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Photo VILLEMOT, Philippe. 

VILLEMOT, Philippe. 

Nouveau système ou nouvelle explication du mouvement des planètes. 

Lyon, Louis Declaustre, 1707.
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900 €

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Villemot Philippe (1651 - 1713), priest and astronomer, was a member of the Academy of Sciences, Belles Lettres and Arts of Lyon. Here he proposes an improvement of Descartes' system of vortices by proposing in particular explanations for variations in the Earth's axis and the mechanics of tides.
At the end of his preface Villemot declares that he was not able to read Newton's work on gravitation before writing his book: "So I do not believe that we see anything here that is common to me and this clever Englishman; except one of his Theorems, which I recognized with pleasure to be only a corollary of my Principle".

Book written in French with juxta-linear Latin translation.

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POLINIERE, Pierre. 

Expériences de Physique. 

Paris, Jean de Laulne, 1709.
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950 €

First edition.
Pierre Polinière is considered the founder of experimental physics in France. After studying mathematics with Pierre Varignon (1654 – 1722), Polinière opened a physics course at the college of Harcourt, it was one of the first public courses given in Paris. His public demonstration sessions were very successful and did much to disseminate the scientific method of experimental research. His experiments were very popular and, among the spectators, we found all of Paris, and even the young Louis XV in 1722.
In 1706 during an experiment before the Academy of Sciences, Polinière discovered electroluminescence. This discovery is contemporary but independent of that of Hauksbee in London.
The protocol of the experiment is described here in the chapter “Phosphorus through Movement”.

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PLINE. 

Histoire naturelle de Pline. Traduite en françois, avec le texte latin rétabli d'après les meilleures leçons manuscrites. 

Paris, Desaint, 1771.
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1200 €

New translation by Louis Poinsinet de Sivry (1733-1804).
"Pliny's Natural History is the Encyclopedia of the Ancients. It can be considered as the repository of all physical, astronomical, geographic, etc. knowledge of Antiquity; as the picture of all human industry or the arts, from the earliest times to the first century of our Era." (excerpt from the preface)

Beautiful complete set in period binding.

Photo GRAINDORGE, André || FORMI, Pierre || [BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph]. 

GRAINDORGE, André || FORMI, Pierre || [BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph]. 

Traités très rares concernant l'histoire naturelle et les Arts.
- Graindorge, Traité de l'origine des Macreuses, 1680
- Formi, Traité de l'Adianton ou cheveu de vénus, 1644. 

Paris, Saugrain & Lamy, 1780.
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500 €

Reissue of two rare texts by Buchoz to serve as an annual supplement to a naturalist journal (probably the "Journal of the Three Kingdoms of Nature"):
- Graindorge, Traité de l'origine des Macreuses, 1680.
In which the author returns to the The opinion still widespread in the seventeenth century of the spontaneous generation of scoters (or Scottish geese) from boat wrecks (or shells or as fruit of coastal trees). Grandorge demonstrates that scoters are born from eggs like all other birds.

- Formi, Treatise on the Adianton or hair of Venus, 1644
Work which brought great fame to its author in which he proposes the galenic and spagyric use of the Capillary (Fern of the genus Adiantum).

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DUPUY, Dominique (Abbé). 

Histoire Naturelle des Mollusques Terrestres et d'Eau Douce qui vivent en France. 

Paris, Victor Masson, 1847-1852.
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350 €

First edition.
Complete collection of six issues as published in which Abbé Dupuy describes a number of new species (and or subspecies) starting with the Pyrenees Nerite.
Dupuy's malacological collections which were used to write his history of molluscs are today kept at the Toulouse museum and were only completely inventoried in 2009.

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DE LA CROIX, Demetrius. 

Le Mariage des fleurs, en vers latins. 

Paris, Drost ainé, 1798.
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150 €

Fourth edition.
Botany course in verse which addresses some cases of extraordinary plants, starting with the case of the Scythian lamb (or Tartary lamb, or Borametz).

Photo LATREILLE, Pierre André. 

LATREILLE, Pierre André. 

Histoire naturelle des fourmis et recueil de memoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs et autres insectes. 

Paris, Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1802.
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250 €

First edition.
Managing the entomological collections of the Natural History Museum, Latreille is the first to describe new species from the Pacific in this monograph devoted to ants.

Photo KLEIN, Théodore. 

KLEIN, Théodore. 

Ordre Naturel des Oursins de Mer et Fossiles, avec des Observations sur les Piquans des Oursins de Mer, et quelques Remarques sur les Bélemnites. 

Paris, Cl. J. B. Bauche, 1754.
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900 €

First french edition.
One of the first monographs devoted to sea urchins.
Here the French translation by La Chesnaye des Bois from the original edition given in Latin.

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ADANSON, Michel. 

Histoire Naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages. Avec la relation abrégée d'un voyage fait en ce pays pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 & 53. 

Paris, Claude Jean Baptiste Bauche, 1757.
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1750 €

First edition.
French naturalist, student of Réaumur and Jussieu, Michel Adanson was one of the rare Europeans to explore Senegal in the eighteenth century. Although his work was a commercial failure, it allowed him to enter the Academy of Sciences.

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DESCARTES, René. 

Specimina Philosophiae: Seu Dissertatio de Methodo Recte regendæ rationis, & veritatis in scientiis investigandæ: Dioptice, et Meteora. 

Amsterdam, Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644.
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First latin edition of the Discours de la Méthode.

Milestone in the history of science which marked an epistemological rupture.
The Latin translation of the Discourse on the Method was first undertaken by Etienne de Courcelles but Descartes revised it, modified it and introduced variants compared to the French text of 1637. We find there for the first time the phrase (page 31) : "cogito, ergo sum".
The scientific texts following the Discourse are illustrated with numerous woods in the text.

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DEIDIER, (Abbé). 

La Mesure des surfaces et des solides, par l'arithmétique des infinis et les centres de gravité. 

Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1740.
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750 €

First edition.
Work which is inspired by Wallis' method of measuring surfaces by the arithmetic of infinities which has the advantage according to Deidier of using simple algebra. Deidier found the algebra of integral calculus too abstract. Deidier's works ensured him a distinguished place among the mathematicians of his time.
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LAMARCK, Jean Baptiste de. 

Système des animaux sans vertèbres ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. 

Paris, Chez l'Autheur, 1801.
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2000 €

First edition.
One of the very first formulations of the concept of evolution of species (transformism), before Darwin's, and presenting as the cause of evolution (Lamarckism) the heredity of acquired characteristics.

It will take more than 50 years for Darwin's work on environmental selection pressure to contradict Lamarck's Speech.

However, we owe Lamarck the introduction in this book of the distinction between Vertebrate and Invertebrate animals, a distinction that we still use in current taxonomy.

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LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste || CANDOLLE, Augustin Pyramus de. 

Flore française, ou Descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un Exposé des principes élémentaires de la botanique. 

Paris, Desbay, 1815.
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500 €

Third edition.
This third edition was completely revised by the Swiss botanist Candolle in 1805. It was reprinted in 1815 with new title pages to accompany Volume V in the original edition. This latest volume includes 1300 species not described in the previous ones.

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[BERGERON, Louis-Georges-Isaac Salivet]. 

Manuel du Tourneur, ouvrage dans lequel on enseigne aux Amateurs la manière d'exécuter sur la Tour à Pointes, à Lunette, en l'Air, Excentrique, Ovale, à Guillocher, Quarré, à Portraits & autres, tout ce que l'Art a produit de plus ingénieux. 

Paris, Bergeron, 1792-1796.
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700 €

First edition.
Reference manual on turning, very complete with its 72 folding plates including color plates presenting the different species of wood.

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JAMIN, Jules Celestin. 

Cours de physique de l'école polytechnique. 

Paris, Gauthiers-Villars, 1885-1891.
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200 €

Fourth edition.
Physics course at the Polytechnic School divided into 12 booklets and 2 supplements (the third supplement is absent here).

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CHOPART, Louis Narcisse. 

Essais sur les évolutions navales suivis de quelques tables. 

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1839.
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600 €

First edition.
Chopart will be Vice-Admiral of the French Navy, he will participate in particular in the Algiers expedition in 1830. His book is in line with the tactics of the 18th century sailing navy, but as a former student from polytechnique he constantly uses geometric tools to demonstrate his movements. Beautiful printing on quality paper for this naval tactics book.

Photo DUPONT, Henri || CANET, L-F. 

DUPONT, Henri || CANET, L-F. 

Les Machines a Écrire. Historique, avantages, descriptions et Traité Complet de Dactylographie ou art d'écrire à la machine. 

Paris, Edition de la plume sténographique, 1901.
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200 €

First edition.
Important treatise in French on typing. Developed in the last quarter of the 19th century, typewriters established themselves at the turn of the century as an essential productivity tool. The authors provide an overview of the different technologies and their use.

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PLANCK, Max. 

Ueber den Beweis des Maxwell'schen Geschwindigkeitsvertheilungsgesetzes unter Gasmolecülen. 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1895.
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150 €

First edition.
Trois articles written by Hertz and published in Annalen der Physik und Chemie vol.55 en 1895.
These are the first three articles devoted to electromagnetic waves by Hertz. He discovered how to produce electrical discharges, which laid the foundations for the transmission of electrical waves without wires.
- Ueber sehr schnelle electrische Schwingungen.
- Nachtrag zu der Abhandlung über shr schnelle electrische Schwingungen.
- Ueber einen Einfluss des ultravioletten Lichtes auf die electrische Entladung.

In the same volume we find, two articles by Boltzman :
"Einige kleine Nachträge und Berichtigungen"
"Ueber die Wirling des Magnetismus auf electrische Entladungen in verdünnten Gasen"

And a work by Max Planck :
"Ueber dans Princip der Vermehrung des Entropie. Zweite Abhandlung : Gesetze der Dissociation gasförmiger Verbindungen.".

Photo HERTZ, Heinrich. 

HERTZ, Heinrich. 

- Ueber sehr schnelle electrische Schwingungen.
- Nachtrag zu der Abhandlung über shr schnelle electrische Schwingungen.
- Ueber einen Einfluss des ultravioletten Lichtes auf die electrische Entladung. 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1887.
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900 €

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Trois articles written by Hertz and published in Annalen der Physik und Chemie vol.31 en 1887.
These are the first three articles devoted to electromagnetic waves by Hertz. He discovered how to produce electrical discharges, which laid the foundations for the transmission of electrical waves without wires.
- Ueber sehr schnelle electrische Schwingungen.
- Nachtrag zu der Abhandlung über shr schnelle electrische Schwingungen.
- Ueber einen Einfluss des ultravioletten Lichtes auf die electrische Entladung.

In the same volume we find, two articles by Boltzman :
"Einige kleine Nachträge und Berichtigungen"
"Ueber die Wirling des Magnetismus auf electrische Entladungen in verdünnten Gasen"

And a work by Max Planck :
"Ueber dans Princip der Vermehrung des Entropie. Zweite Abhandlung : Gesetze der Dissociation gasförmiger Verbindungen.".

Photo HERTZ, Heinrich. 

HERTZ, Heinrich. 

- Ueber die Einwirkung einer geradlinigen Schwingung auf eine benachbarte Strombahn.
- Ueber Inductionserscheinungen, hervorgerufen durch die electrischen Vorgänge in Isolatoren.
- Ueber die Ausbreitungsgeschwindingkeit der electrodynamischen Wirkungen
- Ueber electrodynamische Wellen in Luftraume und deren Reflexion. 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1888.
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200 €

First edition.
Four articles written by Hertz and published in Annalen der Physik und Chemie vol.34 en 1888.
- Bemerkung zu dem Gesetz von Eötvös
"Remarks on Eötvös's law"

- Eine Heung zwischen dem elastischen verhalten und der spezifischen Wärme bei festen Körpern mit einatomigen Molekül
"A relationship between elastic behavior and specific heat in solid bodies with monatomic molecules"

- Bemerkungen zu den P. Hertzschen Arbeiten: "Über die mechanischen Grundlagen der Thermodynamik"
Remarks on the work of P. Hertz: "On the mechanical foundations of thermodynamics"

- Bermerkungen zu meiner Arbeit: "Eine Beziehung zwischen dem elastischen verhalten..."
Remarks on my work: "A relationship between elastic behavior..."

- Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: “Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen”
Correction of my work: “A new determination of molecular dimensions”.

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EINSTEIN, Albert. 

- Bemerkung zu dem Gesetz von Eötvös
- Eine Beziehung zwischen dem elastischen verhalten und der spezifischen Wärme bei festen Körpern mit einatomigen Molekül
- Bemerkungen zu den P. Hertzschen Arbeiten: "Über die mechanischen Grundlagen der Thermodynamik"
- Bermerkungen zu meiner Arbeit : "Eine Beziehung zwischen dem elastischen verhalten..."
- Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit : "Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen". 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1911.
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160 €

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Five articles written by Albert Einstein and published in Annalen der Physik vol.34 en 1911.
- Bemerkung zu dem Gesetz von Eötvös
"Remarks on Eötvös's law"

- Eine Heung zwischen dem elastischen verhalten und der spezifischen Wärme bei festen Körpern mit einatomigen Molekül
"A relationship between elastic behavior and specific heat in solid bodies with monatomic molecules"

- Bemerkungen zu den P. Hertzschen Arbeiten: "Über die mechanischen Grundlagen der Thermodynamik"
Remarks on the work of P. Hertz: "On the mechanical foundations of thermodynamics"

- Bermerkungen zu meiner Arbeit: "Eine Beziehung zwischen dem elastischen verhalten..."
Remarks on my work: "A relationship between elastic behavior..."

- Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: “Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen”
Correction of my work: “A new determination of molecular dimensions”.

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EINSTEIN, Albert. 

- Die Plancksche Theorie der Strahlung und die Theorie der spezifischen Wärme
- Über die Gütligkeitsgrenze des Satzes vom thermodynamischen Gleichgewicht und über die Möglichkeit einer neuen Bestimmung der Elementarquanta. 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1907.
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350 €

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Two articles written by Albert Einstein and published in Annalen der Physik vol.22 en 1907.
- Die Planckche Theorie der Strahlung und die Theorie der spezifischen Wärme.
Einstein's first article on quantum theory .

- Über die Gütligkeitsgrenze des Satzes vom thermodynamischen Gleichgewicht und über die Möglichkeit einer neuen Bestimmung der Elementarquanta
One of Einstein's rare forays into experimental physics , to detect very weak voltage fluctuations, he designed a new type of electrometer that he called his Maschinchen.

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EINSTEIN, Albert. 

- Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen
- Zur Theorie der Brownschen Bewegung. 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1906.
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300 €

First edition.
Two articles written by Albert Einstein and published in Annalen der Physik vol.19 in 1906.
- Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen.
Test to determine the size of molecules according to thermodynamics.

- Zur Theorie der Brownschen Bewegung.
On Brownian motion.

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EINSTEIN, Albert. 

Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik. 

Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1903.
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300 €

First edition.
Fourth article written by Albert Einstein and published in Annalen der Physik vol.11 in 1903 Einstein continued the work of Botlzman and Maxwell on the conditions for realizing the second law of thermodynamics according to probabilistic mathematics.

Photo COUSIN, Jacques-Antoine-Joseph. 

COUSIN, Jacques-Antoine-Joseph. 

Leçons de Calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral. 

Paris, Jombert, 1777.
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200 €

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POINCARE, Henri || HILBERT, David || HERTZ, Heinrich. 

Acta Mathematica. 

Stockholm, F et G Beijer, 1887-1900.
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1500 €

First edition.
Set of eleven volumes of the famous Acta mathematica in which the greatest mathematicians published their research in their languages. Among the illustrious contributors we will note 7 articles by Henri Poincaré, 2 articles by David Hilbert, 1 article by Hertz, 3 articles by Tchebycheff and numerous articles from the French school following Emile Borel.

Non-exhaustive list of articles:

POINCARÉ, H. L'oeuvre mathématique de Weierstrass..........
POINCARÉ, H. Sur les propriétés du potentiel et sur les fonctions Abéliennes
POINCARÉ, H. Sur une forme nouvelle des équations du problème des trois corps...
POINCARÉ, H. Sur les rapports de l'analyse pure et de la physique mathématique
POINCARE, H. La méthode de Neumaun et le problème de Dirichlet
POINCARE, H. Sur la polarisation par diffraction
POINCARÉ, H. Sur la polarisation par diffraction. (Seconde
Partie)

HILBERT, DAVID. Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des Legendre'schen Polynoms
HILBERT, D. und HURWITZ, A. Über die diophantischen Gleichungen vom Geschlecht Null


HERTZ, H. Sur les équations fondamentales de l'électrodynamique pour les corps en mouvement

TCHEBYCHEFF, P. Sur deux théorèmes relatifs aux probabilités
TCHEBYCHEFF, P. Sur les résidus intégraux qui donnent des valeurs approchées des intégrales.
TCHEBYCHEW, P. Angenäherte Darstellung der Kvadrat- wurzel einer Veränderlichen mittelst einfacher Brüche. Aus dem Rus sischen übersetzt von O. Backlund....


BOREL, ÉMILE. Sur les séries de Taylor 243 248
d'OCAGNE, MAURICE. Théorie des équations représentables par trois systèmes linéaires de points cotés
COUSIN, PIERRE. Sur les fonctions den variables complexes
GOURSAT, E. Sur une classe d'équations aux dérivées partielles du second ordre, et sur la théorie des intégrales intermédiaires
LECORNU, LÉON. Mémoire sur le pendule de longueur variable
LIOUVILLE, R. Sur les équations de la dynamique
BOREL, EMILE. Sur les zéros des fonctions entières..........
HADAMARD, J. Mémoire sur l'élimination
LIOUVILLE, R. Sur le mouvement d'un corps solide pesant suspendu par l'un de ses points
PINCHERLE, 8. Sur la génération des systèmes récurrents au moyen d'une équation linéaire différentielle.
HADAMARD, J. Sur les caractères de convergence des séries à termes positifs et sur les fonctions indéfiniment croissantes
HADAMARD, J. Note additionnelle à l'article Sur les caractères de convergence des séries à termes positifs et sur les fonctions indéfiniment croissantess
PICARD, E. Sur une classe de transcendantes nouvelles. (Pre- mier mémoire)........
GOURSAT, É. Sur un mode de transformation des surfaces minima
GOURSAT, É. Sur un mode de transformation des surfaces mi- nima (second mémoire)
PICARD, É. Démonstration d'un théorème générale sur les fonctions uniformes liées par une relation algébrique...
PICARD, E. Sur une classe d'équations linéaires aux dérivées partielles du second ordre..
PICARD, EMILE. Sur une classe de transcendantes nouvelles (second mémoire).

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COINTERAUX, François. 

Avis au peuple sur l'économie de son bois. 

Paris, Chez le sieur Cointeraux, 1806.
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François Cointeraux (1740-1830) was a French inventor and architect. He notably promoted the use of rammed earth for the construction of rural habitats. In this sense he was considered both as a precursor of concrete and as the first defender of alternative construction, using a free and inexhaustible material. Cointeraux's research on the economy of firewood, which is its other recurring theme, has also attracted the attention of specialists and the recent work of Louis Cellauro and Gilbert Richaud has made it possible to demonstrate in particular that its international audience has been considerable. . In this small brochure he proposes a new design of fireplaces allowing better use of heat than traditional open hearth fireplaces.

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CRAMER, Gabriel. 

Introduction à l'analyse des lignes courbes algébriques. 

Genève, Frères Cramer & Philibert, 1750.
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800 €

First edition.
The only publication by the Genevan mathematician Gabriel Cramer (1704-1752), it includes the method known today as Cramer's rule for the resolution of linear systems of equations, using what will later be called determinants.

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SPARRMAN, Anders. 

Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Esperance, et Autour du Monde avec le Capitaine Cook, et Principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. 

Paris, Buisson, 1787.
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350 €

First french 8vo edition.
A student of Linnaeus, Sparrman (1748-1820) stayed in Cape Town and studied the flora and especially the fauna of the region. From Cape Town, he took part in James Cook's second voyage as a botanist's assistant and was thus one of two disciples of Linnaeus to have circumnavigated the world.

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LULLIN, Charles Jean-Marc. 

Observations sur les bêtes à laine, faites dans les environs de Genève, pendant vingt ans. 

Genève, J.J. Paschoud, 1804.
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120 €

First edition.
Charles-Jean-Marc Lullin de Châteauvieux (1752-1833), is a Geneva agronomist.

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