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FLORUS, Lucius Annaeus et alii.
Historiae Romanae epitome.
Amsterdam, Guibel Lanss Caesius, 1625.
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500 €
Selections from Roman Historians.
Rare binding with the arms of François-Auguste de Thou (1604-1642), his coat of arms on the covers, flies on the boxes. Eldest son of Jacques-Auguste de Thou, François-Auguste succeeded his father as Grand Master of the King's Library in 1617. take an active part in it himself; he was however condemned to death in Lyon and beheaded on September 12, 1642 on the Place des Terreaux. He had inherited his father's library, which he kept carefully and which passed after his death to his younger brother, Jacques-Auguste. He had the volumes struck, the paternal collection of which he augmented with the simple arms of the de Thou.
PUFENDORF, Samuel.
Le Droit de la nature et des gens, ou Système général des principes les plus importants de la morale, de la jurisprudence et de la politique.
Leyde, J. de Wetstein, 1771.
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Translation from Latin by Barbeyrac of the major work of Baron de Pufendorf.
By substituting natural law for divine law, he influenced all the political thought of the Enlightenment, first and foremost Rousseau and Diderot.
[MANUSCRIT] SIMON DE CODES || LALLY-TOLLENDAL.
Extracto de la Defensa de Luis 16.
s.l., s.n., 1794.
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Transcription in Spanish of the Defense of Louis XVI by Gérard de Lally-Tollendal who had proposed to be defender of Louis XVI during his trial. It is ultimately Malesherbes who will be preferred to him but Lally-Tollendal insisted on broadcasting his argument as he had prepared it.
Here it is the Spanish translation by Simon de Codes, secretary of the Royal Spanish Academy of Law, which is used.
We can thus see that all of Europe was passionate about this unique trial of one of the most powerful monarchs of the continent.
[HUERNE de LA MOTHE, François-Charles].
Mémoire à consulter, sur la Question de l'Excommunication; que l'on prétend encourue par le seul fait d'Acteurs de la Comédie Françoise.
Paris, sn, 1761.
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220 €
Second issu of the first edition with a different title and without the "avis de l'éditeur"
Work commissioned by the actress Mademoiselle Clairon from the lawyer Huerne de la Motte to defend the condition of the actors.
Following the funeral ceremony that the actors of the Comédie Française had organized for Crébillon father, the Archbishop of Paris then recalled the French tradition of excommunication of actors.
BAUDIN, Pierre-Charles-Louis.
Rapport et projet de décret sur la propriété des auteurs dramatiques.
Paris, Imprimerie nationale, [1792].
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250 €
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Draft decree of the National Convention for the application of the laws of January 13 & July 19, 1791 aimed at governing the rights of dramatic authors.
LAGORCE, Henry.
De La Rémunération des artistes.
Laval, Léon Barnéoud, 1903.
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250 €
First edition.
Doctoral thesis in theatrical law on the subject of the remuneration of artists.
Presentation copy.
DROCHON, Jean-Emmanuel.
La Petite Eglise, essai historique sur le schisme anticoncordataire.
Paris, Maison de la bonne presse, 1894.
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250 €
First edition.
Reference work on the history of the Little Church, a group of groups of faithful who refused the concordat of 1801.
Copy printed on beautiful japan paper.
[REVOLUTION].
Code de l'Administration et de l'Aliénation des Biens Nationaux [Suivi de] Supplément au Code de l'Administration.
Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1791.
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200 €
First edition.
Code governing the alienation of the property of the Church and of emigrant nobles which became national property during the Revolution.
MOORE, Thomas || PARISOT, J-T.
Memoires sur la vie privée, politique et littéraire de Richard Brinsley Shéridan.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1826.
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200 €
First edition in French thanks to the translation of Parisot.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish politician and playwright. Entered Parliament in 1780 with the support of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, this great orator and eminent figure of the Whig party remained there until 1812.
[VOLTAIRE].
Souvenirs de Madame de Caylus.
Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1770.
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200 €
Edition published the same year as the original edition.
Bengesco [II, pp.415-417] comments at length on the difference between this edition and that of Geneva at Robert. The text in Rey's edition goes as far as the hardback edition of the Robert edition except for the last sentence. S
ome hypotheses suggest that it was Diderot who had this Amsterdam edition published, whereas Madame de Caylus's manuscript had been passed from hand to hand for several years. However, a few rare copies have a 22-page notebook with a preface by Voltaire which is absent from our copy [cf. Bengesco].
HERNANDEZ DE MOREJON, Sebastián.
Oración fúnebre de las víctimas del dos de mayo.
[Zaragoza], En la Imprenta de Miedes, [1810].
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The Dos de Mayo uprising of 1808 is the name given to the rebellion of the people of Madrid against the occupation of the city by the French, and which spread throughout Spain. It marks the beginning of the Spanish War of Independence.
RICORD, Alexandre.
Les Fastes de la Comédie française, et portraits des plus célèbres acteurs qui se sont illustrés, et de ceux qui s'illustrent encore sur notre théâtre ; précédés d'un aperçu sur sa situation présente, et sur les moyens propres à prévenir sa ruine.
Paris, Alexandre, 1821-1822.
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200 €
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Interesting compilation of biographies of actors from the Comédie Française. Ricord was notably director of the Gaité theater.
TESSIERES-BOISBERTRAND, Etienne de.
De l'Administration financière telle qu'elle est sous l'influence des préjugés qui en arrêtent le développement, et telle qu'elle pourrait être sous l'empire de la science positive.
Paris, Cherruliez, 1836.
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200 €
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Étienne de Tessières, Count of Boisbertrand, was a deputy under the Restoration and the July Monarchy.
He writes here a reflection on public finances (tax, debt...) in the light of new positive science.
MIGNET, François-Auguste.
Histoire de la Révolution française depuis 1789 jusqu'en 1814.
Paris, Firmin Didot, 1824.
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150 €
First edition.
KOCH, Christoph Wilhelm von.
Tableau Des Révolutions De L'Europe, Depuis Le Bouleversement De L'Empire Romain En Occident, Jusqu'À Nos Jours.
Paris, Gide fils, 1814.
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Interesting summary of European history decorated with 7 maps enhanced with colors and 154 genealogical tables of European dynasties.
MOLE, François-René || DAZINCOURT || FLEURY.
Observations pour les comédiens français sur la pétition adressée par les auteurs dramatiques à l'Assemblée nationale.
Paris, Imprimerie Prault, 1790.
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150 €
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Continuation of a debate initiated by Beaumarchais in 1777, opposing the interests of authors to those of the Comédie Française. This resulted in the laws of 18 and 19 January 1791 and 19 and 24 July 1793 establishing authors' rights.
LINGUET, Simon Henri Nicolas.
Mémoires sur la Bastille et la détention de l'auteur dans ce chateau royal.
Londres, T. Spilsbury, 1783.
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80 €
Edition published the same year as the original without the frontispiece of the original edition.
BONHOMME, Honoré.
Correspondance inédite de Collé faisant suite à son journal.
Paris, Henri Plon, 1864.
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LOCKE, John.
Essai philosophique concernant l'entendement humain, où l'on montre qu'elle est l'étendue de nos connoissances certaines, et la manière dont nous y parvenons.
Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1729.
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300 €
Second edition augmented of the french translation.
Major work by John Locke in which he develops an empiricist theory of knowledge that opposes the innate ideas of Descartes.
GRETRY, André-Ernest.
Mémoires ou essai sur la musique.
Paris, Prault, 1789.
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First edition.
The Memoirs of Gretry constitute a document of particular importance for the musical and literary history of the 18th century. There are indeed many details concerning not only the life of Gretry, his feelings, his musical works, but also music in general, comedy, painting, travel .... and various writers and composers.
SEGUR, Louis Philippe || [FAVIER, Jean Louis].
Politique de tous les cabinets de l'Europe, pendant les règnes de Louis XV et de Louis XVI.
Paris, F. Buisson, 1802.
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200 €
Third edition augmented.
Commentary by Segur on Favier's writings on European geopolitics. He exposes there his diplomatic doctrine aiming at an alliance with Prussia.
OLIVIER, Gabriel Raimond Jean.
Essai sur la dernière révolution de l'ordre civil en France.
Londres, sn, 1782.
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The revolution of the civil order in France of which the author speaks is the edict of 1770 which strongly limits the power of the Parliaments.
[BABIE DE BERCENAY, François] || [IMBERT DE LA PLATIERE, Sulpice] || WILLIAMS, Hélene-Maria.
Correspondance Politique et Confidentielle inédite de Louis XVI, avec ses frères, et plusieurs personnes célèbres, pendant les dernières années de son règne et jusqu'à sa mort.
Paris, Debray, 1803.
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First edition.
Literary and historical trickery which was sometimes considered as authentic (cf. Barbier).
[REVOLUTION].
Recueil de 19 plaquettes sur les fêtes et célébrations révolutionnaires.
London, Cadell, 1790-1799.
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Set of pamphlets on the subject of the celebration of revolutionary festivals.
We have somewhat forgotten today that the Revolution, by putting aside religion, had proposed a whole paraphernalia of festivities to replace traditional festivals. We thus rediscover the Festivals of youth, Spouses, Modesty, agriculture..., celebrated in dedicated Temples (of the Law, of the Supreme Being...).
- DE MOPINOT, Proposition d'un Monument à élever dans la Capitale de la France, Paris, Laurens Junior, 1790. (4)-24 pages
- CHARRON, Discours relatif à la cérémonie du Serment Civique prononcé par les citoyens du district de Bonne-Nouvelle, [1790]. 14 pages.
- Règlement sur l'ordre, & la marche de l'Armée Marseillaise, pour la prestation du Serment, le 14 juillet 1790, [1790]. 8 pages.
- Fédération des françois, Extrait du registre des délibérations du conseil général de la commune de Montpellier, Montpellier, Picot, 14 juillet 1790. 16 pages.
- Lettre de Jean-Baptiste Cloots à Mme de Beauharnois le 15 juillet 1790. [35-52] pages.
- LAFAYETTE, Grande Réjouissance de la cessation des entrées dans la capitale détail de la marche des troupes, extrait de l'ordre donné le 29 avril 1791. 4 pages.
- [HERAULT DE SECHELLES],Recueil des six discours prononcés par le président de la Convention nationale aux sis stations de la Fête de l'unité & de l'indivisibilité de la république, Paris, Chaudrillié, 1793. 8 pages.
- Fête civique célébrée à Aix La Chapelle, le 30 frimaire An III, Beauvais. 24 pages.
- TERRAL, Réflexions sur les fêtes décadaires, 1795. 15 pages.
- LAMBRECHTS, Discours prononcé au temple de l'Eternel [...] jour de la fête dédiée à la Pudeur, [1795]. 4 pages
- Discours Décadaires pour toutes les fêtes de l'Année Républicaine publiés par numéro (n° I à VI), Paris, Ecoles républicaines, An II 1794. 96 pages.
- BAUDIN, Discours prononcé [....] à l'occasion de la Fête funèbre célébrée en l'honneur des Députés morts victimes de la tyrannie, [1795]. 19 pages.
- CHOMPRE, Discours prononcé décadi D germinal An IV [...] au temple de la Loi pour la fête de la jeunesse, Bruxelles, Pauwels, 1796. 17 pages.
- Fête des arts : Projet relatif à la translation des objets d'arts conquis en Italie, Paris, Pougens, 1798. (2)-6 pages.
- HANNUS-TUPPIN, Discours prononcé le jour de la Fête de l'agriculture, [1798]. 15 pages.
- MULOT, Discours prononcé à la Fête des Epoux, Mayence, André Crass, An VII 1799. 22 pages.
- BARADELLE, Discours prononcé pour la Fête du Dix Aout au temple de l'Etre suprême, Paris, Lamberté, [1799]. 14 pages.
- Discours prononcé au Temple de la Paix le 23 thermidor an 7 [1799]. 7 pages
- Procès verbal de la fête anniversaire de la fondation de la République célébrée à Paris, le 1er vendémiaire an 8, [1799]. 24 pages.
AUFRERE, Anthony.
A Warning to Britons against french perfidy and cruelty.
London, Cadell, 1798.
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Book translated from German testimony of the exactions of the revolutionary armies of the Rhine against the Prussian armies.
[CRAUFURD, Quintin].
Histoire de la Bastille.
sl, sn, 1798.
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500 €
First edition in french.
With an appendix containing a discussion of the prisoner in the iron mask.
[MATHON DE LA COUR, Charles Joseph].
Collection des Comptes-Rendus, piéces Authentiques, états et Tableaux, concernant Les Finances de France depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787.
Lausanne, Cuchet, 1788.
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175 €
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The public accounts and in particular their deficits were at the center of the political debates of the 1780s.
LA HARPE, Jean-Francois.
Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile et de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré; les moeurs des habitans, la religion, les usages, arts et sciences, commerce et manufactures.
Paris, Ledoux et Tenré, 1816.
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[VERDY DU VERNOIS, Adrien Marie François de].
Essais de Géographie, de Politique, et d'Histoire sur les possessions de l'Empereur des Turcs en Europe.
Londres, s.n., 1785.
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200 €
Second edition.
YRWIN, Eyles.
Voyages à la Mer Rouge, sur les cotes de l'Arabie, en Egypte, et dans les déserts de la Thébaide.
Paris, Briand, 1792.
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Second french edition.
Eyles Yrwin (1751-1817) was an Irish writer who joined the East India Company and then became the Company's superintendent in China.
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