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[MEUNG, Jean de]. 

Le plaisant jeu du dodechedron de fortune, non moins récréatif, que subtil & ingénieux. 

Paris, Nicolas Bonfons, 1577.
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1800 €

The Dodechedron of Fortune, named after the twelve-sided die used to cast oracles and the medieval goddess of Fortune, was a divinatory game, now called “The Magic Mirror of Jehan de Meung.”
This game consisted of choosing questions about the future and finding their answers using a special die, whose twelve faces correspond to the twelve houses of the sky and offer a number that refers to a horoscope or advice.

The two fold-out tables, each 12 by 12 squares, show the signs of the zodiac on the abscissa and the planets on the ordinate, each corresponding to a number on the die. Each square refers to an oracle in the book.

Copy in a fine morocco binding from Chambolle-Duru.

Photo [DESFORGES, Pierre]. 

[DESFORGES, Pierre]. 

Avantages du mariage, et combien il est nécessaire & salutaire aux prêtres & aux évêques de ce tems-ci d'épouser une fille chrétienne. 

Bruxelles, s.n., 1758.
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600 €

First edition.
This edition was seized for destruction upon the conviction of its author. A work with bold and polemical theories for the 18th century, on the marriage of priests, which was condemned to be destroyed by laceration and burned by a judgment of the Court of Parliament in 1758. The author, a canon of Etampes, was forced to retract in 1760 and was imprisoned.

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BELOT, Emile. 

Essai de cosmogonie tourbillonnaire. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1911.
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120 €

First edition.
Émile Belot (1857-1944), graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, agrégé de philosophie, and chief engineer of the State Manufactures. Passionate about astronomy, he was a member of the Société astronomique de France from 1904. In this work, Belot proposes a theory of the formation of the solar system in which he hypothesizes a nebulous proto-sun entering into violent contact with a larger nebula and explains that such an encounter is at the origin of planetary systems and their organization according to a logarithmic spiral on the diagram in which the planets of this system are distributed by vortical absorption and concretion of the dust of the jostled nebula.

Photo EULER, Léonard. 

EULER, Léonard. 

Lettres à une princesse d'Allemagne. 

Mitau, Leipzig, Hinz, 1774.
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400 €

These letters are a brilliant example of scientific popularization.
Written by the great mathematician from Basel, Euler (1707–1783), they enjoyed widespread popular success from their first publication and were translated into many languages.
Here, Euler addresses a wide range of topics beyond pure mathematics, including astronomy, mechanics, optics, music, philosophy, and logic.

Photo EULER, Léonard. 

EULER, Léonard. 

Elémens d'Algèbre. 

Lyon, Bruyset, An III [1795].
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450 €

Important book from the famous Euler.
The first edition treats of determinate algebra. This contains one of the earliest attempts to place the fondamental processes on a scientific basis. This work also include the proof of the binomial theorem for an unrestricted index.
The second volume treats of indeterminate or Diophantine algebra. This contains the solution of some of the problems proposed by Fermat, (Sotheran).
"Second French edition; the substantial additions by Lagrange occur for the first time" (Honeyman).

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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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1200 €

First edition, variant A with 276 pages (an other variant B has 277 pages, see Norman)


Copy as a prize awarded in 1806 to the Collège Sainte Barbe (the college's monogram on the covers) by Gaspard Monge to François de Sales Desnoyers (1788-1846). François Desnoyers joined the École Polytechnique in 1809, served in the Napoleonic campaigns, and lost an arm in Leipzig in 1814. In 1826, he became an Administrator at the École Polytechnique.

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HADAMARD, Jacques. 

Leçons de Géométrie élémentaire. 

Paris, Armand Colin, 1898-1901.
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350 €

First edition.
Jacques Hadamard (1865-1963) was a French mathematician, known for his work in number theory, complex analysis, functional analysis, and differential geometry.
Volume I: Plane Geometry
Volume II: Geometry in space.

Photo [MILLIET DE CHALLES, Claude-François ] || [OZANAM, Jacques]. 

[MILLIET DE CHALLES, Claude-François ] || [OZANAM, Jacques]. 

Les élémens d'Euclide du R.P. Dechalles. 

Paris, Claude Jombert, 1720.
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150 €

Claude François Milliet Dechales (1621-1678) is a French Jesuit priest and renowned mathematician. He published a course in Mathematics and gave a translation of the works of Euclid which was very popular in France.

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ROLLE, Michel. 

Traité d'Algèbre ou principes généraux pour résoudre les questions de mathématique. 

Paris, Estienne Michalet, 1690 [MDCLXC].
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1500 €

First edition.
The "Traité d'algèbre" is the most important work of Rolle.
He invented the notation n √ x to the nth root of x, which is still used today.
His most important contribution, however, is the part where he introduced the concept of "cascades". Let the polynomial equation P (x) = 0 with real roots a and b, then built polynmoe P '(x) he calls the first "cascade" as P' (a) = (ba) Q (b) where Q (x) is a polynomial of degree less. Now P '(x) is call the first derivative of P (x).
Rolle then built second cascade, the second derivative, and so forth to find all the roots of the polynomial.

According to our research, there have been several changes during the printing of the "Traité d'Algèbre".
Copie's with the wrong date (MDCLXC) as our copy, then corrected (M.DC.XC).
Copie's with the sheets FF and FFII (pages 223-226) replaced as in our copy by a single sheet Ff (paged 267/266 error).
Our copy is after adding the FF leaf, but before changing the wrong date on title page.

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EULER, Léonard. 

Introduction à l’analyse infinitésimale. 

Paris, Barrois, An IV (1796) - an V (1797).
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1200 €

First french edition (The original edition is in Latin) of this fundamental work in which Euler discusses the general study of functions and highlights for the first time the connections between exponential and circular functions.
It introduces common abbreviations for trigonometric functions, and shows the relation cos θ + i sin θ = e (iθ).

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[REVUE ESOTERIQUE]. 

Psyché, revue du spiritualisme moderne (51 volumes). 

Paris, s.n., 1920-1931.
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200 €

Collection of 51 issues of the magazine Psyché.
This esoteric review took over from the review "Le Spiritualisme Moderne" created in 1897.
Among the regular contributors to this review are: Beaudelot, J.K. Huysmans, Edouard Schure, Leon Combes, Victor-Emile Michelet, Phaneg, Marc Haven, Papus, Dr. Alta, Sedir...
Details of the issues:
1920: 5 issues (No. 286 to 290) 1923: No. 330, 331 1924: 8 issues (No. 333 to 339, No. 343 and 344) 1925: 8 issues (No. 346 to 351 and No. 354 to 357) 1926: 3 issues (No. 360, 366, 368) 1927: 5 issues (No. 371 and No. 374 to 377) 1928: 4 issues (No. 383 to 387) 1929: 4 issues (No. 391 to 394) 1930: 9 issues (No. 400 to 402 and No. 404 to 408 and No. 410) 1931: 3 issues (No. 412 to 414).

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SEDIR, Paul. 

Les Amitiés Spirituelles (166 numéros). 

Paris, s.n., 1920-1971.
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250 €

Collection of 166 volumes of the Bulletin of the Association of Spiritual Friendships founded in 1920 by Paul Sédir, French esotericist and mystic.
This association, still active, defines itself as: "a group of people of good will, whatever their nationality or religion, who recognize Christ as the only Master of the interior life and the Gospel as the true law of consciences and peoples."

Volume details:
2nd year 1920-1921: 8 issues (missing numbers 7, 8, 10).
3rd year 1921-1922: 10 issues (full year).
4th year 1922-1923: 9 issues (missing number 6).
5th year 1923-1924: 9 issues (missing number 4).
6th year 1924-1925: 10 issues (full year).
7th year 1925-1926: 9 issues (missing no. 5).
1928: no. 1 .
1930: no. 7, 9, 10 .
1931: no. 12 .
1932-1937: 16 issues (no. 18 to 34) .
1938: no. 39 .
1939: no. 43, 44 .
1950-1971: continuous series of 88 volumes (no. 1 to 88).

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DUTENS, Louis. 

Des Pierres précieuses et des Pierres fines, avec les moyens de les connoitre & de les évaluer. 

Paris, F.A. Didot, 1776.
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800 €

First edition.
In the first part Dutens explains his system of classification whereby the finest and most durable of gemstones are dubbed "oriental" while those of lesser quality and hardness receive the title of "occidental," thus perpetuating in a highly popular and widely distributed work these unfortunate and misleading terms that persisted in use well into the last century. Some generalities on gemstones also appear here as curious lore, origin of gemstones, and other topics, followed by separate chapters on the major gemstones beginning with diamond. The latter chapter records recent experiments in France and elsewhere on the combustibility of diamond, one such experiment he personally observed. The second part describes lesser gemstones, mainly massive types, used mostly in cabochons or in the manufacture of small to large ornamental articles or decorations.

Photo VISSAC, Marc. 

VISSAC, Marc. 

Allégories & symboles. 

Paris, Aubry, 1872.
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50 €

First edition.
Printed within 460 copies on beautiful laid paper.

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PETAIN, Philippe. 

Cours d'Infanterie. 

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911.
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1600 €

First edition.
Infantry course given by Colonel Philippe Pétain at the War School in 1911.
Major document for understanding the strategic thinking of the future hero of Verdun.
This course was only rediscovered and studied in 1960 by General Jean Delmas and published for the first time in 2010 by Editions du Cosmogone.
Pétain taught the infantry course at the War School between 1908 and 1911. His course is divided into three parts: the first two, of around a hundred pages each, are devoted to the story and study of combat. infantry that Pétain considers exemplary (Auerstedt in 1806, Saint-Privas in 1870). The third part, of only fifty pages, offers an uncompromising analysis of the infantry regulations in use in the French army between 1870 and 1902. It promotes a change in the doctrine of use of the infantry which must no longer expose itself to enemy fire as the Napoleonic vision of combat wanted.

Through its concern to spare the blood of men, this course clearly announces the Pétain of 1917-1918.

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MATTIOLI, Per André. 

Les commentaires de M. P. André Matthiolus, médecin senois, sur les six livres de Pedacius Dioscoride Anazarbeen, de la matière médecinale. 

Lyon, Claude Prost, 1655.
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1200 €

Latest revised and corrected edition, expanded.
Translation from Latin into French by Antoine du Pinet.
The work comments on the six books of Dioscorides on medicinal materials, with additions on simple remedies, oils, distillations and the treatment of various diseases. Our edition is illustrated with a full-page portrait of the author and numerous small woodcuts in the text representing a large number of carefully engraved plants, as well as some crustaceans, fish, shellfish, insects, animals, scenes of country life. In fine, Brief discourse on the distillation of water with figures showing distillation apparatus. Mattioli, in addition to his work to match ancient botanical descriptions with contemporary botany, describes more than 100 new plants and notably one of the first European varieties of tomato.

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PICARD, Charles. 

- L'ACROPOLE. L'Enceinte - L'entrée, Le Bastion d'Athéna, Niké - Les Propylées.
- L'ACROPOLE. Le plateau supérieur, l'Erechtheion, les annexes sud. 

Paris, Albert Morancé, [1929-1932].
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850 €

First edition.

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DUFOUR, Henri. 

Le Bayon d'Angkor Thom. Bas-Reliefs.
Publiés par les soins de la Commission Archéologique de l'Indochine, d'après les documents recueillis par la Mission Henri Dufour avec la collaboration de Charles Carpeaux. 

Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1910-1913.
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2500 €

The first monograph to reproduce in its entirety the decorative bas-reliefs of the most important Khmer building, the Bayon of Angkor Thom.
The documents it contains were gathered during two archaeological missions entrusted to Henri Dufour.

This rare work is complete in both parts (bas-reliefs of the outer galleries and bas-reliefs of the inner galleries) and includes all the required plates, for a total of 1 general plan, 16 plans (1 per booklet of plates), and 252 plates.

Photo GALLAND, Antoine. 

GALLAND, Antoine. 

Les Mille et une nuits, contes arabes. 

Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1774.
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900 €

Between 1704 and 1717, Antoine Galland translated three Arabic manuscripts from Aleppo, creating the first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. He thus brought the Orient into Western popular culture through the characters of Ali Baba, Scheherazade, Sinbad the Sailor, and more.

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FICHET DE FLÉCHY, Philippe. 

Observations sur différens cas singuliers, relatifs à la médecine-pratique. 

Paris, Michel Lambert, 1761.
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60 €

First edition.
A compilation of rare medical and surgical observations, including cases of venereal disease and issues related to childbirth. Dr. Fichet de Fléchy, a renowned military physician, also offers practical advice for medical and surgical students.

Photo FAISSOLE, Jean || CHAMPEAUX, Claude. 

FAISSOLE, Jean || CHAMPEAUX, Claude. 

Expériences et observations sur la cause de la mort des noyés. 

Lyon, Aimé de la Roche, 1768.
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200 €

First edition.
Medical observations on the cases of drowned people, which takes as its starting point the case of Claudine Rouge, a young woman whose body was pulled from the Rhône and examined by Faisolle and Champeaux.

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CAUFAPE, Anicet. 

Nouvelle explication des fièvres et de la gangrène. 

Avignon, Pierre Offray, 1687.
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200 €

First edition.
A doctor from Albi, Caufapé practiced medicine in Montpellier before ending his life in England.

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HELVETIUS, Jean Claude Adrien. 

Traité des maladies les plus fréquentes, et des remèdes propres à les guérir. 

Paris, Le Mercier, 1727.
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120 €

A classic 18th-century medical treatise written by Helvétius, a renowned physician and inspector general of hospitals in Flanders. The work offers a practical and accessible approach to treating common illnesses with remedies validated by contemporary medical experience.

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LEMERY, Nicolas. 

Pharmacopée universelle contenant toutes les compositions de pharmacie. 

Avignon, Jean Delorme, 1716.
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450 €

Second edition augmented.
A fundamental treatise by Nicolas Lemery, a renowned French pharmacist and physician. This work presents a comprehensive overview of pharmaceutical preparations used in early 18th-century Europe, accompanied by a pharmaceutical glossary. Lemery is a major figure in modern chemistry and pharmacy.

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[BAYLE, Pierre] || DESCARTES, René. 

Recueil de quelques pièces curieuses concernant la philosophie de monsieur Descartes. 

Amsterdam, Henry Desbordes, 1684.
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350 €

First edition.
Collection of writings relating to Cartesian philosophy by Malebranche, Louis Le Valois, Abbé De Lannion under the pseudonym of Guillaume Wander, Pierre Bayle.

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LINNE, Charles. 

Species Plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specifiis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digesta. 

Vienne, Joannis Thomæ de Tarttner, 1764.
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500 €

Third edition.
Book in which Linnaeus applies his system of classification of plants according to their flowers, it is thus more than 8000 plants that he renames according to his binomial principle.

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DARWIN, Charles. 

La Descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle. 

Paris, Reinwald, 1873.
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150 €

Second edition in French.
This book is Darwin's second major work on the theory of evolution and follows "On the Origin of Species" published in 1859. In it, he describes the application of his theory to human evolution and clarifies the theory of sexual selection.

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GARINET, Jules. 

Histoire de la magie en France, depuis le commencement de la monarchie jusqu’à nos jours. 

Paris, Foulon, 1818.
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110 €

First edition.
One of the first modern works to critically retrace the history of magical practices and superstitions in France. Highly prized by historians of the imagination and mentalities.
The work is well-documented. Garinet was working at this time with Collin de Plancy, who published the first edition of his Dictionnaire infernal that same year.
A copy as published, with full margins.

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CORROZET, Gilles || Le Bibliophile JACOB. 

La Fleur des antiquitez de la noble et triomphante ville et cité de Paris. 

Paris, Léon Willem, 1874.
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200 €

Reprint with an erudite preface by Bibliophile Jacob (Paul Lacroix) of this 1532 booklet by Gilles Corrozet.
La Fleur des Antiquités is the first work written on the annals of Paris and its citizens. It is particularly insightful on the topography of Parisian streets at the time.
One of 22 copies on China paper, ours is number 20.

Photo CHÉREAU, Achille. 

CHÉREAU, Achille. 

Les Ordonnances de la ville de Paris pour éviter le danger de peste 1531. 

Paris, Léon Willem, 1873.
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200 €

Scholarly reprint of Renaissance hygienic prescriptions, accompanied by a historical study.
One of 22 copies on China paper, ours number 11.
Some engravings in the text.

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