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1929réf. 887P25London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". T. L. Poulton. A Nonesuch limited edition of the important Enlightenment scientific work by Bernard de Fontenelle a smart work in the original slipcase. A limited edition work limited to 1600 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press of which this is numbered 1108. In the original publisher's limp vellum wraps in the original publisher's decorative slipcase in a very good condition.A popular early science work on cosmic pluralism a fascinating work on astronomy.This was Fontenelle's most famous work first published in France in 1686 and indeed was one of the first major works of the Age of Enlightenment.Fontenelle is known for his accessible treatment of scientific subjects during the beginnings of the Age of Enlightenment.This edition uses the 1688 translation by John Glanvill.Colour-stencilled decorations throughout by T. L. Poulton. The Nonesuch Press specialised in limited edition and private press. They were founded by Francis Meynell his second wife Vera Mendel and their friend David Garnett. Their aspiration was for their publications to be aligned with the same aesthetic standards as the private press movement. They were unusual as they used a small Albion press to design the books but had them printed by commercial printers. In doing so books with the quality of a fine-press were produced but available to a wider audience at lower prices. In the original publisher's vellum wraps. Externally generally smart with light discolouration as is usual with a vellum binding. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is a little worn with rubbing to the extremities in a very good condition. Very Good Indeed The Nonesuch Press hardcover
1877réf. 862T12Paris: Furne Jouvet et Cie. 1877. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A scarce collection of the works of Pierre Corneille in the original French language. French language. Scarce collection. Illustrated with frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. The works of Pierre Corneille a French tragedian considered one of the three great seventeenth-century dramatists of France. This collection includes: Le Cid Horace Cinna Pompee Heraclius and many others. With an introduction by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle a French author and influencial member of the Institut de France during the Age of Enlightenment. In the original full calf binding. Externally sound with light rubbing to the extremities. The odd mark to the board and minor loss to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Furne, Jouvet et Cie. hardcover
1708réf. RW1077London:: Jacob Tonson 1708. 1708. Sm. 8vo. ii l 2 209 1 pp. Original blind- and gilt-stamped calf later gilt-stamped black leather spine label raised bands; rebacked preserving original spine inner joints reinforced with brown cloth tape covers splitting at pp. 62-63 upper cover scratched. Embossed ownership stamps of S. G. Morten heraldic bearing: crowned eagle wings raised. Good. Early edition in English of the author's Nouveaux dialogues des morts. Fontenelle was one of the earliest authors of "popular science" texts. While not much of a researcher himself he found great success expounding the discoveries of his contemporaries in such a way that a broad audience could make sense of them. In his own time his popularity as an author among educated French society was second only to Voltaire and he was in fact "described by Voltaire as having the most universal mind produced by the era of Louis XIV" – Britannica. Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead was very popular at the time of its publication and the basic conceit of the book is still employed by authors today. In the work Fontenelle imagines dialogues between great minds of various eras such as the philosophers Socrates and Montaigne or the physicians Erasistratus and William Harvey. This allows the imagined speakers to present their views in a naturalistic way making them much more palatable to lay readers who might have difficulty sloughing through more scholarly works like On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals. ESTC T139460. Jacob Tonson, 1708. hardcover
1733réf. RW1080Paris:: Chez la Veuve Brunet fils. . . et Marc Bordelet 1733. 1733. 12mo. viii 422 misnumbered "322" 2 pp. Frontis. engraved portrait. of Fontenelle – is trimmed folded at the upper and lower edges by "Crepy rue St. Jacques au lion d'Argent" title woodcut vignette. Original gilt-stamped calf gilt-stamped spine label raised bands. Inscription on title: "O.R. lousin aet coner". Very good copy with a handsome binding. "Extra-illustrated" with an added engraved bound-in folding frontispiece. This edition of the author's eulogies includes fourteen members of the Academie des Sciences who died between 1725 and 1730. There were two issues of this work printed in 1733: one showing "Brunet fils and Marc Bordelet the other issue showing only Marc Bordelet's name as publisher. They also feature a resetting of the type at least for the title-page and a different title woodcut vignette. There was an earlier 1731 Dutch edition of the Eloges printed by Isaac van der Kloot but I have been unable to determine if the biographies contained therein are the same. A note indicates this was also re-issued as miscellany works Oeuvres diverses of Fontenelle in 1736 see pt. 4. Fontenelle was a prolific biographer of notable persons publishing also a series of Dialogues with famous past historical figures. His Eloges commenced with a 1699 work on Claude Bourdelin. He also issued collective editions starting in 1708. This is the first 'separate' edition of the "Suite" containing biographies of 14 scientific notables. "It was Bernard Bovier de Fontenelle 1657-1757 who by his eulogies of scientists first bridged the gap between the scientific communities and the world at large . the eloges of the old Academy of Sciences acquainted laymen with a discipline that was at once esoteric by its novelty and forbidding by its terminology and methodology. Hence the eloges aside from the other functions they performed in the service of science also served as a public relations organ in the same manner as journals textbooks public lectures literary dialogues scientific expositions and cabinets de physique and d'histoire naturelle" - Charles Bennett Paul Science and immortality: the Eloges of the Paris Academy of Sciences 1699-1791 Berkeley: University of California Press 1980. pages 1-2. Contents: eloges du Czar Pierre I - Alexis Littre 1658-1726 – Nicolas Hartsoeker 1656-1725- Guillaume Delisle 1675-1726 - Nicolas de Malezieu 1650-1727 – Isaac Newton published 1727 1728 - Charles-Rene Reyneau 1656-1728 - Marechal de Tallard 1652-1728 - Sebastien Truchet 1656-1729 – Francois Bianchini 1662-1720 – Jacques-Philippe also known as: Giacomo Filippo. . . Maraldi 1665-1729 - Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincourt 1653-1730 – Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli 1658-1730 – Du Verney 1648-1730 - et le discours de Fontenelle a l'Academie francaise recevant l'eveque de Lucon. See: Suzanne Delorme "Contribution a la bibliographie de Fontenelle." p. 305. Revue d'histoire des sciences Annee 1957 vol. 10-4 pp. 300-309. Chez la Veuve Brunet fils,. . . et Marc Bordelet 1733. hardcover
1811réf. RW1078Paris:: Bossange et Masson 1811. 1811. Sm. 8vo. xiv 392 pp. Fold-out engraved frontis. with a decorative design of the solar system including the planet "Herschell" a.k.a. Uranus half-title; light foxing. Original quarter tan calf marbled boards burgundy gilt-stamped spine label; spine head worn corners showing. Else very good. Bossange et Masson, 1811. hardcover
1790réf. 3002018Paris: Jean-Francois Bastien 1790. One or two joints slightly weak. Eight volumes octavo engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and a folding plate in vol. 2; a fine set in contemporary French polished marbled calf; flat spines ornately gilt with double red labels. A very attractive set of Fontenelle's works including his enormously popular Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes: this utopian analysis of the universe 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 it 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 it 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. This set also includes "Dialogues des Morts anciens" and "Histoire des Oracles" works which exemplify Fontenelle's desire to propagate philosophical thinking. Voltaire described Fontenelle as having the most universal mind produced by the era of Louis XIV. . Jean-Francois Bastien unknown
2009réf. DADAX110473883XKessinger Publishing 2009-07-17. paperback. New. 6.00x1.17x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
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réf. 48197A Paris au Palais chez Michel Brunet 1703. 7 feuillets.n.ch. 1 feuillet blanc. 269 pages. 1 feuillet.n.ch. 16x95 Cm. Plein veau brun. Dos à nerfs orné. Coins légèrement émoussés et coiffes un peu frottées. Ouvrage plein de vie dans lequel on trouve une lettre supposée écrite par les vivants aux morts une 'Requête des Morts Désintéressés' adressée à Pluton lui-même et enfin les sardoniques 'Règlements de l'Enfer'. C'est un récit satirique aux mots d'esprit burlesques portant sur des événements politiques et sociaux parfois cachés sous le voile d'évocations historiques. Déchirure réparée sans manque à un feuillet. Bon exemplaire à part quelques très rares rousseurs. A Paris, au Palais, chez Michel Brunet, 1703. unknown
1753réf. 000010568Glasgow: R. Urie 1753. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. 3 iv-x 1 2-144 2 pp. Contemporary smooth sheep with the spine in six compartments a maroon morocco label lettered in gold on the spine; all edges decoratively sprinkled red. Completing the title page: Wherein are Proved I. That the Oracles were not given out by Daemons; but were invented and supported by the Craft of the Pagan Priests. II. That the Oracles did not cease at the coming of Jesus Christ; but subsisted four hundred Years after it till the entire Abolition of Paganism. Oxford DNB Janet Todd "Behn Aphra Aphara 16401689". Translated from the French into English by Aphra Behn. Originally published in English in 1688. This work helped to popularize Copernican science and was also a comparative study of pagan religions especially in late antiquity. The publication of this book was dangerous as it questioned the Anglican and Catholic Church's authority. Moderate rubbing to the joints with two tiny holes exposed; an early owner's name on the first page of the preface. R. Urie hardcover
1737réf. AA1038The Hague La Haye: Van Der Kloot 1737. Very Good. Bernard de Fontenelle was a 17th-century French scholar most known for his work 'Plurality of Worlds'; however his contributions to the scientific community are lasting beyond 'Plurality' One of his notable works was 'Eloges de Academiciens' or 'Praise of Scientists'; a work in which Fontenelle brought the scientific community to the common man This book is a collection of biographical sketches on notable scientists highlighting their discoveries and theories Notable entries include: Czar Peter the Great Antoine Parent Gottfried Leibniz Jacques Ozanam Isaac Newton This set also has a second work bound into Vol 2 Liste de Messieurs de L'academie Royale des Sciences 1737 124 pp which is a listing of all of the members of the French Royal Academy of Sciences between 1666 and 1733 I cannot find a current offering of this work anywhere on the Internet Both volumes are bound in full leather with gilt titles and ornate designs on the spines including five raised bands There is some wear at the spine ends with minor chipping but overall both volumes are very good with tight sound bindings newer replacement marbled endpapers They are NOT ex-lib and have no marks or damage to the text at all just some slight foxing 346 355124 pp. Van Der Kloot unknown
réf. 16666London: printed for Jacob Tonson 1708. First edition of this translation. 8vo title li 209pp 1pp adverts. Engraved frontispiece. This copy lacks both boards amd the preliminary pages are foxed. On the plus side the text block is tightly bound making this suitable as a reading working or binding copy. London: printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708. hardcover
1929réf. 46920England: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limited to 1600 copies 8vo pp. x 138 2; full vellum with gilt title on spine and gilt design on upper cover t.e.g. color stencil illustrations by T. L. Poulton discoloration to binding along spine otherise a tight bright copy in decorated slipcase. Originally published in 1686 this book was one of the first to explore scientific concepts in popular language and one of the earliest to discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The Nonesuch Press unknown
1825réf. 25056Paris: Salmon et Peytieux 1825. 5 volumes 8vo engraved frontispiece portrait; a few small cracks in the joints of vol. 3 all else good and sound in full contemporary polished calf gilt decorated spines black morocco label. Volume I: Eloges; vol. II : Eloges; vol. III: Les mondes Dialogues des morts etc.; vol. IV: Mélanges; vol. V: Poésies. Salmon [et] Peytieux unknown
réf. 500279329Violetay Editeur. Sans date. Bon état Violetay Editeur unknown
réf. 2402RS073ou Recueil des Lois Décrets impériaux Avis du Conseil-dEtat Décisions Ministérielles et Arréts relatifs aux Actes de lEtat civil des Français faits sur le territoire de lEmpire à lEmpire à larmée sur mer et en pays étranger avec la solution des questions que ces textes présentent et des Formules. Second Édition Revue corrigée et augmentée; par A.-D. De La Fontenelle de Vaudoré Procureur-Impérial prés le Tribunal de première instance de larrondissement de La Rochelle .A PARIS Chez Arthus Bertrand Libraire Rue Hautefeuille Nº. 23. 1815. In 12.º de 175x125 cm. Com xiv 461 ii págs. Encadernação da época inteira de pele com rótulo e ferros a ouro na lombada. Com corte das folhas e folhas de guarda marmoreadas inclui uma fita em cetim. Exemplar com danos na coifa superior sinais de manuseamento nas charneiras e cantos das pastas mancha de humidade nas folhas preliminares e finais furos de bibliofágos no festo das páginas 1 à 25 e rasura coeva na folha de rosto sem afectar a mancha gráfica. Com gralha no número da paginação em vez de 305 tem 25. Nas folhas preliminares com numeração romana contém uma carta imprensa do autor a Mr. Henri Bouchard Procurador no Tribunal Imperial de Poitiers e membro da Assembleia Legislativa datada de 1812 prefácio e advertência sobre a segunda edição. Inclui nas páginas finais tabela de títulos partes capítulos secções e parágrafos; e um índice alfabético. Armand Désiré de La Fontenelle de Vaudoré Saint-Jouin-de-Milly 1784 - Poitiers 1847 magistrado e historiador francês tendo ingressado na magistratura em 1808 e foi vinculado à corte de Poitiers. No ano seguinte foi nomeado procurador imperial do Tribunal Civil de primeira Instância da Comarca de La Rochelle onde exerceu esta função até 1813 regressando depois à capital da jurisdição Poitiers com o título de Conselheiro da Corte Real que manteve até à morte. Foi membro fundador da Sociedade de Antiquários Ocidentais; membro honorário em Poitiers da Sociedade Acadêmica de Antiquários de Morinie; membro não residente da Comissão de Obras Históricas e Científicas e membro correspondente da Academia de Inscrições e Belas Letras. EN In duodecimo twelvmo. 17.5x12.5 cm. xiv 461 ii pp. Contemporary full leather binding with label and gilt tools on spine. Marbled edges. Contemporary marbled endpapers. Red satin ribbon marker. Copy with damage to the upper spine cap signs of handling on the hinges and corners of the boards damp stain on the preliminary and final pages moth holes in the inner hinge of pages 1 to 25 and coeval ink coverage from a ownership title on the title page without affecting the text area. With na error in the pagination number - instead of 305 it"s 25. The preliminary pages with Roman numerals contain a letter from the author to Mr Henri Bouchard Prosecutor at the Imperial Court of Poitiers and member of the Legislative Assembly dated 1812 a preface and a warning about the second edition. The final pages include a table of titles parts chapters sections and paragraphs; and an alphabetical index. Armand Désiré de La Fontenelle de Vaudoré Saint-Jouin-de-Milly 1784 - Poitiers 1847 was a French magistrate and historian who entered the judiciary in 1808 and was pointed out to the court of Poitiers. The following year he was appointed imperial prosecutor of the Civil Court of First Instance of the District of La Rochelle where he held this position until 1813 then returned to the capital of the jurisdiction Poitiers with the title of Counsellor of the Royal Court which he held until his death. He was a founding member of the Society of Western Antiquaries; an honorary member in Poitiers of the Academic Society of Antiquaries of Morinie; a non-resident member of the Commission of Historical and Scientific Works and a corresponding member of the Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Arts. M-9-F-63 hardcover
réf. 2305SB026Contenant La Description des meilleurs Appareils pour fabriquer la Glace et les Boissons frappées ou rafraîchissantes. A lusage des débitants & des ménages par messieurs Chautard et Julia de Fontenelle. Nouvelle Édition entièrement refondue et ornée de Figures Par M. F. Malepeyre. A la Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. 1863. De 16x10 cm. Com iv 288 71 i págs. Encadernação recente com ferros a ouro na lombada. Ilustrado no texto com tabelas e em extratexto com um desdobrável com figuras. Exemplar preserva as capas de brochura. Tem manchas de humidade e picos de acidez. Apresenta um extenso catálogo do editor nas últimas 71 páginas com numeração própria datado de Julho de 1874. I-183-K-12 unknown
1729réf. 11174La Haye France: Chez Gosse & Neaulme 1729. New Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. New Edition. Full Calf. Translation to English: Complete Works of M. de Fontenelle of the Francoise Academy. New Edition Enhanced and Enriched with figures engraved by BERNARD PICART the ROMAIN. First Second Third Volume Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 11 February 1657 - 9 January 1757 also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle was a French author and an influential member of three of the academies of the Institut de France noted especially for his accessible treatment of scientific topics during the unfolding of the Age of Enlightenment. He is noted for the accessibility of his work - particularly its novelistic style. This allowed non-scientists to appreciate scientific development in a time where this was unusual and scientists to benefit from the thoughts of the greater society. Minimal head and tail wear discolored spine/tabs rubbing/chipping to boards minor foxing else tight bright and unmarred. Three tomes in folio 22 x 28 cm full mottled calf binding titles and friezes in gold on the spine initial P and on edging marbled endpapers pp 8 376 for the first volume; pp 8 440 for the second; pp 3 434 for the third which bears the date "1729" on the title page illus engravings. Six full-page copper engravings by Picart including one with the portrait of Fontenelle by Picart and Rigaud. Ex libris label on endpapers M.Piller. Chez Gosse & Neaulme unknown
