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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 [FRIEDEL, Louise Béate Augustine]. 

[FRIEDEL, Louise Béate Augustine]. 

La Petite Cuisinière habile ou l'Art d'apprêter les alimens avec délicatesse et économie;
Suivi d'un Traité sur les Confitures et sur la Conservation des Fruits et Légumes les plus estimés. 

Paris, Freidel et Gasc, 1825.
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50 €

Poor copy.

Photo CHATEAUBRIAND, François René de. 

CHATEAUBRIAND, François René de. 

Note sur la Grèce. 

Paris, Le Normant père, 1825.
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450 €

First edition.

Photo CHAMPOLLION, Jean François. 

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.

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 MASSILLON, Jean-Baptiste. 

MASSILLON, Jean-Baptiste. 

Oeuvres choisies de Massillon. 

Paris, Delestre-Boulage, 1823-1825.
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300 €

Beautiful copy for this edition bringing together Massillon's sermons.
Jean-Baptiste Massillon (1663-1742) was bishop of Clermont and academician, he is often compared to Bourdaloue and Bossuet.

Voltaire, who had Le Petit Carême read to him during his meals, said of him: “The preacher who knew the world best; more flowery than Bourdaloue, more pleasant, and whose eloquence smacks of the man of the court, the academician, and the man of wit; moreover, a moderate and tolerant philosopher. ».

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FOURIER, Charles. 

Traité de l'association domestique-agricole (T1) (+) Sommaire du traité de l'association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. 

Bossange, Paris, 1822.
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750 €

First edition.
Copy signed by the author.
This treatise was intended, in the author's mind, to replace his theory of the four movements, the publication of which had met with little success.
He describes in a more practical way the phase of Harmony, in fact, it is the Rule (in the monastic sense) of his Phalanstery. Man is total there: cultivating his vegetable garden in the morning, composing poems in the afternoon, craftsman in the evening. Life is very finely regulated there: constant activity, dietetics (which he calls Gastrosophy), sexuality. Among the Fourierists, the union is free, each lustful preference accepted, but taxonomic passion of the moment, each sexual taste is classified, subdivided, organized... Fourier thus defines seventy-six types of cuckolding...
With the Supplement to the foreword paginated LXV-LXXX which is found in few copies.

Bound after, the rare "Sommaire" :
[FOURIER, Charles]. Sommaire du traité de l'association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. Paris, Bossange, 1823. 16-[1329-1448] pages. Bound without the first (instruction pour le vendeur ...) and last (appendice aux conclusions) leaves, as well as leaves B8-8E found in some copies between pages 8 and 9.

Photo [MUSSET-PATAY, Victor Donatien de]. 

[MUSSET-PATAY, Victor Donatien de]. 

Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de J.- J. Rousseau. 

Paris, J. L. J. Brière, 1822.
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90 €

Bibliographical book on Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).

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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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450 €

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.

Photo RICORD, Alexandre. 

RICORD, Alexandre. 

Les Fastes de la Comédie française, et portraits des plus célèbres acteurs qui se sont illustrés, et de ceux qui s'illustrent encore sur notre théâtre ; précédés d'un aperçu sur sa situation présente, et sur les moyens propres à prévenir sa ruine. 

Paris, Alexandre, 1821-1822.
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200 €

First edition.
Interesting compilation of biographies of actors from the Comédie Française. Ricord was notably director of the Gaité theater.

Photo [DEPUTES ULTRAROYALISTES]. 

[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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750 €

First edition.
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.

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 [DUCANCEL, Charles-Pierre]. 

[DUCANCEL, Charles-Pierre]. 

La Bibliothèque royaliste. 

[Paris], [Gide], 1819.
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500 €

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

Photo [MOSSE, J.-M]. 

[MOSSE, J.-M]. 

Chronique de Paris, ou Le Spectateur moderne, contenant des tableaux des moeurs et usages, caractères, anecdotes et ridicules du jour ; des mélanges polémiques et critiques sur un grand nombre d'hommes de lettres et d'écrits de ce temps ; des révélations de plagiats ; des petites nouvelles et faits singuliers concernant les lettres, les beaux-arts, les théâtres, les journaux, les modes, etc. 

Paris, Au bureau de la chronique, 1819.
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250 €

First edition.
Rare royalist gazette adorned with a beautiful plate of political caricature.
Our volume includes the first three issues, only published.
Talleyrand's copy.

Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 

[DELBARE, François Thomas]. 

L'Observateur royaliste, ou Annales destinées à servir à l'histoire secrète de la Révolution depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours. 

Paris, Gide fils, 1819.
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1500 €

First edition.
Rare royalist gazette adorned with a beautiful plate of political caricature.
This engraving is very inspired by the work of the englishman James Gillray, we will particularly note the use of speech bubbles which only became the norm in France at the end of the 19th century.
Our volume includes the first three issues, only published.
Talleyrand's copy.

Photo PETIT RADEL, Louis Charles François. 

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 €

First edition.
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.

Photo PASCAL, Blaise. 

PASCAL, Blaise. 

Les provinciales. 

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1819.
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50 €
Photo MARINER, William || MARTIN, John. 

MARINER, William || MARTIN, John. 

Histoire des naturels des îles Tonga ou des Amis, situées dans l'océan Pacifique, depuis leur découverte par le capitaine Cook. 

Paris, Gide fils, 1817.
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400 €

First french edition.
Embarked as a cabin boy on the Port au Prince which trades between America and the Pacific Islands. Mariner landed in 1806 at Lifuka, Tonga. Attacked by local populations, most of the crew lost their lives. William Mariner was, however, taken in by the future king of Tonga: Finau Ulukalala. An ethnologist before his time, he learned their language and was interested in their customs. Adopted by Finau to replace his deceased son, William Mariner took the name Toki'Ukamea as well as several wives who gave him twelve children in four years. Back in England his testimony remains one of the main sources of knowledge of the pre-Christian society of Tonga.

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.

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 LA HARPE, Jean-Francois. 

LA HARPE, Jean-Francois. 

Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile et de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré; les moeurs des habitans, la religion, les usages, arts et sciences, commerce et manufactures. 

Paris, Ledoux et Tenré, 1816.
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600 €
Photo COMPTES RENDUS PAR LES MINISTRES. 

COMPTES RENDUS PAR LES MINISTRES. 

Comptes rendus par les ministres pour les années 1814 et 1815. 

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1816.
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90 €

First edition.

This work is an account of France's finances in 1814 and 1815, a troubled time during which Napoleon I abdicated (11 April 1814) and was exiled and the return of the monarchy with Louis XVIII.

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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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50 €

First edition.

Photo [BRICOGNE, Athanase-Jean-Baptiste]. 

[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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150 €

Third edition.

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.

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 HERNANDEZ DE MOREJON, Sebastián. 

HERNANDEZ DE MOREJON, Sebastián. 

Oración fúnebre de las víctimas del dos de mayo. 

[Zaragoza], En la Imprenta de Miedes, [1810].
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200 €

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.

Photo [MILITARIA]. 

[MILITARIA]. 

Ordonnance Provisoire sur l'exercice et les manoeuvres de la cavalerie. 

Paris, Magimel, 1810.
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220 €

Second edition.
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.

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MALTHUS, Thomas. 

Essai sur le principe de population ou exposé des effets passés et présens de l'action de cette cause sur le bonheur du genre humain; suivi de quelques recherches relatives à l'espérance de guérir ou d'adoucir les maux qu'elle entraine. 

Paris, J.J. Paschoud, 1809.
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1000 €

First edition in french.
Main work of Malthus translated into French by Pierre Prevost on the fourth English edition.
At the origin of Malthusianism which advocates a voluntary restriction of births so that population growth remains in line with the growth of wealth.

Photo FOURIER, Charles. 

FOURIER, Charles. 

Théorie des Quatre Mouvemens et des Destinées Générales. Prospectus et Annonce de la Découverte. 

Leipzig [Lyon], [Pelzin], 1808.
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3500 €

First edition.
Founding work of Fourierism.
It is in this book that Charles Fourier sets out for the first time his theories on the organization of human societies. Discoveries, which, according to him, is on a par with Newton's theory of gravitation. Fourier defines four phases of universal history (ascending chaos, ascending plenitude, descending plenitude, descending chaos), each phase subdivided into a multitude of times. Humanity is currently going through the fifth time of the first phase: Civilization. The revelation to humanity of "passionate attraction" will bring about Harmony, a phase of bliss in which Fourier's Utopia is realized.
When it was published, no one understood anything about this work, riddled with neologisms, divisions and subdivisions, extravagant considerations... the press passed over the book in silence and Fourier, annoyed that he was not recognized as a Genius, would not publish again for fourteen years.

Rare untouched copy.

Photo FOURIER, Charles. 

FOURIER, Charles. 

Théorie des Quatre Mouvemens et des Destinées Générales. Prospectus et Annonce de la Découverte. 

Leipzig [Lyon], [Pelzin], 1808.
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2000 €

First edition.
Founding work of Fourierism. It is in this book that Charles Fourier sets out for the first time his theories on the organization of human societies. Discoveries, which, according to him, is on a par with Newton's theory of gravitation. They must lead Humanity to a state of universal Harmony.

Some handwritten corrections.

Bound with is a rare brochure by Fourier:

[FOURIER], Mnémonique géographique ou méthode pour apprendre en peu de leçons la géographie, la statistique et la politique. Paris, Impr. Carpentier-Méricourt, [1824]. 15-(1) pages.
"Brand-new views on the teaching of one of the positive sciences, formerly cultivated, that Fourier was most fond of. The procedures he indicates, and particularly that of the Theory of Causes in Creation, are related to his system of Universal Unity. This piece is very curious. " (notice from the 'catalogue raisonné de l'école sociétaire', 1842).

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