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Photo DESCARTES, René. 

DESCARTES, René. 

Les traitez de l'Homme et de la formation du foetus, composez par Mr. Descartes, & mis au jour depuis sa mort, par Mr. Clerselier.
Avec les remarques de Louys de La Forge. 

Paris [Amsterdam], Guillaume le Jeûne [Daniel Elzevier], 1680.
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1300 €

Third edition in french, quite rare and printed by Daniel Elzevier (Berhman sup.77)

Descartes considered the human body to be a material machine, directed by a rational soul.
He conceived its functioning based solely on the laws of mechanics, without incorporating metaphysical principles that could not be verified by experiment.
Nearly four centuries later, in the era of transhumanism, this "Traité de l'Homme" has aroused renewed interest in the fields of neuroscience and cognitive science.

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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2800 €

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 UTRILLO, Maurice || CARCO, Francis. 

UTRILLO, Maurice || CARCO, Francis. 

Montmartre vécu par Utrillo. 

Paris, Editions Pétridès, 1947.
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9000 €

First edition, limited edition of 240 copies.
Our copy (b), illustrated with 22 color lithographs based on gouaches by Maurice Utrillo.

Photo EUCLIDE || HENRION, Denis. 

EUCLIDE || HENRION, Denis. 

Les quinze livres des élémens d'Euclide. 

Rouen, Isaac Clément Malassis, 1649.
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550 €

Fifth edition of the French translation of Euclid's Elements by Denis Henrion.


This book is one of the first translations into French of the works of the ancient mathematician Euclid. Denis Henrion was a French mathematician of the first half of the seventeenth century, which allowed the spread of Euclidean geometry in France.

Photo CERVANTES, Miguel de. 

CERVANTES, Miguel de. 

Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maîtres avec les explications des XXXI planches de cette magnifique collection tirées de l'original espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes. 

La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1746.
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4500 €

Engravings in first state without numbers.

Rare in contemporary morocco binding.

Photo HAUKSBEE, Francis. 

HAUKSBEE, Francis. 

Experiences physico-mechaniques sur différens sujets, et principalement sur la lumiere et l'electricité, produites par le frottement des corps. 

Paris, Veuve Cavelier, 1754.
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First french edition.
Binding with gilt arms of de La Rochefoucauld on the top of the spines.

Translation by Brémont and prefaced by Desmarets of the experiments of Francis Hauksbee (1660-1713) English physicist who worked in particular on static electricity.
He is one of the pioneers of electroluminescence and the majority of the work is devoted to his experiences of light production by the friction of various materials (including various phosphorus) on his static electricity production machine.

Photo POILLE, Jacques. 

POILLE, Jacques. 

Les œuvres. Divisées en onze livres. Rome en sept livre, La Grèce en un livre. Les Barbares, Les Grands Roy, Les Grands Seigneurs, Les Derniers Hérésiarques en un livre. L'Icare Français en deux livres. 

Paris, Thomas Blaise, 1623.
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950 €

First edition.
A collection of 919 sonnets describing famous men, from the Greeks and Romans to barbarians, kings, and heretics, ending with a portrait, in 105 sonnets, of the French Icarus, who was none other than Marshal Biron, a close friend of Henry IV, and executed as a traitor at the Bastille on July 31, 1602. The dedication to Louis XIII occupies no fewer than 54 sonnets.

Copy in a fine morocco binding from Hardy.

Photo DESHOULIERES, Antoinette. 

DESHOULIERES, Antoinette. 

Poësies de Madame Deshoulières. 

Paris, veuve de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1688.
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450 €

First Edition.
A French woman of letters and little-known writer, Antoinette Deshoulières frequented the salon of Mademoiselle de Scudéry.
She was nicknamed the "Tenth Muse" by her contemporaries.
She was the first French woman to be a member of the Academy. So, of course, we're not talking about the Académie Française (which nevertheless read one of her poems in a session in 1690), but the Académie des Ricovrat.
This copy is bound in fine Jansenist full morocco by Chambolle-Duru.

Copy in a morocco binding from Chambolle-Duru.

Photo DESMAZES, Charles. 

DESMAZES, Charles. 

Le Bailliage du Palais Royal de Paris. 

Paris, Willem et Daffis, 1875.
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1500 €

One of the three copies printed on vellum.

Photo [MEUNG, Jean de]. 

[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.

Photo BELOT, Emile. 

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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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).

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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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.

Photo HADAMARD, Jacques. 

HADAMARD, Jacques. 

Leçons de Géométrie élémentaire. 

Paris, Armand Colin, 1898-1901.
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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.

Photo ROLLE, Michel. 

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.

Photo EULER, Léonard. 

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).

Photo DUTENS, Louis. 

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.

Photo PETAIN, Philippe. 

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.

Photo MATTIOLI, Per André. 

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.

Photo PICARD, Charles. 

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.

Photo DUFOUR, Henri. 

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 FICHET DE FLÉCHY, Philippe. 

FICHET DE FLÉCHY, Philippe. 

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

Paris, Michel Lambert, 1761.
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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.

Photo CAUFAPE, Anicet. 

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.

Photo HELVETIUS, Jean Claude Adrien. 

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.

Photo LEMERY, Nicolas. 

LEMERY, Nicolas. 

Pharmacopée universelle contenant toutes les compositions de pharmacie. 

Avignon, Jean Delorme, 1716.
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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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