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GALLAND, Julien-Claude.
Recueil des rits et cérémonies du pelerinage de la Mecque, auquel on a joint divers ecrits relatifs à la religion, aux sciences & aux murs des Turcs.
Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1754.
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1000 €
First edition.
Book which brings together five different essays, of which Julien-Claude Galland (probably died in 1765), the nephew of Antoine Galland, is only the interpreter.
The one who gives its wording to the title is a translation from the Arabic of Sheikh Chemfeddin el Buhouky the Shafeite. The others are: "Muslim catechism translated from the Arabic of the sheikh or Dr. Aly son of Iaakoub", "Translation of a Dissertation by Zehny effendy on the sciences of the Turks", "Relation of the island of Chio" and " Relation of the walk of Sultana Esma, daughter of Sultan Ahmed, when she was taken to her husband Iaakoub Pasha.
[MANUSCRIT] [Congrégation de Notre Dame de Rheims].
Recueil de prières.
Rheims, s.n., [v. 1700].
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Manuscript from the beginning of the 18th century emanating from the Congrégation de Notre Dame de Rheims, a convent founded in 1638 by the order of the "Chanoinesses of Saint-Augustin of the Congrégation Notre-Dame"
This manuscript written in a perfectly legible handwriting but sometimes random spelling, brings together different prayers and meditations on death, birth, baptism, entry into religion, the anniversary of the taking of the veil...
There are also some extracts from the Rule of this order as well as Sentences from St Augustine.
Rare testimony to the spiritual life of this discreet monastic order.
[REVOLUTION].
Recueil de 19 plaquettes sur les fêtes et célébrations révolutionnaires.
London, Cadell, 1790-1799.
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Set of pamphlets on the subject of the celebration of revolutionary festivals.
We have somewhat forgotten today that the Revolution, by putting aside religion, had proposed a whole paraphernalia of festivities to replace traditional festivals. We thus rediscover the Festivals of youth, Spouses, Modesty, agriculture..., celebrated in dedicated Temples (of the Law, of the Supreme Being...).
- DE MOPINOT, Proposition d'un Monument à élever dans la Capitale de la France, Paris, Laurens Junior, 1790. (4)-24 pages
- CHARRON, Discours relatif à la cérémonie du Serment Civique prononcé par les citoyens du district de Bonne-Nouvelle, [1790]. 14 pages.
- Règlement sur l'ordre, & la marche de l'Armée Marseillaise, pour la prestation du Serment, le 14 juillet 1790, [1790]. 8 pages.
- Fédération des françois, Extrait du registre des délibérations du conseil général de la commune de Montpellier, Montpellier, Picot, 14 juillet 1790. 16 pages.
- Lettre de Jean-Baptiste Cloots à Mme de Beauharnois le 15 juillet 1790. [35-52] pages.
- LAFAYETTE, Grande Réjouissance de la cessation des entrées dans la capitale détail de la marche des troupes, extrait de l'ordre donné le 29 avril 1791. 4 pages.
- [HERAULT DE SECHELLES],Recueil des six discours prononcés par le président de la Convention nationale aux sis stations de la Fête de l'unité & de l'indivisibilité de la république, Paris, Chaudrillié, 1793. 8 pages.
- Fête civique célébrée à Aix La Chapelle, le 30 frimaire An III, Beauvais. 24 pages.
- TERRAL, Réflexions sur les fêtes décadaires, 1795. 15 pages.
- LAMBRECHTS, Discours prononcé au temple de l'Eternel [...] jour de la fête dédiée à la Pudeur, [1795]. 4 pages
- Discours Décadaires pour toutes les fêtes de l'Année Républicaine publiés par numéro (n° I à VI), Paris, Ecoles républicaines, An II 1794. 96 pages.
- BAUDIN, Discours prononcé [....] à l'occasion de la Fête funèbre célébrée en l'honneur des Députés morts victimes de la tyrannie, [1795]. 19 pages.
- CHOMPRE, Discours prononcé décadi D germinal An IV [...] au temple de la Loi pour la fête de la jeunesse, Bruxelles, Pauwels, 1796. 17 pages.
- Fête des arts : Projet relatif à la translation des objets d'arts conquis en Italie, Paris, Pougens, 1798. (2)-6 pages.
- HANNUS-TUPPIN, Discours prononcé le jour de la Fête de l'agriculture, [1798]. 15 pages.
- MULOT, Discours prononcé à la Fête des Epoux, Mayence, André Crass, An VII 1799. 22 pages.
- BARADELLE, Discours prononcé pour la Fête du Dix Aout au temple de l'Etre suprême, Paris, Lamberté, [1799]. 14 pages.
- Discours prononcé au Temple de la Paix le 23 thermidor an 7 [1799]. 7 pages
- Procès verbal de la fête anniversaire de la fondation de la République célébrée à Paris, le 1er vendémiaire an 8, [1799]. 24 pages.
[DEPUTES ULTRAROYALISTES].
Recueil d'opinions et de discours des membres siégeant au côté droit de la chambre des députés , pendant la session de 1818.
Paris, Adrien Egron, [1819].
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Set of speeches or opinions delivered by the conservative right during the 1818-1819 session of the Chamber of Deputies under the Restoration. We find there all the big names of what was the ultraroyalist movement of the time: Villèle, La Bourdonnaye, Bonald...
Rare copy of Talleyrand which then disliked by Louis XVIII is in the liberal camp.
THIERRY, Augustin.
Récits des temps mérovingiens précédés de considérations sur l'histoire de France.
Paris, Furne et Cie, 1864.
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New edition.
Augustin Thierry is one of the first modern historians to work directly on ancient source.
COURNOT, Augustin.
Recherches sur les principes mathématiques de la théorie des richesses.
Paris, L. Hachette, 1838.
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First edition.
Landmark in economic theory.
Cournot is considered a pioneer in mathematical economics. He was among the first to formalize economic theories using mathematical equations.
He proposed basing economic theory not on elementary algebra but on the branch of analysis dealing with arbitrary functions, subject to certain conditions.
His work focused on a theory of price equilibrium in a free market.
Though largely ignored in his time, his research on equilibria between two producers, now known as "Cournot equilibria," would later be generalized under the term "Nash equilibria" or "Nash-Cournot equilibria," earning John Forbes Nash the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.
Cournot's work is bound after the following:
URBAIN, Introduction to the Study of Political Economy, Paris, Bossange Père, 1833.
BARRAUD, Pierre-Constant.
Recherches sur les coqs des églises.
Paris, Derache, 1850.
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450 €
First edition.
Pierre-Constant Barraud (1801-1874) is an archaeologist and titular canon of the diocese of Beauvais. He signed several studies on church furniture. In this booklet he recalls that the symbol of the rooster has been used since primitive Christianity.
PETIT RADEL, Louis Charles François.
Recherches sur les bibliothèques anciennes et modernes jusqu'à la fondation de la bibliothèque Mazarine, et sur les causes qui ont favorisé l'accroissement successif du nombre des livres.
Paris, Rey et Gravier, 1819.
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250 €
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First edition. Very interesting history of the Mazarine library by the one who was its curator during the Restoration.
Note the chapters on the history of medieval libraries, a subject little known at the time.
GODWIN, William.
Recherches sur la population, et sur la faculté d'accroissement de l'espèce humaine ; contenant une réfutation des doctrines de M. Malthus sur cette matière.
Paris, J-P. Aillaud, 1821.
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First french edition.
William Godwin (1756-1836) is a British philosopher, precursor of anarchism and inspiration for the utilitarian movement.
This book is part of the controversy between Godwin and Malthus about the principle of population. For Malthus, the mathematical growth of the human population occurs at a rate greater than that of access to resources.
For Godwin, the "improvement of Man" (in fact technical progress) will make it possible to compensate for population growth, he says:
"if the earth, in all its habitable parts, could be made as fertile as China, it would be enough to feed a population of nine thousand million people" (volume II, p.212).
A debate that is still current.
REID, Thomas.
Recherches sur l'entendement humain, d'après les principes du sens commun.
Amsterdam, Jean Meyer, 1768.
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Rare first french edition.
Thomas Reid is a Scottish philosopher.
In this book define his philosphy based on the realism of the five senses and thus opposes the system of ideas, born with the philosophy of Descartes.
Chapter on view gives rise to lengthy arguments on the lens. In Section IX, Reid defined a non-Euclidean geometry.
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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1500 €
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.
BAUDIN, Pierre-Charles-Louis.
Rapport et projet de décret sur la propriété des auteurs dramatiques.
Paris, Imprimerie nationale, [1792].
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Draft decree of the National Convention for the application of the laws of January 13 & July 19, 1791 aimed at governing the rights of dramatic authors.
[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.
[RELIGION] || [EGLISE CATHOLIQUE].
Propre de l'Eglise royale et paroissiale de S. Paul, suivi de L'office du Saint Nom de Jésus, titulaire des deux compagnies de Charité.
Paris, Joseph Bullot, 1732.
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150 €
First edition.
Both texts in Latin and French on two columns.
Hanwritten note on the first endleaf, by the owner.
Procédure des Trois Anglais et autres, accusés d'avoir favorisé l'évasion de M. de Lavalette; leur caractère, leurs discours et leurs opinions.
Lille, Tiger, s.d. [v.1816].
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First edition.
CHAMPOLLION, Jean François.
Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens égyptiens, ou Recherches sur les élémens premiers de cette écriture sacrée.
Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1824.
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6000 €
First edition.
Deciphering of the hieroglyphic language by Champollion.
The Rosetta Stone, brought back by the Napoleonic expeditions to Egypt, gave the same text in three different languages, it is the key that gave Champollion the understanding of the language of the ancient Egyptians.
After laying down the principle of phonetic writing in 1822 in his Letter to M. Dacier, he continued his work and his demonstrations until he had an intimate knowledge of this language: "It is a complex system, a writing at the same time figurative, symbolic and phonetic, in the same text, the same sentence, I would almost say in the same word"
His Precis of the hieroglyphic system gives us with many examples an unprecedented understanding of hieroglyphs, thus cutting the grass under the feet of his opponents (and competitors) such as Thomas Young.
The discovery of Champollion suddenly gave humanity access to three millennia of its history.
TABET, Jacques.
Pour faire du Liban la Suisse du Levant.
Paris, Hamlot et Cie, 1924.
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150 €
First edition.
Presentation copy.
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.
[MANUSCRIT].
Philosophiae libeo primua logicam et methapi complectena.
s.l., s.n., [v. 1700].
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300 €
Original manuscript.
Philosophy course which classically takes up the teachings of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, there is for example a pretty drawing of the porphyry tree presenting the Aristotelian categories.
Divided into two parts (each complete): Logic and Metaphysics.
Writer, date and location unknown.
HAMELIN, Gabriel || LE CANU.
Philosophia.
[Caen], s.n., [v. 1730].
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Original manuscript.
Philosophy course given in Caen by Professor Le Canu (?) around 1730.
The writer was Gabriel François Hamelin de Préfosse (1713-1776) who was a doctor of medicine in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
[RELIURE MAROQUIN].
Petit Eucologe, ou livre d'Eglise, à l'usage des fidèles du Diocèse d'Auxerre.
Auxerre, François Fournie, 1746.
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Pleasant copy in morocco from the period of this Auxerre printing.
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).
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.
[GRUEL].
Paroissien romain d'après les imprimés français du XVème siècle.
Paris, Gruel Engelmann, 1858.
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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.
[MILITARIA].
Ordonnance Provisoire sur l'exercice et les manoeuvres de la cavalerie.
Paris, Magimel, 1810.
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The 1804 ordinance governs the doctrine of the use of cavalry in the Napoleonic armies, the manners of charging, the use of the sabre, etc. Our very complete copy of all the plates: musical scores, anatomy of the horse, uniforms of riders, troop movements.
SOUMET, Alexandre.
Oraison funèbre de Louis XVI.
Paris, Libraires du Palais Royal, 1817.
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Oration written by Alexandre Soumet who was the king's librarian at Saint-Cloud
Presentation copy.
HERNANDEZ DE MOREJON, Sebastián.
Oración fúnebre de las víctimas del dos de mayo.
[Zaragoza], En la Imprenta de Miedes, [1810].
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The Dos de Mayo uprising of 1808 is the name given to the rebellion of the people of Madrid against the occupation of the city by the French, and which spread throughout Spain. It marks the beginning of the Spanish War of Independence.
[BRICOGNE, Athanase-Jean-Baptiste].
Opinion et observations sur le budget de 1814, sur le budget de juin 1815, sur les différens systèmes de finances suivis en France depuis l'an VIII jusqu'au 8 juillet 1815. par un créancier de l'État.
Oaris, Pelicier, 1815.
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Athanase-Jean-Baptiste Bricogne (1779-1836) was a senior French civil servant and financier (first Treasury clerk and Receiver General of Finance). His name is best known because he was the author of numerous pamphlets and reviews on the management of France's finances during the Bourbon Restoration.
[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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Booklet written by Talleyrand (1754-1838, French statesman, appointed bishop of Autun in 1788) on the subject of the manufacture of coins.
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