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Photo [BERGERON, Louis-Georges-Isaac Salivet]. 

[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.

Photo CHOPART, Louis Narcisse. 

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.

Photo COINTERAUX, François. 

COINTERAUX, François. 

Avis au peuple sur l'économie de son bois. 

Paris, Chez le sieur Cointeraux, 1806.
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First edition.
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.

Photo ACCUM, Friedrich || WINSOR, Frédérick Albert. 

ACCUM, Friedrich || WINSOR, Frédérick Albert. 

Traité pratique de l'éclairage par le gaz inflammable, contenant une description sommaire de l'appareil et du mécanisme employés pour l'illumination des rues, des maisons et des manufactures, à l'aide du gaz hydrogène carburé, tiré du charbon de terre ; accompagné de remarques sur l'utilité, la sûreté et la nature générale de cette nouvelle branche d'économie civile. 

Paris, L'Auteur, 1816.
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500 €

First french edition.
Frédéric Albert Winsor is a German inventor, one of the pioneers of gas lighting in the United Kingdom and France. Building on the work of his compatriot Accum, he developed lighting during the first decade of the 19th century. gas in England. In 1816, The Winsor company arrived in Paris. The first achievements, the passage of the Panoramas, the lighting of the Luxembourg and the surroundings of the Odéon arouse in the Parisian population as much approval as disapproval, enthusiasm as fear, particularly regarding the risk of the gas holders exploding . The publication of this work (which is partially the translation into French of Accum's work) supports the commercial development of gas lighting.

Photo VREDEMAN DE VRIESE, Paul. 

VREDEMAN DE VRIESE, Paul. 

Plusieurs Menuiseries comme Portaulx, Garderobbes, Buffets, Chalicts. 

Bruxelles, G. A. Van Trigt, 1869.
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100 €

Reprint in photolithographs of the original plates from 1630.

Photo LEFUEL, Hector. 

LEFUEL, Hector. 

François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter ébéniste de Napoléon 1er et de Louis XVIII. 

Paris, Editions Albert Morancé, 1925.
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150 €

First edition.
Monograph on the cabinetmaker Jacob-Desmalter.
Jacob Desmalter's production is characterized by a high quality of design, clean lines, very high quality of execution, the use of chiseled gilded bronzes, made by great bronze workers like Pierre-Philippe Thomire, the use of mahogany, with inclusions of ebony or pewter, but also gilded wood and lacquered wood.

Photo [Chambre syndicale des forces hydrauliques]. 

[Chambre syndicale des forces hydrauliques]. 

Album de la Chambre syndicale des forces hydrauliques. 

Paris, Benin frères, 1911.
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2500 €

First edition.
Monumental iconography of the French hydraulic industry at the beginning of the 20th century, bringing together several hundred photos divided into two volumes:
Volume I: Transport and distribution of electrical energy
Volume II: Electrometallurgy, electrochemistry
he hydraulic forces union, including the president honorary was then Alfred Pechiney, brought together more than a hundred factories using "white coal" as an energy source. That is to say the hydraulic force of dams or rivers. Each industrial site of the union is represented by one or more photos preceded by a sheet giving the main characteristics. Important testimony to the history of France's industrial heritage.

Photo MONNET, Antoine Grimoald. 

MONNET, Antoine Grimoald. 

Traité de l'exploitation des mines. 

Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1773.
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600 €

First edition.
Antoine Grimoald Monnet (1734-1817) is a French mineralogist, he was trained at the mining school of Freiberg, in Saxony, from where he brought back the material to compose his Treatise. In 1776 he became inspector general in the Royal Corps of Mines, for which he traveled to mines throughout France.

Photo MAYNIEL, Jean-Henri. 

MAYNIEL, Jean-Henri. 

Traite Experimental Analytique et Pratique de la Poussée Des Terres et des murs de Revêtement. 

Paris, Colas, 1808.
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250 €

First edition.

Copy signed by author.

Photo QUETIN, Victor. 

QUETIN, Victor. 

Le magasin de meubles n°2: Album complet & Reference de tous Meubles qui se fabriquent a Paris contenant environ 250 modèles, dessinés en perspective. 

Paris, Victor Quetin, [v.1865].
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250 €

First edition.
Collection of furniture designs by Victor Quetin, as required by the production of the time, the style of furniture oscillates between what would later be called the Louis-Philippe style and the Napoleon III style.

Photo JOBLOT, Louis. 

JOBLOT, Louis. 

Observations d'histoire naturelle, faites avec le microscope. 

Paris, Briasson, 1754-1755.
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2500 €

Second edition.
Posthumous edition increased by 53 spectacular plates resulting from the observations of Louis Joblot under the microscope. The second volume is devoted to the technical evolutions of microscopes on which Joblot worked, which allowed him to explore the unknown world of protozoa.

Photo EIFFEL, Gustave. 

EIFFEL, Gustave. 

Les Observations courantes en météorologie et comparaison des stations de Beaulieu, Sèvres et Vacquey. 

Paris, Imprimerie de la bourse de commerce, 1905.
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600 €

First edition.
Off-print of a conference made at Société astronomique de France on 4 janvier 1905.
Presentation copy signed by Eiffel on cover.

Photo EIFFEL, Gustave. 

EIFFEL, Gustave. 

Études Pratiques de Météorologie et observations comparées des Stations de Beaulieu, Sévres et Vacquey pour L'Année 1903. Atlas des Planches. 

Paris, L. Maretheux, 1905.
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80 €

First edition.
Atlas of plates for this report of meteorological records carried out by Gustave Eiffel's network of observatories. Some curves printed on tracing paper to facilitate comparisons.

Photo EIFFEL, Gustave. 

EIFFEL, Gustave. 

Installation d'un laboratoire d'Aérodynamique. 

Paris, 19 rue blanche, 1910.
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750 €

First edition.
Off-print from mémoires de la société des ingéneurs civil de France.
After experimental aerodynamic tests obtained by free fall from the second floor of the tower he had built on the Champ de Mars in Paris, Gustave Eiffel had a wind tunnel built there in 1909. It was made up of a vein of tests of 3 meters in diameter over a length of 2.5 meters. The flow, generated by a propeller driven by a 70hp engine, could vary between 5 and 20 meters per second. The installation was enclosed in a 240 square meter hangar so as not to be influenced by the outside wind. This installation was used, in particular, for testing the Eiffel wing profiles which would equip a large number of French aircraft from the First World War. It was moved to Auteuil in 1912 and is still in operation today, operated by the Aérodynamic Eiffel company.

Presentation copy signed by Eiffel on cover.

Photo GRIEBEL, C. 

GRIEBEL, C. 

Brevets d'invention de cinq ans pour un cadran dit nocturne. 

s.l., s.n., [1844].
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Extract from patents published in the encyclopedia "Description of machines and processes specified in patents of invention" (1844).

Photo PILES, Roger de. 

PILES, Roger de. 

Dialogue sur le coloris. 

Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1699.
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450 €

Second edition.
"The discourse on art was born in France during the reign of Louis XIV thanks to two antagonistic figures: Félibien (1619-1709) and Roger de Piles (1635-1709). The latter became the major theoretician of color in the quarrel which opposed Rubenists and Poussinists during the last three decades of the 17th century." (trad. from Bernard Teyssèdre, "Roger de Piles and The debate on color, 1957)

De Piles supports Rubens by arguing that color is the major subject of painting and must come before drawing.

Photo [POLYTECHNIQUE] CHAUVISE, Jules Thimotée. 

[POLYTECHNIQUE] CHAUVISE, Jules Thimotée. 

Recueils d'Epures. 

s.l., s.n., 1837-1839.
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650 €

Collection of drawings, by Jules Thimothé Chauvisé (X 1837 ; 1817-????).
The structure of these drawing as taught at the Ecole Polytechnique is often the same, with parts more or less developed, and drawings more or less elaborate according to the times and students.
We thus find drawings of curves, surfaces, perspectives, shadows, stone cut, architecture, machine and gears, topography and fortifications.

Photo LEGRAND, Louis. 

LEGRAND, Louis. 

Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Marsy
Hôtel de Mme Riensch de Osa. 

Paris, s.n., 1894-1905.
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2000 €

18 architectural plans of Parisian mansions printed from the drawings of the architect Legrand. The plans show the interior layout, layout and facades.

- 10 plans for Mademoiselle De Marsy's Hotel (1905)
Marie-Louise Marsy, real name Anne-Marie-Louise-Joséphine Mars (1866-1942), member of the Comédie Française which she left in 1902 after becoming Mme de Vassart d'Hozier.
Hotel located at the intersection of Boulevard Jules Sandeau and Rue Octave Feuillet in the 16th arrondissement. The current facades at this address do not correspond to the architect's plans.

- 8 plans for the Hotel de Mme Riensch de Osa (1894).

Augusta de Osa (1855-1944), née Riensch, was born into a wealthy industrial family in Hamburg. The diplomatic position of her husband allowed Augusta to lead a brilliant social life by frequenting the Parisian high society of the Belle Epoque.
Each plan is countersigned by Mme Riensch de Osa with the mention Read and approved.
Hotel still visible at the current 35, avenue Georges V (current boutique which adjoins the Prince de Galles hotel).

Photo PALISSY, Bernard. 

PALISSY, Bernard. 

Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy revues sur les exemplaires de la Bibliothèque du Roi ; avec des notes par M. Faujas de Saint Fond, et des additions par M. Gobet. 

Paris, Ruault, 1777.
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First edition of the complete works of Bernard Palissy. As always without the portrait and the dedicatory epistle to Franklin, which were deleted by the editor prior to publication.
In this copy a later portrait as been added.

It contains the texts on alchemy, but also on agriculture, geology, botany, ceramics, embalming, engineering, hydrology , medicine, metallurgy, meteorology, mineralogy, paleontology, philosophy, physics, toxicology and zoology.

Palissy, first became famous through his technique for making a rustic enameled earthenware, a skill which gained him the appointment of inventeur des rustiques figurines du roy. Palissy was probably one of the first men in France to teach natural sciences from facts, specimens and demonstrations rather than hypotheses. (DSB).

Photo LEREBOURS, Noël Paymal. 

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.

Photo ADELINE, Jules. 

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.

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

[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.

Photo FIGUIER, Louis. 

FIGUIER, Louis. 

L'Année Scientifique et industrielle (7 volumes). 

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1858-1876.
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100 €

One of the first popular science journals.
Each volume devoted to a year: 1856,1859,1860,1861,1862,1869,1874.

Photo BURTY, Philippe. 

BURTY, Philippe. 

Chefs d'Oeuvre des arts industriels. 

Paris, Ducrocq, [1866].
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30 €

First edition.
Ceramics - Glassware and stained glass - enamels - metals - goldsmithery and jewelery - tapestry.
With 200 woodcuts in the text.

Photo LEGRAND, Louis. 

LEGRAND, Louis. 

Maison de M. le Marquis de Pracomtal,
Hôtel de Mme de Saint Paul
Hôtel de M. de Chanteaud. 

Paris, s.n., 1893.
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1000 €

8 plans of the House of M. le Marquis Pracomtal
House whose facade we still discover 10 rue Goujon Paris (8th) with its impasse d'Antin stables.

-9 plans of the Hôtel de Mme de Saint Paul
Hotel which was to be located between Dumont d'Urville and Galilée streets in the 16th arrondissement. The current facade does not correspond to the architect's plans.

- 7 plans of the Hôtel de Mr Ch. Chanteaud (1893)
Charles Chanteaud (?-1905) pharmacist who introduced dosimetric medicine to France.
Hotel which was intended for 39 rue Raynouard in Passy, ​​the existing facades currently do not correspond to the plans.

Photo BEZOUT, Etienne. 

BEZOUT, Etienne. 

Cours de mathématiques à l'usage des gardes du pavillon et de la marine. 

Paris, Ph-D Pierres, 1781-1784.
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500 €

Rare complete course of Bezout containing the four parts, the continuation of the fourth part and the treaty of navigation.
Part 1 and 2 are bound together in the first volume. Complete with the 38 engravings.

"Native of Nemours, professor of mathematics with the guards of the Navy and the School of artillery (Monge succeeded him in 1783), Étienne Bézout (or Bezout, as very often said and written nowadays) edited many textbooks educational. " (chronomath).

Photo VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré. 

VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré. 

Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier. 

Paris, Marion et Cie, 1857.
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300 €

First edition.
Désiré Van Monckhoven is one of the most famous Belgian photographers. Chemist he participated in the dissemination of knowledge of photographic chemistry then in full explosion.
Photography on paper was invented a few years earlier by Talbo to overcome the drawbacks of daguerreotypes, in the 1850s it was still little used but it was this process (negative-positive) that allowed the photographs to be widely distributed.
In this book Monckhoven gives the precise implementation of this process by giving in particular two samples of paper which allow to touch the papers which were then used in the middle of the XIXth century.

Following Monckoven's text were added 8 handwritten pages on collodion (another photographic process) and two notes on loose paper on these processes.

Photo [ECOLE FORESTIERE] BARDONNAUT, H. 

[ECOLE FORESTIERE] BARDONNAUT, H. 

Épures. 

s.l., s.n., 1880.
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Collection of drawings, by H. Bardonnaut.
For a long time, the Forestry School has depended on the Polytechnic School; it has retained the particularity of having its engineering students draw sketches: Development of maps and architectural models oriented towards the management of water and forests.

Photo [ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE] BARDONNAUT, Ernest. 

[ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE] BARDONNAUT, Ernest. 

Épures - Ecole Polytechnique – 1847-49 (2vols). 

s.l., s.n., 1847-1849.
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600 €

Collection of drawings, by Marie Henri Ernest Bardonnaut (X 1847).

The structure of these drawing as taught at the Ecole Polytechnique is often the same, with parts more or less developed, and drawings more or less elaborate according to the times and students.
We thus find drawings of curves, surfaces, perspectives, shadows, stone cut, architecture, machine and gears, topography and fortifications.

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