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Photo [LIVRE d'HEURES ENLUMINÉ]. 

[LIVRE d'HEURES ENLUMINÉ]. 

Livre d’Heures à l’usage de Paris. 

s.l., s.n., [circa 1420].
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33000 €

From a follower of the Boucicaut Master.

The painter uses an extensive palette with sharp contrasts, and does not hesitate to use a bright minium red that he contrasts with the blues and greens in the happiest of ways.
The abstract backgrounds and the systematic use of a grassy ground, give to the whole manuscript a beautiful coherence and a great elegance.

Some of the preserved paintings, such as those of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Crucifixion, and St. Margaret, bear witness to the artist's talent and the high quality of this manuscript.

It should be noted that the composition of the The Flight into Egypt is closely mirrors of a Boucicaut composition.

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Photo D'AQUIN, Thomas. 

D'AQUIN, Thomas. 

Summa de veritate celeberrimi doctoris sancte Thome Aquinatis. 

Coloniae Agrippinae, Quentell, 1508.
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2500 €

Post-incunable edition.
The most famous work of St Thomas Aquinas, which brings together 29 questions on the truth, and 253 articles of answers. These disputed issues correspond to the first disputes led by Thomas Aquinas as master of theology at the University of Paris during the academic year 1256–1257, when Thomas Aquinas was a young professor. He exposes the different modes of truth according to being.

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 CHASSENEUZ, Barthélémy de. 

CHASSENEUZ, Barthélémy de. 

Le Grant Coustumier de Bourgogne. 

Paris, François Regnault, 1534-1535.
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4000 €

Completely revised and expanded edition of the custom of Burgundy by Chasseneuz.

A book on the origins of French law.
Chasseneuz's comments on customary law in Burgundy draw heavily on Roman law. Following him, other authors will revise local customary rights, such as Bouhier with the Customs of Berry. At the beginning of the 16th century, all customary law was thus reviewed and put back in order, constituting a legal corpus which would serve as the basis for the great reform of the Napoleonic Code.
"The appearance of his book was an event in the legal world. Its success soon exceeded the limits of Burgundy. [...] We saluted, in its author, the man who, the first, had just introduced the light of Roman law in the chaos of local customs." PIGNOT, "A Jurisconsult in the Sixteenth Century: Barthélemy de Chasseneuz", Larose, 1880

Beautiful Gothic print on two columns embellished with initials and 7 full-page engravings of inheritance trees. The completely revised edition of 1534 appears with a sequel, dated 1535 and with its own title page, listing all the additions to the Commentaries of Chasseneuz published in 1517 and 1528.

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 DION CASSIUS [Jean Xiphilin]. 

DION CASSIUS [Jean Xiphilin]. 

Dionis Nicaei Rerum Romanarum à Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae, Epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino. Ex bibliotheca Regia. 

Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551.
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1200 €

Copy in an attractive reused binding which was originally intended to cover a slightly thicker volume.
Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80.

Photo LEON L'AFRICAIN [Leo Africanus, Johannes (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi).]. 

LEON L'AFRICAIN [Leo Africanus, Johannes (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi).]. 

De Totius Africae descriptione, libri IX.
Quibus non solùm Africae regionum, insularum, & oppidorum fitus, locorum q intreualla accuratè complexus est, sed Regum familius, bellorum causas &euentus, resq. In ea memorabiles, tam à seipso diligente obseruatione indagatas, q in veris Maurorum Annalib. Memoriae traditas, copiose descripsit, recéns in Latinam linguam conuersi Ioan. Floriano Interprete. 

Anvers, Ioan. Latium, 1556.
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Rare first latin edition of this famous description of Africa.
Born Al Hassan Ibn Mahommed Al Wezaz Al Fasi probably in Granada in about 1494, the author received a great part of his education at Fez, later travelling through most of northern Africa between 1507-1520.
He undertook his most famous series of journeys across the Sahara into modern day Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad between 1513 and 1515.
Later he travelled to Constantinople and Egypt, and while travelling home from there in 1520 was captured by pirates and presented to Pope Leo X in Rome.
There he converted to Christianity, was baptized and adopted his Christian name.
First published in Italian in 1550, this first Latin edition was the basis for the English translation of 1600.

A complete copy, with the 2 final blank leaves often missing and in a contemporary binding.

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[BIBLE]. 

Biblia Sacra. 

Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1581.
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950 €

Edition given by Guillaume Rouille (or Rouville) one of the most famous printers of Lyon. The work is decorated with two series of vignettes engraved by Pierre Eskrich, i.e. 269 vignettes for the Old Testament and 160 vignettes for the New Testament.

Photo DE SAINCT JULIEN, Pierre. 

DE SAINCT JULIEN, Pierre. 

De L'Origine des Bourgongnons, et antiquité des estats de Bourgongne. 

Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, 1581.
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2800 €

First edition.
One of the most sought after books on the history of Burgundy.

Complete copy with all the plates representing the cities of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mascon, Chalon sur Saone and Tournus.

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LIPSIO, Giusto. 

Iusti Lipsi Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex [suivi de] Ad Libros Politicorum breves notae [suivi de] Adversus dialogistam liber de una religione. 

Lyon, Gabiano, 1594.
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250 €

Set of three books on the philosophy of law by Giusto Lipsio (Justus Lipsius; 1547-1606) Flemish humanist, philologist and philosopher.

Photo [BRISSON, Barnabé || HOTMAN, François || DUPRAT, Pardoux ]. 

[BRISSON, Barnabé || HOTMAN, François || DUPRAT, Pardoux ]. 

Lexicon juridicum, Hoc est, Juris civilis et canonici in schola at que soro usitatarum vocum penus. Ex antiquis & recentioribus jurisconsultis de Lexigraphis [.] Brissonii, Hotmani, Prateii. 

[Genève], Jacob Stoer, 1599.
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500 €

Second edition.
The aim of the Lexicon juridicum is to offer a collection of specific terms and expressions used in the field of law and extracted from the works of the most renowned jurisconsults. Its ambition is nothing less than to offer students a work that is as dense as it is convenient.

The Reformed publisher Jacob Stoer chose the form of a dictionary-like compilation of the works of the jurisconsults Brisson, Hotman and Duprat.

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BESSE, Pierre de. 

L' Héraclite chrestien c'est a dire les regrets & les larmes du pêcheur penitent. 

Paris, Nicolas du Fossé, 1612.
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450 €

First edition.
Pierre de Besse, preacher from the beginning of the 17th century was inspired by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, whose legend, peddled by Diogenes Laerce, said that he was perpetually in tears in front of the fate of men to draw from it a Christian Heraclitus desperate for the sins of the Men.
He will publish 3 years later the "Christian Democrite" showing a hilarious Democrite in front of the world as it is.

These two books did a lot to popularize the archetypes of a weeping Heraclitus and a laughing Democritus, which can be found in many works of art throughout the 17th century. One thinks in particular of the "Weeping Philosopher" of Rubens painted around 1636, or the Democrites of Velasquez and Rembrandt.

Engravings by Leonard Gaultier, famous french painter.

Photo [MALINGRE, Claude]. 

[MALINGRE, Claude]. 

Histoire de Louys XIII. Roy de France et de Navarre : contenant les choses mémorables arriuees, tant en France qu'és pays estrangers, durant le temps de l'auguste régence de la reyne sa mere, & depuis sa majorité [...]. 

Paris, Jean Petit-Pas, 1616.
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300 €

First edition.

This book deals with the very beginning of the reign of Louis XIII (1601-1643) known as "Le Juste", son of Henri IV and Marie de Médicis.

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FUSY, Antoine. 

Le Franc Archer de la vraye église, contre les abus et énormités de la fausse. 

s.l., Aux dépens de l'autheur, 1619.
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1200 €

First edition.
Antoine Fusy, Jesuit and professor at the Sorbonne is at the beginning of the 17th century in breach of ban with his order. The Jesuit preachers indeed defended the merits of tyrannicide, which was an undisguised threat to the King of France who protected the Protestants of the kingdom.
While Henri IV was assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, Fusy went into exile in Geneva in 1619 and converted to Protestantism.
He wrote there this very violent pamphlet towards the Roman Church, whose style is sometimes quite raw.

Photo FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus et alii. 

FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus et alii. 

Historiae Romanae epitome. 

Amsterdam, Guibel Lanss Caesius, 1625.
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500 €

Selections from Roman Historians.

Rare binding with the arms of François-Auguste de Thou (1604-1642), his coat of arms on the covers, flies on the boxes. Eldest son of Jacques-Auguste de Thou, François-Auguste succeeded his father as Grand Master of the King's Library in 1617. take an active part in it himself; he was however condemned to death in Lyon and beheaded on September 12, 1642 on the Place des Terreaux. He had inherited his father's library, which he kept carefully and which passed after his death to his younger brother, Jacques-Auguste. He had the volumes struck, the paternal collection of which he augmented with the simple arms of the de Thou.

Photo TOURNET, Jean. 

TOURNET, Jean. 

Coustumes de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. 

Paris, Gervais Alliot, 1627.
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350 €

Second edition.
The version commented by Jean Tournet of the Coutume de Paris will be the legal reference throughout the seventeenth century.
The Coustumes de Paris, revised in 1605, constitute the body of legal texts which will apply to the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Paris (and therefore almost to all of France) until the drafting of the Napoleonic Civil Code. They are, moreover, one of the major sources of inspiration for the Civil Code.

Photo FABRO, Antonio || [ FAVRE, Antoine ]. 

FABRO, Antonio || [ FAVRE, Antoine ]. 

Codex Fabrianus definitionum forensum et rerum in sacro sabaudiae senatu tractatarum, ad ordinem titulorum codicis iustinianei, et in novem libros distributus. 

Coloniae Allobrogum [Cologny], Petrum & Iacobum Chouër, 1628.
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The "Codex Fabrianus" or "Fabrian Code" is the best known book by Antoine Favre (1557-1624, jurist, French lawyer).
This collection of jurisprudence consisting of judgments from the decisions of the Savoy Senate, first published in 1606, was written to help lawyers in their work, through its practical use, and to avoid contradictory decisions.

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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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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.

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SUETONE. 

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

Paris, e typographia regia, 1644.
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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.

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COMMINES, Philippe de. 

Les Mémoires De Messire Philippe De Commines, Sr. D'Argenton. 

Leide, les Elzeviers, 1648.
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950 €
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 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.

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MONTRESOR, Claude de Bourdeille de. 

Mémoires de monsieur de Montresor. Diverses pièces durant le ministère du Cardinal de Richelieu. Relation de Monsieur de Fontrailles. 

Leyde, Jean Sambix, 1667.
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Claude de Bourdeille, Count of Montrésor (1606-1663) favorite of Gaston d'Orléans played a role in many intrigues and plots of the seventeenth century. He participated in particular in the Cinq-Mars plot to assassinate Richelieu.

Photo DESCARTES, René. 

DESCARTES, René. 

Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité dans les sciences.
Plus la Dioptrique et les Météores qui sont des essais de cette méthode. 

Paris, Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras, 1668.
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The true third edition with the privilège dated 28 avril 1668.

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).

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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 [BUY, Félix]. 

[BUY, Félix]. 

L'histoire en abrégé du cinquième Concile général, Avec une disertation sur l'origénisme. 

Paris, M. Le Prest, 1679.
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First edition.

This book is about theology. It was written by Felix Buy (1637-1687), doctor of theology and philosophy.
The second text deals with Origenism (set of Christian theological positions attributed to Origen in the context of controversies that have left traces in the history of councils and Byzantine theology).

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 DESCARTES, René. 

DESCARTES, René. 

Les Principes de la philosophie de René Descartes. 

Paris, Nicolas Le Gras, 1681.
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250 €

Fourth edition.
"The Principles of Philosophy" by René Descartes is a fundamental work of Western philosophy. In this treatise, Descartes sets out his vision of the world, based on metaphysical and physical principles. He develops his method of doubt, his famous "cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), and his conceptions on the nature of the soul and the body.

Photo MALEBRANCHE, Nicolas. 

MALEBRANCHE, Nicolas. 

Entretiens sur la Metaphysique & sur la Religion. 

Rotterdam, Reiner Leers, 1688.
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300 €

First edition.
The Entretiens sur la métaphysique et sur la religion are the most accomplished of all Malebranche's works. A true literary work, demonstrating a magnificent mastery of the art of dialogue, these fourteen conversations are a model of pedagogy.

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