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JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé).

Dissertation sur un Temple octogone et plusieurs bas-reliefs trouvez à Cestas.

Bordeaux, Jean Baptiste Lacorne, 1743.

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600 €

First edition.
Description of a temple, probably early Christian, in Cestas by the local scholar Abbot Jaubert.
The latter identifies it as a temple dedicated to the cult of Cybele.
This temple, which has now disappeared, was attached to the old church of Cestas. The engravings by Abbot Jaubert representing the plan of the building and the bas-reliefs are the only archaeological traces that remain to us.

PAULIAN, Aimé-Henri.

Dictionnaire des nouvelles découvertes faites en physique, pour servir de supplément aux différentes éditions du Dictionnaire de physique.

Paris, J.J. Niel, 1787.

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150 €

Aimé Henri Paulian was professor of physics at Aix and Avignon.
First edition of this work in which Paulian presents the latest discoveries made in physics since the publication of his 'Dictionnaire de physique'.
In particular on electricity, air navigation, animal magnetism.

DESCARTES, René.

Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité dans les sciences.
Plus la Dioptrique et les Météores qui sont des essais de cette méthode.

Paris, Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras, 1668.

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The true third edition with the privilège dated 28 avril 1668.

BOECE DE BOODT, Anselme.

Le Parfaict Joaillier, ou Histoire des pierreries ou sont amplement descrites leur naissance, de juste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, & se garder des contrefaites, facilitez medicinales, & propriectez curieuses.

Lyon, Jean Antoine Huguetan, 1644.

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First french edition.
Milestone in mineralogy and gemmology.
Translation by Jean Bachou from the Latin edition of the "Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia" and enriched with annotations by André Toll.
All precious stones are studied there as well as the cutting and polishing processes. Boodt also describes the virtues of stones, medicinal and magical faculties.
Numerous woodcuts in the text.

[GRAND ALBERT].

Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le grand.

Lyon [Avignon], Héritiers de Beringos, 1791 [1850].

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The most famous of the grimoires of popular magic.
This edition attributed to Offray in Avignon is sought after for its colored plates and its numerous engravings in the text (sometimes full-page).

CURIE, Pierre || CURIE, Marie.

Oeuvres de Pierre Curie. Publiées par les Soins de la Societe Francaise de Physique.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1908.

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First edition.
First edition of the works of Pierre Curie. His wife Marie Curie signs the preface here.

FAULCON, Felix.

Fruits de la Solitude et du Malheur.

Paris, Du Pont, An IV [1796].

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100 €

First edition.
Felix Faulcon, deputy under the Constituent Assembly, then the Empire and the Restoration, he became a corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres) on June 3, 1803. In exile in the countryside during the Convention and the Terror, Faulcon delivers his reflections here in the form of Pastorales. The work will only be published under the Directory.

FAULCON, Felix.

Voyages et Opuscules.

Paris, Debray, 1805.

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100 €

First edition.
Excerpts from the author's travel journal in Belgium, Holland and on the Rhine, in Allier and Puy-de-Dôme. Felix Faulcon, deputy under the Constituent, then the Empire and the Restoration, he became a corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres) on June 3, 1803.

[MAROQUIN DOUBLE].

Les Pseaumes de David traduits en François selon l'Hébreu de la Vulgate.

Paris, Helie Josset, [1689].

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450 €

Rare copy covered with a contemporary Jansenist binding in morocco.
This very well executed binding work is in the style of Luc-Antoine Boyet who practiced at that time.

LA BRUYERE, Jean de.

Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec : avec les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle.

Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1694.

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950 €

Eighth original edition.
"Les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle" by the French moralist Jean de la Bruyère (1645 - 1696) is one of the major works of French literature.
The first edition dates from 1688, the following nine editions from 1688 to 1696 are increased with each publication of new texts.
This edition contains 46 characters that had not yet been published (Cydias, Clitophon, Antagoras, etc.), as well as the Reception Speech at the Académie française which is attached for the first time to the Characters.

BÉRENGER-FÉRAUD, Laurent-Jean-Baptiste.

De la Fièvre jaune à la Martinique (antilles françaises).

Paris, V. Adrien Delahaye et Cie, 1878.

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250 €

First edition.
Laurent Jean Baptiste Bérenger-Féraud (1832-1900) was a naval surgeon. He was in command of the Martinique health service in 1875.
Presentation copy.

SAINTYVES, Pierre.

Les Origines de la médecine: Empirisme ou magie ?.

Paris, Nourry, 1920.

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60 €

First edition.
Presentation copy.

LAUTH, Thomas.

Histoire de l'Anatomie.

Strasbourg, F.G. Levrault, 1815.

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First edition.
Thomas Lauth (1758-1826) was a French physician and botanist, professor of anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg. He was the founder of the first anatomical museum of the Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg.
Volume I only, others volumes have never been published.
Work as published with full margins, mostly uncut.

LA CONDAMINE, Charles Marie (de).

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'inoculation de la petite vérole.

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1768.

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200 €

Memoirs read at the Royal Academy of Sciences, in 1754, 1758 & 1765. After a career as an explorer and scientist, La Condamine devoted the latter part of his life to campaigning for inoculation against smallpox (or variolation), a disease which had contaminated him as a child.

PATISSIER, Philibert.

Manuel des eaux minérales de la France à l'usage des médecins et des malades qui les fréquentent.

Paris, Mequignon-Marvis, 1818.

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100 €

First edition.
Philibert Patissier, a French doctor, published several important works on mineral waters.

RICHERAND, Anthelme.

Histoire des progrès récens de la chirurgie.

Paris, Bechet Jeune, 1825.

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120 €

First edition.
It should be noted that the author does not spare Desault, who is nevertheless considered the founder of the 19th century surgical school: "Desault spread his errors on the deluded crowd; deplorable errors which have outlived their author and of which we ourselves have been the dupe and the echo for too long" (p.66).

RAYER, Pierre François Olive.

Histoire de l'épidémie de suette-miliaire, qui a régné, en 1821, dans les départemens de l'Oise et de Seine-et-Oise.

Paris, Haillière, 1822.

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350 €

First edition.
A French physician and dermatologist, Rayer is known above all for his work in anatomo-pathology and physiology.
A complete copy with the maps of the Oise.

GAVARD, Hyacinthe.

Traité complet d'ostéologie rédigé d'après les leçons de Desault.

Paris, Méquignon, 1805.

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150 €

Third edition.
Hyacinthe Gavard (1753-1802) anatomist, wrote the series of lectures given by Desault, one of the first professors of Surgery in Paris.

GAVARD, Hyacinthe.

Traité de Splanchnologie, suivant la méthode de Desault.

Paris, Mequignon, 1809.

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100 €

Third edition corrected.
Hyacinthe Gavard (1753-1802) anatomist, wrote the series of lectures given by Desault, one of the first professors of Surgery in Paris.

BRACHET, Jean-Louis.

Traité complet de l'hypochondrie.

Paris, J.B. Baillière, 1844.

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150 €

First edition.

RAMBOSSON, Jean.

Phénomènes nerveux, intellectuels et moraux, leur transmission par contagion.

Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1883.

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150 €

First edition.
"In this work, we present the law of transmission and transformation of expressive movement. This law shows how a cerebral movement can be transmitted to other brains, without being distorted [...] It thus demonstrates the remote propagation of nervous disorders and phenomena: yawning, laughter, various tics, epileptiform phenomena, etc...." (extract).
Rambosson continues here his work begun with a memoir presented on June 8, 1880 to the Academy of Medicine under the title "The Remote Propagation of Disorders".
Few pencil notes in margins.

OLLIVIER, Charles-Prosper.

Traité de la moelle épinière et de ses maladies, contenant l'histoire anatomique, physiologique et pathologique de ce centre nerveux chez l'homme.

Paris, Crevot, 1827.

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600 €

Second edition, corrected and augmented of 400 pages.
Pioneering study of the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the spinal cord. In it he describes what is probably the first case of a disease now known as multiple sclerosis.
He is also credited with coining the term syringomyelia which appears here in this second edition for the first time on p. 178.

CHOPART, François.

Traité des maladies des voies urinaires.

Paris, Chez L'auteur, 1791-1792.

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300 €

First edition.
Treatise filled with very detailed clinical observations is very didactic. François Auguste Chopart (1743-1795) formed with Pierre Joseph Desault and the Englishman John Hunter a trio of friendly doctors who participated in the knowledge of the urinary system.

LE CAT, Claude-Nicolas.

Traité des sens.

Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1742.

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500 €

Second edition.
Reprint of the first edition (Rouen, 1740).
Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768) a surgeon specializing in the operation of bladder stones remains famous for his work on the senses. Mechanistic doctor for whom sensations are the result of the body acting on the body (the soul therefore does not come into play), his main contribution remains on the understanding of the functioning of vision.

LE DRAN, Henry François.

Traité des opérations de chirurgie.

Paris, Charles Osmont, 1742.

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250 €

First edition.
Henri François Le Dran (1685-1770) was chief surgeon at the Charité in Paris and surgeon for the king. He improved the operation of lithotomy.

BICHAT, Xavier.

Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort.

Paris, Brosson, 1802.

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120 €

Second edition.
There we find the famous definition: "life is the set of functions that resist death.".

LE GOUAS, Francois Maurice Victor.

Nouveaux Principes de Chirurgie, rédigés suivant le plan de l'ouvrage de G. De Lafaye.

Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1817.

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80 €

Third edition augmented.

ALLEN, John.

Synopsis universae medicinae practicae: sive doctissimorum virorum de morbis eorumque causis ac remediis Judicia: Accesserunt nunc demum casus nonnulli oppido rari.

Francfort et Leipzig, D. Knochi et Jo Georg. Eslinger, 1749.

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120 €

First edition.
John Allen, or John Alleyn (1660? – 1741), was an English physician and inventor, mainly remembered for writing medical text books.

COINDET, Jean Francois.

Mémoire sur L'Hydrencéphale ou Céphalite Interne Hydrencéphalique.

Paris, JJ Paschoud, 1817.

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120 €

First edition.
Jean-François Coindet (1774-1834) was a Swiss physician and researcher.
Bound to the following:
SENN, Anatomical-pathological research on acute meningitis in children, Paris, Gabon, 1825 xvi-149-(1) pages.

CAZALAS, Louis.

Maladies de l'armée d'Orient (campagne de 1854-55-56) : statistique médicale de l'Hôpital de l'École Militaire à Constantinople.

Paris, JB Baillière, 1860.

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150 €

First edition.
Louis Cazalas (1813-1884), Military doctor, his career took him to Algeria, Egypt and Constantinople. He ended his career as a medical inspector general. He is the author of several works on military medicine.

Presentation copy.

bound with the following :
CHARMEIL, Recherches sur les métastases, Metz, Antoine, 1821. (8)-xix-387-(3) pages.

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JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé).

Dissertation sur un Temple octogone et plusieurs bas-reliefs trouvez à Cestas.

PAULIAN, Aimé-Henri.

Dictionnaire des nouvelles découvertes faites en physique, pour servir de supplément aux différentes éditions du Dictionnaire de physique.

Aimé Henri Paulian was professor of physics at Aix and Avignon.First edition of this work in which Paulian presents the latest discoveries made in physics since the publication of his 'Dictionnaire de physique'. In particular on electricity, air navigation, animal magnetism.

DESCARTES, René.

Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité dans les sciences. Plus la Dioptrique et les Météores qui sont des essais de cette méthode.

The true third edition with the privilège dated 28 avril 1668.

BOECE DE BOODT, Anselme.

Le Parfaict Joaillier, ou Histoire des pierreries ou sont amplement descrites leur naissance, de juste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, & se garder des contrefaites, facilitez medicinales, & propriectez curieuses.

[GRAND ALBERT].

Les Admirables secrets d'Albert le grand.

The most famous of the grimoires of popular magic. This edition attributed to Offray in Avignon is sought after for its colored plates and its numerous engravings in the text (sometimes full-page).

CURIE, Pierre || CURIE, Marie.

Oeuvres de Pierre Curie. Publiées par les Soins de la Societe Francaise de Physique.

First edition.First edition of the works of Pierre Curie. His wife Marie Curie signs the preface here.

FAULCON, Felix.

Fruits de la Solitude et du Malheur.

FAULCON, Felix.

Voyages et Opuscules.

[MAROQUIN DOUBLE].

Les Pseaumes de David traduits en François selon l'Hébreu de la Vulgate.

Rare copy covered with a contemporary Jansenist binding in morocco. This very well executed binding work is in the style of Luc-Antoine Boyet who practiced at that time.

LA BRUYERE, Jean de.

Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec : avec les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle.

BÉRENGER-FÉRAUD, Laurent-Jean-Baptiste.

De la Fièvre jaune à la Martinique (antilles françaises).

First edition.Laurent Jean Baptiste Bérenger-Féraud (1832-1900) was a naval surgeon. He was in command of the Martinique health service in 1875.Presentation copy.

SAINTYVES, Pierre.

Les Origines de la médecine: Empirisme ou magie ?.

First edition.Presentation copy.

LAUTH, Thomas.

Histoire de l'Anatomie.

LA CONDAMINE, Charles Marie (de).

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de l'inoculation de la petite vérole.

Memoirs read at the Royal Academy of Sciences, in 1754, 1758 & 1765. After a career as an explorer and scientist, La Condamine devoted the latter part of his life to campaigning for inoculation against smallpox (or variolation), a disease which had contaminated him as a child.

PATISSIER, Philibert.

Manuel des eaux minérales de la France à l'usage des médecins et des malades qui les fréquentent.

First edition.Philibert Patissier, a French doctor, published several important works on mineral waters.

RICHERAND, Anthelme.

Histoire des progrès récens de la chirurgie.

RAYER, Pierre François Olive.

Histoire de l'épidémie de suette-miliaire, qui a régné, en 1821, dans les départemens de l'Oise et de Seine-et-Oise.

First edition.A French physician and dermatologist, Rayer is known above all for his work in anatomo-pathology and physiology. A complete copy with the maps of the Oise.

GAVARD, Hyacinthe.

Traité complet d'ostéologie rédigé d'après les leçons de Desault.

Third edition.Hyacinthe Gavard (1753-1802) anatomist, wrote the series of lectures given by Desault, one of the first professors of Surgery in Paris.

GAVARD, Hyacinthe.

Traité de Splanchnologie, suivant la méthode de Desault.

Third edition corrected.Hyacinthe Gavard (1753-1802) anatomist, wrote the series of lectures given by Desault, one of the first professors of Surgery in Paris.

BRACHET, Jean-Louis.

Traité complet de l'hypochondrie.

First edition.

RAMBOSSON, Jean.

Phénomènes nerveux, intellectuels et moraux, leur transmission par contagion.

OLLIVIER, Charles-Prosper.

Traité de la moelle épinière et de ses maladies, contenant l'histoire anatomique, physiologique et pathologique de ce centre nerveux chez l'homme.

CHOPART, François.

Traité des maladies des voies urinaires.

First edition.Treatise filled with very detailed clinical observations is very didactic. François Auguste Chopart (1743-1795) formed with Pierre Joseph Desault and the Englishman John Hunter a trio of friendly doctors who participated in the knowledge of the urinary system.

LE CAT, Claude-Nicolas.

Traité des sens.

LE DRAN, Henry François.

Traité des opérations de chirurgie.

First edition.Henri François Le Dran (1685-1770) was chief surgeon at the Charité in Paris and surgeon for the king. He improved the operation of lithotomy.

BICHAT, Xavier.

Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort.

Second edition.There we find the famous definition: "life is the set of functions that resist death.".

LE GOUAS, Francois Maurice Victor.

Nouveaux Principes de Chirurgie, rédigés suivant le plan de l'ouvrage de G. De Lafaye.

Third edition augmented.

ALLEN, John.

Synopsis universae medicinae practicae: sive doctissimorum virorum de morbis eorumque causis ac remediis Judicia: Accesserunt nunc demum casus nonnulli oppido rari.

First edition.John Allen, or John Alleyn (1660? – 1741), was an English physician and inventor, mainly remembered for writing medical text books.

COINDET, Jean Francois.

Mémoire sur L'Hydrencéphale ou Céphalite Interne Hydrencéphalique.

First edition.Jean-François Coindet (1774-1834) was a Swiss physician and researcher.Bound to the following: SENN, Anatomical-pathological research on acute meningitis in children, Paris, Gabon, 1825 xvi-149-(1) pages.

CAZALAS, Louis.

Maladies de l'armée d'Orient (campagne de 1854-55-56) : statistique médicale de l'Hôpital de l'École Militaire à Constantinople.

Aimé Henri Paulian was professor of physics at Aix and Avignon.
First edition of this work in which Paulian presents the latest discoveries made in physics since the publication of his 'Dictionnaire de physique'.
In particular on electricity, air navigation, animal magnetism.

Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité dans les sciences.
Plus la Dioptrique et les Météores qui sont des essais de cette méthode.

The most famous of the grimoires of popular magic.
This edition attributed to Offray in Avignon is sought after for its colored plates and its numerous engravings in the text (sometimes full-page).

First edition.
First edition of the works of Pierre Curie. His wife Marie Curie signs the preface here.

Rare copy covered with a contemporary Jansenist binding in morocco.
This very well executed binding work is in the style of Luc-Antoine Boyet who practiced at that time.

First edition.
Laurent Jean Baptiste Bérenger-Féraud (1832-1900) was a naval surgeon. He was in command of the Martinique health service in 1875.
Presentation copy.

First edition.
Presentation copy.

First edition.
Philibert Patissier, a French doctor, published several important works on mineral waters.

First edition.
A French physician and dermatologist, Rayer is known above all for his work in anatomo-pathology and physiology.
A complete copy with the maps of the Oise.

Third edition.
Hyacinthe Gavard (1753-1802) anatomist, wrote the series of lectures given by Desault, one of the first professors of Surgery in Paris.

Third edition corrected.
Hyacinthe Gavard (1753-1802) anatomist, wrote the series of lectures given by Desault, one of the first professors of Surgery in Paris.

First edition.
Treatise filled with very detailed clinical observations is very didactic. François Auguste Chopart (1743-1795) formed with Pierre Joseph Desault and the Englishman John Hunter a trio of friendly doctors who participated in the knowledge of the urinary system.

First edition.
Henri François Le Dran (1685-1770) was chief surgeon at the Charité in Paris and surgeon for the king. He improved the operation of lithotomy.

Second edition.
There we find the famous definition: "life is the set of functions that resist death.".

First edition.
John Allen, or John Alleyn (1660? – 1741), was an English physician and inventor, mainly remembered for writing medical text books.

First edition.
Jean-François Coindet (1774-1834) was a Swiss physician and researcher.
Bound to the following:
SENN, Anatomical-pathological research on acute meningitis in children, Paris, Gabon, 1825 xvi-149-(1) pages.