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Photo DOURDIN, Jacques. 

DOURDIN, Jacques. 

Textiles artificiels, étude de leur situation présente et de leur avenir. 

Paris, imprimerie Paul Dupont, 1947.
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250 €

First edition.
Jacques Dourdin is the first to import the method of opinion polls in France. The method was popularized during the thirties in the United States by Doctor Gallup.
The French firm Jacques Dourdin proposed to provide industrialists and traders with all the information they wanted, thanks to the method of surveys by sample.
He thus delivers the first rational studies of the French market.
This pamphlet presents a survey on the need and acceptance of artificial textile fibers (rayon and fibranne) by the French market.

Numbered copy (n°861).

Photo ALBERONI, Jules. 

ALBERONI, Jules. 

Testament Politique Du Cardinal Jules Alberoni, Recueilli De Divers Mémoires, Lettres & Entretiens De Son Eminence. 

Lausanne, Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1754.
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60 €

First edition.
Jules Alberoni (1664-1756) man of the Church and of the State, in the service of the Duke of Vendôme and Philippe V of Spain.

Photo [MOSCH, August Wilhelm (von)]. 

[MOSCH, August Wilhelm (von)]. 

Tactique de l'Infanterie et instruction sur le choix d'une Position & sur les Dispositions des Manoeuvres. 

Dresde, Frères Walther, 1787.
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350 €

First edition published with the agreement of the author.
August Wilhelm von Mosch (1735-1815) was a Prussian major general. The Prussian army was renowned since Frederick II for its rapid troop movements and the use of the Oblique Order (military maneuver consisting of reinforcing and advancing one of its wings first, while stealing the other wing). This required perfect mastery of maneuvers by the officers.

Photo KOCH, Christoph Wilhelm von. 

KOCH, Christoph Wilhelm von. 

Tableau Des Révolutions De L'Europe, Depuis Le Bouleversement De L'Empire Romain En Occident, Jusqu'À Nos Jours. 

Paris, Gide fils, 1814.
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150 €

Interesting summary of European history decorated with 7 maps enhanced with colors and 154 genealogical tables of European dynasties.

Photo DELANDINE, Antoine François. 

DELANDINE, Antoine François. 

Tableau des prisons de Lyon, pour servir à l'histoire de la tyrannie de 1792 et 1793. 

Lyon, Joseph Daval, 1797.
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120 €

First edition.
The Author deputy of the States General opposed the Republicans, which earned him to be imprisoned during the Terror.
On his release from prison after 9 Thermidor, he gave this striking testimony from inside Lyon prisons.

Photo AZUNI, Domenico Alberto. 

AZUNI, Domenico Alberto. 

Système Universel Des Armemens En Course Et Des Corsaires En Tems De Guerre Suivi D'un Précis des moyens propres à diminuer les dangers de la navigation des Neutres. 

Gènes, Bonaudo, 1817.
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1000 €

First edition.
Dominique Albert Azuni was president of the chamber of the Genoa company under the Empire and a specialist in maritime law.
This work is a real law manual of the privateer in which we explain his rights and duties.

An unusual work on corsairs at the time when Surcouf was sailing the seas.

Photo D'AUDIFFRET, Charles Louis Gaston. 

D'AUDIFFRET, Charles Louis Gaston. 

Système Financier De La France. 

Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, 1854.
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400 €

Second edition.
French politician, administrator and economist, Gaston d'Audiffret, was president of the Court of Auditors and one of the founders of the CIC.

Photo NECKER, Jacques. 

NECKER, Jacques. 

Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. 

Lyon, Bernuset, 1788.
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90 €

Edition published the same year as the first one.

In this book, Necker (1732-1804, Minister of Finance of Louis XVI) defends his report to the King published in 1781 and reacts to the attacks of Charles de Calonne (1734-1802, Minister of Finance of Louis XVI between 1783 and 1787), his successor.

Photo [NECKER, Jacques]. 

[NECKER, Jacques]. 

Suite des observations du citoyen. 

s.l., s.n., [v. 1781].
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50 €

This booklet was published after the publication of the "Compte-rendu au roi" by Necker in 1781.
The author questions the management of France's finances by Necker.

Photo PITON, Frédéric. 

PITON, Frédéric. 

Strasbourg illustré, ou panorama pittoresque, historique et statistique de Strasbourg et de ses environs. 

Strasbourg, Chez l'Auteur, 1855.
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300 €

The first edition.

Photo DESCARTES, René. 

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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3000 €

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.

Photo [VOLTAIRE]. 

[VOLTAIRE]. 

Souvenirs de Madame de Caylus. 

Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1770.
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200 €

Edition published the same year as the original edition.
Bengesco [II, pp.415-417] comments at length on the difference between this edition and that of Geneva at Robert. The text in Rey's edition goes as far as the hardback edition of the Robert edition except for the last sentence. S

ome hypotheses suggest that it was Diderot who had this Amsterdam edition published, whereas Madame de Caylus's manuscript had been passed from hand to hand for several years. However, a few rare copies have a 22-page notebook with a preface by Voltaire which is absent from our copy [cf. Bengesco].

Photo PERROT, Georges. 

PERROT, Georges. 

Souvenirs d'un voyage en Asie mineure. 

Paris, Michel Levy frères, 1864.
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250 €

First edition.
Travel diary in Greece, Turkey and Anatolia.

Photo [SOCIALISME]. 

[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 POULLE, Nicolas Louis. 

POULLE, Nicolas Louis. 

Sermons de Monsieur l'Abbé Poulle, prédicateur du Roi. 

Paris, Mérigot le jeune, 1781.
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120 €

Seconde edition.

Photo WRONSKI, Hoëné. 

WRONSKI, Hoëné. 

Sept manuscrits inédits, écrits de 1803 à 1806. 

Paris, A dépot des ouvrages de l'auteur, 1879.
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550 €

First edition published after the death of Wronski.

Photo CARADEUC DE LA CHALOTAIS, Louis René. 

CARADEUC DE LA CHALOTAIS, Louis René. 

Second compte rendu sur l'appel comme d'abus, des constitutions des jésuites [suivi de] Remarques sur un écrit intitulé : compte rendu. 

s.l., s.n., 1762.
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100 €

Two memoirs on the debate in France on the order of the Jesuits which will lead to their banishment by the Parliament of Paris in August 1762.

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 [JULLIEN et al.]. 

[JULLIEN et al.]. 

Revue Encyclopédique, ou Analyse Raisonnée des Productions les Plus Remarquables dans la Littérature, les Sciences Et les Arts. 

[Paris], [Gide], 1819.
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450 €

First edition.
Head of series of this royalist gazette which will be published until 1820.

Photo VERTOT, Abbé René Aubert. 

VERTOT, Abbé René Aubert. 

Révolutions de Portugal. 

Paris, Nyon, 1768.
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100 €

Very good copy of this book on the Portuguese Revolution of 1640 whose quality of writing made the success.

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 [JESUITES]. 

[JESUITES]. 

Réunion de trois volumes reliés regroupant des textes à propos de la controverse sur les Jésuites. 

Sorbon, s.n., 1762.
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350 €

Set of three identically bound volumes grouping together texts about the controversy over the Jesuits which raged during the years 1761 and 1762.
We find in particular:
"Special history of the Jesuits in France" by Abbé Minard is a priest Jansenist of Libourne "Report of the constitutions of the Jesuits" by La Chalotais who is attorney general in the Parliament of Brittany, fiercely opposed to the Jesuits. He proposes here a memoir in charge of the constitutions of the Society of Jesus. "Reply to the apologies of the Jesuits", "The badly defended Jesuit" by Abbé Platel.

Photo WEIS, Jean-Martin. 

WEIS, Jean-Martin. 

Représentation des fêtes données par la Ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi; à l'arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville. 

Paris, Aubert, 1744.
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4000 €

Unique edition of the festival celebrating the arrival of Louis XV in Strasbourg in October 1744. Published at the city's expense, the work is composed of a calligraphic title, 20 engr. calligraphic explanation pp.,- an equestrian portrait of Louis XV and 11 etchings on double pages swarming with 1000 lively details (onlookers, dances, acrobats...). They depict the arrival and the procession of the king into the town, the Cardinal of Rohan's welcome in the front of the cathedral, the night festivities (fireworks on the Ill, illuminated buildings) and the day festivities (water jousting, games, dances and sword exercises). Some foxing or otherwise soiled, armorial binding (joint split, sides and corners rubbed...).

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.

Photo CALONNE, Charles-Alexandre de. 

CALONNE, Charles-Alexandre de. 

Réponse de M. de Calonne à l'écrit de M. Necker, publié en avril 1787; contenant l'examen des comptes de la situation des finances, rendus en 1774, 1776, 1781, 1783 & 1787; avec des observations sur les résultats de l'Assemblée des Notables. 

Londres, T. Spilsbury, 1788.
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70 €

This edition was published the same year as the first one.

Charles de Calonne (1734-1802) was Necker's successor as finance minister to Louis XVI. In this book, he presented his administration and responded to Necker's violent attacks.

Photo [JESUITES]. 

[JESUITES]. 

Remontrances au parlement et 10 autres pièces. 

Paraguay [i.e. Paris], Imprimerie royale de Nicolas Ier, 1761.
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400 €

First 12mo edition.
Set of pamphleteering pieces against the Jesuits published during the controversy over the Jesuits which raged during the years 1761 and 1762.
The following pieces are particularly noteworthy:
- Remontrances au parlement with a folding map of France.
- Les Jésuitiques
- L'Apparition du Cardinal Bellarmin
- Advis secrets de la Société de Jésus.

Photo [MANUSCRIT]. 

[MANUSCRIT]. 

Remarques sur le Gouvernement du royaume durant les trois règnes de Henri IV, de Louis XIII, de Louis XIV. 

s.l., s.n., [v. 1750].
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500 €

Handwritten copy of a work published anonymously by Pierre Marteau in 1688. Barbier attributes the book to Gratien de Courtilz but adds: "Dubious".

The content is rather discourteous towards the monarchs, of whom inglorious episodes are recounted: the lack of merit of Louis XIII (Richelieu having governed for him), Louis XIV preferring the beds of his mistresses to the battlefields... This doubtless explains why handwritten copies were able to circulate under the cloak of the laughers. In fact, two other similar handwritten copies can be found in public libraries.

What remains is a very pretty manuscript, in a perfectly legible late 17th century handwriting.

Photo LEONARD, M de. 

LEONARD, M de. 

Relation exacte et impartiale de ce qui s'est passé à Nancy le 31 août [1790] et les jours précédens. 

Nancy, Mme Henry, 1790.
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300 €

First edition.
What will become "L'Affaire de Nancy" is an episode of the Revolution during which the soldiers of the Nancy garrison mutinied against their officers.

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 [LORRAINE]. 

[LORRAINE]. 

Recueils de 40 plaquettes historiques ou archéologiques sur la Lorraine. 

Nancy, s.n., 1848-1888.
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550 €

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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