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Photo BROUWERS, Alphonse. 

BROUWERS, Alphonse. 

L'Action de la Franc-Maçonnerie dans l'histoire moderne. 

Liège, H. Dessain, 1892.
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80 €

First edition.

"Stimulated by the encyclical" Humanum genus "of our great Pope Leo XIII, I undertook to unveil the action of the Freemasons in modern history. This study did not lead me to find a single good work accomplished by the sect; on the contrary, its action has been and still is most pernicious for the family and society. " (extract from the preface).

Photo LEGUE & GILLES DE LA TOURETTE. 

LEGUE & GILLES DE LA TOURETTE. 

Soeur Jeanne des Anges supérieure des ursulines de Loudun, Autobiographie d'une hystérique possédée. 

Paris, A. Delahaye et Lecrosnier, 1886.
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75 €

First edition.

Contains a reproduction of the famous letter from Asmodeus.

Photo LEROY-D'ETIOLLES, Jean Jacques Joseph. 

LEROY-D'ETIOLLES, Jean Jacques Joseph. 

Histoire de la Lithotritie précédée de réflexions sur la dissolution des calculs urinaires. 

Paris, J-B. Baillière, 1839.
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450 €

First edition.
Leroy D'Etiolles is considered to be the inventor of the lithotripter, a surgical instrument whose function is lithotripsy. Lithotripsy is the act of reducing urinary stones directly into the bladder rather than opening the bladder to extract them, which was much less invasive for the patient. This principle is still used today.

The book traces the history of lithotripter, how the instruments were gradually improved by the various doctors of the time. Many diagrams in the text of the instrumentation and the difficulties encountered in their manufacture.

The last part of the book discusses the dissolution of urinary stones by vichy water.

Photo LE CAT, Claude Nicolas. 

LE CAT, Claude Nicolas. 

Traité des sensations. 

Paris, Vallat-La-Chapelle, 1767.
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750 €

First edition.
Claude-Nicolas Le Cat (1700-1768) a surgeon specializing in the operation of bladder stones remains famous for his work on the senses. Mechanistic doctor for whom sensations are the result of the body acting on the body (the soul therefore does not come into play), his main contribution remains on the understanding of the functioning of vision.

A Treatise on Hearing published the same year will constitute the third volume of these physiological works.

Photo SAINT DISDIER, Alexandre-Toussaint Limojon de. 

SAINT DISDIER, Alexandre-Toussaint Limojon de. 

Histoire des Négotiations de Nimègue. 

Paris [Hollande], Claude Barbin, 1680.
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300 €

Counterfeit edition of the title à la sphere (probably Dutch), taken from the Barbin edition in Paris.

The peace of Nijmegen marks the end of the Dutch war, it places France at the forefront of European geopolitics. On this occasion, France annexed Franche-Comté. It is the triumph of Louis XIV as a warrior king.

Beautiful copy in morocco.

Photo MALON, M. de. 

MALON, M. de. 

Le Conservateur du Sang humain. 

Paris, Antoine Boudet, 1766.
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250 €

First edition.
The first treatise devoted to demonstrating the dangerousness of bloodletting!

"If I can prove that the most wisely ordered bloodletting is always pernicious & often fatal, whatever good it seems to do, the public will gain a lot" (excerpt from the preface)

bound with the following :
[BRILLOUE], Essai théorique et pratique sur les maladies des nerfs, Paris, Delalain, 1766
Rare essay attributed to Brilloue, making the state of knowledge in "nevrology" field of medicine then in full swing.

Photo GATTI, Angelo. 

GATTI, Angelo. 

Nouvelles reflexions sur la pratique de l'inoculation. 

Bruxelles, Musier fils, 1767.
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300 €

First edition.
"The name of the tuscan physician Angelo Gatti has been closely linked to the practice and promotion of the inoculation for smallpox. Before Jenner discoveries about vaccine, this medical technique was the only way to prevent an endemic and deadly disease like smallpox. In the second half of the XVIIIth century the inoculation for smallpox became a discussed practice, able to involved in the debate not only the scientific community but also the social and political milieu. Gatti arrived in Paris in 1760 where he became famous thanks to his masterpieces: the Réflexions sur les préjugés qui s'opposent au progrès et à la perfection de l'inoculation (1764) and the Nouvelles réflexions sur la pratique de l'inoculation (1767). "
Veronica Massai, Angelo Gatti e l'inoculazione del vaiolo (1724-1798), 2016

A practical manual for performing inoculation, an unsafe process that preceded Jenner's vaccination.

Photo [PANCKOUCKE, Charles]. 

[PANCKOUCKE, Charles]. 

De l'Homme, et de la reproduction des différens individus. 

Paris, s.n., 1761.
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150 €

First edition.

Photo [MAGNÉ de MAROLLES, François-Gervais]. 

[MAGNÉ de MAROLLES, François-Gervais]. 

Essai sur la chasse au fusil contenant un détail de ce qui concerne la fabrication des canons soit ordinaires, tordus, à ruban ou filés: l'examen de plusieurs questions touchant leur porté, eu égard à leur longueur, à leur calibre, à la charge, &c. & quelques notions sommaires sur les autres parties du fusil de chasse, avec des règles & instructions pour parvenir à bien tirer. 

Paris, Chez Théophile Barrois jeune, 1781.
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300 €

First edition.
Very interesting book on the weaponry of the hunter. With an interresting the chapter on rifled guns, which were not generalized until the nineteenth century.

Photo CHEVIGNE, Louis, Comte de. 

CHEVIGNE, Louis, Comte de. 

Les Contes Rémois. 

Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles Jouaust, 1877.
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300 €

Beautiful edition at Jouaust illustrated by Jules Worms.
One of the numbered copies on Holland paper (n ° 131).

Photo PERNOT, François Alexandre. 

PERNOT, François Alexandre. 

Carnet de croquis. 

s.l., s.n., 1831.
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Sketchbook with 7 original pencil drawings signed by François-Alexandre PERNOT (1793-1865) and 1 trompe l'oeil signed HAUSEN.
The six drawings by Pernot drawn directly on the album's paper are dated 1831, a seventh collated is dated 1832. According to extracts from his diary, Pernot traveled through France at that time, he spent in particular the winter 1831-1832 in Nancy.

Pernot is close to artists and romantic salons (Châteaubriand, Lamartine, V. Hugo, Delacroix ...) and was appointed in 1826, master of the drawings of the king's pages by Charles X.

Photo ARAGO, François || LAMARTINE, Alphonse de. 

ARAGO, François || LAMARTINE, Alphonse de. 

Projet de décret relatif à un crédit supplémentaire de Dix mille francs pour la réimpression des Œuvres scientifiques de Laplace. 

s.l., s.n., 22 juin 1848.
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450 €

Rare document signed by Lamartine and Arago.
Draft decree to allocate 10,000 fr to continue the reprint of the Works of Laplace. This had been allocated 40,000 fr in 1842 but the initial estimate having been exceeded, money had to be added to the project.

The document is drafted by the Secretary of the Executive Power Commission and is signed by all the members of this commission: François Arago, Alphonse de Lamartine, Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès, Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, Pierre Marie de St Georges.
Rare testimony of this commission which lasted only for the months of May and June 1848 and which saw the Scientist and the Poet at the top of the French State.

Photo FLOYER, Jean. 

FLOYER, Jean. 

Traité de l'asthme, contenant la description, les causes et le traitement de cette maladie. 

Paris, P. Fr. Didot, 1761.
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600 €

First edition in french.
Floyer provided the first clear descriptions of cases of bronchial asthma.

Photo CLAIRAUT, Alexis. 

CLAIRAUT, Alexis. 

Tables de la Lune, calculées suivant la théorie de la gravitation universelle. 

Paris, Durand, 1754.
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2500 €

First edition of the tables of the Moon resulting from the calculations of Alexis Clairaut on the problem of the three bodies.

"Between 1747 and 1754, three of the greatest mathematicians of their time, Euler, D'Alembert and Clairaut, oppose a common project: to develop new mathematical methods in order to solve the complex problem posed by the movement of the Moon, submitted at the same time to the gravitational attraction of the Earth and the Sun. [...] But the stake is not only mathematical, it became indeed urgent, for the needs of the astronomical navigation, for the safety of the roads maritime and commercial, and for the protection of crews to finally have tables giving the ecliptic longitude of the Moon with sufficient precision in order to make the lunar distance method applicable at sea. " (Guy Boistel. Beyond the problem of the three bodies: Alexis Clairaut and his nautical tables of the Moon (1751-1765) Proceedings of the congress on the history of science and technology, Poitiers, May 20-22, 2004).

The stake both scientific and commercial explains why Clairaut in the introduction of his tables indicates the precise chronology of the disclosure to the public of his mathematical discoveries. Although proposing the most accurate mathematical solution of the problem of the three bodies, it will be preceded by the German Mayer who publishes in 1753 his tables established in an empirical way. And it is Mayer who will be awarded by the Board of Longitude the prize of 3000 pounds sterling to the chagrin of Clairaut.

Photo [ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE] BARDONNAUT, Ernest. 

[ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE] BARDONNAUT, Ernest. 

Epures de Géométrie descriptive. 

s.l., s.n., [v. 1847].
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200 €

Collection of drawings, by Marie Henri Ernest Bardonnaut (X 1847).

Photo HIPPOCRATE || [CORNARIUS, Janus]. 

HIPPOCRATE || [CORNARIUS, Janus]. 

Hippocratis Coi medicorum omnium longe principis, Opera, quae ad nos extant, omnia. 

Venise, apud Vicentium Valgrisium, 1546.
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950 €

Rare Venice edition of the works of Hippocrates by the humanist physician Janus Cornarius (1500-1558).

The printing is the work of Vicenzo Valgrisi one of the most famous printers of Venice in the 16th century, his typographic work is of high quality.

Photo LA FONTAINE, Jean de. 

LA FONTAINE, Jean de. 

Contes de La Fontaine. 

Paris, Jouaust Librairie des bibliophiles, 1885.
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60 €

Beautiful edition given by Jouaust.
The text is prefaced by Paul Lacroix and illustrated by Edouard de Beaumont.

Photo [POLITIQUE]. 

[POLITIQUE]. 

Etudes Contemporaines : 9 essais politiques. 

Paris, Dentu Dumineray, 1859-1861.
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250 €

9 political essays published mainly in the Contemporary Studies collection of the publisher Dumineray.
From the year 1860, the emperor gradually left more and more powers to the parliamentary assemblies and political life came alive, as evidenced by these essays.

Volume I :
PRESSENSE, Le Pouvoir temporel est il nécessaire à la religion ? , Paris, Dentu, 1859 (34 pages)
D'HAUSSONVILLE, Lettre aux conseils généraux, Paris, Dentu, 1859 (36 pages)
DE BROGLIE, Une Réforme administrative en Afrique, Paris, Dumineray, 1860 ((6)-242-(1) pages)
PREVOST-PARADOL, Les Anciens partis, Paris, Dumineray, 1860 (48 pages)

Volume II:
[Anonymous], La Liberté religieuse et la législation actuelle, Paris, Dumineray, 1860 ((4)-244 pages)
D'HAUSSONVILLE, Lettre au Sénat, Paris, Dumineray, 1860 (48 pages)
LEONCE DE LAVERGNE, La Constitution de 1852 et le décret du 24 novembre 1860, Paris, Dumineray, 1860 (48 pages)

Volume III:
DELPRAT, L'Administration et la presse, Paris, chez les principaux libraires, 1861 (44-(1) pages)
ODILON-BARROT, De La Centralisation et de ses effets, Paris, Dumineray, 1861 (viii-247-(1) pages).

Photo FLAMAND-GRETRY, Louis Victor. 

FLAMAND-GRETRY, Louis Victor. 

Description complète de la Ville de Saint-Denis. 

Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1840.
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150 €

First edition.
Researched book on the history of the city of Saint-Denis, our copy complete with all the plates.


bound with the following :
FLAMAND-GRETRY, Itinéraire historique, géographique, topographique, statistiques, pittoresque et biographique de la vallée de Montmorency (première partie) , Montmorency, Chez l'Auteur, 1835. (4)-325-(1) pages and 17 plates.

Photo VERDUC, Jean Baptiste. 

VERDUC, Jean Baptiste. 

Les Opérations de la chirurgie. Avec une pathologie. 

Paris, Laurent d'Houry, 1693.
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500 €

First edition.
A complete copy with the continuation of the pathology which is often missing.

Photo PELLIER DE QUENGSY, Guillaume. 

PELLIER DE QUENGSY, Guillaume. 

Recueil de mémoires et d'observations, tant sur les maladies qui attaquent l'oeil et les parties qui l'environnement, que sur les moyens de les guérir. 

Montpellier, Jean Martel aîné, 1783.
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300 €

First edition.
Book in which Pellier de Quengsy returns in detail on the mode of operation of cataracts using his ophthalmotome instrument of his invention.

Copy numbered (n ° 502) and signed by the author.

Photo TENON, Jacques. 

TENON, Jacques. 

Mémoires sur les hôpitaux de Paris. 

Paris, De l’imprimerie de Ph. D. Serres, 1788.
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3000 €

First edition.
A very good copy.

Photo LINNE, Charles. 

LINNE, Charles. 

Genera plantarum. Eorumque Characteres naturales, secundum Numerum, Figuram, Situm, & Proportionem omnium Fructificationis partium. 

Paris, David, 1743.
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Third edition.
A major work in the history of science in which Linnaeus explains the reproduction of flowering plants and proposes a classification of plants by the structure of their flowers. This classification will be the starting point for the entire taxonomy of living things as we use it today.

Taken from the second edition published in 1742, the Paris edition is the only one to offer the names of plants in French.

Photo GINAC, Joseph Gaspard. 

GINAC, Joseph Gaspard. 

Recueil d'Arithmétique. 

Marseille, s.n., 1747.
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750 €

Amusing arithmetic manuscript dotted with naive polychrome drawings.
The difficulty in learning mathematical operations in a non-decimal system (ounces, pounds ...) was to encourage Joseph Gaspard Ginac to distract himself with small drawings.

Photo CHEVREAU, Urbain. 

CHEVREAU, Urbain. 

Histoire du Monde. 

Paris, Michel Clouzier, 1717.
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750 €

"The vast genius of our author has embraced & deepened the particular history of all the nations. It goes into the detail of all the Monarchies & of all the Republics. We see there the origin, the progress & the decadence of all the States "(extract from the preface).

Photo [VOLTAIRE]. 

[VOLTAIRE]. 

Questions sur l'encyclopédie par des amateurs. 

[Neufchatel], s.n., 1771-1773.
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550 €

New expanded edition.
Little-known book by Voltaire, his Questions on the Encyclopedia having been included in the Philosophical Dictionary of the Kehl edition which now makes reference.
"This attempt with an encyclopedic vocation claims to supplement, even amend and correct the great work of the Age of Enlightenment" (Mervaud, "L’Encyclopédisme des Questions sur l’Encyclopédie de Voltaire?”).

Composite copy with volumes published from 1771 to 1773.

Photo BULLIARD, Pierre. 

BULLIARD, Pierre. 

Dictionnaire élémentaire de botanique, ou Exposition par ordre alphabétique, des préceptes de la botanique, et de tous les termes, tant françois que latins, consacrés à l'étude de cette science. 

Paris, Imprimerie Crapelet, 1797.
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750 €

A Folio edition with 9 color plates.

Photo VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré. 

VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré. 

Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier. 

Paris, Marion et Cie, 1857.
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300 €

First edition.
Désiré Van Monckhoven is one of the most famous Belgian photographers. Chemist he participated in the dissemination of knowledge of photographic chemistry then in full explosion.
Photography on paper was invented a few years earlier by Talbo to overcome the drawbacks of daguerreotypes, in the 1850s it was still little used but it was this process (negative-positive) that allowed the photographs to be widely distributed.
In this book Monckhoven gives the precise implementation of this process by giving in particular two samples of paper which allow to touch the papers which were then used in the middle of the XIXth century.

Following Monckoven's text were added 8 handwritten pages on collodion (another photographic process) and two notes on loose paper on these processes.

Photo DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri-Louis. 

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri-Louis. 

Traité de la Conservation des Grains et en particulier du Froment. 

Paris, Guerin, 1753.
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200 €

First edition.
Book which follows the famine of 1752 in which Du Monceau tries to propose solutions for better conservation of wheat reserves during years of good harvests. They include better drying and cleaning of the grains, and aeration of large granaries by bellows.

Photo TAYLOR, Brook|| MURDOCH, Patrick. 

TAYLOR, Brook|| MURDOCH, Patrick. 

Nouveaux principes de la perspective linéaire [...] avec un essai sur le mélange des couleurs par NEWTON. 

Lyon, Bruyset, 1759.
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600 €

Second edition in french given by the Jesuit Antoine Rivoire of two treatises on perspective.

Taylor's book is considered in its day to be one of the best books on perspective.

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