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PACHON, Abbé.

Origine des Fossiles et des continents ou nouvelle théorie de la Terre.

Paris, Bechet, 1850.

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50 €

First edition.
Abbé Pachon proposes a theory of the Earth trying to reconcile biblical writings with fossils and geological data.

DE SAINCT JULIEN, Pierre.

De L'Origine des Bourgongnons, et antiquité des estats de Bourgongne.

Paris, Nicolas Chesneau, 1581.

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2800 €

First edition.
One of the most sought after books on the history of Burgundy.

Complete copy with all the plates representing the cities of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mascon, Chalon sur Saone and Tournus.

DUMAS fils, Alexandre || [BARBE, Benjamin].

Tiphaine.

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1880.

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350 €

First edition.

One of 35 copies on Whatman paper, ours n°15.
the preface is by Alexandre Dumas fils, he indicates that the novel is from an anonymous source but it has since been attributed to Benjamin Barbé (1818-1893).

D'HEYLLI, Georges.

Regnier, sociétaire de la comédie française (1831-1872).

Paris, Librairie Générale (D. Jouaust), 1872.

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350 €

First edition.
Work published for retirement as an actor in the French Comedy by Philoclès Regnier.

Personal copy of Regnier in which he leaves some handwritten notes. In particular 4 pages at the end of the book in which he returns to some biographical details and he reproduces a letter received on the anniversary of his retirement: "Some time later, I received from playwrights belonging to the French Academy the following letter which touched me very much, but I did not think I should let it be published "

The dedication sheet to Mme Escalier née Regnier, daughter of the actor was cut out. Probably after the divorce of Henriette Regnier who will marry in second marriage Alexandre Dumas fils.
The frontispiece portrait is Martial. The book is completed by two etchings by Leon Gaucherel, which were engraved for a collection on the comedians of the Comédie Française and a vintage albumen photo of Regnier at his desk.

ANOUILH, Jean.

La Vicomtesse d'Eristal n'a pas reçu son balais mécanique.

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1987.

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200 €

First edition.
One of 20 copies on Rives vellum paper, second luxury paper. Our copy n°I .

One of Anouilh's last writings, an autobiographical account that sheds light on his work.

ANOUILH, Jean.

Le Nombril.

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1981.

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200 €

First edition.
One of 30 copies on Holland Van Gelder second luxury paper . Our copy n°VII

A play which was performed for the first time in Paris on September 24, 1981, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Alma.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2017.

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300 €

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°117.

The writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008, evokes important places in his life, in particular Mauritius, Nice and Paris.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Ritournelle de la faim.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2008.

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500 €

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°90.

The author obtains the Nobel Prize for Literature a few days after the release of the novel in which he traces the journey of his mother on the eve of the Second World War.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Révolutions.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2003.

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350 €

First edition.

One of the 110 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde s paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°110.

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.

FUSY, Antoine.

Le Franc Archer de la vraye église, contre les abus et énormités de la fausse.

s.l., Aux dépens de l'autheur, 1619.

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1200 €

First edition.
Antoine Fusy, Jesuit and professor at the Sorbonne is at the beginning of the 17th century in breach of ban with his order. The Jesuit preachers indeed defended the merits of tyrannicide, which was an undisguised threat to the King of France who protected the Protestants of the kingdom.
While Henri IV was assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, Fusy went into exile in Geneva in 1619 and converted to Protestantism.
He wrote there this very violent pamphlet towards the Roman Church, whose style is sometimes quite raw.

[VOLTAIRE].

Vie de Molière avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages.

Paris, Prault fils, 1739.

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700 €

First edition.
This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.

ROSTAN, Léon.

Recherches sur Le Ramollissement du Cerveau.

Paris, Béchet Jeune, 1823.

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150 €

Second enlarged edition.

BORDEU, Théophile de.

Recherches sur le tissu muqueux, ou l'organe cellulaire, et sur quelques maladies de la poitrine.

Paris, J. Fr. Bastien, 1791.

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80 €

Bordeu, a graduate of Montpellier and the principal representative of clinical medicine in eighteenth-century France, was the chief representative if not the founder of the school of Vitalism.
In this work, today considered as one of the most important works in the history of cell theory, Bordeu "described connective tissue - under the name mucous tissue - showing its role in exchanges, the phenomena of nutrition, and the mechanical equilibrium of organs and tissues" (DSB, II, p. 301).

PINEL, Philippe.

Traité Médico-Philosophique sur l'Aliénation mentale ou la Manie.

Paris, Richard, Caille et Ravier, An IX [1801].

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1000 €

First edition.
"Pinel was among the first to treat the insane humanely; he dispensed with chains and placed his patients under the care of specially selected physicians. Garrison considered the above book one of the foremost medical classics, giving as it did a great impetus to humanitarian treatment of the insane. Pinel founded the french school of psychiatry" (Garisson).

LINTILHAC, Eugène.

Beaumarchais et ses oeuvres.

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1887.

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30 €

First edition.

HERBELOT DE MOLAINVILLE, Barthélemy d'.

Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel.

Paris, Moutard, 1781.

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750 €

New edition done by Desessart.
Considered as the first western encyclopædia of the Islamic world.
"It was based on the Arabic bibliography (the Kashf al-Zunun) of Hadji Khalfa (Katip Celebi), of which it is in large part a translation, but it also contains material from numerous other Arabic, Persian and Turkish publications and manuscripts." (wikipedia).

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Dictionnaire de physique.

Paris, Rue et Hotel serpente, 1781-1782.

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750 €

First edition.
Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

ABOT DE BAZINGHEN, François.

Traité des monnoies, et de la jurisdiction de la cour des monnoies, en forme de dictionnaire, qui contient l'histoire des monnoies des anciens peuples Juifs, Gaulois & Romains, (.) de France (.) de l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amérique (.) l'Europe (.).

Paris, Guillyn, 1764.

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250 €

First edition.

SABATIER DE CASTRES, Antoine.

Dictionnaire de littérature. Dans lequel on traite de tout ce qui a rapport à l'éloquence, à la poësie & aux belles-lettres, & dans lequel on enseigne la marche & les régles qu'on doit observer dans tous les ouvrages d'esprit.

Paris, Vincent, 1770.

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250 €

First edition.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

Paris, Guien et Compagnie, 1821-1822.

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220 €

First edition.

[MORENAS, François].

Dictionnaire historique-portatif de la géographie sacrée ancienne et moderne, dans lequel on trouve la situation et la description des lieux de la Terre-Sainte sous les Hébreux, & tels qu'ils sont aujourd'hui.

Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1759.

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130 €

First edition.

GIRARD, Gabriel.

Synonymes françois.

Lyon, Imprimerie Lerou, An VII [1798].

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90 €

New edition reviewed by Beauzee.

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

Paris, Charles Pougens, Hocquart, Duprat, An VIII (1799).

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400 €

First edition.
Louis Bertrand (1731-1812), was born in Geneva and was a Swiss geologist and mathematician. He was a pupil of Euler and became his close friend. In addition to writing a text on geometry he also wrote on geology. In "Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres" he discusses the evolution of terrestrial continents, mountains, stratigraphic layers, caves and fossils (animal and mineral).

ERASME.

Les Colloques.

Leiden, Pierre Vander Aa, 1720.

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300 €

First edition of the French translation of the Erasmus colloques by Gueudeville.
This edition is sought after for the engravings by Hooge placed at the beginning of the chapter.

Our copy incomplete of 4 text sheets but complete with all the engravings.

[DE FOIX, Marc Antoine].

L'Art d'élever un Prince.

Paris, Vve Claude Thiboust, 1688.

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150 €

Collection of maxims supposed to be used for the education of the Duke of Burgundy.

[JURA].

Les Catholiques du Jura.

s.l., s.n., 1797.

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150 €

MOLLOY, Gérald || HAMARD, Abbé.

Géologie et Révélation ou histoire ancienne de la Terre considérée à la lumière des faits géologiques et de la religion révélée.

Paris, René Haton, 1877.

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50 €

Book whose purpose is to match geological and paleontological data with biblical stories.

MASPERO, Gaston.

Guide du visiteur du Musée du Caire.

Le Caire, Imprimerie de l'institut français, 1902.

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60 €

First edition.
First guide of the new Cairo museum installed since the end of 1902 place Tharir.

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.

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PACHON, Abbé.

Origine des Fossiles et des continents ou nouvelle théorie de la Terre.

First edition.Abbé Pachon proposes a theory of the Earth trying to reconcile biblical writings with fossils and geological data.

DE SAINCT JULIEN, Pierre.

De L'Origine des Bourgongnons, et antiquité des estats de Bourgongne.

First edition.One of the most sought after books on the history of Burgundy. Complete copy with all the plates representing the cities of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mascon, Chalon sur Saone and Tournus.

DUMAS fils, Alexandre || [BARBE, Benjamin].

Tiphaine.

First edition.One of 35 copies on Whatman paper, ours n°15.the preface is by Alexandre Dumas fils, he indicates that the novel is from an anonymous source but it has since been attributed to Benjamin Barbé (1818-1893).

D'HEYLLI, Georges.

Regnier, sociétaire de la comédie française (1831-1872).

ANOUILH, Jean.

La Vicomtesse d'Eristal n'a pas reçu son balais mécanique.

First edition.One of 20 copies on Rives vellum paper, second luxury paper. Our copy n°I .One of Anouilh's last writings, an autobiographical account that sheds light on his work.

ANOUILH, Jean.

Le Nombril.

First edition.One of 30 copies on Holland Van Gelder second luxury paper . Our copy n°VII A play which was performed for the first time in Paris on September 24, 1981, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Alma.

First edition.One of the 140 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°117. The writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008, evokes important places in his life, in particular Mauritius, Nice and Paris.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Ritournelle de la faim.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Révolutions.

First edition.One of the 110 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde s paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°110.

LEREBOURS, Noël Paymal.

Galerie Microscopique ET Instruction pratique sur les microscopes, contentant la description des microscopes achromatiques simplifiés.

FUSY, Antoine.

Le Franc Archer de la vraye église, contre les abus et énormités de la fausse.

[VOLTAIRE].

Vie de Molière avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages.

First edition.This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.

ROSTAN, Léon.

Recherches sur Le Ramollissement du Cerveau.

Second enlarged edition.

BORDEU, Théophile de.

Recherches sur le tissu muqueux, ou l'organe cellulaire, et sur quelques maladies de la poitrine.

PINEL, Philippe.

Traité Médico-Philosophique sur l'Aliénation mentale ou la Manie.

LINTILHAC, Eugène.

Beaumarchais et ses oeuvres.

First edition.

HERBELOT DE MOLAINVILLE, Barthélemy d'.

Bibliothèque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel.

SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph-Aignan.

Dictionnaire de physique.

First edition.Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

ABOT DE BAZINGHEN, François.

Traité des monnoies, et de la jurisdiction de la cour des monnoies, en forme de dictionnaire, qui contient l'histoire des monnoies des anciens peuples Juifs, Gaulois & Romains, (.) de France (.) de l'Asie, l'Afrique, l'Amérique (.) l'Europe (.).

First edition.

SABATIER DE CASTRES, Antoine.

Dictionnaire de littérature. Dans lequel on traite de tout ce qui a rapport à l'éloquence, à la poësie & aux belles-lettres, & dans lequel on enseigne la marche & les régles qu'on doit observer dans tous les ouvrages d'esprit.

First edition.

COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon.

Dictionnaire critique des reliques et des images miraculeuses.

First edition.

[MORENAS, François].

Dictionnaire historique-portatif de la géographie sacrée ancienne et moderne, dans lequel on trouve la situation et la description des lieux de la Terre-Sainte sous les Hébreux, & tels qu'ils sont aujourd'hui.

First edition.

GIRARD, Gabriel.

Synonymes françois.

New edition reviewed by Beauzee.

BERTRAND, Louis.

Renouvellemens périodiques des continens terrestres.

ERASME.

Les Colloques.

First edition of the French translation of the Erasmus colloques by Gueudeville. This edition is sought after for the engravings by Hooge placed at the beginning of the chapter. Our copy incomplete of 4 text sheets but complete with all the engravings.

[DE FOIX, Marc Antoine].

L'Art d'élever un Prince.

Collection of maxims supposed to be used for the education of the Duke of Burgundy.

[JURA].

Les Catholiques du Jura.

MOLLOY, Gérald || HAMARD, Abbé.

Géologie et Révélation ou histoire ancienne de la Terre considérée à la lumière des faits géologiques et de la religion révélée.

Book whose purpose is to match geological and paleontological data with biblical stories.

MASPERO, Gaston.

Guide du visiteur du Musée du Caire.

First edition.First guide of the new Cairo museum installed since the end of 1902 place Tharir.

ADELINE, Jules.

Lexique des termes d'art.

First edition.
Abbé Pachon proposes a theory of the Earth trying to reconcile biblical writings with fossils and geological data.

First edition.
One of the most sought after books on the history of Burgundy.

Complete copy with all the plates representing the cities of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mascon, Chalon sur Saone and Tournus.

First edition.

One of 35 copies on Whatman paper, ours n°15.
the preface is by Alexandre Dumas fils, he indicates that the novel is from an anonymous source but it has since been attributed to Benjamin Barbé (1818-1893).

First edition.
One of 20 copies on Rives vellum paper, second luxury paper. Our copy n°I .

One of Anouilh's last writings, an autobiographical account that sheds light on his work.

First edition.
One of 30 copies on Holland Van Gelder second luxury paper . Our copy n°VII

A play which was performed for the first time in Paris on September 24, 1981, at the Théâtre de l'Atelier.

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°117.

The writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008, evokes important places in his life, in particular Mauritius, Nice and Paris.

First edition.

One of the 110 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde s paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°110.

First edition.
This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.

First edition.
Commplete copy with the supplement published in 1782 and the 17 folding plates.

First edition of the French translation of the Erasmus colloques by Gueudeville.
This edition is sought after for the engravings by Hooge placed at the beginning of the chapter.

Our copy incomplete of 4 text sheets but complete with all the engravings.

First edition.
First guide of the new Cairo museum installed since the end of 1902 place Tharir.

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.