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Photo [LIVRE A SYSTEME] FARMAN, Henri. 

[LIVRE A SYSTEME] FARMAN, Henri. 

L'automobile avec 38 figures dans le texte et une planche coloriée démontable à feuillets découpés et superposés. 

Paris, Schleicher frères et Cie, [v. 1905].
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180 €

System book presenting an industrial diagram of an automobile with moving parts to discover the different parts. Many photos of car models in the text.

Photo [LIVRE A SYSTEME] SCHOELLER, Adolphe. 

[LIVRE A SYSTEME] SCHOELLER, Adolphe. 

La Locomotive compound avec une planche coloriée a feuillets découpés et superposés. 

Paris, Schleicher frères et Cie, [v. 1900].
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150 €

System book presenting an industrial diagram of the compound locomotive.

Photo BOCCACE. 

BOCCACE. 

Les Dix Journées de Jean Boccace. 

Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles Joaust, 1873.
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450 €

Beautiful edition by Jouaust of the work of Boccace.
Paul Lacroix signs the introduction and Flameng who gives eleven very beautiful etchings.

Photo [Mme de SEVIGNE] MONMERQUE, Louis. 

[Mme de SEVIGNE] MONMERQUE, Louis. 

Lettres de Madame de Sévigné de sa Famille et de ses Amis. 

Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862-1866.
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250 €

Reference edition of the letters of Mme de Sevigné established by Louis Monmerque and taken up by Hachette in his collection of Great Writers of France.
The first twelve volumes published in 1862 consist of letters. Volumes 13 and 14 published in 1866 are a study by Sommer on the Lexique de la langue de Madame de Sevigné.
In addition will be pubished in 1868 an album and two volumes of unpublished letters which are not present here.

Photo CHAPRON, Marcel. 

CHAPRON, Marcel. 

Les Diamantines, Chronique du XVIIIe Siècle. 

Paris, Editions Mazarine, 1964.
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60 €

First edition.
One of the 200 exemplar on Velin d'Arches paper, ours n°114.

Illustrated by Paul Lemagny.

Photo D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond. 

D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond. 

Eloges lus dans les séances publiques de l'Académie Françoise. 

Paris, Panckoucke, Moutard, 1779.
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100 €

First edition.
Collection of praise that D'Alembert, then perpetual secretary of the French Academy, made of his predecessors.

Photo FLOURENS, Pierre. 

FLOURENS, Pierre. 

Recueil des éloges historiques lus dans les séances publiques de l'académie des siences. 

Paris, Garnier frères, 1856-1862.
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120 €

First edition.

"The lives of scientists are a large part of the history of the human mind; it is the express history of its discoveries, of its inventions, of its sublime and creative ideas. Who knows this spectacle, and follow it carefully, he soon finds him one of the greatest. We see the human spirit moving forward, and we see the precious men to whom it owes its progress "(extract from the preface to Volume III).

Photo STONE, Edmund. 

STONE, Edmund. 

Analise des infiniments petits comprenant le calcul intégral dans toute son étendue; avec son application aux quadratures, rectifications, cubatures, centres de gravité, de percussion, &c. de toutes sortes de courbes. 

Paris, Julien Michel Gandouin, 1735.
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900 €

First edition in French.
Translation in French by Rondet of the Method of Fluxions published in English in 1730.
Stone participated in the spread of differential calculus in Europe following Leibniz, Bernouilli and L'Hospital.
In this book Stone continues the work of the Marquis de L'Hospital on the infinitesimal calculus.
The long introductory speech written by Louis-Bertrand Castel is devoted to Stone and the history of this completely innovative method of calculation.

Photo JAURES, Jean. 

JAURES, Jean. 

Histoire Socialiste (1789-1900) : La Constituante (1789-1791). 

Paris, Jules Rouff et Cie, [1900].
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950 €

First edition.
First volume of the series devoted by Jaurès to the history of socialism. This first part is dedicated to the constituent assembly covering the revolutionary period 1789-1791.

Beautiful autograph dedication of Jaurès on the false title to "Charles Guyeisse and the free pages".
Charles Guieysse became a socialist activist at the turn of the 19th century, in 1901 he founded the journal Pages Libres, a small 24-page weekly review under the sign of Dreyfusism.

Photo MAC ORLAN, Pierre. 

MAC ORLAN, Pierre. 

Le Quai des brumes. 

Paris, Éditions Arc-en-Ciel, 1948.
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500 €

One of 170 copies on vellum paper(ours n ° 94).
This edition is illustrated in color in the text by Dignimont.
Quai des brumes was freely adapted for cinema by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin and Michelle Morgan.

Photo [MINISTERE DES COLONIES]. 

[MINISTERE DES COLONIES]. 

Notices à l'usage des émigrants. 

Paris, Service des renseignements commerciaux et de la colonisation, 1895-1896.
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350 €

Complete set of notices published by the Ministry of Colonies of the Third Republic.
They group zone by zone practical advice intended for the future colonists with geographical, climatic (what clothes to bring), administrative (papers to provide) indications.

Plantations in Tonkin and Annam (2 maps).
New Caledonia. (1 card)
The Senegal. (1 card)
Cochinchina. (1 card)
Obock and the Somali Coast Protectorate. (1 card)
French Congo. (1 card)
Establishments on the West Coast of Africa. (1 card)
Productions in Madagascar. (3 cards)
The Coffee Plantation in New Caledonia.
Indo-China: The Mining Regime of Annam and Tonkin.
Cocoa trees in the Congo.
The Trade of Cochinchina and Cambodia.
Import trade in New Caledonia in 1894-1895.

Photo DARWIN, Charles. 

DARWIN, Charles. 

De La Variation des animaux et des plantes sous l' action de la domestication. 

Paris, C. Reinwald, 1868.
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First edition in French. Translation by JJ Moulinié.
In addition to the remarks on the domestication of animals (which is a bias of unnatural selection) Darwin exposes in this book for the first time his theory of Pangenesis.
Darwin seeks there a support of hereditary information and puts forward the hypothesis of cellular buds which would transmit the characters of the parents. The hypothesis is false but we feel that genetics are in fact not very far.

Photo [Société d'aquarellistes français]. 

[Société d'aquarellistes français]. 

12 Catalogues d'expositions (1879-1893). 

Paris, D. Jouaust, 1879-1893.
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150 €

First editions.
Original initiative in France, the Society of French watercolorists was created as a company in 1879, its goal was the fair remuneration of its painters.
Each year an exhibition was organized, the income from the sale of entrance tickets, catalogs and works were then distributed equally among the painters.
Among the members, some well-known names of pre-impressionist art: Detaille, Worms, Leloir, De Beaumont, Jacquemart, Doré.

Photo STRAUSS, David Friedrich. 

STRAUSS, David Friedrich. 

Vie de Jésus ou examen critique de son histoire. 

Paris, Librairie philosophique de Ladrange, 1856.
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120 €

New French edition translated by Emile Littré on the last German edition. Strauss's works precede those of Renan on the historical approach to the life of Jesus. This book caused a scandal when it was first published in Germany and led to its author being dismissed from his post as philosophy tutor at the Protestant seminary in Tübingen.
Inspired by the Hegelian philosophy of history, this book founded the movement of the Young Hegelians which will inspire all left movements in Germany in the nineteenth century.

Photo VILLEMAIN, Abel François. 

VILLEMAIN, Abel François. 

Cours de littérature française : Tableau de la littérature au XVIIIème siècle. 

Paris, Didier et cie, 1864.
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100 €

History of literature in the eighteen century which is not limited to French authors.

Photo [COLLET, Ferdinand]. 

[COLLET, Ferdinand]. 

Tacite. 

Paris, Lefèvre, 1846.
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80 €

Works of Tacitus in the translation of Dureau de Lamalle. The edition is augmented by numerous supplements by Ferdinand Collet.

Photo FOREST, Louis || BERNARD, Tristan. 

FOREST, Louis || BERNARD, Tristan. 

L'Art de faire le café au lais à l'ancienne à l'aide de la Caféolette de Louis Forest. 

Paris, René Chauveau, [v. 1913].
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75 €

Advertising brochure presenting the Caféolette, a device patented by Louis Forest (writer and journalist) in 1913 for making coffee with milk easily. The object that could look like a joke has been produced and can still be found in flea markets.

The preface is signed by Tristan Bernard, fervent support of the café au lait without water!.

Photo MANNHEIM, Amédée. 

MANNHEIM, Amédée. 

Cours de géométrie descriptive de l'école polytechnique comprenant les éléments de la géométrie cinématique. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1880.
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75 €

First edition.

Photo BERT, Paul. 

BERT, Paul. 

L'Instruction religieuse dans l'école conférence faite au cirque d'hiver...le 28 aout 1881 sous la présidence de M. Gambetta. 

Paris, Picard-Bernheim et Cie, [v. 1881].
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75 €

Paul Bert (1833-1886) succeeded Jules Ferry at the Ministry of Public Instruction and Worship from 1881 to 1882. Anticlerical, he was one of the founders of the "free, secular and compulsory school".

Photo SAND, George. 

SAND, George. 

Valentine. 

Paris, Perrotin, 1842.
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70 €

First 12mo edition, renew by the author with original parts.

Photo DICKENS, Charles. 

DICKENS, Charles. 

Aventures de monsieur Pickwick. 

Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1859.
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60 €

First edition in french.
Dickens wrote a specific preface for this French edition.

Photo STERNE, Laurence. 

STERNE, Laurence. 

Voyage sentimental en France et en Italie. 

Paris, Jouaust librairie des bibliophiles, 1887.
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50 €

New translation and preface by Alfred Hédouin.

Photo CHEVIGNE, Louis (Comte de). 

CHEVIGNE, Louis (Comte de). 

Les Contes rémois. 

Paris, Jouaust librairie des bibliophiles, 1877.
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40 €

Twelfth edition preceded by the Muse champenoise by Louis Lacour.
Illustrations after Jules Worms and engraved by Paul Rajon.

Photo KAULBACH, William || JAEGER, C. || Mueller, A. || PIXIS, Th. || BAYSCHLAG, R. || LINDENSCHMIT, W. 

KAULBACH, William || JAEGER, C. || Mueller, A. || PIXIS, Th. || BAYSCHLAG, R. || LINDENSCHMIT, W. 

Schiller-Gallery. 

Munich, Bruckmann, [v. 1880].
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50 €

Beautiful photographic reproductions of drawings illustrating the work of Schiller.

Photo VILLEMAIN, Abel François. 

VILLEMAIN, Abel François. 

Cours de littérature française : Tableau de la littérature au moyen âge en France, en Italie, en Espagne et en Angleterre. 

Paris, Didier et cie, 1865.
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50 €

History of literature in the Middle Ages which is not limited to French authors.

Photo VACQUERIE, Auguste. 

VACQUERIE, Auguste. 

Tragaldabas. 

Paris, Georges Chamerot, 1886.
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50 €

One of 500 copies on vellum paper (ours n °313).

Photo ROUCHE, Eugène || DE COMBEROUSSE, Charles. 

ROUCHE, Eugène || DE COMBEROUSSE, Charles. 

Eléments de Géométrie conformes aux derniers programmes officiels, renfermant un grand nombre d'exercices. 

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1881.
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50 €

Handwritten dedication on half title.

Photo LUCAS DE PESLOÜAN, Charles. 

LUCAS DE PESLOÜAN, Charles. 

N.H Abel. Sa vie et son œuvre. 

Paris, Gauthiers Villars, 1906.
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50 €

Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) is a Norwegian mathematician. Like Galois at the same time, he died young but left a considerable body of work.
"He is known for his work in mathematical analysis on the semiconvergence of numerical series, sequences and series of functions, on the convergence criteria of generalized integral and on the notion of elliptic integral; in algebra, on the resolution of equations . " (Accromath).

Photo LAVISSE, Ernest || RAMBAUD, Alfred. 

LAVISSE, Ernest || RAMBAUD, Alfred. 

Histoire générale : La Révolution française 1789-1799. 

Paris, Armand Colin, 1896.
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50 €

First edition.
Eighth volume of General History edited by Lavisse and Rambaud. The volume is devoted mainly to the French Revolution and the decade 1789-1799.
The point of view of the work is quite modern, it is a collection of articles by researchers on specific points of history and in an unprecedented way, for a history of the French revolution, many chapters are devoted to the history of other countries during the same period. What was happening in Indoustan in 1789?.

Photo RENAN, Ernest. 

RENAN, Ernest. 

Nouvelles études d'histoire religieuse. 

Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1884.
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50 €

First edition.
Ernest Renan (1823-1892), historian in most of the work has been devoted to the history of religions.
In this work Renan compiles some considerations on comparative mythologies, Buddhism, St Francis of Assisi, Galileo, Spinoza and Port Royal.

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