON, Pierre-Joseph.

Les Socialistes peints par eux-mêmes.

First edition.Publication, probably by the Fourierist circles of Besançon, of the public correspondence between Victor Considerant and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon who were then in full conflict in the aftermath of the 1848 revolution.

POMPERY, Edouard (de).

Théorie de l'association et de l'unité universelle de C. Fourier.

MALEBRANCHE, Nicolas.

Entretiens sur la Metaphysique & sur la Religion.

First edition.The Entretiens sur la métaphysique et sur la religion are the most accomplished of all Malebranche's works. A true literary work, demonstrating a magnificent mastery of the art of dialogue, these fourteen conversations are a model of pedagogy.

Counterfeit of the Pensées, with the same collation of the first edition.
This edition with a slightly different title was spotted by Tchermerzine (V,71).

First edition in B state.
Major work by Helvetius which caused a scandal upon its publication and was condemned to be burned. Too radical for its time, the book was nevertheless widely read thereafter.

First edition of the French translation by François Savinien d'Alquié.
Beautiful Elzevirian edition decorated with a frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe.
On our copy, a butterfly replaces the name of the publisher with that of Pierre Mortier with the date of 1704.
Fresh copy.

Second edition.
Reprint of the original edition published the same year, with a new title page. Condorcet's work marks the birth of the idea of Progress, which would become the credo of the 19th century.

First edition.
Publication, probably by the Fourierist circles of Besançon, of the public correspondence between Victor Considerant and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon who were then in full conflict in the aftermath of the 1848 revolution.

First edition.
The Entretiens sur la métaphysique et sur la religion are the most accomplished of all Malebranche's works. A true literary work, demonstrating a magnificent mastery of the art of dialogue, these fourteen conversations are a model of pedagogy.