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Photo BARBEYRAC, Jean. 

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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750 €

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.

Photo LASSUS, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine || DARCEL, Alfred. 

LASSUS, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine || DARCEL, Alfred. 

Album de Villard de Honnecourt. 

Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1858.
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Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the famous manuscript of Villard de Honnecourt, a 13th-century architect.
This manuscript, preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, is a valuable source on the construction techniques and know-how of medieval builders. It contains sketches and notes that reveal the empirical and artistic approach to Gothic architecture. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus, architect and fervent defender of the revival of medieval art in the 19th century, annotated this publication, which was then finalized by Alfred Darcel after his death.
The work is part of the movement of rediscovery and promotion of Gothic heritage, led in particular by Viollet-le-Duc and his contemporaries.

Photo FOUQUERAY, D. Charles. 

FOUQUERAY, D. Charles. 

Le front de mer. 

Paris, Editions de Luxe, [1918].
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750 €

First edition.
Copy n° 23, one of the 30 on 'Papier d'Arches' with an additionnal originl watercolor.

Photo MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de. 

MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de. 

Des principes des négociations, pour servir d'introduction au droit public de l'Europe, fondés sur les traités. 

La Haye, s.n., 1757.
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750 €

First edition.
Gabriel Bonnot de Mably was Condillac's brother, although today less known than his parent, his innovative work of political philosophy places him among the precursors of what will become communism. In particular, he proposed to limit land ownership rights.
As a fine geopolitical analyst, he published his Treaty of Negotiations at the start of the Seven Years' War, after the overthrow of the alliance which will set Europe (and the world) on fire.

"His concepts of power, of world legal order, of moralizing the relations between people, peoples and states, undoubtedly still have a lot to teach us." Florence Gauthier, Extract from the preface for the reissue of the text in 2003

Our copy bearing the arms of Emmanuel Dieudonné de Hautefort (1700-1777), a diplomat who was french ambassador to Vienna from 1749 to 1752 and who was therefore at the heart of European diplomacy in this troubled period of the 18th century. It was indeed during this period that negotiations between France and Austria began to initiate a European diplomatic revolution.

Photo CHEVREAU, Urbain. 

CHEVREAU, Urbain. 

Histoire du Monde. 

Paris, Michel Clouzier, 1717.
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750 €

"The vast genius of our author has embraced & deepened the particular history of all the nations. It goes into the detail of all the Monarchies & of all the Republics. We see there the origin, the progress & the decadence of all the States "(extract from the preface).

Photo SAVARY, Jacques. 

SAVARY, Jacques. 

Pareres, ou Avis et Conseils sur les plus importantes Matières du Commerce. 

Paris, Jean Guignard, 1688.
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750 €

First edition.
The “Pareres” follows the “Parfait négociant” by the same author, published in 1675 and which became the bible of trading in the eighteenth century.

Photo FOURIER, Charles. 

FOURIER, Charles. 

Traité de l'association domestique-agricole (T1) (+) Sommaire du traité de l'association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. 

Bossange, Paris, 1822.
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750 €

First edition.
Copy signed by the author.
This treatise was intended, in the author's mind, to replace his theory of the four movements, the publication of which had met with little success.
He describes in a more practical way the phase of Harmony, in fact, it is the Rule (in the monastic sense) of his Phalanstery. Man is total there: cultivating his vegetable garden in the morning, composing poems in the afternoon, craftsman in the evening. Life is very finely regulated there: constant activity, dietetics (which he calls Gastrosophy), sexuality. Among the Fourierists, the union is free, each lustful preference accepted, but taxonomic passion of the moment, each sexual taste is classified, subdivided, organized... Fourier thus defines seventy-six types of cuckolding...
With the Supplement to the foreword paginated LXV-LXXX which is found in few copies.

Bound after, the rare "Sommaire" :
[FOURIER, Charles]. Sommaire du traité de l'association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. Paris, Bossange, 1823. 16-[1329-1448] pages. Bound without the first (instruction pour le vendeur ...) and last (appendice aux conclusions) leaves, as well as leaves B8-8E found in some copies between pages 8 and 9.

Photo VUILLEMIN, Alexandre Aimé. 

VUILLEMIN, Alexandre Aimé. 

[Atlas Illustré de Géographie Commerciale et Industrielle présentant les grandes divisions physiques, la distribution géographique, des végétaux et des minéraux]. 

Paris, Fatout, 1859.
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Scarce decorative map of North America, published in Paris by Vuillemin.
Collection of 7 maps: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and France.
Maps drawn by A. Vuillemin, Geographer; Engraved by Langevin and Gérin.
Illustrations drawn by A. Testard and engraved by Guesnu
All maps are dated 1859.

Rare maps among the most decorative of the nineteenth century with for each, side panels containing numerous meticulously engraved vignettes with explanations on the regions making up the continents or the departments for the map of France.
For the map of North America :
- The map includes 16 decorative side panel vignettes showing indigenous scenes in America, flora and fauna.
The map shows Russian America, Utah and New Mexico, extending to the Rocky Mountains, and massive Oregon, Northwest and Indian Territories. Interesting notes on early discoveries, including a reference to Alvaro Nunez in Texas, in 1528, Cabrillo's discovery of the Pacific in 1548, Francis Drake, Lewis & Clark, Edwin James, etc.
Early railroads, forts, canals, military reserves, Indian lands, ports of commerce and other details noted.
One of the most decorative large format maps of North America from the period, finely engraved by Gerin and illustrated by A. Testard.

Photo DAIN, Charles || FOURIER, Charles. 

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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750 €

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.

Photo PASCAL, Blaise. 

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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750 €

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).

Photo HERBELOT DE MOLAINVILLE, Barthélemy d'. 

HERBELOT DE MOLAINVILLE, Barthélemy d'. 

Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel. 

Paris, Moutard, 1781.
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New edition done by Desessart.
Considered as the first western encyclopædia of the Islamic world.
"It was based on the Arabic bibliography (the Kashf al-Zunun) of Hadji Khalfa (Katip Celebi), of which it is in large part a translation, but it also contains material from numerous other Arabic, Persian and Turkish publications and manuscripts." (wikipedia).

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 [FRERON, Elie-Catherine]. 

[FRERON, Elie-Catherine]. 

Histoire de l'empire d'Allemagne, et principalement de ses révolutions. 

Paris, Herissant, 1771.
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First edition.
Beautiful ensemble for this History of the German Empire attributed to Fréron which was undoubtedly a counter-proposal to the Annals of the Empire since Charlemagne written by Voltaire.

Photo [LE CLERC, Jean]. 

[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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600 €

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.

Photo MARTIN, Benjamin. 

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.

Photo [ENFANTIN, Prosper]. 

[ENFANTIN, Prosper]. 

Economie politique et politique - articles extraits du Globe. 

Paris, Au bureau du Globe, Juillet 1831.
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600 €

First edition.
Work whose collection title is "Saint-Simonian Religion", a curious quasi-sectarian economic movement led by Prosper Enfantin, under the honorary title of Supreme Father. This ideological movement, originally based on the socio-economic and political doctrine of Claude-Henri de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon, promotes confidence in technical progress, the certainty that it is in a moral industry that the condition of happiness, freedom and emancipation resides. Under the influence of Prosper Enfantin, the movement becomes a religion, with some attempts at communities.

Bound after another compilation attributed to Prosper Enfantin:

[ENFANTIN], Morale. Réunion générale de la famille. Enseignemens du Père Suprême. Les Trois Familles, Paris, Librairie Saint-Simonienne, April 1832 (4)-207-(5) pages.

Photo [JOLY DE MAIZEROY, Paul-Gédéon]. 

[JOLY DE MAIZEROY, Paul-Gédéon]. 

Mémoire sur les opinions qui partagent les militaires, suivi Du Traité des armes défensives, corrigé et augmenté. 

Paris, Claude Antoine Jombert, 1773.
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600 €

First edition of this book written by the inventor of "strategy".
Maizeroy's work was intended to theorize the art of war, in this book he returns to: the great maneuvers, a historical review of the interest of artillery, logistics, and the course of battles of Preston and Falkirk.

Photo FROMENTIN, Eugène. 

FROMENTIN, Eugène. 

Sahara et Sahel.
I - Un été dans le Sahara.
II - Une année dans le Sahel. 

Paris, Plon, 1879.
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600 €

First illustrated edition.
One of the 100 copy on papier vélin.
The 12 etchings are in our copy in four state (definitive, before the letter, before the letter and bistre and before the letter on china paper.

Photo JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé). 

JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé). 

Dissertation sur un Temple octogone et plusieurs bas-reliefs trouvez à Cestas. 

Bordeaux, Jean Baptiste Lacorne, 1743.
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600 €

First edition.
Description of a temple, probably early Christian, in Cestas by the local scholar Abbot Jaubert.
The latter identifies it as a temple dedicated to the cult of Cybele. This temple was attached to the old church of Cestas, which has now disappeared. The engravings by Abbot Jaubert representing the plan of the building and the bas-reliefs are therefore the only archaeological traces that remain to us.

Photo GAMA MACHADO, José Joaquim da. 

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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600 €

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).

Photo LA CLEDE, Nicolas (de). 

LA CLEDE, Nicolas (de). 

Histoire générale de Portugal. 

Paris, Theodore le Gras, 1735.
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600 €

First edition in-12 published at the same time as the quarto edition.
Very complete set of three folding maps (two for Portugal, one for Brazil).

Photo DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 

DELCAMPE || FOUQUET, Samuel. 

L'Art de monter à cheval, qui monstre la belle & facille méthode de se rendre bon homme de cheval. 

Paris, Jacques le Gras, 1664.
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600 €

Second edition enlarged by a second part from Samuel Fouquet to treat horse diseases.
The best edition of this classic treatise on horse riding.
The author was a squire in the grand stable of Louis XIV.

Photo NAKOULA EL-TURK || DESGRANGES, Antoine Jérôme. 

NAKOULA EL-TURK || DESGRANGES, Antoine Jérôme. 

Histoire de l'expédition des Français en Égypte. 

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1839.
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600 €

First edition.
Work printed in French and Arabic, reproducing the Nakoula manuscript and its translation into French by Desgranges ainé Niqula Nicolas Yusuf al-Turk (1763-1828) was a scholar, historian and poet at the court of Emir Bashir Shihab II. He was born in Dayr al-Qamar (in present-day Lebanon) and accompanied Napoleon's expedition to Egypt. He wrote an account of it, which was reproduced and translated here into French by Desgranges for the first time.

Photo CHOPART, Louis Narcisse. 

CHOPART, Louis Narcisse. 

Essais sur les évolutions navales suivis de quelques tables. 

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1839.
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600 €

First edition.
Chopart will be Vice-Admiral of the French Navy, he will participate in particular in the Algiers expedition in 1830. His book is in line with the tactics of the 18th century sailing navy, but as a former student from polytechnique he constantly uses geometric tools to demonstrate his movements. Beautiful printing on quality paper for this naval tactics book.

Photo [CODE JUSTINIEN]. 

[CODE JUSTINIEN]. 

Codicis Iustiniani Imp[er]atoris cu[m] varijs su[m]marijs diuina p[ro]mulgatio. 

Paris, François Regnault, 1518.
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Pretty post-incunabula edition with headings printed in red.

According to Renouard this is the typographical material of Pierre Olivier.
The Justinian Code is the most complete corpus of Roman law, rediscovered and completed during the Renaissance, it will serve as the basis for European law.

Photo LA HARPE, Jean-Francois. 

LA HARPE, Jean-Francois. 

Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile et de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré; les moeurs des habitans, la religion, les usages, arts et sciences, commerce et manufactures. 

Paris, Ledoux et Tenré, 1816.
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600 €
Photo [VOLTAIRE]. 

[VOLTAIRE]. 

Questions sur l'encyclopédie par des amateurs. 

[Neufchatel], s.n., 1771-1773.
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550 €

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.

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

[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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550 €

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.

Photo [LORRAINE]. 

[LORRAINE]. 

Recueils de 40 plaquettes historiques ou archéologiques sur la Lorraine. 

Nancy, s.n., 1848-1888.
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Several dozen historical or archaeological plaques on the history of Lorraine in each volume.

Most of them are presentation copies dedicated to Count Edouard de Warren (1811-1898), a scholar from Lorraine.


Volume 1 (28 pieces) :
- MEAUME, Histoire de l'Ancienne chevalerie lorraine, 1870
- NOLLET-FABERT, Le Général d'Huart, 1851
- CHAUTARD, Notice sur Claude de Lorraine dit le Chevalier d'Aumale à propos d'un jeton, 1872
- SAINT-VINCENT, La Légende de Maxéville, sd
- SAINT-VINCENT, Considérations sur l'histoire des académies, 1854
- [O'REILLY], Les Deux procès de Jeanne d'Arc, sd
- GUERLE, Madame de Grafigny, 1882
- MARTIN, Le P. Abram historien de l'université de Pont-a-mousson et ses deux traducteurs Ragot et le P. Carayon, 1888
- COUVENT DE SAINT-LAURENT, Les Bénédictins anglais de Dieulouard, 1884
- [Anonyme], Plaisirs de la Cour de Lorraine pendant le carnaval, 1881
- MOREY, Tombeau de Henri de Lorraine comte d'Harcourt, 1863
- MOREY, Recherches sur l'emplacement et la disposition d'ensemble du Chateau du Duc Raoul à Nancy, 1865
- MOREY, Les Statuettes dites de Terre de Lorraine, 1871
- MOREY, Ex Voto du Duc Antoine de Lorraine en reconnaissance des victoires qu'il remporta en Alsace sur les rustauds en 1525, 1880
- MOREY, Les Artistes lorrains à l'étranger, 1883
- MOREY, La Vapeur d'eau utilisée comme force motrice en lorraine, 1884
- QUINTARD, Sur un Mèreau inédit du chapitre de la collégiale de Saint-Georges, 1868
- QUINTARD, Médaille commémorative de l'affaire de Nancy: Le Sou Thuillié, 1869
- QUINTARD, Le Cimetière franc du Champ des Tombes à Pompey, 1878
- GERMAIN, Notes Historiques sur la maison de Lorraine, 1882
- GERMAIN, La Croix d'affranchissement de Frouard, 1882
- GERMAIN, Notice sur le tombeau de Warin de Gondrecourt autrefois dans l'église saint-etienne, 1882
- GERMAIN, Les Tombeaux de l'Eglise de Lenoncourt, 1882
- [Anonyme], Plaque de Foyer aux armes de François Taafe, comte de Carlinford, 1882
- LE MERCIER DE MORIERE, Un Livre de Liturgie du xvè siècle ayant appartenu au chateau de Gombervaux, 1884
- LE MERCIER DE MORIERE, Les Testaments au profit de l'Eglise de Toul, 1884
- LE MERCIER DE MORIERE, Recherches sur la famille des armoises et en particulier sur la branche de Neuville, 1881
- LE MERCIER DE MORIERE, L'Origine de la Maison de Chambley, 1882

Volume 2 (12 pieces) :
- BENARD, Tribulations d'un prêtre optant, 1875
- [Anonyme], Notice sur l'Eglise de Saint-Nicolas de Port, 1848
- [Anonyme], Bénédiction et inauguration de la nouvelle église paroissiale de Saint Epvre, 1871
- LA FLIZE, Notice historique de la Cathédrale-primatiale de Nancy, 1849
- SEILLIERE, Rapport présenté à la commission du monument de Dom Calmet à Senones, 1873
- SEILLIERE, Compte-rendu des fouilles entreprises pour retrouver les restes de Dom Augustin Calmet, 1868
- JACQUINOT, Le Doyen Nicolas Guyot jurisconsulte lorrain, 1884
- WIENER, Yves-Dominique Collin graveur et peintre en miniature, 1885
- BARDY, Le Comte de la Suze et la seigneurie de Belfort, 1885
- VICTOR DE SAINT-MAURIS, Etude Sommaire sur l'Ancien Duché de Luxembourg, 1865
- [Anonyme], Inauguration du buste du Comte de Serre érigé sur sa maison natale à Pagny-Sur-Moselle, 1886
- WIENER, Recherches sur l'industrie cartière en Lorraine, 1884.

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WRONSKI, Hoëné. 

Sept manuscrits inédits, écrits de 1803 à 1806. 

Paris, A dépot des ouvrages de l'auteur, 1879.
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First edition published after the death of Wronski.

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