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HALLER, Albrecht.

Disputationes Chirurgicae selectae.

Lausanne, Marci-Michael Bousquet, 1755-1756.

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700 €

First edition.
Haller, the last universal genius of the Lumières, left an abundant and very broad work. Considered the father of modern physiology, he also contributed to the development of anatomy and surgery, of which he was chair in Gottingen until 1753.
A remarkable work for all 50 engraved plates offering striking scenes of surgery.

BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste.

Essai sur les eaux minérales naturelles et artificielles.

Paris et Saint-Pétersbourg, Klostermann, 1810.

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350 €

First edition, the first issue with the scarce 1810 title page.
An important work and comprehensive treatise on natural and mineral waters. The first part covers internal and external uses of fresh water, seawater, and different kinds of mineral water. The major portion of the book describes the principal spas of Europe in alphabetical order, including chemical analyses of the waters. The last section gives detailed directions for the preparation of artificial mineral waters, with plates showing apparatus for making hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogel sulphide. The machine designed by L.A. Planche for making carbonated mineral waters under pressure is described.

SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro.

Expériences sur la digestion de l'homme et de différentes espèces d'animaux avec des considérations sur sa méthode de faire des expériences et les conséquences pratiques qu'on peut tirer en médecine de ses découvertes par Jean SENEBIER.

Genève, Barthelemi Chirol, 1783.

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250 €

First separate and first edition in french of this work in which Spallanzani confirmed earlier doctrines of the solvent property of the gastric juice and discovered the action of the saliva in digestion. He stated that gastric juice can act outside the body and can prevent or inhibit putrefaction. He obtained gastric juice by tying a sponge on a piece of string, then allowing it to be swallowed.

JANIN, Jean.

Réflexions sur le triste sort des personnes, qui sous une apparence de mort, ont été enterrées vivantes; et sur les moyens qu'on doit mettre en usage pour prévoir une telle méprise; ou précis d'un mémoire sur les causes de la mort subite et violente: dans lequel on prouve que ceux qui en sont les victimes, peuvent être rappellés à la vie.

Paris, P.Fr. Didot, 1772.

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350 €

Rare first edition of this work in which Jean Janin tries to respond to an authentic phobia of premature burials which raged in the eighteenth century.

Bbound with: (In head) Bienville. La Nymphomanie ou traité de la fureur utérine. Rey, 1771. Paris. Browned paper and waterstains
(at the end). Mead. Monita and praecepta medica. Incomplete of the title page and tables. Tears and old reparis at the two last leave.

BOUHOURS, Dominique.

La manière de bien penser dans les ouvrages d’esprit.

Paris, Charles-Nicolas Poirion, 1756.

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50 €

HUME, David.

Histoire de la maison de Plantagenet sur le trône d'Angleterre, depuis l'invasion de Jules César, jusqu'à l'avènement de Henri VII.

Amsterdam, s.n., 1765.

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450 €

First edition in french.

[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.

PRESSAVIN, Jean Baptiste.

Nouveau traité des vapeurs, ou traité des maladies des nerfs.

Lyon, V. Reguilliay, 1771.

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600 €

Second edition.
The "vapors" mental disorder popularized by Pierre Pomme, foreshadows what will be discussed under the term Hysteria in the 19th century.

"Contrary to Pomme, Pressavin does not condemn passions without restriction [...] vapors would correspond to a dysfunction of the relational system which binds living beings to the outside world; vapors can just as easily be passionate, in the grip of an overexcited sensitivity , that an indifferent, vegetating in a state of torpor. " Paul Hoffmann, "The Woman in the Thought of Lights", Slatkine, 1995

Beautiful copy in contemporary morocco.

BAYEN, Pierre || CHARLARD, Louis-Martin.

Recherches chimiques sur l'étain, faites et publiées par ordre du gouvernement.

Paris, Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1781.

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750 €

First edition.
Bayen is today recognized as a precursor of Lavoisier. He rejected the phlogistic theory 3 years before the decisive work of Lavoisier.
In this book on the tin, Bayen and Charlard concluded that tin contained no arsenic at worst infinitesimal amount, without any danger to health.

MYNSICHT, Adrian von.

Thesaurus et Armamentarium medico chymicum.

Lyon, Jean Antoine Huguetan, 1670.

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600 €

Adrian von Mynsicht (1603-1638) is a German physician and alchemist. In his Thesaurus, he gives us his best recipes of ointments, emplatres, liqueurs for medicine. As always at this time, chemistry, alchemy and pharmacopoeia are closely intertwined.
In the Testamentum Hadrianeum following the Thesaurus, we are given in a versified form the secret of the philosopher's stone of Mynsicht.
Rare edition not spotted by Ferguson, nor Caillet.

DONNET || FREMIN || MONIN || LEVASSEUR.

Atlas géographique et statistique des départements de la France, de l'Algérie et des Colonies Françaises.

Paris, B.Dusillion, [1841].

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9000 €

Copy offer to the doctor Alfred Velpeau by Giraudeau de St Gervais, the Publisher - Owner of this book.
A wrapping used to immobilize the arm to the chest wall is known as a "Velpeau bandage".

Superb atlas, which is rarely found complete, as large maps are usually sold individually.
In its original wooden box.

FROMENTIN, Eugène.

Sahara et Sahel.
I - Un été dans le Sahara.
II - Une année dans le Sahel.

Paris, Plon, 1879.

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600 €

First illustrated edition.
One of the 100 copy on papier vélin.
The 12 etchings are in our copy in four state (definitive, before the letter, before the letter and bistre and before the letter on china paper.

HEIM, Roger || DUCHE, Jacques || MALENCON, G.

Revue de Mycologie 1936 et 1937.

Paris, Busson, 1936-1937.

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60 €

First edition.
The firs two years of publication of the Revue de mycologie wich will be published over 40 years.

FOUCHER, Paul || REGNIER, Philoclès.

La Joconde.

Paris, Michel Levy, 1856.

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500 €

Second edition.
Comedy in five acts written by Paul Foucher (1810-1875) and Philoclès Regnier (1807-1885) which premiered at the Comédie Française on November 19, 1855.
Our copy, which probably belonged to Regnier, is enriched with the program printed on silk announcing the premiere performance at the Comédie Française, as well as 7 signed autograph letters addressed to Regnier to congratulate him on the play.
Among the signatories of these letters we find the author Philoxène Boyer or the actress Jeanne Arnould-Plessy.
Following the letters are a few press extracts, literary reviews of the play, including the review by Théophile Gautier published in the Revue Dramatique.

ANOUILH, Jean.

La Valse des Toréadors.

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1952.

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200 €

First edition.
The Valse des toréadors is part of Anouilh's Grinning Pieces. It was a great success when interpreted by Louis de Funès in 1973.

Copy on Lafuma de Voiron n°69 (out of 75), first luxury paper.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Tempête, deux novellas.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2014.

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300 €

First edition.

One of the 80 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°72.

DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.

La Force des choses.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 1963.

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50 €

First edition.
Common paper.

Autobiographical account of the period from the end of WWII to 1960. The story includes the time of the publication of The Second Sex, which makes her very famous, the Cold War, or the war in Algeria which she describes as a “personal drama”.

MONNIER, Henri.

Les Bas-Fonds de la société.

Paris, Jules Claye, 1862.

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400 €

First édition.

Copy n°19 of the only 200 that were printed.
The printing on beautiful Holland paper is very neat.

DUBUSC.

Nouveau traité de cuisine pratique et élémentaire.

Paris, Léon Vanier, 1884.

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1000 €

First edition.
Several hundred recipes and weeks of menus to delight gourmets at the end of the 19th century.

PERROT, Georges.

Souvenirs d'un voyage en Asie mineure.

Paris, Michel Levy frères, 1864.

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250 €

First edition.
Travel diary in Greece, Turkey and Anatolia.

TABET, Jacques.

Pour faire du Liban la Suisse du Levant.

Paris, Hamlot et Cie, 1924.

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150 €

First edition.

Presentation copy.

GONTAUT-BIRON, Roger || LE REVEREND, L.

D'Angora à Lausanne les étapes d'une déchéance.

Paris, Plon, 1924.

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150 €

First edition.
Book written the day after the Treaty of Lausanne which confirms the end of the Ottoman Empire and establishes the borders of the new Turkey.

AMPERE, Jean-Jacques.

Voyage en Egypte et en Nubie.

Paris, Michel Levy frères, 1868.

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150 €

First edition.

SAND, George.

Mont-Revêche.

Paris, Librairie nouvelle, 1855.

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60 €

First édition 16mo.
This novel reflects the strong tension that reigns between George Sand and her daughter Solange, at the same time. A work with keys and a testimony to a "certain" way of life in the 19th century.

PERRET, Paul.

Les Bourgeois de campagne.

Paris, Michel Levy frères, 1859.

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80 €

First edition.

Presentation copy to Maxime Du Camp.

CHAMPFLEURY, Jules.

Histoire de la caricature sous la Réforme et la Ligue.

Paris, Dentu, [v. 1880].

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60 €

First edition.
The many illustrations are included in the pagination.

VUILLIER, Gaston.

Plaisirs et jeux depuis les origines.

Paris, J. Rothschild, 1900.

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350 €

First edition.
One of 50 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper, first luxury paper, ours n°16.
The copies on Japan paper are enriched with the suite of engravings printed on Arches, iIn our copy the engraving "Skaters" on Japan has been forgotten but the state on Arch is well present.

Beautiful publication as always from the Rothschild publisher comprising 279 plates and vignettes.

CUYP, Aelbert.

VI Stüks koitjer Geetst door A. Cuyp.

s.l, s.n, [v. 1660].

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1000 €

Complete series of 6 engravings by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch painter, preceded by a title vignette.
Dimensions of the etchings: 67x75 mm
Dimensions of the paper: 170x135 mm

This complete set is rarely found with its margins preserved.

MEIER-GRAEFE, Julius.

Auguste Renoir avec 100 reproductions.

Paris, H. Floury, 1912.

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75 €

First french edition.

LOTI, Pierre.

Ramuntcho.

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1937.

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75 €

Beautiful edition illustrated by Pierre Brissaud.

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HALLER, Albrecht.

Disputationes Chirurgicae selectae.

BOUILLON-LAGRANGE, Edme Jean-Baptiste.

Essai sur les eaux minérales naturelles et artificielles.

SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro.

Expériences sur la digestion de l'homme et de différentes espèces d'animaux avec des considérations sur sa méthode de faire des expériences et les conséquences pratiques qu'on peut tirer en médecine de ses découvertes par Jean SENEBIER.

JANIN, Jean.

BOUHOURS, Dominique.

La manière de bien penser dans les ouvrages d’esprit.

HUME, David.

Histoire de la maison de Plantagenet sur le trône d'Angleterre, depuis l'invasion de Jules César, jusqu'à l'avènement de Henri VII.

First edition in french.

[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.

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.

PRESSAVIN, Jean Baptiste.

Nouveau traité des vapeurs, ou traité des maladies des nerfs.

BAYEN, Pierre || CHARLARD, Louis-Martin.

Recherches chimiques sur l'étain, faites et publiées par ordre du gouvernement.

First edition. Bayen is today recognized as a precursor of Lavoisier. He rejected the phlogistic theory 3 years before the decisive work of Lavoisier. In this book on the tin, Bayen and Charlard concluded that tin contained no arsenic at worst infinitesimal amount, without any danger to health.

MYNSICHT, Adrian von.

Thesaurus et Armamentarium medico chymicum.

DONNET || FREMIN || MONIN || LEVASSEUR.

Atlas géographique et statistique des départements de la France, de l'Algérie et des Colonies Françaises.

FROMENTIN, Eugène.

Sahara et Sahel. I - Un été dans le Sahara. II - Une année dans le Sahel.

First illustrated edition. One of the 100 copy on papier vélin. The 12 etchings are in our copy in four state (definitive, before the letter, before the letter and bistre and before the letter on china paper.

HEIM, Roger || DUCHE, Jacques || MALENCON, G.

Revue de Mycologie 1936 et 1937.

First edition.The firs two years of publication of the Revue de mycologie wich will be published over 40 years.

FOUCHER, Paul || REGNIER, Philoclès.

La Joconde.

ANOUILH, Jean.

La Valse des Toréadors.

First edition.The Valse des toréadors is part of Anouilh's Grinning Pieces. It was a great success when interpreted by Louis de Funès in 1973. Copy on Lafuma de Voiron n°69 (out of 75), first luxury paper.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Tempête, deux novellas.

First edition.One of the 80 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°72.

DE BEAUVOIR, Simone.

La Force des choses.

First edition.Common paper.Autobiographical account of the period from the end of WWII to 1960. The story includes the time of the publication of The Second Sex, which makes her very famous, the Cold War, or the war in Algeria which she describes as a “personal drama”.

MONNIER, Henri.

Les Bas-Fonds de la société.

First édition.Copy n°19 of the only 200 that were printed. The printing on beautiful Holland paper is very neat.

DUBUSC.

Nouveau traité de cuisine pratique et élémentaire.

First edition.Several hundred recipes and weeks of menus to delight gourmets at the end of the 19th century.

PERROT, Georges.

Souvenirs d'un voyage en Asie mineure.

First edition.Travel diary in Greece, Turkey and Anatolia.

TABET, Jacques.

Pour faire du Liban la Suisse du Levant.

First edition.Presentation copy.

GONTAUT-BIRON, Roger || LE REVEREND, L.

D'Angora à Lausanne les étapes d'une déchéance.

First edition.Book written the day after the Treaty of Lausanne which confirms the end of the Ottoman Empire and establishes the borders of the new Turkey.

AMPERE, Jean-Jacques.

Voyage en Egypte et en Nubie.

First edition.

SAND, George.

Mont-Revêche.

First édition 16mo.This novel reflects the strong tension that reigns between George Sand and her daughter Solange, at the same time. A work with keys and a testimony to a "certain" way of life in the 19th century.

PERRET, Paul.

Les Bourgeois de campagne.

First edition.Presentation copy to Maxime Du Camp.

CHAMPFLEURY, Jules.

Histoire de la caricature sous la Réforme et la Ligue.

First edition.The many illustrations are included in the pagination.

VUILLIER, Gaston.

Plaisirs et jeux depuis les origines.

CUYP, Aelbert.

VI Stüks koitjer Geetst door A. Cuyp.

Complete series of 6 engravings by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch painter, preceded by a title vignette.Dimensions of the etchings: 67x75 mm Dimensions of the paper: 170x135 mm This complete set is rarely found with its margins preserved.

MEIER-GRAEFE, Julius.

Auguste Renoir avec 100 reproductions.

First french edition.

LOTI, Pierre.

Ramuntcho.

Beautiful edition illustrated by Pierre Brissaud.

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.

First edition.
Bayen is today recognized as a precursor of Lavoisier. He rejected the phlogistic theory 3 years before the decisive work of Lavoisier.
In this book on the tin, Bayen and Charlard concluded that tin contained no arsenic at worst infinitesimal amount, without any danger to health.

Sahara et Sahel.
I - Un été dans le Sahara.
II - Une année dans le Sahel.

First illustrated edition.
One of the 100 copy on papier vélin.
The 12 etchings are in our copy in four state (definitive, before the letter, before the letter and bistre and before the letter on china paper.

First edition.
The firs two years of publication of the Revue de mycologie wich will be published over 40 years.

First edition.
The Valse des toréadors is part of Anouilh's Grinning Pieces. It was a great success when interpreted by Louis de Funès in 1973.

Copy on Lafuma de Voiron n°69 (out of 75), first luxury paper.

First edition.

One of the 80 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum paper from the Arjowiggins paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°72.

First edition.
Common paper.

Autobiographical account of the period from the end of WWII to 1960. The story includes the time of the publication of The Second Sex, which makes her very famous, the Cold War, or the war in Algeria which she describes as a “personal drama”.

First édition.

Copy n°19 of the only 200 that were printed.
The printing on beautiful Holland paper is very neat.

First edition.
Several hundred recipes and weeks of menus to delight gourmets at the end of the 19th century.

First edition.
Travel diary in Greece, Turkey and Anatolia.

First edition.

Presentation copy.

First edition.
Book written the day after the Treaty of Lausanne which confirms the end of the Ottoman Empire and establishes the borders of the new Turkey.

First édition 16mo.
This novel reflects the strong tension that reigns between George Sand and her daughter Solange, at the same time. A work with keys and a testimony to a "certain" way of life in the 19th century.

First edition.

Presentation copy to Maxime Du Camp.

First edition.
The many illustrations are included in the pagination.

Complete series of 6 engravings by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch painter, preceded by a title vignette.
Dimensions of the etchings: 67x75 mm
Dimensions of the paper: 170x135 mm

This complete set is rarely found with its margins preserved.