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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.

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.

ABOT DE BAZINGHEN, François.

Traité des monnoies, et de la jurisdiction de la cour des monnoies, en forme de dictionnaire, qui contient l'histoire des monnoies des anciens peuples Juifs, Gaulois & Romains, (.) de France (.) de l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amérique (.) l'Europe (.).

Paris, Guillyn, 1764.

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250 €

First edition.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

Paris, Guien et Compagnie, 1821-1822.

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220 €

First edition.

[MORENAS, François].

Dictionnaire historique-portatif de la géographie sacrée ancienne et moderne, dans lequel on trouve la situation et la description des lieux de la Terre-Sainte sous les Hébreux, & tels qu'ils sont aujourd'hui.

Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1759.

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130 €

First edition.

GIRARD, Gabriel.

Synonymes françois.

Lyon, Imprimerie Lerou, An VII [1798].

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90 €

New edition reviewed by Beauzee.

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

Paris, Charles Pougens, Hocquart, Duprat, An VIII (1799).

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400 €

First 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).

ERASME.

Les Colloques.

Leiden, Pierre Vander Aa, 1720.

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150 €

First edition of the French translation of the Erasmus colloques by Gueudeville.
This edition is sought after for the engravings by Hooge placed at the beginning of the chapter.

Our copy incomplete of 4 text sheets but complete with all the engravings.

[DE FOIX, Marc Antoine].

L'Art d'élever un Prince.

Paris, Vve Claude Thiboust, 1688.

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150 €

Collection of maxims supposed to be used for the education of the Duke of Burgundy.

[JURA].

Les Catholiques du Jura.

s.l., s.n., 1797.

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150 €

MOLLOY, Gérald || HAMARD, Abbé.

Géologie et Révélation ou histoire ancienne de la Terre considérée à la lumière des faits géologiques et de la religion révélée.

Paris, René Haton, 1877.

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50 €

Book whose purpose is to match geological and paleontological data with biblical stories.

ADELINE, Jules.

Lexique des termes d'art.

Paris, A. Quantin, [v.1884].

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50 €

First edition.
A very practical handbook, especially for students of Art and Art History, who want to learn the different technical terms of architecture, sculpture, etc.

Numerous engravings in the text pages.

HALLER, Albrecht.

Disputationes Chirurgicae selectae.

Lausanne, Marci-Michael Bousquet, 1755-1756.

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700 €

First edition.
Haller, the last universal genius of the Lumières, left an abundant and very broad work. Considered the father of modern physiology, he also contributed to the development of anatomy and surgery, of which he was chair in Gottingen until 1753.
A remarkable work for all 50 engraved plates offering striking scenes of surgery.

BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste.

Essai sur les eaux minérales naturelles et artificielles.

Paris et Saint-Pétersbourg, Klostermann, 1810.

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350 €

First edition, the first issue with the scarce 1810 title page.
An important work and comprehensive treatise on natural and mineral waters. The first part covers internal and external uses of fresh water, seawater, and different kinds of mineral water. The major portion of the book describes the principal spas of Europe in alphabetical order, including chemical analyses of the waters. The last section gives detailed directions for the preparation of artificial mineral waters, with plates showing apparatus for making hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogel sulphide. The machine designed by L.A. Planche for making carbonated mineral waters under pressure is described.

SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro.

Expériences sur la digestion de l'homme et de différentes espèces d'animaux avec des considérations sur sa méthode de faire des expériences et les conséquences pratiques qu'on peut tirer en médecine de ses découvertes par Jean SENEBIER.

Genève, Barthelemi Chirol, 1783.

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250 €

First separate and first edition in french of this work in which Spallanzani confirmed earlier doctrines of the solvent property of the gastric juice and discovered the action of the saliva in digestion. He stated that gastric juice can act outside the body and can prevent or inhibit putrefaction. He obtained gastric juice by tying a sponge on a piece of string, then allowing it to be swallowed.

JANIN, Jean.

Réflexions sur le triste sort des personnes, qui sous une apparence de mort, ont été enterrées vivantes; et sur les moyens qu'on doit mettre en usage pour prévoir une telle méprise; ou précis d'un mémoire sur les causes de la mort subite et violente: dans lequel on prouve que ceux qui en sont les victimes, peuvent être rappellés à la vie.

Paris, P.Fr. Didot, 1772.

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Rare first edition of this work in which Jean Janin tries to respond to an authentic phobia of premature burials which raged in the eighteenth century.

Bbound with: (In head) Bienville. La Nymphomanie ou traité de la fureur utérine. Rey, 1771. Paris. Browned paper and waterstains
(at the end). Mead. Monita and praecepta medica. Incomplete of the title page and tables. Tears and old reparis at the two last leave.

BOUHOURS, Dominique.

La manière de bien penser dans les ouvrages d’esprit.

Paris, Charles-Nicolas Poirion, 1756.

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50 €

HUME, David.

Histoire de la maison de Plantagenet sur le trône d'Angleterre, depuis l'invasion de Jules César, jusqu'à l'avènement de Henri VII.

Amsterdam, s.n., 1765.

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450 €

First edition in french.

[LE ROY, Julien-David]. LE ROI.

Nouvelles recherches sur les Vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs.

Paris, Chez les libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1786.

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600 €

Rare first edition.
Le Roy, was an architect and professor at the Academy of Architecture.
He is interested in the Navy and seeks to make technical improvements.
To validate his solutions, he will build a prototype that he will sail and in this book he presents his results.

PRESSAVIN, Jean Baptiste.

Nouveau traité des vapeurs, ou traité des maladies des nerfs.

Lyon, V. Reguilliay, 1771.

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600 €

Second edition.
The "vapors" mental disorder popularized by Pierre Pomme, foreshadows what will be discussed under the term Hysteria in the 19th century.

"Contrary to Pomme, Pressavin does not condemn passions without restriction [...] vapors would correspond to a dysfunction of the relational system which binds living beings to the outside world; vapors can just as easily be passionate, in the grip of an overexcited sensitivity , that an indifferent, vegetating in a state of torpor. " Paul Hoffmann, "The Woman in the Thought of Lights", Slatkine, 1995

Beautiful copy in contemporary morocco.

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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.

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.

ABOT DE BAZINGHEN, François.

Traité des monnoies, et de la jurisdiction de la cour des monnoies, en forme de dictionnaire, qui contient l'histoire des monnoies des anciens peuples Juifs, Gaulois & Romains, (.) de France (.) de l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amérique (.) l'Europe (.).

First edition.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

First edition.

[MORENAS, François].

Dictionnaire historique-portatif de la géographie sacrée ancienne et moderne, dans lequel on trouve la situation et la description des lieux de la Terre-Sainte sous les Hébreux, & tels qu'ils sont aujourd'hui.

First edition.

GIRARD, Gabriel.

Synonymes françois.

New edition reviewed by Beauzee.

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

ERASME.

Les Colloques.

First edition of the French translation of the Erasmus colloques by Gueudeville. This edition is sought after for the engravings by Hooge placed at the beginning of the chapter. Our copy incomplete of 4 text sheets but complete with all the engravings.

[DE FOIX, Marc Antoine].

L'Art d'élever un Prince.

Collection of maxims supposed to be used for the education of the Duke of Burgundy.

[JURA].

Les Catholiques du Jura.

MOLLOY, Gérald || HAMARD, Abbé.

Géologie et Révélation ou histoire ancienne de la Terre considérée à la lumière des faits géologiques et de la religion révélée.

Book whose purpose is to match geological and paleontological data with biblical stories.

ADELINE, Jules.

Lexique des termes d'art.

First edition.A very practical handbook, especially for students of Art and Art History, who want to learn the different technical terms of architecture, sculpture, etc.Numerous engravings in the text pages.

HALLER, Albrecht.

Disputationes Chirurgicae selectae.

BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste.

Essai sur les eaux minérales naturelles et artificielles.

SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro.

Expériences sur la digestion de l'homme et de différentes espèces d'animaux avec des considérations sur sa méthode de faire des expériences et les conséquences pratiques qu'on peut tirer en médecine de ses découvertes par Jean SENEBIER.

JANIN, Jean.

BOUHOURS, Dominique.

La manière de bien penser dans les ouvrages d’esprit.

HUME, David.

Histoire de la maison de Plantagenet sur le trône d'Angleterre, depuis l'invasion de Jules César, jusqu'à l'avènement de Henri VII.

First edition in french.

[LE ROY, Julien-David]. LE ROI.

Nouvelles recherches sur les Vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs.

Rare first edition.Le Roy, was an architect and professor at the Academy of Architecture.He is interested in the Navy and seeks to make technical improvements.To validate his solutions, he will build a prototype that he will sail and in this book he presents his results.

PRESSAVIN, Jean Baptiste.

Nouveau traité des vapeurs, ou traité des maladies des nerfs.

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.

First edition of the French translation of the Erasmus colloques by Gueudeville.
This edition is sought after for the engravings by Hooge placed at the beginning of the chapter.

Our copy incomplete of 4 text sheets but complete with all the engravings.

First edition.
A very practical handbook, especially for students of Art and Art History, who want to learn the different technical terms of architecture, sculpture, etc.

Numerous engravings in the text pages.

Rare first edition.
Le Roy, was an architect and professor at the Academy of Architecture.
He is interested in the Navy and seeks to make technical improvements.
To validate his solutions, he will build a prototype that he will sail and in this book he presents his results.