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Photo [MANUSCRIT] MAHOT, Maurice. 

[MANUSCRIT] MAHOT, Maurice. 

Traité de Botanique sur Estampes du Traité historique des Plantes de Buchoz classées suivant Tournefort & Linné. 

[Nancy], [Buc'Hoz], [1762-1770].
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Original manuscript of an unpublished botanical treatise by a learned scholar from Nantes.
It presents botanical concepts as well as the classifications of Linnaeus and Tournefort. This manuscript, nearly 200 pages long, is written on the verso of the plates from Buc'hoz’s Flore Lorraine.
All plates are also annotated with details on plant names, their classification according to Linnaeus and Tournefort, and their medicinal uses—together forming a true pharmacopoeia.
These 187 plates were intended to illustrate Buc'hoz’s Traité historique des plantes qui croissent dans la Lorraine et les Trois-Évêchés, published in ten octavo volumes between 1762 and 1770. The plates, originally issued separately in installments and designed to be folded and bound in octavo, are gathered here in a single folio volume.
Buc'hoz, known for the beauty of his plates, had solicited financial support from fellow countrymen and botany enthusiasts for the production of these engravings. Thus, at the bottom of almost every plate, one finds the coat of arms and name of the sponsor who funded it.
Maurice Mahot, the author of this manuscript, sponsored plate 152.
While biographical information on Maurice Mahot “the elder” (1745–1810), a royal counselor, civil and criminal judge at the présidial, alderman (1777), and deputy mayor of Nantes (1779), offers little indication of an interest in natural sciences and botany, the same cannot be said of his son, Maurice Mahot “the younger” (1774–1842), a doctor of medicine and scholar who published several books on medicine and lexicography.
The annotations by the son—a physician—on the plates funded by the father—a botany enthusiast—explain the numerous pharmaceutical and medical recipes found in the work.
Another collector has left his name on the title page: Silas Boucher de la Ville Jossy, a member of a prominent Nantes family in the mid-19th century.
A fascinating manuscript, still largely unexplored, of exceptional character, both for the beauty of its annotated plates and for its content, which intertwines botanical classification and pharmacopoeia.

Photo MEAD, Richard. 

MEAD, Richard. 

De Imperio Solis ac Lunae in corpora Humana et Morbis inde oriundis. 

Londres, Raphael Smith, 1704.
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1500 €

First edition.
Richard Mead (1673-1754), a physician and friend of Isaac Newton, attempts in this book to demonstrate the influence of gravitational forces on human health. Mesmer drew heavily on this book to write his doctoral thesis in 1766 (On the Influence of the Planets on the Human Body). The term "animal gravitation," taken from Mead, was later changed by Mesmer to "animal magnetism.".

Photo MICHAËLIS, P.F. Sébastien. 

MICHAËLIS, P.F. Sébastien. 

Pneumalogie ou discours des esprits en tant qu'il est de besoin pour entendre et resouldre la matiere difficile des sorciers. 

Paris, Guillaume Bichon, 1587.
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3500 €

First edition.

Sébastien Michaelis (1543-1618), a Dominican priest, participated as vice-inquisitor in one of the most spectacular witchcraft trials of the great witch hunts that shook Europe at the turn of the 16th century.
The Avignon affair, as it would later become known, ended with the conviction and execution of eighteen individuals.

The trial, whose judgment Michaelis reproduces in his book, provided an opportunity to delve into the practices of witches and their dealings with demons: On which day is Satan celebrated? Why does the Devil appear in the form of a goat? Can human bodies fly? Why are there more witches than warlocks? These are among the questions to which the inquisitor provides answers.

In his conclusion—which would vanish from subsequent editions—the inquisitor wonders whether the witches' testimonies might simply be the product of "dreams and imaginations." However, even if they were dreams, our Dominican concludes that if imagination produced pleasure, then the witch is doubly guilty and deserves death!

This valuable copy previously belonged to Maurice Garçon (no. 135 in his sale catalog), a renowned collector specializing in demonology and witchcraft trials. He left a handwritten note on the endpaper, highlighting the significance of the conclusion.

Photo NAUDE, Gabriel. 

NAUDE, Gabriel. 

Apologie pour les grands hommes soupçonnez de magie. 

Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1712.
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Last old edition of this treatise on magic and medieval science, which set out to defend men accused of being magicians, such as Merlin, Nostradamus, Roger Bacon, Paracelsus, and Popes Sylvester II and Gregory VII.

A rationalist defense of figures accused of magic. An emblematic text of the humanist critique of superstitions, heralding the Enlightenment.
It features: Socrates, Aristotle, Plotinus, Paracelsus, Agrippa, Savonarola, Nostradamus, Roger Bacon, Albertus Magnus, and more.

Photo PASCAL, Blaise. 

PASCAL, Blaise. 

Traitez de l'équilibre des liqueurs et de la pesanteur de la masse d'air. 

Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1663.
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3500 €

First edition.
Milestone in the history of science in which Pascal discovers atmospheric pressure.

The famous experiment, carried out by his brother-in-law in Auvergne, consisted of comparing the height of a column of mercury in Clermont-Ferrand and then at the top of Puy-de-Dôme.
The question of the weight of the air was already under discussion in Descartes and Galileo, but it is Pascal with this experience who provides the proof. He thus broke with nearly 2000 years of Aristotelian physics: "Nature abhors a vacuum", more than a popular maxim then took the place of the only physical principle of hydrostatics.

"Nature has no repugnance for emptiness; she makes no effort to avoid it; all the effects that have been attributed to this horror proceed from the gravity and pressure of the air; she is the only one. real cause, and, lack of knowing it, we had invented this imaginary horror of emptiness on purpose, to make it right." (extract from chapter II)

Then pascal (Pa) will be adopted as the international unit of measurement of pressure.

Photo PELETIER DU MANS, Jacques. 

PELETIER DU MANS, Jacques. 

L'Algèbre de Iaques Peletier du Mans, Départie en deux liuvres. 

Cologne, Jean de Tournes, 1620.
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1200 €

Third edition, very rare, of "the first printed book on algebra in French and the richest among vernacular books on algebra".

Photo PETIT, Pierre. 

PETIT, Pierre. 

De lacrymis libri tres. 

Paris, Claudium Cramoisy, 1661.
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600 €

First edition.
Pierre Petit (1617-1687) was a 17th-century Parisian physician and scholar. In De lacrymis libri tres, he offers a comprehensive study of tears, addressing their physiological nature, causes, and emotional and spiritual significance. The work is structured into three books, each exploring different aspects of tears, from their anatomical origin to their role in expressions of pain, joy, or devotion.
Questions treated by Petitus include why ‘good’ (brave) men are prone to weeping, why women weep more than men and whether animals are also able to weep.

Photo SANDIFORT, Edward. 

SANDIFORT, Edward. 

Tabulae intestini duodeni. 

Leyde, Eyk et Vygh, 1780.
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First edition.
The most valuable monograph on the duodenum.

Photo [SENAC, Jean Baptiste]. 

[SENAC, Jean Baptiste]. 

Nouveau cours de chymie, suivant les principes de Newton & de Sthall. 

Paris, Jacques Vincent, 1723.
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2500 €

Scarce first edition, complete with the "Suite ..." often missing of this pioneering work on phlogiston chemistry.

Photo VACHER, Gilles. 

VACHER, Gilles. 

Dissertation sur le cancer des mamelles, ou sans recourir à aucune hipotése, on donne une véritable idée de sa nature, de ses différences, de ses signes & de ses causes, avec la Méthode de le traiter fondée sur plusieurs faits de Pratique. 

Charmet, A Bruxelles & se vend à Besançon, 1740.
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2000 €

First edition.
The first and only edition, a rare find, of one of the oldest monographs on breast cancer.
The author analyzes the causes of breast cancer, including "a soft and idle life" that is particularly common among nuns, and the indecency of contemporary clothing, which no longer protects breasts from repeated accidents that can cause cancer.

Photo [VALMONT, (de)]. 

[VALMONT, (de)]. 

Dissertation sur les maléfices et les sorciers. 

Tourcoing, Cavelier, 1752.
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1100 €

First edition.
Book that analyzes the case of "the girl from Tourcoing" who produced needles inside her body. The author then extends the work to the question of evil spells and the means of preventing sorcerers.

According to Deschamps (in Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne à l'usage du libraire et de l'amateur de livres. 1269), this is the first book printed in Tourcoing. Others believe it was printed in Tournai or Lille.

This work on a thorny subject was bound after: Longueruana, or collection of thoughts, speeches and conversations, Berlin, 1754. xxiii-391 pages.

Photo COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon. 

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon. 

Dictionnaire infernal ou recherches et anecdotes sur les Démons, les Esprits. 

Paris, P. Mongie, 1818.
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First edition.
First edition of Collin de Plancy's famous work, which presents itself as an encyclopedia of superstitions, demonology, occult sciences and all popular beliefs related to the devil and magic.
The work is both erudite and tinged with irony, typical of the rationalist tone of the 19th century.

Our copy, complete with the two allegorical frontispieces by Delignon, one representing a sabbath, the other represents Superstition.

Photo ABANO, Pierre (d') || PARACELSE. 

ABANO, Pierre (d') || PARACELSE. 

Traicté des venins. 

Lyon, Jean Huguetan, 1593.
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First publication in French of the treatise De Venenis eorumque remediis liber attributed to Peter of Abano (or Petrus de Abano), a famous Italian physician and philosopher of the 13th century.
It contains short descriptions of various poisons and venoms, more or less strange: hemlock, mandrake, spider bite, cat brain, deer tail... As well as the means of treating them, starting with the use of the Bezoar, which is the subject of a dedicated chapter.

Lazare Boet, the translator, adds for the first time in French, Paracelsus' treatise on the virtues and marvelous properties of worms, serpents, spiders, toads, and dunces.

Photo HUGO, Victor. 

HUGO, Victor. 

Les Misérables. 

Paris, Pagnerre, 1862.
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700 €

First Parisian edition published concurrently with the Brussels edition.

Victor Hugo, then in exile in Belgium, had his works published simultaneously in Paris and Brussels.

The Parisian edition was immediately divided into several batches of fictional editions.

Our copy without mention of the edition, except for volume 1.

Photo BAUDOT, Anatole de || PERRAULT-DABOT, Anatole. 

BAUDOT, Anatole de || PERRAULT-DABOT, Anatole. 

Archives de la Commission des Monuments Historiques. 

Paris, Henri Laurens, Charles Schmid, [vers 1900].
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600 €

First edition of this monumental work published under the patronage of the Administration of Fine Arts.
A complete copy

The five volumes, published in twenty parts, includes 500 plates of views, plans, sections and elevations of French monuments, distributed as follows:
- I. Île-de-France, Picardy.
– II. Normandy, Brittany, Anjou, Poitou.
– III. Champagne, Lorraine, Burgundy, Franche-Comté, Nivernais, Orléanais, Touraine.
– IV. Lyonnais, Berry, Bourbonnais, Auvergne, Dauphiné, Angoumois, Aunis, Saintonge.
– V. Périgord, Languedoc, Provence, Guyenne, Gascony.

Each volume also includes a notice and a table of plates.

Photo FARGUE, Léon Paul || [DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC André]. 

FARGUE, Léon Paul || [DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC André]. 

Côtes rôties. 1928-1938. Gravures et aquarelles de Dunoyer de Segonzac. 

Paris, Textes Prétextes, 1949.
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900 €

First edition illustrated by par Dunoyer de Segonzac with 2 etchings an 46 printed watercolored.

Limited edition (252 copies), our, n° 24, one of the 30 copies with color suite of watercolors on Rives and a suite of three original etchings.

Copy with an added large original watercolor in color signed by the artist.

Photo STENDHAL. 

STENDHAL. 

Vie de Rossini. 

Paris, Auguste Boulland et Cie, 1824.
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2000 €

First edition.
Beautiful copy of Stendhal's Life of Rossini.
It remains one of the most beautiful biographies we have left on the Italian composer.

Photo BOURGERY, Jean-Marc || JACOB, Nicholas Henri. 

BOURGERY, Jean-Marc || JACOB, Nicholas Henri. 

[Anatomie élémentaire en vingt planches, format grand colombier, representant chacun un sujet dans son entier a la proportion de demi-nature.]. 

s.l., s.n., [v.1850].
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900 €

Huge Atlas only of this Anatomy.

The 20 lithographed plates, represents the entire human body and its organs in half size.

This anonymous edition is a probably Brussels copy of the Parisian edition published in 1836-1839.

Photo CASSOU, Jean || MARQUET, Albert. 

CASSOU, Jean || MARQUET, Albert. 

Rhapsodie Parisienne. 

Paris, Édition de la galerie Charpentier, 1950.
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2500 €

Edition illustrated by Henri Deluermoz with 142 woodcuts printed in color in Théo Schmied's studio.

Limited edition (150 copies), our, n° 10, one of the 20 first copies with an additional suite on Malacca paper and an an original drawing from A.Marquet.

Presentation copy. Incribed by the author, Jean Cassou to Lucien Muguet.

Photo RONSARD, Pierre de || [DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC André]. 

RONSARD, Pierre de || [DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC André]. 

Quelques sonnets. 

Paris, Chez l'artiste, 1955.
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2000 €

Edition illustrated by par Dunoyer de Segonzac with 51 original etchings.

Limited edition (210 copies), our, n° 8, one of the 35 copies with suite of the etchings on Japon paper and an other suite of 20 etchings.

Presentation copy, offer by the artist with a beautiful dedication to André Muguet and enriched with:
- an original drawing offered to André and Viviane Muguet, with a dedication inviting them to choose the drawing of their choice.
- a postcard addressed to André Muguet and signed by Dunoyer de Segonzac and his wife Thérèse Dormy
- 7 photographs of Dunoyer de Segonzac, including 3 with André Muguet
- a letter of greetings for 1952 signed by Dunoyer de Segonzac and his wife Thérèse Dormy
- an amusing note signed "André" (Dunoyer de Segonzac): "My dear Alexandre, to climb the 5 floors, please use this small folding chair which will allow you to sit on each landing.".

Photo KIPLING, Rudyard || DELUERMOZ. 

KIPLING, Rudyard || DELUERMOZ. 

Le Livre de la jungle. - Le Second Livre de la jungle. 

Paris, Henri Creuzevault, 1941.
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400 €

Edition illustrated by Henri Deluermoz with 142 woodcuts printed in color in Théo Schmied's studio.

Limited edition of 250 numbered copies. One of 200 copies on vélin de Lana.

Photo DARAGNES, Jean Gabriel || FARGUE, Léon Paul || COLETTE. 

DARAGNES, Jean Gabriel || FARGUE, Léon Paul || COLETTE. 

Rencontres. 

Paris, Presses de Madame Daragnès, 1954.
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600 €

First edition illustrated with a double-page black and white drawing on the title page and 28 color woodcuts in the text and with an original gouache hand-signed by Daragnès (258x220 mm).

Book in the form of a tribute published by his friends after the death of Jean Gabriel Daragnès. Woodwinds from the artist accompanied by texts by Colette, Fargue, Segonzac...


One of the 130 copies printed on Vélin blanc with an original painting, ours n°41.

Photo ENAUX, Joseph || CHAUSSIER, François. 

ENAUX, Joseph || CHAUSSIER, François. 

Méthode de traiter les morsures des animaux enragés et de la vipère. 

Dijon, A.M. Defay, 1785.
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150 €

First edition.
This work was intended to be distributed to priests and municipal trustees in order to disseminate in the countryside the means to combat the indicated accidents.

Photo D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond dit || CONDORCET, Nicolas de || BOSSUT, Charles. 

D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond dit || CONDORCET, Nicolas de || BOSSUT, Charles. 

Nouvelles expériences sur la résistance des fluides. 

Paris, Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1777.
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300 €

First edition.
Collection of hydrodynamic experiments carried out in a basin of the Military School by D'Alembert, Condorcet and Bossut. Turgot had commissioned them to look for ways to improve river navigation. The results of these experiments led to establish what will become the D'Alembert paradox, which will only be solved with the theory of wakes.
Indeed according to the hydrodynamic equations of the time, "a body should be able to progress in a fluid without experiencing any resistance or, which amounts to the same thing, that a bridge pier plunged into the course of a river should not. undergo no pushing on his part ", which the experiments carried out denied.
Beyond the treatise on hydrodynamics, this book bears witness to a science in progress which intricates theory and experience.

Photo [BLOCQUEL]. 

[BLOCQUEL]. 

- Mulieriana, ou recueil d'anecdotes sur le beau sexe.
- Medeciniana, ou recueil d'anecdotes médeci-chirurgico-pharmarcopoles à Epidaure.
- Omniana ou le petit Momus français. 

Lille, Blocquel-Castiaux, [1812].
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250 €

First editions.
Three Ana published in Lille, the first two by Blocquel-Castiaux the printer who became famous among bibliophiles by printing small witchcraft grimoires.

Photo NUDANT, Alphonse. 

NUDANT, Alphonse. 

Service d'Etat Major en campagne. Notes Pratiques. 

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911-1912.
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300 €

First edition.
Staff course given by Lieutenant Colonel Nudant at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre for the year 1911-1912.
He was promoted to Brigadier General during the First World War and Foch said of him: "I loved this poor Nudant. put in all the sauces and all the sauces it was good!”
Very interesting document for understanding the organization of the French army on the eve of 14-18.

An exceptional document is attached: Examination copy of the student "Captain Bichot" on which he must write a fictitious "Secret Instruction" to give the maneuver signal perhaps during a wargame. Another hand corrects it in pencil and indicates: “Very clear, very clear TB”.

Photo LE BLOND, Guillaume. 

LE BLOND, Guillaume. 

Elémens de fortification. 

Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1756.
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150 €

Fourfth edition.
Remarkable work by its plates of fortifications.

Photo OVIDE || BECAT, Paul Emile. 

OVIDE || BECAT, Paul Emile. 

L'Art d'aimer et Les Amours. 

Paris, La Tradition, 1942-1943.
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300 €

First edition of the illustrations.
The Art of Loving is one of the most famous erotic texts in the world, illustrated here by Paul Becat, a past master in the art of mastering the body.

Printed on blue Ingres laid Arches paper, one of 100 copies with the set of the plates printed in black with remark, ours n°37.

Photo STENDHAL || SAUVAGE, Sylvain. 

STENDHAL || SAUVAGE, Sylvain. 

Le Rouge et le Noir. 

Paris, Henri Creuzevault, 1945.
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180 €

Very nice illustration of this classic by Stendhal with the etchings of Sylvain Sauvage.

One of copies son Vélin Lana paper, ours n°413.

Photo BELIDOR, Bernard Forest (de). 

BELIDOR, Bernard Forest (de). 

Nouveau cours de mathématique à l'usage des ingénieurs officiers d'artillerie. 

s.l., s.n., 1730.
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700 €

Handwritten copy of Bélidor's Nouveau cours de mathématiques published in 1725.
Our copy, in very legible handwriting, is dated 1730.
It is accompanied by the 34 plates that illustrated the printed edition of this course. At that time, Belidor was a mathematics professor at the artillery school in La Fère, and this course was intended for student officers. The work was a great success in artillery school circles.

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