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VARIGNON, Pierre.

Elemens de Mathématique de monsieur Varignon.

Paris, Pierre-Michel Brunet, 1731.

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850 €

First edition, posthumoustly published of this work. This is an introduction to algebra and geometry based on Varignon's courses given at the College Mazarin.
Varignon (1654-1722), member of the Académie des Sciences and one of the outstanding scientist of his time, was an intimate friend of Newton, Leibniz, and Bernoullis. He demonstrated the principle of the parallelogram of forces simultaneously with and independently of Newton. He was the first French scientist of note to advocate the new differential calculus.

[COCHET, Jean].

La Physique expérimentale et raisonnée, qui contient en abrégé ce que cette science a de plus intéressant.

Paris, Claude Herissant, 1756.

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250 €

First edition.

DU FRENY, Rivière.

Oeuvres de Monsieur Rivière du Freny.

Paris, Briasson, 1731.

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300 €

First edition.

[NOUGARET, Pierre Jean-Baptiste].

Les mille et une folies, contes français.

Paris, Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1771.

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350 €

First edition.

[DEVAUX, Jean].

L'Art de faire les raports en chirurgie où l'on enseigne la pratique, les formules et le style le plus en usage parmi les chirurgiens commis aux raports.

Paris, Laurent d'Houry, 1703.

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300 €

Rare first edition of this forensic seminal work.
Devaux takes a rigorous scientific approach, thus following the principles laid down by Blégny.

FOUJITA || LOTI, Pierre.

Madame Chrysanthème.

Paris, Editions excelsior, 1926.

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1200 €

60 original color illustrations by Foujita.

1 of 25 copies on Arches out of market (initialled H.C).

[DEZALLIER-ARGENVILLE].

Abrégé De La Vie Des Plus Fameux Peintres, Avec Leurs Portraits Gravés en Taille-douce, Les Indications De Leurs Principaux Ouvrages, Quelques Réflexions sur leurs caractères, Et La Manière De Connoitre Les Desseins Et Les Tableaux Des Grands Maitres.

Paris, De Bure l'ainé, 1762.

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500 €

Second edition.
A veritable biographical dictionary of great painters, most biographies are adorned with a portrait outside the text.
It is thus one frontispice and 254 portraits that adorn the text.

PASCAL, Blaise.

Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets qui ont été trouvées après sa mort parmy ses papiers.

Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1670.

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750 €

Counterfeit of the Pensées, with the same collation of the first edition.
This edition with a slightly different title was spotted by Tchermerzine (V,71).

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

Genève, J.J. Paschoud, 1803.

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100 €

Second edition.
Louis Bertrand (1731-1812), was born in Geneva and was a Swiss geologist and mathematician. He was a pupil of Euler and became his close friend. In addition to writing a text on geometry he also wrote on geology. In "Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres" he discusses the evolution of terrestrial continents, mountains, stratigraphic layers, caves and fossils (animal and mineral).

REGNAULT, Noël.

Les Entretiens physiques d'Ariste et d'Eudoxe, ou physique nouvelle en dialogues.

Paris, Jacques Clouzier, 1732-1750.

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400 €

Popular book of knowledge in various fields of science of the time.
First published in 1729, in three volumes, this book was a great success and had several reissues. It was increased by a fourth volume in 1732.
In our copy the first four volumes are from the 1732 edition, the fifth is dated 1750.

Complete copy of all the plates.

BIANCONI, Joseph.

La Théorie Darwinienne et la Création dite indépendante.

Bologne, Nicolas Zanichelli, 1874.

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300 €

First edition.
An "anti" Darwinist work claiming that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles.

DURAND DE GROS, Joseph Pierre.

Les Origines animales de l'Homme éclairées par la physiologie et l'anatomie comparatives.

Paris, Germer Baillière, 1871.

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200 €

First edition.

PACHON, Abbé.

Origine des Fossiles et des continents ou nouvelle théorie de la Terre.

Paris, Bechet, 1850.

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50 €

First edition.
Abbé Pachon proposes a theory of the Earth trying to reconcile biblical writings with fossils and geological data.

DE SAINCT JULIEN, Pierre.

De L'Origine des Bourgongnons, et antiquité des estats de Bourgongne.

Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, 1581.

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2800 €

First edition.
One of the most sought after books on the history of Burgundy.

Complete copy with all the plates representing the cities of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mascon, Chalon sur Saone and Tournus.

DUMAS fils, Alexandre || [BARBE, Benjamin].

Tiphaine.

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1880.

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350 €

First edition.

One of 35 copies on Whatman paper, ours n°15.
the preface is by Alexandre Dumas fils, he indicates that the novel is from an anonymous source but it has since been attributed to Benjamin Barbé (1818-1893).

D'HEYLLI, Georges.

Regnier, sociétaire de la comédie française (1831-1872).

Paris, Librairie Générale (D. Jouaust), 1872.

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350 €

First edition.
Work published for retirement as an actor in the French Comedy by Philoclès Regnier.

Personal copy of Regnier in which he leaves some handwritten notes. In particular 4 pages at the end of the book in which he returns to some biographical details and he reproduces a letter received on the anniversary of his retirement: "Some time later, I received from playwrights belonging to the French Academy the following letter which touched me very much, but I did not think I should let it be published "

The dedication sheet to Mme Escalier née Regnier, daughter of the actor was cut out. Probably after the divorce of Henriette Regnier who will marry in second marriage Alexandre Dumas fils.
The frontispiece portrait is Martial. The book is completed by two etchings by Leon Gaucherel, which were engraved for a collection on the comedians of the Comédie Française and a vintage albumen photo of Regnier at his desk.

ANOUILH, Jean.

La Vicomtesse d'Eristal n'a pas reçu son balais mécanique.

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1987.

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200 €

First edition.
One of 20 copies on Rives vellum paper, second luxury paper. Our copy n°I .

One of Anouilh's last writings, an autobiographical account that sheds light on his work.

ANOUILH, Jean.

Le Nombril.

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1981.

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200 €

First edition.
One of 30 copies on Holland Van Gelder second luxury paper . Our copy n°VII

A play which was performed for the first time in Paris on September 24, 1981, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Alma.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2017.

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300 €

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°117.

The writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008, evokes important places in his life, in particular Mauritius, Nice and Paris.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Ritournelle de la faim.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2008.

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500 €

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°90.

The author obtains the Nobel Prize for Literature a few days after the release of the novel in which he traces the journey of his mother on the eve of the Second World War.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Révolutions.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2003.

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350 €

First edition.

One of the 110 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde s paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°110.

LEREBOURS, Noël Paymal.

Galerie Microscopique ET Instruction pratique sur les microscopes, contentant la description des microscopes achromatiques simplifiés.

Paris, N-P Lerebours, 1843.

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400 €

Three works on microscopes given by Lerebours
First french edition of the Microscopic cabinet of Pritchard.

Second edition of the "Description des Microscopes achromatiques simplifiés" followed, with title page and separate pagination of "description des microscopes achromatiques simplifiés " (third edition).

The Lerebours family had become specialists in the development of optical tools for scientific purposes. After being interested in daguerreotypes, Noël Paymal Lerebours turned to microscopy.
His achromatic microscopes of excellent quality are still sought after by collectors.

FUSY, Antoine.

Le Franc Archer de la vraye église, contre les abus et énormités de la fausse.

s.l., Aux dépens de l'autheur, 1619.

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1200 €

First edition.
Antoine Fusy, Jesuit and professor at the Sorbonne is at the beginning of the 17th century in breach of ban with his order. The Jesuit preachers indeed defended the merits of tyrannicide, which was an undisguised threat to the King of France who protected the Protestants of the kingdom.
While Henri IV was assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, Fusy went into exile in Geneva in 1619 and converted to Protestantism.
He wrote there this very violent pamphlet towards the Roman Church, whose style is sometimes quite raw.

[VOLTAIRE].

Vie de Molière avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages.

Paris, Prault fils, 1739.

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700 €

First edition.
This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.

ROSTAN, Léon.

Recherches sur Le Ramollissement du Cerveau.

Paris, Béchet Jeune, 1823.

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150 €

Second enlarged edition.

BORDEU, Théophile de.

Recherches sur le tissu muqueux, ou l'organe cellulaire, et sur quelques maladies de la poitrine.

Paris, J. Fr. Bastien, 1791.

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Bordeu, a graduate of Montpellier and the principal representative of clinical medicine in eighteenth-century France, was the chief representative if not the founder of the school of Vitalism.
In this work, today considered as one of the most important works in the history of cell theory, Bordeu "described connective tissue - under the name mucous tissue - showing its role in exchanges, the phenomena of nutrition, and the mechanical equilibrium of organs and tissues" (DSB, II, p. 301).

PINEL, Philippe.

Traité Médico-Philosophique sur l'Aliénation mentale ou la Manie.

Paris, Richard, Caille et Ravier, An IX [1801].

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1000 €

First edition.
"Pinel was among the first to treat the insane humanely; he dispensed with chains and placed his patients under the care of specially selected physicians. Garrison considered the above book one of the foremost medical classics, giving as it did a great impetus to humanitarian treatment of the insane. Pinel founded the french school of psychiatry" (Garisson).

LINTILHAC, Eugène.

Beaumarchais et ses oeuvres.

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1887.

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30 €

First edition.

HERBELOT DE MOLAINVILLE, Barthélemy d'.

Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel.

Paris, Moutard, 1781.

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750 €

New edition done by Desessart.
Considered as the first western encyclopædia of the Islamic world.
"It was based on the Arabic bibliography (the Kashf al-Zunun) of Hadji Khalfa (Katip Celebi), of which it is in large part a translation, but it also contains material from numerous other Arabic, Persian and Turkish publications and manuscripts." (wikipedia).

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Dictionnaire de physique.

Paris, Rue et Hotel serpente, 1781-1782.

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750 €

First edition.
Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

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VARIGNON, Pierre.

Elemens de Mathématique de monsieur Varignon.

[COCHET, Jean].

La Physique expérimentale et raisonnée, qui contient en abrégé ce que cette science a de plus intéressant.

First edition.

DU FRENY, Rivière.

Oeuvres de Monsieur Rivière du Freny.

First edition.

[NOUGARET, Pierre Jean-Baptiste].

Les mille et une folies, contes français.

First edition.

[DEVAUX, Jean].

L'Art de faire les raports en chirurgie où l'on enseigne la pratique, les formules et le style le plus en usage parmi les chirurgiens commis aux raports.

Rare first edition of this forensic seminal work.Devaux takes a rigorous scientific approach, thus following the principles laid down by Blégny.

FOUJITA || LOTI, Pierre.

Madame Chrysanthème.

60 original color illustrations by Foujita. 1 of 25 copies on Arches out of market (initialled H.C).

[DEZALLIER-ARGENVILLE].

Abrégé De La Vie Des Plus Fameux Peintres, Avec Leurs Portraits Gravés en Taille-douce, Les Indications De Leurs Principaux Ouvrages, Quelques Réflexions sur leurs caractères, Et La Manière De Connoitre Les Desseins Et Les Tableaux Des Grands Maitres.

Second edition.A veritable biographical dictionary of great painters, most biographies are adorned with a portrait outside the text.It is thus one frontispice and 254 portraits that adorn the text.

PASCAL, Blaise.

Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets qui ont été trouvées après sa mort parmy ses papiers.

Counterfeit of the Pensées, with the same collation of the first edition.This edition with a slightly different title was spotted by Tchermerzine (V,71).

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

REGNAULT, Noël.

Les Entretiens physiques d'Ariste et d'Eudoxe, ou physique nouvelle en dialogues.

BIANCONI, Joseph.

La Théorie Darwinienne et la Création dite indépendante.

First edition.An "anti" Darwinist work claiming that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles.

DURAND DE GROS, Joseph Pierre.

Les Origines animales de l'Homme éclairées par la physiologie et l'anatomie comparatives.

First edition.

PACHON, Abbé.

Origine des Fossiles et des continents ou nouvelle théorie de la Terre.

First edition.Abbé Pachon proposes a theory of the Earth trying to reconcile biblical writings with fossils and geological data.

DE SAINCT JULIEN, Pierre.

De L'Origine des Bourgongnons, et antiquité des estats de Bourgongne.

First edition.One of the most sought after books on the history of Burgundy. Complete copy with all the plates representing the cities of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mascon, Chalon sur Saone and Tournus.

DUMAS fils, Alexandre || [BARBE, Benjamin].

Tiphaine.

First edition.One of 35 copies on Whatman paper, ours n°15.the preface is by Alexandre Dumas fils, he indicates that the novel is from an anonymous source but it has since been attributed to Benjamin Barbé (1818-1893).

D'HEYLLI, Georges.

Regnier, sociétaire de la comédie française (1831-1872).

ANOUILH, Jean.

La Vicomtesse d'Eristal n'a pas reçu son balais mécanique.

First edition.One of 20 copies on Rives vellum paper, second luxury paper. Our copy n°I .One of Anouilh's last writings, an autobiographical account that sheds light on his work.

ANOUILH, Jean.

Le Nombril.

First edition.One of 30 copies on Holland Van Gelder second luxury paper . Our copy n°VII A play which was performed for the first time in Paris on September 24, 1981, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Alma.

First edition.One of the 140 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°117. The writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008, evokes important places in his life, in particular Mauritius, Nice and Paris.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Ritournelle de la faim.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Révolutions.

First edition.One of the 110 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde s paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°110.

LEREBOURS, Noël Paymal.

Galerie Microscopique ET Instruction pratique sur les microscopes, contentant la description des microscopes achromatiques simplifiés.

FUSY, Antoine.

Le Franc Archer de la vraye église, contre les abus et énormités de la fausse.

[VOLTAIRE].

Vie de Molière avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages.

First edition.This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.

ROSTAN, Léon.

Recherches sur Le Ramollissement du Cerveau.

Second enlarged edition.

BORDEU, Théophile de.

Recherches sur le tissu muqueux, ou l'organe cellulaire, et sur quelques maladies de la poitrine.

PINEL, Philippe.

Traité Médico-Philosophique sur l'Aliénation mentale ou la Manie.

LINTILHAC, Eugène.

Beaumarchais et ses oeuvres.

First edition.

HERBELOT DE MOLAINVILLE, Barthélemy d'.

Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Dictionnaire de physique.

First edition.Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

Rare first edition of this forensic seminal work.
Devaux takes a rigorous scientific approach, thus following the principles laid down by Blégny.

60 original color illustrations by Foujita.

1 of 25 copies on Arches out of market (initialled H.C).

Second edition.
A veritable biographical dictionary of great painters, most biographies are adorned with a portrait outside the text.
It is thus one frontispice and 254 portraits that adorn the text.

Counterfeit of the Pensées, with the same collation of the first edition.
This edition with a slightly different title was spotted by Tchermerzine (V,71).

First edition.
An "anti" Darwinist work claiming that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles.

First edition.
Abbé Pachon proposes a theory of the Earth trying to reconcile biblical writings with fossils and geological data.

First edition.
One of the most sought after books on the history of Burgundy.

Complete copy with all the plates representing the cities of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mascon, Chalon sur Saone and Tournus.

First edition.

One of 35 copies on Whatman paper, ours n°15.
the preface is by Alexandre Dumas fils, he indicates that the novel is from an anonymous source but it has since been attributed to Benjamin Barbé (1818-1893).

First edition.
One of 20 copies on Rives vellum paper, second luxury paper. Our copy n°I .

One of Anouilh's last writings, an autobiographical account that sheds light on his work.

First edition.
One of 30 copies on Holland Van Gelder second luxury paper . Our copy n°VII

A play which was performed for the first time in Paris on September 24, 1981, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier.

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°117.

The writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008, evokes important places in his life, in particular Mauritius, Nice and Paris.

First edition.

One of the 110 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde s paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°110.

First edition.
This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.

First edition.
Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.