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Photo MICHAËLIS, P.F. Sébastien. 

MICHAËLIS, P.F. Sébastien. 

Pneumalogie ou discours des esprits en tant qu'il est de besoin pour entendre et resouldre la matiere difficile des sorciers. 

Paris, Guillaume Bichon, 1587.
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3500 €

First edition.

Sébastien Michaelis (1543-1618), a Dominican priest, participated as vice-inquisitor in one of the most spectacular witchcraft trials of the great witch hunts that shook Europe at the turn of the 16th century.
The Avignon affair, as it would later become known, ended with the conviction and execution of eighteen individuals.

The trial, whose judgment Michaelis reproduces in his book, provided an opportunity to delve into the practices of witches and their dealings with demons: On which day is Satan celebrated? Why does the Devil appear in the form of a goat? Can human bodies fly? Why are there more witches than warlocks? These are among the questions to which the inquisitor provides answers.

In his conclusion—which would vanish from subsequent editions—the inquisitor wonders whether the witches' testimonies might simply be the product of "dreams and imaginations." However, even if they were dreams, our Dominican concludes that if imagination produced pleasure, then the witch is doubly guilty and deserves death!

This valuable copy previously belonged to Maurice Garçon (no. 135 in his sale catalog), a renowned collector specializing in demonology and witchcraft trials. He left a handwritten note on the endpaper, highlighting the significance of the conclusion.

Photo NAUDE, Gabriel. 

NAUDE, Gabriel. 

Apologie pour les grands hommes soupçonnez de magie. 

Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1712.
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600 €

Last old edition of this treatise on magic and medieval science, which set out to defend men accused of being magicians, such as Merlin, Nostradamus, Roger Bacon, Paracelsus, and Popes Sylvester II and Gregory VII.

A rationalist defense of figures accused of magic. An emblematic text of the humanist critique of superstitions, heralding the Enlightenment.
It features: Socrates, Aristotle, Plotinus, Paracelsus, Agrippa, Savonarola, Nostradamus, Roger Bacon, Albertus Magnus, and more.

Photo PASCAL, Blaise. 

PASCAL, Blaise. 

Traitez de l'équilibre des liqueurs et de la pesanteur de la masse d'air. 

Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1663.
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3500 €

First edition.
Milestone in the history of science in which Pascal discovers atmospheric pressure.

The famous experiment, carried out by his brother-in-law in Auvergne, consisted of comparing the height of a column of mercury in Clermont-Ferrand and then at the top of Puy-de-Dôme.
The question of the weight of the air was already under discussion in Descartes and Galileo, but it is Pascal with this experience who provides the proof. He thus broke with nearly 2000 years of Aristotelian physics: "Nature abhors a vacuum", more than a popular maxim then took the place of the only physical principle of hydrostatics.

"Nature has no repugnance for emptiness; she makes no effort to avoid it; all the effects that have been attributed to this horror proceed from the gravity and pressure of the air; she is the only one. real cause, and, lack of knowing it, we had invented this imaginary horror of emptiness on purpose, to make it right." (extract from chapter II)

Then pascal (Pa) will be adopted as the international unit of measurement of pressure.

Photo PELETIER DU MANS, Jacques. 

PELETIER DU MANS, Jacques. 

L'Algèbre de Iaques Peletier du Mans, Départie en deux liuvres. 

Cologne, Jean de Tournes, 1620.
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1200 €

Third edition, very rare, of "the first printed book on algebra in French and the richest among vernacular books on algebra".

Photo PETIT, Pierre. 

PETIT, Pierre. 

De lacrymis libri tres. 

Paris, Claudium Cramoisy, 1661.
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600 €

First edition.
Pierre Petit (1617-1687) was a 17th-century Parisian physician and scholar. In De lacrymis libri tres, he offers a comprehensive study of tears, addressing their physiological nature, causes, and emotional and spiritual significance. The work is structured into three books, each exploring different aspects of tears, from their anatomical origin to their role in expressions of pain, joy, or devotion.
Questions treated by Petitus include why ‘good’ (brave) men are prone to weeping, why women weep more than men and whether animals are also able to weep.

Photo [SENAC, Jean Baptiste]. 

[SENAC, Jean Baptiste]. 

Nouveau cours de chymie, suivant les principes de Newton & de Sthall. 

Paris, Jacques Vincent, 1723.
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2500 €

Scarce first edition, complete with the "Suite ..." often missing of this pioneering work on phlogiston chemistry.

Photo VACHER, Gilles. 

VACHER, Gilles. 

Dissertation sur le cancer des mamelles, ou sans recourir à aucune hipotése, on donne une véritable idée de sa nature, de ses différences, de ses signes & de ses causes, avec la Méthode de le traiter fondée sur plusieurs faits de Pratique. 

Charmet, A Bruxelles & se vend à Besançon, 1740.
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2000 €

First edition.
The first and only edition, a rare find, of one of the oldest monographs on breast cancer.
The author analyzes the causes of breast cancer, including "a soft and idle life" that is particularly common among nuns, and the indecency of contemporary clothing, which no longer protects breasts from repeated accidents that can cause cancer.

Photo [VALMONT, (de)]. 

[VALMONT, (de)]. 

Dissertation sur les maléfices et les sorciers. 

Tourcoing, Cavelier, 1752.
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1100 €

First edition.
Book that analyzes the case of "the girl from Tourcoing" who produced needles inside her body. The author then extends the work to the question of evil spells and the means of preventing sorcerers.

According to Deschamps (in Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne à l'usage du libraire et de l'amateur de livres. 1269), this is the first book printed in Tourcoing. Others believe it was printed in Tournai or Lille.

This work on a thorny subject was bound after: Longueruana, or collection of thoughts, speeches and conversations, Berlin, 1754. xxiii-391 pages.

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