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Photo MARINER, William || MARTIN, John. 

MARINER, William || MARTIN, John. 

Histoire des naturels des îles Tonga ou des Amis, situées dans l'océan Pacifique, depuis leur découverte par le capitaine Cook. 

Paris, Gide fils, 1817.
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400 €

First french edition.
Embarked as a cabin boy on the Port au Prince which trades between America and the Pacific Islands. Mariner landed in 1806 at Lifuka, Tonga. Attacked by local populations, most of the crew lost their lives. William Mariner was, however, taken in by the future king of Tonga: Finau Ulukalala. An ethnologist before his time, he learned their language and was interested in their customs. Adopted by Finau to replace his deceased son, William Mariner took the name Toki'Ukamea as well as several wives who gave him twelve children in four years. Back in England his testimony remains one of the main sources of knowledge of the pre-Christian society of Tonga.

Photo [JOLY DE MAIZEROY, Paul-Gédéon]. 

[JOLY DE MAIZEROY, Paul-Gédéon]. 

Théorie de la guerre. 

Lausanne, Aux dépens de la Société, 1777.
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500 €

First edition.
Inventor of the term "strategy", it is with the Theory of War (1777) that Maizeroy completed his work of theorization, because although History is much less present there, it is a manual intended for instruction of young officers on elementary tactics and major tactics.
In this work he states that the use of thin or deep order is a choice belonging to the general and thus gives more flexibility to systems on the battlefield.
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Photo NAKOULA EL-TURK || DESGRANGES, Antoine Jérôme. 

NAKOULA EL-TURK || DESGRANGES, Antoine Jérôme. 

Histoire de l'expédition des Français en Égypte. 

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1839.
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600 €

First edition.
Work printed in French and Arabic, reproducing the Nakoula manuscript and its translation into French by Desgranges ainé Niqula Nicolas Yusuf al-Turk (1763-1828) was a scholar, historian and poet at the court of Emir Bashir Shihab II. He was born in Dayr al-Qamar (in present-day Lebanon) and accompanied Napoleon's expedition to Egypt. He wrote an account of it, which was reproduced and translated here into French by Desgranges for the first time.

Photo [COMITE NATIONAL DES ECRIVAINS] MALHERBE, Henry || CLAUDEL, Paul || ARAGON, Louis. 

[COMITE NATIONAL DES ECRIVAINS] MALHERBE, Henry || CLAUDEL, Paul || ARAGON, Louis. 

Un Village de France. 

Paris, La Bibliothèque française, [1945].
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350 €

First edition.
Presentation copy signed by Aragon to Jacques Faizant.
The National Writers' Committee is an organ of the literary resistance, an emanation of the National Writers' Front, close to the French Communist Party.
Led by Aragon, the committee brings together many great French authors.
This publication in the aftermath of the war aims, through the example of an “ordinary” French village, at the abuses committed by the Nazis. Thus, Plomion in Aisne, where on August 31, 1944 fourteen inhabitants aged 16 to 72 were shot by the SS.
The photos of the victims are accompanied by a text by Henry Malherbe and a poem by Paul Claudel. Amusing send-off from one of the most fervent communist writers to the one who was on the front page of Le Figaro for decades.

Photo BERTILLON, Jacques. 

BERTILLON, Jacques. 

Atlas de statistique graphique de la ville de Paris - année 1888. 

Paris, G. Masson, 1889.
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First edition.
First publication of Bertillon's Statistical Atlas of Paris. Jacques Bertillon (1851-1922) is a French statistician and demographer, he is the older brother of Alphonse Bertillon the criminologist.

The plates of this atlas make up an original set of figurative statistics on the scale of a large city.
This publication follows that of Cartograms and diagrams relating to the Parisian population" ordered by the municipality of Paris for the Universal Exhibition of 1889.
Bertillon wanted a regular publication of the Atlas, every five years but only this first volume of the Statistical Atlas based on the statistics of 1888 and a second (1891) for the statistics of 1889 will appear.
The maps, which are particularly interesting for the sociology of Paris at the end of the 19th century, represent the populations, mortality, and mortality, district by district. tonnage of merchandise, and even the operations of the pawnshop.

Photo TARDIEU, Ambroise || VUILLEMIN, A. 

TARDIEU, Ambroise || VUILLEMIN, A. 

Atlas Universel de Géographie ancienne et moderne. 

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1858.
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150 €

Beautiful maps mounted on tabs in the middle (card size: 417x540 mm).

Photo [EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 

[EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste]. 

Les Loisirs du Chevalier d'Éon de Beaumont, ancien Ministre Plénipotentiaire de France, sur divers sujets importans d'Administration. 

Amsterdam, s.n., 1774-1775.
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1750 €

First edition.
Autobiography of the Chevalier d'Eon, the most famous transvestite in the history of France. But beyond the incredible story of his cross-dressing at the court of Elizabeth of Russia which turned into an international incident, the Chevalier d'Eon was a diplomat who frequented European courts during the reign of Louis XV. This autobiography, published the day after the scandal during which he publicly claimed to be a woman, is centered around his stay at the court of Angleterere.

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 [POMMEREUL, François René Jean (de)]. 

[POMMEREUL, François René Jean (de)]. 

Campagne du Général Buonaparte en Italie. Pendant les Années IVe et Ve de la République Francaise; Par un Officier Général. 

Paris, Plassan, 1797.
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200 €

First edition.

Photo [HUERNE DE LA MOTHE, François-Charles] || [CLAIRON, Claire-Josèphe Léris]. 

[HUERNE DE LA MOTHE, François-Charles] || [CLAIRON, Claire-Josèphe Léris]. 

Libertés de la France, contre le pouvoir arbitraire de l'excommunication. 

Amsterdam, s.n., 1761.
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500 €

First edition.
Work commissioned by the actress Mademoiselle Clairon from the lawyer Huerne de la Motte to defend the condition of actors.
Following the funeral ceremony that the actors of the Comédie Française had organized for Crébillon père, the Archbishop of Paris then recalled the French tradition of excommunication of actors.
This book was banned and burned by the executioner in the courtyard of the courthouse.

[Bound with]
[JOLY], Historical and critical letters on spectacles, [1762]
223-(1) pages. (title page missing]
Work by Capuchin Joly, demonstrating the just excommunication of the actors according to the canons of the Church.

Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 

[BRET, Antoine]. 

Mémoires sur la Vie De Mademoiselle De Lenclos. 

Amsterdam, François Joly, 1751.
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75 €

Edition given the same year as the first edition.
Ninon de Lenclos was a courtesan, a woman of wit, a letter writer and a French woman of letters. A cultured and independent aristocrat, she hosted a salon on rue des Tournelles in Paris which brought together the great minds of the time, men and women alike.

The first part is a biography, the other two parts consist of correspondence with the Marquis de Sévigné.

Photo LA CLEDE, Nicolas (de). 

LA CLEDE, Nicolas (de). 

Histoire générale de Portugal. 

Paris, Theodore le Gras, 1735.
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600 €

First edition in-12 published at the same time as the quarto edition.
Very complete set of three folding maps (two for Portugal, one for Brazil).

Photo [FRERON, Elie-Catherine]. 

[FRERON, Elie-Catherine]. 

Histoire de l'empire d'Allemagne, et principalement de ses révolutions. 

Paris, Herissant, 1771.
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600 €

First edition.
Beautiful ensemble for this History of the German Empire attributed to Fréron which was undoubtedly a counter-proposal to the Annals of the Empire since Charlemagne written by Voltaire.

Photo MALINGRE, Claude. 

MALINGRE, Claude. 

Histoire universelle de ce qui s'est passé ès années 619 et 620, sçavoir depuis le départ de la Reine mère du Roy du chasteau de Blois jusques à présent... y compris les troubles de l'Empire jusques à l'entière desconfiture du Palatin. 

Paris, Antoine Vitray, 1620 [1621].
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200 €

First edition.
Essay on a "universal" history for all the events of the years 1619 and 1620 in France under the reign of Louis XIII.

Photo RUPERT, Christoph Adam. 

RUPERT, Christoph Adam. 

Dissertationes mixtæ ad Valerii Maximi exemplorum memorabilium libros IX. 

Nuremberg, Johann Daniel Tauber, 1663.
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150 €

The memorable facts of Valère Maxime are a collection of anecdotes intended to nourish the reflection and discourse of orators and philosophers. Here in the edition proposed by Rupert.

Photo DUBERN, Jules. 

DUBERN, Jules. 

Histoire des reines et régentes de France et des favorites des rois. 

Paris, Pougin, 1837.
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150 €

First edition for the second volume.
Jules Du Bern de Boislandry (1800-1880), deputy judge at the Meaux court, left us several books on the role and influence of women on the destiny of France.

Photo LANGLOIS, Jean Baptiste. 

LANGLOIS, Jean Baptiste. 

Histoire des croisades contre les Albigeois. 

Paris, Jean Guilletat, 1703.
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250 €

First edition.

Photo PETAIN, Philippe. 

PETAIN, Philippe. 

Cours d'Infanterie. 

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911.
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1200 €

First edition.
Infantry course given by Colonel Philippe Pétain at the War School in 1911.
Major document for understanding the strategic thinking of the future hero of Verdun.
This course was only rediscovered and studied in 1960 by General Jean Delmas and published for the first time in 2010 by Editions du Cosmogone.
Pétain taught the infantry course at the War School between 1908 and 1911. His course is divided into three parts: the first two, of around a hundred pages each, are devoted to the story and study of combat. infantry that Pétain considers exemplary (Auerstedt in 1806, Saint-Privas in 1870). The third part, of only fifty pages, offers an uncompromising analysis of the infantry regulations in use in the French army between 1870 and 1902. It promotes a change in the doctrine of use of the infantry which must no longer expose itself to enemy fire as the Napoleonic vision of combat wanted.

Through its concern to spare the blood of men, this course clearly announces the Pétain of 1917-1918.

Photo [Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris]. 

[Séminaire des Missions étrangères de Paris]. 

Extrait des Nouvelles des missions des indes orientales. 

Paris, Guillot, 1785-1787.
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150 €

First edition.
The Nouvelles des missions orientales is a Catholic publication which was published from 1785 to 1794 in five volumes.
Here the head of the series with the "Extrait des Nouvelles" published in 1785 covering the years 1783-1784 and the two volumes of the Nouvelles published in 1787 covering 1785 and 1786.

Photo GIDE, Charles. 

GIDE, Charles. 

Conférences sur l'Economie politique. 

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1908-1912.
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350 €

First edition.
Conferences on Political Economy given to student officers at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre between 1908 and 1912, on the eve of the First World War.
Charles Gide (1847-1932), is a French economist and teacher. He is the historical leader of the French cooperative movement, the theoretician of the social economy, and the uncle of the writer André Gide.
The subjects of these conferences vary each year of the course:
1908: The Budget
1909-: The Strikes
1910: Tariff Wars and Trade Treaties 1
912: The Causes of the War

Bound with the following we will find the International Law course given Free School of Political Sciences (SciencesPo) by Louis Renault (Nobel Peace Prize in 1907) and written by trainee officers who were auditors.

Photo GUILLAUME, Laurent-Mathieu. 

GUILLAUME, Laurent-Mathieu. 

Charte constitutionnelle précédée de la déclaration de Saint-Ouen, mises en vers. 

Paris, Guillaume et cie, 1829.
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250 €

First edition.
Curious publication from doctrinaire circles (royalists who hoped to reconcile the monarchy with the revolution) under the Restoration. Vignette by Couché fils representing Louis XVIII meditating on the charter. The Constitutional Charter of June 4, 1814 is the constitution of the Kingdom of France in force under the First then the Second Restoration
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Photo [HISTOIRE DE LA MEDECINE]. 

[HISTOIRE DE LA MEDECINE]. 

Etat général des unions faites des biens et revenus des maladeries, leproseries, aumoneries et autres lieux pieux aux hopitaux des pauvres malades. 

Paris, Denys Thierry, 1705.
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400 €

First edition.
In order to rationalize aid to the sick, the power of Louis XIV issued numerous decrees aimed at merging the various aid centers that existed at the time. Each town, district, religious order then had its own institution. This work contains, city by city, the institutions that must meet and the list of related edicts and decrees.

Photo CHAMPOLLION, Jean François. 

CHAMPOLLION, Jean François. 

Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens égyptiens, ou Recherches sur les élémens premiers de cette écriture sacrée. 

Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1824.
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6000 €

First edition.
Decoding of the hieroglyphic language by Champollion.
The Rosetta Stone, brought back by the Napoleonic expeditions to Egypt, gave the same text in three different languages, it is the key that gave Champollion the understanding of the language of the ancient Egyptians.
After laying down the principle of phonetic writing in 1822 in his Letter to M. Dacier, he continued his work and his demonstrations until he had an intimate knowledge of this language: "It is a complex system, a writing at the same time figurative, symbolic and phonetic, in the same text, the same sentence, I would almost say in the same word"

His Precis of the hieroglyphic system gives us with many examples an unprecedented understanding of hieroglyphs, thus cutting the grass under the feet of his opponents (and competitors) such as Thomas Young.

The discovery of Champollion suddenly gave humanity access to three millennia of its history.

Photo LEVASSEUR, Emile. 

LEVASSEUR, Emile. 

La France et ses colonies (géographie et statistique). 

Paris, Ch. Delagrave, 1890.
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150 €

First edition.
Presentation copy.

Photo [REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE]. 

[REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE]. 

Catéchisme de la Constitution Républicaine. 

Paris, Langlois, An II [1794].
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150 €

Third edition renewed.

Photo BERTHIER, Louis Alexandre. 

BERTHIER, Louis Alexandre. 

Relation de la bataille de Marengo. 

Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1805.
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300 €

octavo edition .
The Battle of Marengo was a watershed moment in the Napoleonic Wars, pitting French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte against the Austrian army commanded by General Michael von Melas. Berthier, as chief of staff, was responsible for coordinating troop movements, transmitting orders and information between the various army corps and the commander-in-chief (Napoleon) and managing logistics. and communication on the battlefield.

Photo HORN, J. Edouard. 

HORN, J. Edouard. 

La Liberté des banques. 

Paris, Guillaumin et Cie, [1866].
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200 €

First edition.
Work in favor of the liberalization of the right to print money which was (and will remain) the privilege of the Banque de France. The author, "free-banker" as they were called, defends that "There is no reason of principle or case law to exempt fiduciary issuance from common law, to outlaw it from industrial freedom." His book comes in response to the crisis of the Banque de Savoie, during which the Savoyard bank was deprived of the right to coin money after the annexation of the Duchy of Savoy by France.

Photo CERVANTES, Michel de. 

CERVANTES, Michel de. 

Histoire de l'Admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche. 

Paris, Delongchamps, 1825.
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250 €

Neat print for this classic of Iberian literature here in the French translation by Filleau de Saint-Martin with an essay on the life and works of Cervantes by M. Auger. The frontispieces are engraved after illustrations by Deveria.

Photo DEHERAIN, Henri. 

DEHERAIN, Henri. 

Le Soudan Egyptien sous Mehemet Ali. 

Paris, Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1898.
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75 €

First edition.
Henri Dehérain, was curator at the library of the Institut de France (1919-1934), editorial secretary of the Journal des savants of which he became deputy director in 1937, he devoted his thesis to Sudan under Mehemet-Ali and became famous for his works on the Orient and travelers in Syria.

Presentation copy.

Photo ZACCARIA, Francesco Antonio. 

ZACCARIA, Francesco Antonio. 

Istituzione antiquario-lapidaria o sia introduzione allo studio delle antiche latine iscrizioni in tre libri proposta. 

Roma, Zempel, 1770.
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100 €

First edition.
Italian book for the good understanding of ancient Latin inscriptions. It contains in particular a list of the Latin abbreviations used on the ancient engraved stones.

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