s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1851. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1851 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: A. Colin 1900. Fine. A. Colin Paris s. d. vers 1900 16.50 x 25 cm broché First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint. Small lack at foot of spine slight corner lack to front board otherwise rare and handsome copy. A. Colin unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1831. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1831 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Bordeaux: Imp. Gale d'Emile Crugy 1879. Fine. Imp. Gale d'Emile Crugy Bordeaux 1879 12 x 19 cm broché First edition published in a small number of copies. Autograph inscription signed by Lesfargues. About 'Rosières' 'Gougandines' simply virtuous women and honest courtesans. Spine and boards marginally faded minor angular lacks to rear board handsome interior despite small foxing to endpapers. Rare. Imp. Gale d'Emile Crugy hardcover
Paris: Chez l'auteur 1957. Fine. Chez l'auteur Paris 1957 12 x 18.50 cm broché The first edition published in a small number of copies of which there were no deluxe copies. Autograph inscription from Pius Servien to Pierre Lazareff. Chez l'auteur unknown
Paris: Imp. A. Eyméoud 1900. Fine. Imp. A. Eyméoud Paris s. d. circa 1900 11 x 16.50 cm agrafé First edition. Three small marginal lacks to the slightly faded front cover handsome interior condition. Rare. Imp. A. Eyméoud unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1873. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1873 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Clermont-Ferrand: de l'imprimerie de Landriot 1811. Fine. de l'imprimerie de Landriot Clermont-Ferrand 1811 26 x 20.50 cm Un Vol. relié First collected edition of these 4 memoirs read at the Institut National between 1804 and 1809. Twentieth-century full vellum smooth spine. Red morocco title-label. Contemporary marbled edges. These four memoirs concern the use of the barometer for measuring altitude and in geographical and meteorological applications. Ramon had established the relationship between altitude temperature and air pressure by working on Laplace's propositions contained in his Système d'exposition du monde. He was the first to apply his own method during his travels to the Pyrenees and the Massif Central this method was immediately followed by Arago Humboldt and Biot. The work also serves as a precise guide for barometer-based measurements. The memoirs were revised and completed for this edition and the author added elementary instruction. An index contains numerous calculation tables with some manuscript annotations in ink. de l'imprimerie de Landriot hardcover
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1863. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1863 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
à Paris: Chez Jean Baptiste Loyson 1663. Fine. Chez Jean Baptiste Loyson à Paris 1663 15 x 9 cm relié First edition. Rare. One copy at the university library of Tours absent from the BN de France and the British Library one copy in Edinburgh. Brunet does not cite this book among the works of Sorel. Contemporary full speckled brown sheep. Decorated spine with raised bands. Headcaps worn upper joint cracked one-third down corners slightly bumped. Attributed to Sorel by Barbier in the dictionary of anonymous works the book treats an uncommon subject and a very free manner of making money in all trades and disciplines from artisans to bankers and men of letters the work extends its reflection to less official means such as court favors inheritances. The whole constitutes an economic and moral portrait of 17th-century society quite interesting and perhaps for the first time considers money as a good destined to do good. Chez Jean Baptiste Loyson hardcover
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1851. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1851 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1873. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1873 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1831. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1831 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: V. Didron 1847. Fine. V. Didron Paris 1847 13 x 21.50 cm broché First edition. Autograph inscription from Teste d'Ouet. Two losses at head and foot of spine slight marginal losses to rear board. Rare. V. Didron unknown
Paris: Hachette & Cie 1903. Fine. Hachette & Cie Paris 1903 13 x 19 cm broché First edition on ordinary paper. Small tears with slight lacks to head and to foot of the joints. Rare. Hachette & Cie unknown
Paris: Sté française d'imprimerie et de librairie 1903. Fine. Sté française d'imprimerie et de librairie Paris 1903 12 x 19 cm broché First edition. Concerning notably H. de Rochefort E. Drumont G. Clémenceau J. Verne. Dampstains and worming to front board worming to rear board handsome interior condition virtually free of foxing. Rare. Sté française d'imprimerie et de librairie unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1866. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1866 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1863. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1863 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1866. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1866 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1863. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1863 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: In la bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes 1887. Fine. In la bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes Paris 1887 16 x 24.50 cm en feuilles First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint. Complete copy with its facsimile showing dampstains covers detached. In la bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1866. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1866 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: Cercle de la librairie et de l'imprimerie 1891. Fine. Cercle de la librairie et de l'imprimerie Paris 1891 16.50 x 25.50 cm broché First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint. Light marginal worming to front cover handsome interior condition. Rare. Cercle de la librairie et de l'imprimerie unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1851. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1851 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: La Revue des deux mondes 1851. Fine. La Revue des deux mondes Paris Ier novembre 1851 15.50 x 25 cm broché Published before the first edition. Rare. Softcover as issued. La Revue des deux mondes paperback
Paris: A. Colin & Cie 1899. Fine. A. Colin & Cie Paris 1899 16 x 24.50 cm broché First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France. Pamphlet illustrated with two facsimiles. Covers slightly detached and marginally toned handsome interior condition. A. Colin & Cie unknown
Paris: Sagnier & Bray 1844. Fine. Sagnier & Bray Paris Avril 1844 14 x 22.50 cm broché First edition published under a pseudonym. Spine and rear board lacking worming to front board and final endpaper tears with losses to front board foxing. Rare. Sagnier & Bray unknown
à Paris: Chez la veuve Belloste 1793. Fine. Chez la veuve Belloste à Paris 1793 16.20 x 10 cm broché New edition. The first edition dates from 1734. Contemporary pamphlet covered with blue paper. Spine reinforced with a second blue paper. After serving as a military surgeon Belloste 1654-1730 became surgeon and advisor to the Dowager of Savoy. The treatise is not merely a classical treatise on mercury it bears witness to the transition from surgical therapeutics to chemical and mercurial therapeutics. Belloste had indeed developed mercury-based pills which were in that era what potable gold had been. The treatise essentially serves promotional purposes and extols the miracle remedy. The manufacture of the pills was continued by his widow and son as were the new editions. Chez la veuve Belloste unknown
à Paris: Par les imprimeurs & libraires ordinaires du roy 1664. Fine. Par les imprimeurs & libraires ordinaires du roy à Paris 1664 21.50 x 16.50 cm broché First edition. In original wrappers under chemise. Establishment of a commission against usurpers and obligation for the nobility to provide justifications for their titles since 1550. Those who will not be capable of doing so will be declared commoners and subject to a fine and tax. This declaration comes as a counterpoint to that of 1661. Par les imprimeurs & libraires ordinaires du roy unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1873. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1873 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1851. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1851 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: L. Colas 1826. Fine. L. Colas Paris 1826 10 x 17.50 cm relié Fourth edition. Half brown sheep binding smooth unlettered spine showing numerous signs of rubbing a small lack at head of one joint the other joint cracked at foot title of the work inscribed in pen on the first cover edges rubbed. One engraved frontispiece. Foxing stains affecting pages 223 and 224. L. Colas unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1868. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1868 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1851. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1851 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
à Lyon: Chez Louis Muguet 1622. Fine. Chez Louis Muguet à Lyon 1622 17 x 11 cm relié Second edition of this French translation. At the end of the work ""Achevé d'imprimer pour la seconde fois le 7 juin 1622."" Illustrated with an engraved title-page and a frontispiece. Absent from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France which holds a copy from 1725 published by Herissant absent from French and English catalogues. Full brown speckled calf binding mid-19th century spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Title on black calf label. Title-page and engraved title reinforced with a paper strip in the right margin. Some scattered foxing. Some marginal dampstaining notably at the top of the title-page. This work translated from Italian is a treatise on the passions and abnegation of the will typical of the 17th century but under the guidance of the New Testament. It is a mixture of Stoicism and Christian morality. Engraved bookplate in a medallion: Picard Avenionsis. Chez Louis Muguet hardcover
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1866. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1866 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1863. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1863 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: E. Dentu 1876. Fine. E. Dentu Paris 1876 12 x 19 cm broché First edition which was pulped. About Marat. Two tears and a slight lack at the foot of the spine and one joint occasional foxing otherwise a handsome copy. Rare. E. Dentu unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1866. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1866 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1866. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1866 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1866. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1866 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Senlis: Imp. réunies de Senlis 1933. Fine. Imp. réunies de Senlis Senlis 1933 14 x 22.50 cm broché First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint. Spine sunned covers slightly and marginally faded fine interior condition. Rare. Imp. réunies de Senlis unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1861. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1861 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: La Revue des deux mondes 1873. Fine. La Revue des deux mondes Paris Ier novembre 1873 au Ier décembre 1843. 15.50 x 25 cm 3 Vol. brochés Published before the first edition. Softcover as issued. Spine slightly soiled. La Revue des deux mondes paperback
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1873. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1873 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition extract from the 'Revue des deux Mondes'. In plain wrappers. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Paris: Dentu 1880. Fine. Dentu Paris 1880 12 x 19 cm broché First edition. Light lack to head of spine two small tears to one joint two pale corner dampstains affecting first and last leaves some light foxing. Rare. Dentu unknown
Paris: Fontaine 1947. Fine. Fontaine Paris 1947 14.50 x 22.50 cm broché First edition on ordinary paper. Small corner crease mark to rear cover. Fontaine unknown
s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1851. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris s. d. 1851 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
Vienne Vienna: E.J. Savigné 1877. Fine. E.J. Savigné Vienne Vienna 1877 16.50 x 25 cm broché First edition printed in 60 copies of which 10 on Holland paper. One facsimile as frontispiece handsome copy. Rare. E.J. Savigné unknown
Paris: L. Mathias 1841. Fine. L. Mathias Paris 1841 13.50 x 21.50 cm relié First edition. Half brown sheep binding smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt fillets with small lacks at head and foot and rubbing marks joints and edges rubbed corners bumped contemporary binding. Work illustrated with figures and six folding tables. Some scattered foxing and a pale angular dampstain affecting certain leaves. Rare. L. Mathias unknown