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Photo THIERRY, Augustin. 

THIERRY, Augustin. 

Lettres sur l'Histoire de France, Dix ans d'études historiques. 

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1849.
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50 €

New edition.
Augustin Thierry is one of the first modern historians to work directly on ancient source.

Photo THIERRY, Augustin. 

THIERRY, Augustin. 

Essai sur l'histoire de la formation et des progrès du Tiers Etat suivi de fragments du recueil des monuments inédits de cette histoire. 

Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, [v. 1875].
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50 €

Twelfth edition revised and corrected.

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[THEATRE]. 

Arrests du Conseil d'Etat du roi, lettres patentes, acte de société et règlements de messieurs les premiers gentilshommes de la Chambre de roi, concernant les comédiens françois. 

Paris, Christophe Ballard, 1761.
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1500 €

First edition.
Letters patent reorganizing the operation of the troupe of the Comédie Française.

Bound with the following:
"Règlement pour les comédiens françois ordinaires du roi"
Defining article by article, the organization of the troupe of the Comédie Française: schedules, remuneration, rights and duties.

Photo TESSIERES-BOISBERTRAND, Etienne de. 

TESSIERES-BOISBERTRAND, Etienne de. 

De l'Administration financière telle qu'elle est sous l'influence des préjugés qui en arrêtent le développement, et telle qu'elle pourrait être sous l'empire de la science positive. 

Paris, Cherruliez, 1836.
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200 €

First edition.
Étienne de Tessières, Count of Boisbertrand, was a deputy under the Restoration and the July Monarchy.
He writes here a reflection on public finances (tax, debt...) in the light of new positive science.

Photo TERVER, Pierre. 

TERVER, Pierre. 

L'Isle-Adam au temps de la Révolution française et du Directoire - 1789-1799. 

L'Isle-Adam, Chez l'auteur - Imprimerie de Persan-Beaumont, 1981.
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30 €

First edition.

Photo TERRIER-SANTANS, Edmond. 

TERRIER-SANTANS, Edmond. 

On se bat sur terre. 

Paris, Les Editions de France, 1930.
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30 €
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.

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SUETONE. 

Caius Suetonius Tranquillus. [La vie des douze césars]. 

Paris, e typographia regia, 1644.
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1200 €

Latin edition of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars given by the Imprimerie royale, created at the Louvre by Richelieu four years earlier in order to "give the public the works of good authors in characters worthy of their work".
Edition illustrated with an engraved title, and 12 portraits in the text engraved by Abraham Bosse.
These portraits representing the 12 Caesars are placed at the head of each of the chapters devoted to them.
A fine copy in morocco binding.

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 SPARRMAN, Anders. 

SPARRMAN, Anders. 

Voyage au cap de Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. 

Paris, Buisson, 1787.
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150 €

First french 8vo edition.
A student of Linnaeus, Sparrman (1748-1820) stayed in Cape Town and studied the flora and especially the fauna of the region. From Cape Town, he took part in James Cook's second voyage as a botanist's assistant and was thus one of two disciples of Linnaeus to have circumnavigated the world.

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.

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[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 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 SANNIÉ, Charles / GUÉRIN, D. 

SANNIÉ, Charles / GUÉRIN, D. 

Éléments de police scientifique. 

Paris, Hermann & Cie, 1938-1940.
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120 €

First edition.
Sannié and Guérin's book is contemporary with the work of Edmond Locard (1877-1966), considered one of the founding fathers of forensic science. The work is mainly devoted to what we would call today forensic identity, with the first two volumes focusing on anthropometry and the next two on fingerprint identification.

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