FONTENELLELivre Rare Book
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rif. 15638Janet et Cotelle, 1820. De limprimerie de P. Didot lAiné, imprimeur du roi. In-8, 408 pp., 2 planches, cartonnage bradel (rousseurs, petite pliure au plat supérieur).
1752rif. 8550Chez Brunet, Imprimeur-Libraire De l'Académie Française 10 x 17 Paris 1752 Huit volumes in-12, reliure plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs guillochés ornés de motifs floraux et de filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison lavallière pour les six premiers volumes, pièces de maroquin bordeaux pour les deux derniers, titre et tomaison dorés, tranches rouges, filet doré sur les coupes, gardes à la coquille, [8]-VIII-568, [8]-406, [8]-387, [8]-408, [8]-570, [8]-673-[3], [8]-456-[3], [8]-387-[2] pp. 8 frontispices dont le portrait de Fontenelle (buste sans mains, la tête en bonnet de velours) d'après Rigaud gravé par Dossier, les autres gravés par Duflos, ainsi que 5 gravures hors texte, dont la planche dépliante des "Tourbillons" du tome 2, titres rouge et noir, vignettes de titre gravées. Edition agréable des oeuvres de Fontenelle, publiée du vivant de l'auteur, où l'on retrouve ses principaux ouvrages les "Dialogues des Morts", les "Entretiens sur la pluralité des Mondes", une "Histoire des Oracles", "De l'origine des fables", des "Éloges des Académiciens de l'Académie royale des Sciences morts depuis 1699...Ensemble bien relié, coins en bon état, petit accroc à la coiffe enqueue du tome V, quelques frottements, taches sur les plats supérieurs des tomes I et VII, auréoles en coin inférieur des pp. 160-200 du tome I, gardes blanches parfois tachées ou avec auréoles sans conséquences sur le corps de l'ouvrage, petite déchirure à la pliure de la planche des "Tourbillons". Bon ensemble.(Bbis6) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
1752rif. 8550Chez Brunet, Imprimeur-Libraire De l'Académie Française 10 x 17 Paris 1752 Huit volumes in-12, reliure plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs guillochés ornés de motifs floraux et de filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison lavallière pour les six premiers volumes, pièces de maroquin bordeaux pour les deux derniers, titre et tomaison dorés, tranches rouges, filet doré sur les coupes, gardes à la coquille, [8]-VIII-568, [8]-406, [8]-387, [8]-408, [8]-570, [8]-673-[3], [8]-456-[3], [8]-387-[2] pp. 8 frontispices dont le portrait de Fontenelle (buste sans mains, la tête en bonnet de velours) d'après Rigaud gravé par Dossier, les autres gravés par Duflos, ainsi que 5 gravures hors texte, dont la planche dépliante des "Tourbillons" du tome 2, titres rouge et noir, vignettes de titre gravées. Edition agréable des oeuvres de Fontenelle, publiée du vivant de l'auteur, où l'on retrouve ses principaux ouvrages les "Dialogues des Morts", les "Entretiens sur la pluralité des Mondes", une "Histoire des Oracles", "De l'origine des fables", des "Éloges des Académiciens de l'Académie royale des Sciences morts depuis 1699...Ensemble bien relié, coins en bon état, petit accroc à la coiffe enqueue du tome V, quelques frottements, taches sur les plats supérieurs des tomes I et VII, auréoles en coin inférieur des pp. 160-200 du tome I, gardes blanches parfois tachées ou avec auréoles sans conséquences sur le corps de l'ouvrage, petite déchirure à la pliure de la planche des "Tourbillons". Bon ensemble.(Bbis6) PHOTOS NUMERIQUES DISPONIBLES PAR EMAIL SUR SIMPLE DEMANDE-DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
1732rif. 69103Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard | à Paris 1732 | 26 x 40 cm | 2 volumes reliés
rif. CA07A-02070Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale. Collectible - Good. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1727. 1st edition. Sm 4to Leather Bound. 30548ppfold-out plate4. French. Good book. "Elements of the Geometry of the Infinite." Full leather boards with raised spine bands gilt spine lettering and decorative gilt compartments red-dyed page edges and marbled endpapers. Moderate edgewear. Boards rubbed. Slight dampstaining to the free endpapers and also to the page edges of preliminary and last pages. Pages age toned. With typical period foxing throughout. In polypropylene bag. infinity curves planes calculus geometry mathematics Inquire if you need further information. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
rif. 003407A Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1727. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. xxvi 548pp. First edition. Title-page vignette tailpieces and headpieces Contemporary calf. With one engraved chapter vignette initial and folding plate. 0 A Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1727. hardcover
1708rif. BB0353London: Printed for Jacob Tonson within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn 1708. Full Calf. Near Fine. First edition of this translation by John Hughes superseding that of Dryden of Nouveaux dialogues des morts. 8vo; 2 l 2 209 1pp with a finely engraved frontispiece. Bound in contemporary or slightly later 18th-century Cambridge-style paneled calf the spine richly gilt in six compartments divided by raised bands with a red leather lettering piece in the second. The joints very skillfully mended a Near Fine copy pages bright and fresh. ESTC Citation No. T139460. The Dialogues modeled on the dialogues of Lucian unite in conversation figures from antiquity such as Socrates and Aristotle with more recent personages including Erasmus and Montaigne to discuss the literary and philosophical developments of Fontenelle's day. First published anonymously in 1683 Dialogues des morts and Nouveaux dialogues des morts were Fontenelle's first works and ignited his reputation which was consolidated three years later with Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes through which he popularized Copernicus's heliocentric model of the Universe. To this edition John Hughes contributes both an appreciation and assessment of Fontenelle as well as two dialogues of his own. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn unknown
1721rif. JC14323London: William and John Innys 1721. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary marbled paper over boards handsomely rebacked with blindstamped ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands; 8vo; pp. 16 xxxv 1 464 4 ads. Boards lightly rubbed. A little very faint foxing to first and last few leaves. A lovely copy. William and John Innys hardcover
1721rif. JC14323London: William and John Innys 1721. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary marbled paper over boards handsomely rebacked with blindstamped ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands; 8vo; pp. 16 xxxv 1 464 4 ads. Boards lightly rubbed. A little very faint foxing to first and last few leaves. A lovely copy. William and John Innys hardcover books
1752rif. 39695Paris, Guerin, 1752. In-12 de XXXI-(1)-215-(5) pp., cartonnage souple de papier marbré, pièce de titre en maroquin vert (reliure postérieure).
1698rif. 266792Paris: Michel Brunet 1698. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf spine in six compartments with raised bands. Wear to spine ends and corners contemporary manuscript notes to title-page. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A defence of the heliocentric model of the solar system one of the major early works of the Enlightenment. Michel Brunet unknown
1780rif. 65727Paris France 1780. Hardcover. Very Good. CONS EW. A beautiful volume bound in sheepskin published in 1780. Gilt title and decoration on spine is still bright with moderate scuffing/damage. Moderate damage to top and bottom spine ends. Front cover has a single inch wide spot of damage possibly from a removed label. Text block is dark with age no signs of soiling or foxing. Binding is tight and holds. All pages intact along with inlaid map of the solar system. Additional photos provided upon request. hardcover
1698rif. 266792Paris: Michel Brunet 1698. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf spine in six compartments with raised bands. Wear to spine ends and corners contemporary manuscript notes to title-page. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A defence of the heliocentric model of the solar system one of the major early works of the Enlightenment. Michel Brunet unknown books
rif. 88264Amsterdam Pierre Mortier 1716. 8vo. Engr. front. 14 159 pp. Title printed in ed and black. Foxing. Bound together with: Le politique du temps. Ou discours necessaire dans la conjoncture presente pour avoir une juste idée de la puissance de l’autorité & du devoir des princes; de la diversité des gouvernemens & jusqu’où l’on doit supporter la tyrannie. No place 1704. 8vo. 8 150 2 pp. Somewhat worn contemporary full calf gilt spine with raised bands and beige label defective at head of spine. From the library of Biby mansion in Södermanland Sweden. ”Histoire des Oracles” by Fontenelle was originally published in 1687 and re-issued in several editions. Together with van Dale in ”De oraculis veterum ethnicorum dissertationes” 1683 Fontanelle claimed that the ancient oracle answers were given neither by the supernatural agency of demons nor the Devil and also that they did not cease with the birth of Jesus. A view that stirred up oppositon in the church. The ”Le politique du temps” is a new edition of ”Le politique du temps; ouvrage qui traite de la puissance authorité et du pouvoir des princes” published in Paris 1650 which is a reprint of a pamphlet published in 1574. It is sometimes attributed François Davesne. hardcover
1732rif. 69103à Paris: Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard 1732. Fine. Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard à Paris 1732 26 x 40 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition corrected and expanded by Fontenelle. Volume I extends from A to L volume II from M to Z. 2 title vignettes and engraved initials by Mariette. Title pages in red and black. Printed in 2 columns. Armorial copy with arms completely scraped away. One can still distinguish an anchor in the shield and a shell at the upper right of the anchor. Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated with central fleuron and scattered stars. Title and volume labels in garnet morocco. Split headcaps. Joints cracked at head and foot. Corners very bumped and worn. Lacks to edges along the raised bands. This dictionary of terms used in the sciences and arts originally appeared in 1684. Fontenelle corrected numerous errors and approximations in it notably due to a certain lack of knowledge of the origin of words particularly Greek ones. Fontenelle further extended the dictionary to other fields natural sciences with birds fish but also religious and military orders certain words from old French. His work ranks him among the first encyclopedists of the 18th century. Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard hardcover
rif. 4241126 189 pag. geheel leer. Geillustreerd met frontispice en twee uitslaande gravures van het heelal en van de maan door J. van Solingen. Drempelgedichten van A. de Zoete en Joh. v.d. Brouke. unknown
1640rif. 51531640 1 f. bl. - 12 ff. - 87 ff. Paginés - 335 folios (670 pp.) - f. bl. Paris, Guillaume Pelé, 1640, fort in-8° relié plein vélin ép., titre manuscrit au dos, 2 cachets en page de titre. Malgré de petits manques au 2e plat, bel exemplaire grand de marges.
1796rif. YRG-436TRÈS GRANDES MARGES pour cet in-4 (36cm x 27.5) reliure d'époque plein veau blond, dos lisse, orné d'entrelacs dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge et titre doré. Liserets et fleurons dorés sur les plats et gardes avants et arrières. Toutes tranches dorées. Frontispice peint par VOIRIOT, dessiné par FORTY et gravé par LANGLOIS l'an 5 (1796). Une gravure à pleine page. Manque de cuir au bas des plats avant & arrière, coiffe de pieds absente page 31 jaunie dans les marges, traces de tâches ancienne sur les plats. Cependant bel et luxueux ouvrage.
1727rif. 171224to. Cont. full calf. 5 raised bands and richly gilt compartments. Faint scratches on covers. Corners and edges a little rubbed. 2 small holes in leather at sides of upper compartment. (26),548 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Engraved vignette. On good paper.
1727rif. 171224to. Cont. full calf. 5 raised bands and richly gilt compartments. Faint scratches on covers. Corners and edges a little rubbed. 2 small holes in leather at sides of upper compartment. 26548 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Engraved vignette. On good paper. First edition of the well-known French philosopher and mathematician's main mathematical work. Fontenelle author of "The Plurality of Worlds" claims here that Geometry is entirely intellectual and independent of the actual decription and existence of figures following more the conceptions of Descartes than those of Newton. hardcover
rif. 57794EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 12mo. Chez les Libraires Associés Paris. 1766. 11 volumes. Illustrated with 8 frontispieces including a portrait by H. Rigaud after Dolsier. Seven other frontispieces are found in the remaining volumes those by Clavaro A. Coipel Gravelot and Pilart. Four of the five engravings throughout the set are by B. Pilart and Clavaro after Duflos. Bound in calf leather with gilt titled spine labels present to the spine and gilt decoration present to the boards. Leather lightly rubbed and worn along the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks binding tight and solid. A beautiful and complete eleven-volume set of the works of the brilliant French polymath Bernard de Fontenelle 1657 - 1757. Many of the characteristic ideas of the French Enlightenment are found in their earliest form in Fontenelles works. His writings are valuable to scholars to this day Raman Variety in Religion and Science 122. Fontenelle is remembered by historians as an erudite scholar brilliant wit and an effective exponent of science. He fostered enlightened thinking using enjoyable language. Fontenelle warned that people would reject science as useless if they didnt understand it. He was so impressed with the power of mathematics that he said even a work of morality politics criticism will be more elegant other things being equal if it is shaped by the hand of geometry. He felt the joy that mathematics can give saying: Nothing probes more clearly that the mind seeks truth and nothing reflects more glory upon it than the delight it takes sometimes in spite of itself in the driest and thorniest researches of algebra Raman Variety in Religion and Science 122. It is particularly interesting to note that Fontenelle foresaw that science would rise to great heights but he also feared humanity was too weak to look at truth straight in the eye Fontenelle was one of the spirits that inspired the French Encyclopedie and the associated Enlightenment which were to significantly affect the course of human history ibid. Voltaire described Fontenelle as having the most universal mind produced by the era of Louis XIV. This set includes Fontenelles enormously popular Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes a utopian analysis of the universe that took Europe by storm and was precursor and inspiration to scores of imitations. It was first published in 1686 and first translated into English by Aphra Behn only two years later. Although the Entretiens clearly owes a tremendous debt to the astronomical traditions of Galileo and Brahe Fontenelle's sensational tale of the inhabitants in 'other planets in other galaxies and even on comets could hardly fail to captivate' Nina Rattner Gelbart Introduction to the Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds . In the form of an elegant dialogue between a scientist and a Marquise Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes takes as its starting point that 'Toute la philosophie n'est fondée sur deux choses: sur ce qu'on a l'esprit curieux et les yeux mauvais': that is that if we had a perfect understanding we would not need science because all would be spontaneously revealed. Meant as a quick summation of scientific discovery but also as pure speculation on the possibilities of the universe Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes suggests that as it has taken six millennia for Europeans to cross the Atlantic Ocean to America it may take a little longer for the inhabitants of other worlds to cross the far greater expanses of space. Fontenelle also explains his theories on astronomical systems the moon other planets and coments. This set also includes other writings on science and mathematics as well as Dialogues des Morts anciens and Histoire des Oracles' works which exemplify Fontenelle's desire to propagate philosophical thinking. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
1695rif. AQ26436London: Printed for R. Bently 1695. 12 152pp. Without initial two blank leaves. Contemporary blind-tooled mottled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked some loss to head of spine. Without pastedowns later armorial bookplate of John Jones of Llanarth Court Monmouthshire to verso of upper board small worm-track to foot of text-block touching text in places. The second English edition translated by poet John Glanvill 1663/4-1735 of Fontenelle's popular cosmographical discourse; an early and significant Enlightenment work and the first example in French of a learned work directed at an educated but non-specialised public. First published in 1686 the book was promptly translated to numerous languages with the first edition in English appearing in 1687. ESTC R212866 Wing F1417. Second edition. 12mo. Printed, for R. Bently unknown
rif. 27181Une page in-12.En 1692, Huet est nomm vque Avranches et y restera jusqu'en 1699. Dans cette lettre, probablement crite durant cette priode puisqu'il s'adresse Monseigneur, Fontenelle le remercie pour l'ouvrage qu'il vient de recevoir: & Si j'tais cartsien je serais bien fch que ce livre ft crit aussi vivement et aussi agrablement qu'il l'est et je ne sais pas comment je ferais pour m'empcher de le goter... D'aprs cette subtile rponse, il ne peut s'agir que de deux ouvrages rdigs par Huet; le premier publi en 1680 et intitul Censure de la Philosophie cartsienne, le second publi en 1692 sous le titre Nouveaux Mmoires pour servir l'histoire du cartsianisme.
rif. 21420P., Imprimerie Royale, 1727, un volume grand in 4 (26 cm x 19,5 cm) relié en plein veau marbré, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), (13), 548pp., 1 PLANCHE DEPLIANTE
1727rif. 59036Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1727. 4to. Fine contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Gilt borders on covers. A small nick in leather at upper compartmen. Light wear to foot of spine. (26),548, pp., 1 folded engraved plate. Clean and fine. The offered item includes the entire volume of ""Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences. Années MDCCXXV. Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1727"", of which the memoir of Fontenelle is printed as a ""suite"". With the engraved frontispiece. (6),154,354,(2) pp., 14 partly folded engraved plates. (Original papers by: Maraldi, Petit, Nicole, Winslow, du Fay, Pitot, Delisle d'Aine, Geoffroy le Cadet, Reaumur, Nicole, Cassini, de Mairan, Saurin, de Lagny, Fizes).
