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Photo TARDIEU, Ambroise || VUILLEMIN, A. 

TARDIEU, Ambroise || VUILLEMIN, A. 

Atlas Universel de Géographie ancienne et moderne. 

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1858.
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150 €

Beautiful maps mounted on tabs in the middle (card size: 417x540 mm).

Photo [TALLEYRAND, Charles Maurice de]. 

[TALLEYRAND, Charles Maurice de]. 

Opinion de M. l'évêque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies. 

[Paris], [Imprimerie Nationale], [1790].
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100 €

First edition.

Booklet written by Talleyrand (1754-1838, French statesman, appointed bishop of Autun in 1788) on the subject of the manufacture of coins.

Photo TAINE, Hippolyte. 

TAINE, Hippolyte. 

Les Origines De La France Contemporaine. 

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1887-1894.
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300 €

Major work by Hippolyte Taine in which he places the French Revolution in the long history of France.
This work had a very significant impact, and Taine's interpretations have enjoyed and continue to enjoy a certain success today, in France and abroad.
The Origins of Contemporary France remains an important book for the history of French political thought.
Our homogeneous bound set (various editions) complete with three parts: The Ancien Régime, The Revolution, The Modern Regime.

Photo TABET, Jacques. 

TABET, Jacques. 

Pour faire du Liban la Suisse du Levant. 

Paris, Hamlot et Cie, 1924.
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150 €

First edition.

Presentation copy.

Photo SUETONIUS. 

SUETONIUS. 

XII Caesares. Ex vetusto exemplari emendatiores multis locis. 

Paris, Robert Estienne, 1543.
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1300 €

One of the most important old editions of the Life of the Twelve Caesars.
The text has been compiled from the best and oldest manuscript of the work, dating from the 9th century, together with comments by G. B. Cipelli, Erasmus's Notice to the Reader (1518) and translations of the Greek passages by Egnazio.

Photo STURM, Christophe-Chrétien. 

STURM, Christophe-Chrétien. 

Considérations sur les oeuvres de Dieu, dans le règne de la Nature et de la Providence. Pour tous les jours de l'année. 

Lausanne, Hignou et Companie, 1799.
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80 €

Christoph Christian Sturm (1740-1786) was a German theologian whose most famous work is this book, in which he claims to prove the existence of God from the Natural Sciences.

Photo STRAUSS, David Friedrich. 

STRAUSS, David Friedrich. 

Vie de Jésus ou examen critique de son histoire. 

Paris, Librairie philosophique de Ladrange, 1856.
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120 €

New French edition translated by Emile Littré on the last German edition. Strauss's works precede those of Renan on the historical approach to the life of Jesus. This book caused a scandal when it was first published in Germany and led to its author being dismissed from his post as philosophy tutor at the Protestant seminary in Tübingen.
Inspired by the Hegelian philosophy of history, this book founded the movement of the Young Hegelians which will inspire all left movements in Germany in the nineteenth century.

Photo ST OUEN, Madame de. 

ST OUEN, Madame de. 

Oeuvres choisies de Stanislas Roi de Pologne. 

Paris, J. Carez, 1825.
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90 €

First edition.
During the reign of Charles X, his great-grandson, we rediscover the character of Stanislas King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine who was an enlightened aristocrat and patron of the lights.

Photo SOUMET, Alexandre. 

SOUMET, Alexandre. 

Oraison funèbre de Louis XVI. 

Paris, Libraires du Palais Royal, 1817.
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150 €

First edition.
Oration written by Alexandre Soumet who was the king's librarian at Saint-Cloud
Presentation copy.

Photo [SOLIGNAC]. 

[SOLIGNAC]. 

Réponse de M. Solignac, aux observations de M. Mirabeau l'aîné, relativement à l'essai de la proportion de l'or à l'argent, qui seroit la plus convenable dans la monnoie de France. 

[Paris], [J. Girouard], [1790].
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50 €

First edition.

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[SOCIALISME]. 

Social Credit Looks Forward. 

Nottingham, The Social Credit Co-ordinating Centre, [1949].
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75 €

First edition.
Report of the conference called by the Social Credit Co-ordinating Centre.
Social Credit is an economic doctrine of socialist inspiration developed by Hugh Douglas in the early 1920s. It aims to index monetary creation not on debt creation but on economic production. The result is the generation of a "national dividend" paid back to citizens in the form of a universal basic income.

Among the contributors we will find: Philip Mairet, Thomas Robertson, H. Norman, T.M. Heron.

Photo SIBOUR, Ernest. 

SIBOUR, Ernest. 

Centralisation industrielle excessive ses causes, ses effets : Industries & Métiers disparus ou qui sont en décadence dans le chef-lieu du département des Hautes-Alpes. 

Gap, Jean, 1890.
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60 €

First edition.
Book that studies the upheavals that the steam engine caused in the artisanal fabric of the Hautes Alpes. "In a word, we are trying to bring out the effect produced by this new direction, this irresistible impulse given to industry by the steam engine which has annihilated the manual production of the workman in many localities, without any compensation for them." (from the preface).

Photo SENART, Gabriel-Jérôme || DUMESNIL, Alexis. 

SENART, Gabriel-Jérôme || DUMESNIL, Alexis. 

Révélations puisées dans les cartons des comités de Salut Public et de Sûreté Générale; ou Mémoires (inédits) de Sénart, agent du Gouvernement Révolutionnaire publiés par Alexis Dumesnil. 

Paris, les principaux libraires de France et de l'étranger, 1824.
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60 €

Secon edition.
Very good copy.

Photo [Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris]. 

[Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris]. 

Extrait des Nouvelles des missions des indes orientales. 

Paris, Guillot, 1785-1787.
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150 €

First edition.
The Nouvelles des missions orientales is a Catholic publication which was published from 1785 to 1794 in five volumes.
Here the head of the series with the "Extrait des Nouvelles" published in 1785 covering the years 1783-1784 and the two volumes of the Nouvelles published in 1787 covering 1785 and 1786.

Photo SEGUR, Louis Philippe || [FAVIER, Jean Louis]. 

SEGUR, Louis Philippe || [FAVIER, Jean Louis]. 

Politique de tous les cabinets de l'Europe, pendant les règnes de Louis XV et de Louis XVI. 

Paris, F. Buisson, 1802.
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200 €

Third edition augmented.
Commentary by Segur on Favier's writings on European geopolitics. He exposes there his diplomatic doctrine aiming at an alliance with Prussia.

Photo SCUPOLI, Laurent. 

SCUPOLI, Laurent. 

Le Combat Spirituel; Dans lequel on trouve les moyens les plus surs pour vaincre ses passions et triompher du vice. 

Riom, Landriot, 1798.
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50 €
Photo SCHNEIDEWEIN, Johann. 

SCHNEIDEWEIN, Johann. 

Johannis Schneidewini j.u.d. clarissimi, et academiae Wittergensis Professoris quondam publici, & Celeberrimi, in quatuor institutionum imperialium D. Justiniani libros. 

Cologne, Wilhelmi Metternich, 1698.
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100 €

Comments on the Justinian code which is the basis of the Western legal system by Johann Schneidewein who was a student of Martin Luther.

Photo SAY, Jean Baptiste. 

SAY, Jean Baptiste. 

Cours complet d'économie politique pratique. 

Paris, Rapilly, 1828-1829.
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450 €

First edition.
Jean Baptiste Say is considered one of the fathers of economic science.
This course is a compilation of his teaching given at the chair of industrial economics at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
He defends a liberal economic thought: he puts forward private property, free competition and a role of the State as limited as possible. In fact, it is a direct extension of the French school of liberal political economy.

A seventh volume of correspondence appeared in 1833 after the author's death.

Photo SAY, Horace. 

SAY, Horace. 

Histoire des relations commerciales entre la France et le Brésil. 

Paris, Guillaumin, 1839.
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2000 €

First edition.
Following the establishment of the Portuguese court in Brazil (1808) and the opening of ports to foreigners, an immense country opened up to international trade.
Brazil then aroused the interest of French economists who saw it as a testing ground for liberal ideas.
Horace Say predicted an upcoming economic boom in Brazil and drew from it an economic model for the future French colonial empire which then began to develop.

Presentation copy to Philip Taylor, English business manager based in Marseille. The Say and Taylor families, both Protestants, have been friends since the young Says’ study and work stay in England. They found themselves around the sugar industry, Horace Say's uncle founded the Say sugar factory (current Béghin-Say), and Philip Taylor the elder, a British machine designer, sold equipment, particularly in France for sugar refineries.

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 SAVARY, Jacques. 

SAVARY, Jacques. 

Le Parfait Négociant ou instruction générale pour ce qui regarde le commerce. 

Lyon, Jacques Lyons, 1701.
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150 €

Fifth edition.
A famous merchant born in 1622 in Doué (Anjou) from a noble family, Savary became a wealthy merchant and retired from business at the age of 36. He was chosen by Colbert to be one of the writers of the commercial code of 1673 which was called "Code Savary". He wrote in 1675 the "Perfect trader" which is the compilation of the knowledge he had gathered for the drafting of the ordinance. The legal solutions are clear, sensible, practical, honest. The book is a business bible whose importance Max Weber underlined. This work became a classic, reprinted many times and translated into German, English and Italian.

Photo SAVARY, Jacques. 

SAVARY, Jacques. 

Le Parfait Négociant ou instruction générale pour ce qui regarde le commerce. 

Paris, Jean Guignard, 1675.
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3500 €

First edition.
A famous merchant born in 1622 in Doué (Anjou) from a noble family, Savary became a wealthy merchant and retired from business at the age of 36. He was chosen by Colbert to be one of the writers of the commercial code of 1673 which was called "Code Savary". He wrote in 1675 the "Perfect trader" which is the compilation of the knowledge he had gathered for the drafting of the ordinance. The legal solutions are clear, sensible, practical, honest. The book is a business bible whose importance Max Weber underlined. This work became a classic, reprinted many times and translated into German, English and Italian.

Photo SAINT DISDIER, Alexandre-Toussaint Limojon de. 

SAINT DISDIER, Alexandre-Toussaint Limojon de. 

Histoire des Négotiations de Nimègue. 

Paris [Hollande], Claude Barbin, 1680.
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300 €

Counterfeit edition of the title à la sphere (probably Dutch), taken from the Barbin edition in Paris.

The peace of Nijmegen marks the end of the Dutch war, it places France at the forefront of European geopolitics. On this occasion, France annexed Franche-Comté. It is the triumph of Louis XIV as a warrior king.

Beautiful copy in morocco.

Photo SACHET, Adrien. 

SACHET, Adrien. 

Traité théorique et pratique de la législation sur les accidents du travail. 

Paris, J.-B. Sirey, 1909.
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75 €

Fifth edition, completely revised and updated with new legislation and case law (1909).
Presentation copy to "Monsieur Duboin, conseiller à la Cour de Cassation.".

Photo SABATIER, Paul. 

SABATIER, Paul. 

Floretum s. Francisci Assisiensis. Liber aureus qui italice dicitur I Fioretti di San Francesco. 

Paris, Librairie Fischbacher, 1902.
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150 €

Paul Sabatier (1858-1928) theologian specializing in St Francis of Assisi delivers here a Latin edition of Fiorettis de St François. "This masterpiece, the knowledge of which until now seemed reserved, outside Italy, to a small number of people." (extract from the preface).

Photo RUPERT, Christoph Adam. 

RUPERT, Christoph Adam. 

Dissertationes mixtæ ad Valerii Maximi exemplorum memorabilium libros IX. 

Nuremberg, Johann Daniel Tauber, 1663.
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150 €

The memorable facts of Valère Maxime are a collection of anecdotes intended to nourish the reflection and discourse of orators and philosophers. Here in the edition proposed by Rupert.

Photo ROMEYER-DHERBEY, Gilbert. 

ROMEYER-DHERBEY, Gilbert. 

Une Trace infime d'encre pâle : six études de littérature & philosophie mêlées. 

Paris, encre marine, 2003.
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50 €

First edition.

Presentation copy to Guy Samama.

Photo ROBIDA, Albert. 

ROBIDA, Albert. 

Les Villes martyres. 

Paris, Baudelot, 1914.
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300 €
Photo ROBERT-MULLER, C. || ALLIX, André. 

ROBERT-MULLER, C. || ALLIX, André. 

Les Colporteurs de l'Oisans (un type d'émigration alpine). 

Grenoble, Jues Rey, 1925.
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100 €

First edition.

Photo [RIOUX DE MAILLOU]. 

[RIOUX DE MAILLOU]. 

Le voeu de la France accompli, ou le français affranchi d'impôts, de barrières & de banqueroutes frauduleuses, & ses finances solidement à, jamais rétablies. 

Paris, Chez l'auteur - Lescclapart - Garnéry, 1790.
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80 €

First edition.

This book is a proposal for an economic reform for France, written by Rioux de Maillou, Member of Parliament, at the end of the 18th century. It is organized in two parts: the explanation and the goal of this reform, and a detailed decree with 32 articles.
The aim of his reform is to reduce the people's taxes as much as it is possible and to successfully reduce the country's debt. One of its idea is to abolish taxes at internal barriers and customs.

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