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Photo CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis. 

CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis. 

Oeuvres Complètes d'Augustin Cauchy publiées sous la direction scientifique de l'Académie des Sciences. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1882-1974.
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3500 €

First collective edition of the works of Cauchy

A monumental publication spanning a century.

With nearly 800 publications, Cauchy is one of the most prolific mathematicians in history. His research covers all areas of mathematics of the period.

Photo DELAUNAY, Charles-Eugène. 

DELAUNAY, Charles-Eugène. 

Cours élémentaire de mécanique théorique et appliquée. 

Paris, Garnier, 1867.
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30 €
Photo FIGUIER, Louis. 

FIGUIER, Louis. 

La Terre et les mers ou description physique du globe. 

Paris, Hachette et cie, 1864.
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30 €

Popularization book containing 170 vignettes and 20 physical maps.

Photo LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis, comte de. 

LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis, comte de. 

Méchanique analitique. 

Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1788.
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6000 €

First edition of Lagrange's masterpiece, the foundation of modern mechanics, second in importance to Newton's Principia.


A precious copy that belonged to Gaspard de Prony (1755-1839), with his bookplate on the title page and on the first leaf of volume 2.
Following the death of Lagrange, who had already printed the first sheets, Gaspard de Prony was entrusted with overseeing the printing of the second volume of the second edition of the'Méchanique analitique'.

His copy of Lagrange's work was bound in two volumes, with a blank leaf added to each page.
Only the leaf following page 14 was used for taking notes. There are also a few rare notes in pencil directly onto the text.
Some notes were trimmed during the binding process (second half of the nineteenth century). (Writer unidentified).

Photo LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis. 

LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis. 

Oeuvres de Lagrange publiées par les soins de M. J.-A. Serret. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1867-1892.
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3500 €

The first seven volumes, in second edition and printed on vergé paper, are bound in with delicassy with the coat of arms of the Marquis
de Laplace, and were offered to Louis Crussard (1876-1959), a student who graduated top major if the École Polytechnique in 1897. In 1898, he entered the École nationale supérieure des mines in Paris as a student engineer in the Corps des Mines and graduated in 1901. He was the co-founder of the École nationale supérieure des mines in Nancy.

The prize was founded by Madame la Marquise de Laplace, at the expense of the State and by order of Louis-Philippe. It contained these seven volumes.
The following seven volumes, in the original edition, complete the series of Laplace's works.

Laplace, nicknamed the "French Newton", is one of the most brilliant scientific figures of his time. He is behind the most profound advances in astronomy, mathematics, physics and in the probability theory.
The first five volumes are devoted to Celestial Mechanics, the next two to the World System and the Probability Theory. The last seven volumes consist of Laplace's Memoirs at the Académie des Sciences and articles published in scientific journals such as the Journal de l'École Polytechnique.

Photo LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis. 

LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis. 

Théorie des fonctions analytiques, contenant les principes du calcul différentiel dégagés de toute considération d'infiniment petits ou d'évanouissans, de limites ou de fluxions, et réduits à l'analyse algébrique des quantités finies. 

Paris, Imprimerie de la République, An V [1797].
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3000 €

First edition, the rare first issue with 277 pages and an errata at the end.
Norman mentionned two issues, ours (variant B with 277 pages and and other, variant A with 276 pages.
Version B s priority is confirmed by the fact that, in Version A the errata listed in Version B have been corrected.

Photo LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon, de. 

LAPLACE, Pierre-Simon, de. 

Oeuvres complètes de Laplace. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1878-1886 / 1891-1912.
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3000 €

The first seven volumes, in second edition and printed on vergé paper, are bound in with delicassy with the coat of arms of the Marquis
de Laplace, and were offered to Louis Crussard (1876-1959), a student who graduated top major if the École Polytechnique in 1897. In 1898, he entered the École nationale supérieure des mines in Paris as a student engineer in the Corps des Mines and graduated in 1901. He was the co-founder of the École nationale supérieure des mines in Nancy.

The prize was founded by Madame la Marquise de Laplace, at the expense of the State and by order of Louis-Philippe. It contained these seven volumes.
The following seven volumes, in the original edition, complete the series of Laplace's works.

Laplace, nicknamed the "French Newton", is one of the most brilliant scientific figures of his time. He is behind the most profound advances in astronomy, mathematics, physics and in the probability theory.
The first five volumes are devoted to Celestial Mechanics, the next two to the World System and the Probability Theory. The last seven volumes consist of Laplace's Memoirs at the Académie des Sciences and articles published in scientific journals such as the Journal de l'École Polytechnique.

Photo BECQUEREL, Antoine Henri. 

BECQUEREL, Antoine Henri. 

Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière : activité radiante spontanée ou radioactivité de la matière. 

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1903.
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1800 €

First edition.
Discovery of radioactivity.
Article published in volume 46 of the Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, which is entirely devoted to him, in which Henri Becquerel gathered all his experiments on radioactivity since 1896.
The first part is devoted to his work on uranium radiation during the years 1896 and 1897. The second, his work since 1898, which was fueled by the discoveries of Pierre and Marie Curie, on Polonium and Radium.
The three scientists will share the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year, 1903.
The third part of the work is a bibliography of more than 200 works on radioactivity.

Photo POISSON, Siméon-Denis. 

POISSON, Siméon-Denis. 

Nouvelle théorie de l'action capillaire, servant d'introduction à un Traité de physique mathématique. 

Paris, Bachelier père et fils, 1831.
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1500 €

First edition.
Prize copy for Concours général of Paris.

Photo CARNOT, Lazare. 

CARNOT, Lazare. 

Essai sur les machines en général. [Bound after:] Principes fondamentaux de l'équilibre et du mouvement. 

Dijon, Defay, 1786.
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1500 €

First edition, second issue.
Only two copies of the first edition, dated 1782, are known. This 'Nouvelle édition' is, in fact, the first edition, second issue: it differs from the first only by a cancel title and the addition (in some copies) of an errata leaf.

The Essay was a precursor to the concept of conservation of work (or "motive power"), predating the formal formulation of the first law of thermodynamics.
The Essay on Machines, by the father, is the crucible in which Sadi Carnot, the son, would found a new science in 1824: thermodynamics.

Bound with :
- CARNOT, Principes fondamentaux de l'équilibre et du mouvement, Paris, Deterville, 1803
xxii-262-(1) pages et 2 planches.
- BIOT, Analyse du traité de mécanique céleste de P.S. Laplace, Paris, Duprat, An IX [1801]
(2)-93 pages.
- BIOT, Essai sur l'histoire générale des sciences pendant la révolution française, Paris, Duprat, 1803
(4)-83 pages
- Discours prononcé à l'ouverture du lycée de Clérmont, Clermont, Landriot, 8 février 1808
23 pages.

Photo NEWTON, Isaac. 

NEWTON, Isaac. 

Traité d'optique sur les réflexions, réfractions, inflexions et les couleurs de la lumière. 

Amsterdam, Humbert, 1720.
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1500 €

First french edition.
Work in which Newton sets forth his theory of light, the study of refraction and diffraction of light. It notably includes his famous experiments on the decomposition of light through a prism, establishing that white light is composed of a multitude of colours.

Photo VARELA, Francisco. 

VARELA, Francisco. 

Principles of Biological Autonomy. 

New York, North-Holland, 1979.
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1500 €

First edition.

Francisco Varela (1946 - 2001) was a Chilean neurobiologist whose work in theoretical biology and cognitive science had an influence far exceeding his initial fields of study and thus influenced the field of artificial intelligence research.

Francisco Varela’s Principles of Biological Autonomy was a groundbreaking text when it was first published in 1979, putting forth a novel theory of how living systems produce and maintain themselves.

This foundational book introduces the key concept of autonomy derived as an elaboration of the idea of autopoiesis (the self-production and self-distinction) of living organisms.

Varela covers topics in systems theory, neuroscience, theories of perception, and immune networks and offers a participatory epistemology that goes on to be further developed in later enactive literature. (The MIT Press, 2025).

These ideas are compelling not only for historical reasons but also because they still illuminate current efforts in developing the enactive approach toward wider and more challenging goals (including language, human cognition, ethics, and environmentalism).

Varela’s ideas continue to shape cognitive science through the ongoing development of the enactive approach, which today encompasses accounts of various aspects of cognition and is becoming an increasingly influential framework. Yet it’s often forgotten how deeply Varela’s work was grounded in a conception of biological autonomy. So much so, in fact, that the label enactivism is frequently invoked without reference to its foundational commitment to autonomy.

Photo CLAIRAUT, Alexis. 

CLAIRAUT, Alexis. 

Théorie de la figure de la terre tirée des principes de l'hydrostatique. 

Paris, David fils, 1743.
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1200 €

First edition.
Clairaut's major work in which he demonstrates the theorem, known as "Clairaut's theorem", which relates the geometric flattening f on the surface of a rotating ellipsoid to a kinetic quantity (the geodynamic form factor J2) and to a dynamic quantity q, representing the ratio of centrifugal force to gravity at the equator. He thus mathematically demonstrates Newton's intuition of an Earth flattened at the poles.

Photo MOUCHOT, Augustin. 

MOUCHOT, Augustin. 

La Chaleur solaire et ses applications industrielles. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1869.
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1200 €

First edition.
Pioneering book on solar energy, one of the first entirely devoted to the subject.
Augustin Mouchot (1825-1912) was a French inventor and engineer, a pioneer in solar energy. His book La chaleur solaire et ses applications industrielles (Solar Heat and Its Industrial Applications) is a major work detailing his research and inventions for capturing and utilizing solar energy. Mouchot is famous for developing solar collectors and steam engines powered by solar energy, thus anticipating the importance of renewable energy by several decades. This book, illustrated with 35 engravings, is an essential resource for the history of solar technology and 19th-century engineering, presenting concepts that are still relevant today.

Presentation copy to Jean Gustave Bourbouze (1825-1889).

Photo FOURIER, Jean Baptiste Joseph || DARBOUX, Gaston. 

FOURIER, Jean Baptiste Joseph || DARBOUX, Gaston. 

Oeuvres de Fourier publiées par les soins de M. Gaston Darboux, sous les auspices du Ministère de l'Instruction Publique. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1888-1890.
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1000 €

First edition of the works of Fourier.

Photo MONTUCLA, Jean-Étienne. 

MONTUCLA, Jean-Étienne. 

Histoire des mathématiques, dans laquelle on rend compte de leurs progrès depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours. 

Paris, Henri Agasse, 1799-1802.
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950 €

Most complete edition in 4 volumes.
The first edition was published in 2 volumes, Montucla was to complete it with a third but died before its publication. It is Jérôme De La Lande who will finally publish the last two volumes according to Montucla's notes.
A reference on the history of mathematics.

Photo CARRÉ, Louis. 

CARRÉ, Louis. 

Méthode pour la mesure des surfaces, la dimension des solides, leurs centres de pesanteur, de percussion et d'oscillation Par l'Application du Calcul intégral. 

Paris, Durand, 1750.
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950 €

Second edition.

Photo MAXWELL, James Clerk. 

MAXWELL, James Clerk. 

Traité d'électricité et de magnétisme. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1885-1887.
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900 €

First french edition.
Maxwell's equations which he exposes in his Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism revolutionized physics. They provide a mathematical framework for the study of electromagnetic waves and therefore are the basis of all 20th century physics, including Einstein's special relativity.
Major work in the history of science.
Our copy has been enriched with dozens of notes on loose paper or in the margins by Emmanuel Carvallo (1856–1945). A member of the French Mathematical Society (Société mathématique de France) and the French Physical Society (Société française de physique), Carvallo taught electricity courses at the Practical School of Industrial Electricity (École pratique d’électricité industrielle), and was Director of Studies (directeur d’études) at the École Polytechnique between 1909 and 1920.

Photo POINCARÉ, Henri. 

POINCARÉ, Henri. 

Leçons de Mécanique Céleste. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1905-1910.
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900 €

First edition.
Henri Poincaré (1854-1912), a member of the Institute and professor at the Faculty of Sciences of Paris, was one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of his time, making fundamental contributions to many fields. His Leçons de Mécanique Céleste (Lessons on Celestial Mechanics) is a masterpiece that explores the dynamics of celestial bodies, particularly the theory of planetary perturbations, a central topic for understanding the stability of the solar system.

Photo DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste. 

DELAMBRE, Jean-Baptiste. 

Astronomie théorique et pratique, composée des leçons que j'ai données depuis six ans au Collège de France. 

Paris, Veuve Courcier, 1814.
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800 €

First edition of this astronomy classic, based on the lectures Delambre gave for six years at the Collège de France. The first volume contains descriptions of instruments, trigonometry, and spherical astronomy; the second deals with elliptical motion, the different celestial systems, the formation of astronomical tables, and eclipses. Finally, the last volume is devoted to the apparent motions of the planets, satellites, nautical astronomy, and the calendar.

Photo LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis. 

LAGRANGE, Joseph-Louis. 

De la résolution des équations numériques de tous les degrés. 

Paris, Duprat, An VI [1798].
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750 €

First edition.
Full margin copy, as issue.

Photo DELUC, Jean-André. 

DELUC, Jean-André. 

Introduction a la physique terrestre par les fluides expansibles, précédée de deux mémoires sur la nouvelle théorie chymique. 

Paris, Vve Nyon, 1803.
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750 €

First edition.
Full margin copy, as issue.

Jean-André de Luc (1727-1817) was a Genevan physicist and geologist who worked on expansible fluids and hygrometry. A member of the Royal Society of London, he was known for his work on atmospheric physics and the measurement of altitude. This work is a study of terrestrial physics through the prism of gases and fluids, focusing on atmospheric phenomena.
Deluc strenuously opposed the new chemical theory associated with Lavoisier and in this work attempted to show "that meteorological phenomena strongly militate against it and in general that the hypothesis of the composition of water (the fundamental point in the theory) has maintained itself only by numerous other hypotheses which are in contradiction with known facts." (D.S.B.).

Photo OZANAM, Jacques. 

OZANAM, Jacques. 

Récréations mathématiques et physiques, qui contiennent plusieurs problèmes d'arithmétique, de géométrie, d'optique, de gnomonique, de cosmographie, de mécanique, de pyrotechnie, & de physique. Avec un traité nouveau des horloges élémentaires. 

Paris, Jean Jombert, 1698.
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750 €

Third edition.
This book on mathematics and physics deals with various problems in arithmetic, geometry, music, optics, gnomonics, cosmography, mechanics, acoustics, pyrotechnics, physics, water clocks, natural phosphors, perpetual lamps, etc.

Photo MOUCHOT, Augustin. 

MOUCHOT, Augustin. 

La Chaleur solaire et ses applications industrielles. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1879.
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700 €

Second edition, the first with the 2 plates representing his invention.
Augustin Mouchot (1825-1912) was a French inventor and engineer, a pioneer in solar energy. His book La chaleur solaire et ses applications industrielles (Solar Heat and Its Industrial Applications) is a major work detailing his research and inventions for capturing and utilizing solar energy.
Mouchot is famous for developing solar collectors and steam engines powered by solar energy, thus anticipating the importance of renewable energy by several decades. This book is an essential resource for the history of solar technology and 19th-century engineering, presenting concepts that are still relevant today.

Presentation copy to Théophile Guibal (1814-1888).

Photo BERTRAND, Joseph. 

BERTRAND, Joseph. 

Traité de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1864-1870.
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700 €

First edition of this comprehensi work on differential equations and calculus.

Photo BEZOUT, Etienne. 

BEZOUT, Etienne. 

Cours de mathématiques, à l'usage du corps royal de l'artillerie. 

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1770-1772.
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680 €

First edition.
This is an adaptation of the course for the Navy published previously, between 1764 and 1770. This version for the artillery was very successful, partly because the first two volumes (arithmetic, geometry, algebra) were also used to assess candidates for entrance exams to military schools and the École Polytechnique. The artillery course became a standard reference, and other editions followed.

Photo GAY-LUSSAC, Joseph Louis || POUILLET, Claude. 

GAY-LUSSAC, Joseph Louis || POUILLET, Claude. 

Leçons de physique de la Faculté des Sciences de Paris, recueillies et rédigées par M. Grosselin. 

Paris, Grosselin, 1828.
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600 €

First edition.
- Part One: Lessons taught by Gay-Lussac.
Lessons 19 to 25 are devoted to the expansion of liquids and gases, a field in which Gay-Lussac made a major advance.
- Part Two: Lessons taught by Pouillet.

Photo BUDAN, Ferdinand. 

BUDAN, Ferdinand. 

Nouvelle méthode pour la résolution des équations numériques d'un degré quelconque. 

Paris, Courcier, 1807.
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600 €

First edition.

Photo JULIA, Gaston. 

JULIA, Gaston. 

Oeuvres de Gaston Julia. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1968-1970.
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600 €

First edition. Gaston Julia, born February 3, 1893, in Sidi-bel-Abbès, Algeria, and died March 19, 1978, in Paris, was a French mathematician specializing in functions of a single complex variable. His 1917–1918 results on the iteration of rational functions (obtained simultaneously by Pierre Fatou) were brought back into the spotlight in the 1970s by Benoît Mandelbrot. The Julia and Mandelbrot sets are closely related.

Photo PAULIAN, Aimé-Henri. 

PAULIAN, Aimé-Henri. 

Dictionnaire de physique, dédié à Monseigneur le duc de Berry. 

Paris, Louis Chambeau, 1761.
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550 €

First edition.
The original edition of this encyclopedic dictionary by Aimé-Henri Paulian (1722-1801), a Jesuit priest and professor of physics at the College of Avignon.

The work was highly successful, seeing numerous re-editions throughout the 18th century. It is aimed at a general science audience, providing a didactic popularization of the knowledge of the time, particularly the Newtonian system, while covering a broad spectrum of topics from arithmetic to the "divining rod" and early balloon experiments.

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