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MALRIEU.

Mémoire sur les eaux minérales chaudes ou thermales de Sylvanés, & sur les eaux minérales froids de Camarés.

Toulouse, Veuve de J.P. Robert, 1776.

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350 €

First edition.
Rare brochure on the ferruginous waters of Sylvanès and Camarès two small towns in the south of Aveyron.

HAUTESIERCK, Richard.

Formulae medicamentorum nosodochiis militaribus adaptatae, digestae et aucta.

Cassel, D. Estienne, 1761.

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350 €

First edition.
Richard de Hautesierck (1713-1789) French military doctor, he was the first doctor of the Westphalian army during the Seven Years War. As such, it offers this Form intended for doctors and pharmacists in the army.
"In 1766 he created the" Collection of medical observations from military hospitals ", the starting point for all the medical press in France" (Jean de Cilleuls, "A forerunner of the medical press in France: Richard de Hautesierck", 1971).

[CAYAUX ou CAILLOT].

Lettre sur les nouveaux bains médicinaux.

Paris, Veuve Quillau, 1752.

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250 €

First edition.
Curious work promoting Guérin's machine intended to produce steam for the Baths. The steam generator is inspired by Denis Papin's machine and coupled with different ovens either for the whole body or for the seat alone.
The novelty lies in the possibility of regulating vapors and showers precisely.

RAULIN, Joseph || COSTEL, Jean-Baptiste-Louis.

Observations sur l'usage des eaux minérales de Pougues avec l'analyse chimique des mêmes eaux.

Paris, Edme, 1769.

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250 €

First edition.
Joseph Raulin (1708-1784) doctor, who is also known for his work on obstetrics was commissioner and general inspector of mineral waters. He will notably publish a very beautiful work listing French mineral waters.
Here his recommendations for Pougues mineral waters. The mineral water of Pougues-les-eaux was sold continuously from 1768 to 1971 and made the fortune of this small village in the Nièvre.
Following is the chemical analysis performed by Costel, Master apothecary of Paris.

TERREDE, Simon Pierre Antoine.

Examen analytique des eaux minérales des environs de L'Aigle en Haute Normandie.

Paris, Vincent, 1776.

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450 €

First edition.
Bound up with :
HUET DE LA MARTINIERE, Dissertation sur l'examen analytique des eaux minérales des environs de l'Aigle, Genève, Glaçon, 1776

[TERREDE], Réflexions sur une brochure intitulée: dissertation..., [sl, sd]

Meeting of three rare works on the analysis of mineral waters around L'Aigle (Saint-Santin, Gauville, Irai ...).
The mineral waters of Saint-Santin were discovered in 1598 and met with some success in the 17th century, then were forgotten. The progress of 18th century chemistry led two doctors from L'Aigle to dispute their analysis and try to promote their therapeutic interest, but the mineral waters of the country of L'Aigle will again fall into oblivion.
A very good copy.

[ARNAULT DE NOBLEVILLE, Louis Daniel || SALERNE, François].

Le Manuel des Dames de charité, ou formules de médicamens faciles à préparer.

Orléans, N. Lanquement, 1747.

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250 €

First edition.
Arnault de Nobleville (1701-1778) is a doctor who practiced in Orleans. He worked there with François Salerne who co-signed the dedication epistle.
This book is intended for the medicine of the poor, giving simple and inexpensive remedies to achieve. In the preamble there is also a list of simple to use with their prices of the time.
The original edition published in Orleans has become rare.

RAMEL DE NOGARET, Dominique Vincent.

Des finances de la République française en l'an IX.

Paris, H. Agasse, An IX [1800].

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250 €

First edition.

Dominique-Vincent Ramel, known as "Ramel de Nogaret" (1760-1829) was a French politician and Minister of Finance during the Directoire.

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire de M. Necker.

s.l., [s. n.], 1787.

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90 €

First edition.

Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a politician from Geneva and was the Finance minister of Louis XVI.
This book was published in response to the speech of Charles Calonne (1734-1802, Minister and inspector General of Finance of Louis XVI between 1783 and 1787), who accused Necker of having published false informations in his report to the king.

TURGOT, Anne-Robert-Jacques.

Le conciliateur, ou lettres d'un ecclésiastique à un magistrat sur les affaires présentes.

s.l., [s. n.], 1788.

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240 €

Second édition.
Rare copy.

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot (1727-1781) was an important French politician and economist of the 18th century. He was Secretary of State for the Navy, then Controller General of Finances for King Louis XVI. This text is a plea for religious tolerance, particularly towards Protestants, whose freedoms were reviewed when the text was first published in 1754.

THIRION, Henri.

La vie privée des financiers au XVIIIe siècle.

Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1895.

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45 €

First edition.

VERNE, Jules.

Cinq semaines en ballon.

Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1874].

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500 €

"Cinq semaines en ballon" is Jules Verne's first novel published by Hetzel. It marks the beginning of a long collaboration between the very talented and prolific writer and his publisher.
Rare in this color.

CORNU, Alfred.

Mémoire sur la détermination de la vitesse de la lumière entre l'observatoire et Montlhéry, par M. A. Cornu. in Annales de l'Observatoire de Paris, publiées par U. -J. Le Verrier - Mémoires - Tome XIII.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1876.

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200 €

First edition.

Alfred Cornu (1841-1902), is famous for his three measurements of the speed of light between 1872 and 1874, made with the method of Fizeau for which he had great admiration.
The last and the best was done between the Observatory and the Montlhéry Tower. This article of 315 pages, is devoted to this last experiment.
The article "Recherches sur les observations magnétiques faites à l'observatoire de Paris de 1667 à 1872", by M. G. Rayet is bound in at the end of the volume.

MANGET, Jean Jacques.

Bibliotheca chirurgica, sive rerum ad artem machaonicam quoquô modô spectantium thesaurus absolutissimus [...].

Genève, Gabriel de Tournes & fils, 1721.

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1400 €

First edition.

Jean-Jacques Manget (1652-1742) was a Genevan doctor and publisher of scientific works.
This book is a compilation of articles, classified in alphabetical order, which deals with the surgical approach to the treatment of diseases. Manget relied on ancient authors and his contemporaries.

PICASSO, Pablo || GRAVURES.

Picasso.

Paris, Larousse Diffusion, 1988.

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100 €

This slipcase contains reproductions of 10 artworks, dated between 1905 and 1952. It was realized with the collaboration of Maya Picasso, the artist's daughter.
2000 numbered copies were printed on Yearling paper from Arjomari-Prioux.

[ANONYME].

Le médecin dés-interressé, ou l'on trouvera l'élite de plusieurs remèdes infaillibles, très expérimentez, & a peu de frais.

Paris, Pierre Aubouyn - Pierre Emery - Charles Clouzier, 1695.

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150 €

First edition.

This book is a collection of ancient remedies to cure various diseases such as jaundice, pox and many others.

OZANAM, Jacques.

Récréations mathématiques et physiques, qui contiennent plusieurs problèmes d'arithmétique, de géométrie, de musique, d'optique, de gnomonique, de cosmographie, de mécanique, de pyrotechnie, & de physique. Avec un traité des horloges élémentaires.

Paris, Claude Jombert, 1723.

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900 €

New edition, revised, corrected and augmented since the first one published in 1694.
The first edition with 136 plates.
This book on mathematics and physics deals with various problems in arithmetic, geometry, music, optics, gnomonics, cosmography, mechanics, acoustics, pyrotechnics, physics, water clocks, natural phosphors, perpetual lamps, etc.

[ROCHELLE DE BRECY, Adélaïde-Isabelle].

L'origine de la chouannerie, ou mémoires de Stéphanie de Tress, pour servir à l'histoire de nos guerres civiles.

Paris, Ouvrier, 1803.

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400 €

First edition.

GEOFFROY, Étienne-Louis.

Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique.

Paris, Durand, 1762.

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700 €

First edition.
This book was a great success in the field of Natural Sciences as soon as it was published.
Étienne-Louis Geoffroy (1725-1810, French pharmacist and entomologist) introduced a new classification of insects based on the study of wings and established six different groups (beetles, hemiptera, mealy-winged tetraptera, bare-winged tetraptera, diptera and aptera).

CARDAN, Jérôme, (CARDANI, Hieronymi).

Arcana politica, sive de prudentia civili liber singularis.

Leyde, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635.

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150 €

Second Elzevir edition.

This book by Jérôme Cardan was first published in 1627 with the title "Proxeneta", which means "the negotiator".
It deals with political life and court, household management, academia, and intellectual pursuits.

PUGNET, Jean-François-Xavier.

Mémoires sur les fièvres de mauvais caractère du levant et des antilles, avec un aperçu physique et médical du Sayd, et un essai sur la topographe de Sainte-Lucie dédiés à l'empereur.

Lyon, Reymann, An XII - 1804.

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500 €

Jean-François-Xavier Pugnet (1765-1846) was a French military doctor who distinguished himself during the Egyptian campaign, first at the Rosette hospital and then at Cairo where he was confronted with the plague. He then went to the West Indies to study yellow fever and compare it to Levant fevers.
He compiles his observations from 1802, here the most complete edition plus the part on Saint Lucia.

The folding plate takes up a low relief collected in Egypt in a tomb representing the fertilization of the Earth by the Sun.

[SECRETS].

Secrets concernant les arts et métiers.

Paris, Claude Jombert, 1716.

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350 €

First edition.
This book contains many craft secrets for the decorative arts with the recipes of varnishes, ink, dyes useful to painters, engravers, jewelers, cabinetmakers, perfumers ... A real treasure for the restorers of objects of the eighteenth century.

VITET, Louis.

Traité de la Sangsue médicinale.

Paris, H. Nicolle, 1809.

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400 €

First posthumous edition.

Lyonnais physician, Louis Vitet (1736-1809) became mayor of Lyon during the revolutionary period. It is his son who publishes this book according to the works left by his father.
Complete treatise on the medicinal leech, which describes its anatomy, physiology and uses in the patient. Supplementary bleeding animal still widely used at the beginning of the 19th century.

FRANKLIN, Benjamin.

Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique.

Paris, Durand, 1752.

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1700 €

First edition of the French translation given by François-Thomas Dalibard after the original English edition published in London in 1751.
Franklin's major scientific work, on electricity, proving that lightning is electrical and deducing the positive and negative nature of an electrical charge.
It is the correspondence between Benjamin Franklin and Peter Collinson which is at the origin of this publication.

[BEAUMONT, L. de] || ROBIDA, Albert.

Le cas du vidame, par l'Académicien d'estampes.

Paris, A la librairie illustrée, [ca. 1889].

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550 €

Copy on Japan paper.
Presentation copy to Monsieur Achille by Albert Robida, with a fine drawing by the artist (Profile of a woman wearing a nice hat).

Robida (1848-1926) illustrates here, with his characteristic style full of life, the funny story of a mismatched wedding, which begins with a disastrous wedding night.

COTES, Roger.

Leçons de physique expérimentale, sur l'équilibre des liqueurs, & sur la nature & les propriétés de l'air.

Paris, David fils, 1742.

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700 €

First edition in French.

Roger Cotes (1682-1716) was an English mathematician, closed to Isaac Newton with whom he shared the discovery of the Newton-Cotes method of numerical analysis, which generally extended the trapezoidal method and Simpson's method for calculating integrals.
This book was first published posthumously in 1738 under the title "Hydrostatical and Pneumatic Lectures", and it contains the first French translation of Newton's scale of degrees of heat, his law of cooling.

VAUGONDY, Didier Robert de.

Usages des globes céleste et terrestre, faits par ordre du Roy.

Paris, Antoine Boudet, 1751.

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First edition.

In this book, Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786) explained how the globes he made for Louis XV worked.
Born into a family of geographers and cartographers, Didier Rober de Vaugondy was appointed geographer to the king, like his father, and became the royal censor for books concerning geography, navigation and travel in 1773.

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von || COLLOT, André.

Faust - Le Second Faust. Illustré par A. Collot.

Paris, La tradition, [1937-1938].

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800 €

On of the 34 copies on Japon Impérial paper, with an additionnal suite and an original drawing. Our copy contain an second additional drawing.

Translation by Gérard de Nerval, with illustrations by André Collot.

André Collot (1897-1976) was a French illustrator, engraver and painter known for his many illustrations of erotic books. However, by working on the illustration of Goethe's "Faust", he revealed a darker part of his work and succeeded in transcribing all the tragedy of the work of the famous German writer.

PELOUZE, Edmond.

Secrets modernes des arts et métiers.

Paris, Librairie de Maison, 1840 - 1850.

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350 €

Third edition, the most important, because contains a description of the Daguerreotype's technique, presented at the Academy of Sciences of Paris on 7th January 1839 by Arago,

This book consists in many different chapters with one that reproduced the full text of the description of this revolutionary process, taken from the « Historique et description du daguerréotype et du diorama », published in 1839 by Daguerre.

It is one of the first diffusions of this technique in a book of scientific popularization (in 1840), which shows the huge success of photography among the public.

Complete copy in 3 volumes, with an additional manuscript volume written by an anonymous author (it contains a set of manufacturing methods for products such as linen marking ink, marine glue or how to make fabrics waterproof).

MALOUIN, Paul-Jacques.

Traité de Chimie contenant la manière de préparer les remèdes qui sont les plus en usage dans la Pratique de la Médecine.

Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1734.

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300 €

First edition.
Paul-Jacques Malouin (1701-1778) is a French chemist and doctor. This chemistry treatise is intended for the use of doctors and pharmacists, it mainly offers preparations based on metals (mercury, antimony ..) and salts (tartar, ammonia ..).

CHAMBON, Joseph.

Principes de physique, rapportés à la médecine-pratique
[qui comprend le]
Traité des métaux et des minéraux, et des remèdes qu'on peut en tirer. Avec dissertations sur le sel & le soufre des philosophes, & sur la goute, la gravelle, la petite vérole, la rougeole & autres maladies : avec un grand nombre de remèdes choisis.

Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1750.

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450 €

Rare edition. The second volume contain the Traité des métaux et des minéraux (1750).

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MALRIEU.

Mémoire sur les eaux minérales chaudes ou thermales de Sylvanés, & sur les eaux minérales froids de Camarés.

First edition. Rare brochure on the ferruginous waters of Sylvanès and Camarès two small towns in the south of Aveyron.

HAUTESIERCK, Richard.

Formulae medicamentorum nosodochiis militaribus adaptatae, digestae et aucta.

[CAYAUX ou CAILLOT].

Lettre sur les nouveaux bains médicinaux.

RAULIN, Joseph || COSTEL, Jean-Baptiste-Louis.

Observations sur l'usage des eaux minérales de Pougues avec l'analyse chimique des mêmes eaux.

TERREDE, Simon Pierre Antoine.

Examen analytique des eaux minérales des environs de L'Aigle en Haute Normandie.

[ARNAULT DE NOBLEVILLE, Louis Daniel || SALERNE, François].

Le Manuel des Dames de charité, ou formules de médicamens faciles à préparer.

RAMEL DE NOGARET, Dominique Vincent.

Des finances de la République française en l'an IX.

First edition. Dominique-Vincent Ramel, known as "Ramel de Nogaret" (1760-1829) was a French politician and Minister of Finance during the Directoire.

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire de M. Necker.

TURGOT, Anne-Robert-Jacques.

Le conciliateur, ou lettres d'un ecclésiastique à un magistrat sur les affaires présentes.

THIRION, Henri.

La vie privée des financiers au XVIIIe siècle.

First edition.

VERNE, Jules.

Cinq semaines en ballon.

"Cinq semaines en ballon" is Jules Verne's first novel published by Hetzel. It marks the beginning of a long collaboration between the very talented and prolific writer and his publisher. Rare in this color.

CORNU, Alfred.

Mémoire sur la détermination de la vitesse de la lumière entre l'observatoire et Montlhéry, par M. A. Cornu. in Annales de l'Observatoire de Paris, publiées par U. -J. Le Verrier - Mémoires - Tome XIII.

MANGET, Jean Jacques.

Bibliotheca chirurgica, sive rerum ad artem machaonicam quoquô modô spectantium thesaurus absolutissimus [...].

PICASSO, Pablo || GRAVURES.

Picasso.

This slipcase contains reproductions of 10 artworks, dated between 1905 and 1952. It was realized with the collaboration of Maya Picasso, the artist's daughter. 2000 numbered copies were printed on Yearling paper from Arjomari-Prioux.

[ANONYME].

Le médecin dés-interressé, ou l'on trouvera l'élite de plusieurs remèdes infaillibles, très expérimentez, & a peu de frais.

First edition.This book is a collection of ancient remedies to cure various diseases such as jaundice, pox and many others.

OZANAM, Jacques.

Récréations mathématiques et physiques, qui contiennent plusieurs problèmes d'arithmétique, de géométrie, de musique, d'optique, de gnomonique, de cosmographie, de mécanique, de pyrotechnie, & de physique. Avec un traité des horloges élémentaires.

[ROCHELLE DE BRECY, Adélaïde-Isabelle].

L'origine de la chouannerie, ou mémoires de Stéphanie de Tress, pour servir à l'histoire de nos guerres civiles.

First edition.

GEOFFROY, Étienne-Louis.

Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique.

CARDAN, Jérôme, (CARDANI, Hieronymi).

Arcana politica, sive de prudentia civili liber singularis.

Second Elzevir edition. This book by Jérôme Cardan was first published in 1627 with the title "Proxeneta", which means "the negotiator". It deals with political life and court, household management, academia, and intellectual pursuits.

PUGNET, Jean-François-Xavier.

Mémoires sur les fièvres de mauvais caractère du levant et des antilles, avec un aperçu physique et médical du Sayd, et un essai sur la topographe de Sainte-Lucie dédiés à l'empereur.

[SECRETS].

Secrets concernant les arts et métiers.

First edition. This book contains many craft secrets for the decorative arts with the recipes of varnishes, ink, dyes useful to painters, engravers, jewelers, cabinetmakers, perfumers ... A real treasure for the restorers of objects of the eighteenth century.

VITET, Louis.

Traité de la Sangsue médicinale.

FRANKLIN, Benjamin.

Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique.

[BEAUMONT, L. de] || ROBIDA, Albert.

Le cas du vidame, par l'Académicien d'estampes.

COTES, Roger.

Leçons de physique expérimentale, sur l'équilibre des liqueurs, & sur la nature & les propriétés de l'air.

VAUGONDY, Didier Robert de.

Usages des globes céleste et terrestre, faits par ordre du Roy.

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von || COLLOT, André.

Faust - Le Second Faust. Illustré par A. Collot.

PELOUZE, Edmond.

Secrets modernes des arts et métiers.

MALOUIN, Paul-Jacques.

Traité de Chimie contenant la manière de préparer les remèdes qui sont les plus en usage dans la Pratique de la Médecine.

First edition. Paul-Jacques Malouin (1701-1778) is a French chemist and doctor. This chemistry treatise is intended for the use of doctors and pharmacists, it mainly offers preparations based on metals (mercury, antimony ..) and salts (tartar, ammonia ..).

CHAMBON, Joseph.

Rare edition. The second volume contain the Traité des métaux et des minéraux (1750).

First edition.
Rare brochure on the ferruginous waters of Sylvanès and Camarès two small towns in the south of Aveyron.

First edition.

Dominique-Vincent Ramel, known as "Ramel de Nogaret" (1760-1829) was a French politician and Minister of Finance during the Directoire.

"Cinq semaines en ballon" is Jules Verne's first novel published by Hetzel. It marks the beginning of a long collaboration between the very talented and prolific writer and his publisher.
Rare in this color.

This slipcase contains reproductions of 10 artworks, dated between 1905 and 1952. It was realized with the collaboration of Maya Picasso, the artist's daughter.
2000 numbered copies were printed on Yearling paper from Arjomari-Prioux.

First edition.

This book is a collection of ancient remedies to cure various diseases such as jaundice, pox and many others.

Second Elzevir edition.

This book by Jérôme Cardan was first published in 1627 with the title "Proxeneta", which means "the negotiator".
It deals with political life and court, household management, academia, and intellectual pursuits.

First edition.
This book contains many craft secrets for the decorative arts with the recipes of varnishes, ink, dyes useful to painters, engravers, jewelers, cabinetmakers, perfumers ... A real treasure for the restorers of objects of the eighteenth century.

First edition.
Paul-Jacques Malouin (1701-1778) is a French chemist and doctor. This chemistry treatise is intended for the use of doctors and pharmacists, it mainly offers preparations based on metals (mercury, antimony ..) and salts (tartar, ammonia ..).