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Photo [DE FOIX, Marc Antoine]. 

[DE FOIX, Marc Antoine]. 

L'Art d'élever un Prince. 

Paris, Vve Claude Thiboust, 1688.
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150 €

Collection of maxims supposed to be used for the education of the Duke of Burgundy.

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 [BAILLET, Pierre], DESCARTES. 

[BAILLET, Pierre], DESCARTES. 

La vie de Monsieur Descartes. 

Paris, Daniel Horthemels, 1691.
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2000 €

First edition. The best biography of Descartes, written by one of his contemporaries.

Rare in its contemporary morocco with arms on covers.

Photo [JANSÉNISME]. 

[JANSÉNISME]. 

Affaire de Douai : Recueil de 13 pièces. 

s.l., s.n., 1691-1692.
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450 €

Collection of pieces published during the Douai Affair, which opposed the Jesuits and Jansenists. This began in 1688 when Jacques Gilbert, professor at the theology faculty of Douai, was relieved of his duties and exiled by letter of cachet following a course given on "Grace" (a theme dear to the Jansenists).

Volume I :
– Avertissement touchant les plaintes de Mr. Arnauld (1691). (12) pages.
– Secrets du parti de Mr. Arnauld, découverts depuis peu. Troisième édition. (1692). (12)-71 pages.
– Lettres À Mr. Arnauld sur ses plaintes adressées à Monseigneur l’Evêque d’Arras [etc.]. (1691). 72 pages.
– Réponse du P. Payen de la Compagnie de Jésus à la troisième plainte de Monsieur Arnauld. Nouvelle Édition revue corrigée. [sans date.]. 24 pages.
– Remarques sur l’écrit intitulé, Relation sommaire de ce qui s’est passé dans l’affaire de quelques Théologiens de Doüay. Nouvelle Édition. (1692). 48 pages.
– Réponse d’un prélat de la Cour de Rome à la lettre d’un Abbé sur la Censure des 31 propositions. (1691). 24 pages.
Volume 2 :
– Plainte de Mr. Arnauld Docteur de Sorbonne, à Monseigneur l’Evesque d’Arras (1691). (2)- 68 pages.
– Seconde plainte de Mr. Arnauld Docteur de Sorbonne aux RR. PP. Jésuites. (1691). 43 pages.
– Troisième plainte de Mr. Arnauld Docteur de Sorbonne à son Altesse Monseigneur L’Evesque et Prince de Liège. (1691). 24 pages.
– Quatrième plainte de Mr. Arnauld Docteur de Sorbonne, aux RR. PP. Jésuites. (1692). 128 pages.
– Lettre de Mr. de Ligny à un de ses amis. (1692). 57 pages.
– Lettres du Faux-Arnauld à Mr. de Ligny. (1692). 36 pages.
– Le Vain triomphe des Jésuites. (1692). 45 pages.

Photo CHORIER, Nicolas. 

CHORIER, Nicolas. 

La Jurisprudence du célèbre conseiller et jurisconsulte Guy Pape, dans ses décisions avec plusieurs remarques importantes. 

Lyon, Jean Certe, 1692.
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300 €

First edition.
Guy Pape was a jurisconsult in the Dauphiné in the 15th century. Its jurisprudence remains a benchmark for the justice of the old regime.

Photo JEANNIN, Pierre. 

JEANNIN, Pierre. 

Les Négotiations de Monsieur le Président Jeannin. 

Amsterdam, Andre de Hoogenhutsen, 1695.
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500 €

Close to Henri IV, Pierre Jeannin will participate in the drafting of the Edict of Nantes.
He will express all his negotiating skills during the Franco-Savoyard war which he ended by negotiating the Treaty of Lyon.

One of the most important French works relating to diplomacy under the reign of King Henry IV.

Photo TREUVE, Simon Michel. 

TREUVE, Simon Michel. 

Le Directeur spirituel pour ceux qui n'en ont point. 

Paris, Elise Josset, 1695.
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350 €

Third edition.
Treuvé was one of the great apostles of Jansenist spirituality in the 18th century.
His Spiritual Director was a European success and had more than a hundred editions.
Rare copy in full red morocco of the time, without ornamentation, austere binding that one would easily qualify as Jansenist.

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 [LAMY, François]. 

[LAMY, François]. 

Le nouvel athéisme renversé, ou réfutation du sistême de Spinosa tirée pour la plupart de la conoissance de la nature de l'homme. 

Paris, Jean de Nully, 1696.
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900 €

Rare first edition in a morocco bilding with gilt arms on covers.

Photo BOICEAU, Jean || DANTY, N. 

BOICEAU, Jean || DANTY, N. 

Traité de la preuve par témoins en matière civile, contenant le commentaire de Me Jean Boiceau sur l'article 54 de l'ordonnance de Moulins. 

Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1697.
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150 €

First edition.
Book which largely takes up the work of Jean Boiceau de la Borderie on testimonial evidence.

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 [MANUSCRIT] [Congrégation de Notre Dame de Rheims]. 

[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.

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 LOHNER, Tobias. 

LOHNER, Tobias. 

Instruction practica quarta pastorum continens doctrinas, & industrias ad pastorale. 

Dillingen, Joann Caspari Bencard, 1701.
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250 €

Manual for priests.

Photo MOULINIER, Jean. 

MOULINIER, Jean. 

Le grand trésor des marchands, banquiers et négocians, des financiers, de la noblesse, et de tous Seigneurs tant Ecclesiastiques que Seculiers, du trésor royal, des Officiers de Robe & d’Épée, de la bourgeoisie, et des Arts et Mêtiers.
Avec un nouveau Traité sur le Commerce. 

Bordeaux, Simon de la Court, [1704].
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500 €

First edition.
Moulinier proposes a geometric method of calculating "Inner Discounts" as well as a new journal model for keeping double-entry accounting.
Rare work missing from usual bibliographies (Einaudi, Goldsmith)
Copy signed at the end.

Photo [HISTOIRE DE LA MEDECINE]. 

[HISTOIRE DE LA MEDECINE]. 

Etat général des unions faites des biens et revenus des maladeries, leproseries, aumoneries et autres lieux pieux aux hopitaux des pauvres malades. 

Paris, Denys Thierry, 1705.
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400 €

First edition.
In order to rationalize aid to the sick, the power of Louis XIV issued numerous decrees aimed at merging the various aid centers that existed at the time. Each town, district, religious order then had its own institution. This work contains, city by city, the institutions that must meet and the list of related edicts and decrees.

Photo BARBEYRAC, Jean. 

BARBEYRAC, Jean. 

Traité du jeu, où l'on examine les principales questions de droit naturel et de morale qui ont du rapport à cette
matière. 

Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1709.
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750 €

First edition.
Philosophical dissertation around the game, its dangers and its abuses all the moral, economic and social facets related to the practice of games are discussed. Barbeyrac writes at a key moment when the notion of chance (behind which hides divine intervention) gradually gives way to what will become a theory of games and probabilities.

Photo TRONCHAY, Michel. 

TRONCHAY, Michel. 

Vie de M. Lenain de Tillemont, avec des reflexions sur divers sujets de morale, et quelques lettres de pieté. 

Cologne, s.n., 1711.
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150 €

First edition.
Michel Tronchay (1668-1733) was for many years the secretary of the historian Lenain de Tillemont (1637-1698) with whom he worked on his monumental ecclesiastical history.
From this collaboration he draws this book of moral reflections very imbued with Jansenism.

Photo CHEVREAU, Urbain. 

CHEVREAU, Urbain. 

Histoire du Monde. 

Paris, Michel Clouzier, 1717.
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750 €

"The vast genius of our author has embraced & deepened the particular history of all the nations. It goes into the detail of all the Monarchies & of all the Republics. We see there the origin, the progress & the decadence of all the States "(extract from the preface).

Photo BORNIER, Philippe. 

BORNIER, Philippe. 

Conférences des ordonnances de Louis XIV [...] Avec les anciennes ordonnances du Royaume, le droit écrit & les arrêts. 

Paris, Chez les Associez choisis par ordre de sa Majesté, 1719.
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350 €

Numerous handwritten notes slipped in the text.

Photo Justinus (Justin) || Abrahamo Gronovio. 

Justinus (Justin) || Abrahamo Gronovio. 

Justini Historiae Philippicae cum integris commentariis Jac. Bongarsii, Franc. Modii, Matth. Bernecceri, M. Z. Boxhornii, Is. Vossii, J. Fr. Gronovii, J. G. Graevii, T. Fabri, J. Vorstii, J. Schefferi, et excerptis aliorum. Curante Abrahamo Gronovio. 

Lugduni Batavorum [Leyde], Theodorum Haak, 1719.
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100 €

This book deals with ancient history and was written by Justinus, a Roman historian of the 3rd/ 4th century AD.
Latin text.

Photo ÉRASME || GUEUDEVILLE, Nicolas (trad.). 

ÉRASME || GUEUDEVILLE, Nicolas (trad.). 

Les Colloques d'Érasme. 

Leide, Pierre vander Aa & Boudouin Jansson vander Aa, 1720.
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400 €

First edition of this translation by Gueudeville of the famous Colloquies of Erasmus, a collection of satirical and moral dialogues written by the great Dutch humanist of the 16th century. These texts, both erudite and accessible, aim to instruct while entertaining, by denouncing the failings of the society and the Church of his time. This edition is sought after for the engravings in the style of Hooge placed at the head of the chapters.

Photo DAMOREAU, Estienne. 

DAMOREAU, Estienne. 

Traité des négociations de banque et des monnoyes étrangères. 

Paris, Guillaume Cavelier-Pissot, 1727.
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400 €

First edition.

A practical book for bankers, traders and merchants working in Europe at the beginning of the 18th century. Its subjects are numismatics, the explanation of exchange rates and conversions and the explanation of bank negotiations, illustrated by many plates.

Photo VOLTAIRE. 

VOLTAIRE. 

La Henriade. On y a ajouté la critique de ce poème.
[relié à la suite] :
- Essai sur les Guerres civiles de France. 1729. De Merville , La Haye. 

La Haye, Gosse Néaulme, 1728.
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200 €

First edition in french of the "l'essai sur les guerres civiles de France. ".

Photo [HOET, Gérard] || [PICART, Bernard] || [HONDT, Pieter de] || [SAURIN, Pierre] ||. 

[HOET, Gérard] || [PICART, Bernard] || [HONDT, Pieter de] || [SAURIN, Pierre] ||. 

Figures de la Bible. Taferelen der voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het oude en nieuwe testament. 

La Haye, Pieter de Hondt, 1728.
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6000 €

First edition.
One of the most beautiful illustrations of the Bible in the eighteenth century.
This remarkable iconograph of the Bible in which Gérard Hoet and Bernard Picart mainly participated includes 214 full-page plates (29 double-page), the legend of which is written in Hebrew, English, German, Latin, French and Dutch.
The two frontispieces are captioned in French, the rest of the text is written in Dutch. Each chapter ends with a beautiful engraved cul-de-lampe.
This set of prints was first started by Picart in 1720 with the assistance of the Dutch painter Gérard Hoet, for what would undoubtedly become the pinnacle of the "Figures of the Bible". The Figures of the Bible are collections of engravings, which represent or signify Scripture through cycles of prints covering the entire Bible, a single Testament, or even a single biblical book. It is a genre that became popular with printing in the sixteenth century.
Pierre de Hondt, recovers the engravings of Picart, who with his multilingual legends already had a desire for European distribution, to accompany texts by Pierre Saurin (cf. Brunet). Everything is newly decorated with typographic ornaments.

Beautiful copy of Talleyrand at Chateau de Valençay with his ex libris in each volume.

Photo LOCKE, John. 

LOCKE, John. 

Essai philosophique concernant l'entendement humain, où l'on montre qu'elle est l'étendue de nos connoissances certaines, et la manière dont nous y parvenons. 

Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1729.
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300 €

Second edition augmented of the french translation.
Major work by John Locke in which he develops an empiricist theory of knowledge that opposes the innate ideas of Descartes.

Photo HAMELIN, Gabriel || LE CANU. 

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.

Photo [RELIGION] || [EGLISE CATHOLIQUE]. 

[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.

Photo LA CLEDE, Nicolas (de). 

LA CLEDE, Nicolas (de). 

Histoire générale de Portugal. 

Paris, Theodore le Gras, 1735.
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600 €

First edition in-12 published at the same time as the quarto edition.
Very complete set of three folding maps (two for Portugal, one for Brazil).

Photo [MAROQUIN]. 

[MAROQUIN]. 

Manuel du Chrétien. 

Cologne, Aux dépens de la compagnie, 1740.
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150 €
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