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1720réf. 171149Paris: Saugrain l'aîné 1720. Population in the ancien régime Second and revised edition of this census of France following the death of Louis XIV. Saugrain's work provides the number of households in virtually every town and commune: the work "allows one to estimate with only a small margin of error the population of France and its distribution" Pounds p. 93 Claude-Marin Saugrain 1679-1750 seems to have been primarily employed in the Paris book trade. Although his census was not financed by the government Saugrain drew heavily on the individual population reports of Louis's Intendants forerunners of the modern French préfets. The first edition was published in 1709. 2 vols in 1 quarto 241 x 192 mm. Woodcut vignette to title pages woodcut initials head- and tailpieces engraved armorial headpiece to p. 3. Recently rebound using old mottled calf spine panelled and with tooled ornamentation in gilt raised bands and brown morocco label covers with triple-rule panel in blind edges red. Later annotations in pencil and orange crayon to contents. Contemporary ink shelf mark to front free endpaper and title page. Neat paper repair to title page replacing library stamp not touching text. Light rubbing minor browning and foxing to endpapers and contents small hole to head of front free endpaper: a very good copy. Goldsmiths' 5629. Norman John Greville Pounds An Historical Geography of Europe 1500-1840 1979. hardcover
réf. 012718Marin Cureau de la Chambre, L'art de connoistre les hommes & Le Système de l'âme, seconde partie de l'art de connoistre les hommes. Paris, Jacques d'Allin, 1662-1664. 2 vol. In-4, [16]-471-[1]p & [27 y compris le front. et le priv.]-[1bl]-523-[7]p. Edition originale des deux volumes, avec titre renouvelé pour le premier. Le premier volume fut en effet imprimé et vendu en 1659 par Pierre Rocolet, mort le 18 janvier 1662. On peut donc supposer que Jacques d'Allin a racheté le stock pour le remettre en vente, certainement avec l'aval de Cureau de la Chambre qui a donc édité chez lui le second volume. Il est amusant de voir que le premier volume fut dédié au célèbre Nicolas Fouquet dont la disgrâce eut lieu le 5 septembre 1661, soit avant la remise en vente du tome 1. Le second volume est dédié à Louis XIV. Notre exemplaire comporte trois spécificités. Tout d'abord la page de titre du second, mentionnant « seconde partie de l'art de connoistre les hommes ». Si l'ouvrage est bien connu comme étant une suite et que des références anciennes le présentent comme tel, nous n'avons, à ce jour, trouvé aucun autre exemplaire avec une telle page de titre, bien que celle du tome 1 ait la mention de « première partie » dès 1659. Ensuite, par voie de conséquence, les volumes sont bien tomés 1 & 2. Nous n'avons pas trouvé non plus trace d'un exemplaire d'un l'un ou l'autre volume portant la mention d'un tome sur le dos. Enfin, les deux volumes, bien qu'ayant une reliure légèrement différente, portent un ex-libris d'époque « De Marolles ». Les deux premières spécificités et la qualité du papier (à grandes marges et globalement très blanc) nous font penser qu'il s'agit forcément d'un exemplaire donné par l'auteur à un de ses proches. Nous pensons donc qu'il s'agit vraisemblablement de Michel de Marolles (1600-1681), malgré le côté enfantin de l'écriture. En effet, Marolles possédait une des plus belles bibliothèques de son temps. Elle est citée dans l'ouvrage d'Albert de la Fizelière, Rymaille sur les plus célèbres bibliothèques de Paris en 1649 (Paris, Auguste Aubry, 1869. P.100-102, n°201). Cette bibliothèque reçut notamment des ouvrages de nombreux auteurs de son époque dont Marolles fit la liste. Cette liste a été publiée dans ses mémoires et on y trouve Marin Cureau de la Chambre et son fils Pierre, abbé de la Chambre (Mémoire de Michel de Marolles. Amsterdam, 1755. Tome III, p.245). Rappelons d'ailleurs que l'abbé de la Chambre fut l'exécuteur testamentaire de Michel de Marolles. Rappelons aussi que Marolles est un des grands traducteurs du XVIIe siècle et surtout un des plus grands collectionneurs d'estampes. Sa collection donna naissance au Cabinet des Estampes de la BnF. Notons deux petites corrections manuscrite dans le tome 1 (p.233 & 461) qu'on ne retrouve pas sur les deux exemplaires de la BnF. Reliure pleine basane d'époque, dos à nerfs orné, tranches mouchetées, manques aux coiffes et coins du tome 2. Les deux reliures sont légèrement différentes mais sortent assurément du même atelier (la roulette sur les coupes est identique). Papier resté globalement très blancs, quelques cahiers un peu jaunis. Rare exemplaire.
1665réf. 029795Paris 1665 L. Billaine Full-Leather (Hardcover) 1st Edition
1665réf. 19485Paris: Jacques d’Allin 1665. Contemporary mottled calf spine and label gilt edges sprinkled red. Ownership inscriptions on the title and verso one dated 1674. Bookplate of “Pitfirrane.” In very good condition. Second edition of this pioneering work in neuropsychology. The author attempts to explain the guiding principles of human behavior and argues that life processes are responses to linking images that are innate to the organism. The text describes cognition in all living things including plants natural instinct and the functions of the soul. Cureau de la Chambre’s assertion that even inanimate vegetation has the faculties of thought and soul is unique; he claims that “everything which is living knows and all that which knows is living.” He goes on to classify cognition as either the “vegetative faculty” or the “natural faculty” the former being the body’s passive and innate mode the latter purposeful behavior resulting from intelligence. He acknowledges the Divine role in both: God designs organisms to function effectively without active intelligence but also gives free will to some. Marin Cureau de la Chambre 1594-1669 was a French physician. He served as royal physician to Louis XIII and Louis XIV and wrote numerous books on human and animal passions light digestion and occult practice. Peter Bayle called him “one of the most illustrious 17th century followers of Aristotle. Despite his groundbreaking work in the field of psychology he was basically forgotten to the history of medicine. Caillet 2735; Wright John P. “The Embodied Soul in Seventeenth-Century French Medicine” in CBMH/BCHM Vol 8: 1991 21-42. Jacques d’Allin unknown
réf. 13738Marin John American 1870-1953. CAMPIELLO S. ROCCO VENICE. Zigrosser 50. Etching 1907. Edition of about 30. Selective wiping to create areas of white and tone. Signed in pencil titled in the plate. 6 1/4 x 4 3/16 inches 159 x 120 mm. Plate 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches sheet. With the label of The Print Rooms Inc. affixed to the mat. Two printing creases in the left and right margins not extending into the image else in excellent condition. ScarceOf 180 etchings catalogued by Zigrosser 103 were done by Marin in Europe between 1905 and 1910. Of these many were not editioned or exist only as trial proofs. Of the ones which were editioned the editions are often very small in many cases under 10 but some were done in editions of 25 to 50 one the Meaux Cathedral was printed by the Gazette de Beaux Arts in a large edition probably about 500. All of the European prints are fairly traditional in treating the subjects realistically but Marin's turn to Modernism is evident in Zigrosser 104 an etching of the Brooklyn Bridge the first print he did after returning to America in 1911. unknown
1948réf. 2036MADRID: Instituto Editorial Reus 1948-1958. Primera edición.- Folio menor.- Rústica cubiertas originales.- 7 tomos.- I: 477 páginas.- II: 592 páginas.- III: 599 páginas.- IV: 541 páginas.- V: 643 páginas.- VI: 561 páginas.- VII: 819 páginas.- Numerosas laminas fuera de texto facsímiles viñetas estados plegados capitulares y litografías. Monumental obra Cervantina en su encuadernación original y en perfecto estado. Instituto Editorial Reus paperback
1648réf. 582801 vol. petit in-4 reliure de l'époque plein veau marbré, dos à 5 nerfs orné, Chez Pierre Rocolet, Paris, 1648, 4 ff., 30 pp., 5 ff., 390 pp. (pagination 168-169 omise, sans manque)
1825réf. Flo138Rare complete set of 70 hand-coloured lithographic portraits of French actors and actresses on the Paris stage circa 1825. Also known as Collection de portraits des artistes des theatres de Paris. Fine hand-coloured portraits of actors opera singers and ballet dancers in costume of their famous roles by Alexandre-Marie Colin and Louis Marin-Lavigne lithographed by F. Noel. Artistes include actors Jean-Baptiste Firmin Joseph-Isidore Samson François Joseph Talma Jenny Vertpre and Mlle. Pauline opera singers Louis Fereol Louise Therese Lemonnier Felicite Pradher Adolphe Nourrit Haitian singer Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu and Mlle. Grassari ballet dancers Marie Cheza Louise Pierson and Zelie Molard mime artist Charles-Francois Mazurier. Condition: Original marble boards rebound into a portfolio with buckram spine boards rubbed all 70 plates loose inside. Plates fine and vibrant with excellent handcolouring a few with creases and a few with neat repairs in Japanese paper to verso. Alexandre-Marie Colin 1798-1875 was a French painter of historical and genre subjects. Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne 1797-1860 was a French painter and lithographer. F. Noel hardcover
1650réf. 37850Paris: Pierre Rocolet 1650. 4to. 9 1/4 x 7 inches. 6 340 6pp. Engraved printer's device on title-page engraved head-piece and initial on the dedication leaf 26 engraved illustrations including one full-page. Contemporary mottled calf expertly rebacked to style spine gilt with raised bands red morocco lettering piece Rare first edition of an important work of optics and the musical nature of the refraction of color. La Chambre a protégé of Cardinal de Richelieu served as physician to Chancellor Seguier and Louis XIII and entered the Academie Royale in 1666. The present work was instrumental in the development of French mathematician Pierre de Fermat's eponymous principle as well as the experiments by Newton which led to his publication of Opticks in 1704. Following Aristotle in deriving a link between the color spectrum and musical theory La Chambre theorized all colors being encompasses within white light and arranged colors over two octaves with the seven colors of Aristotle at successive fourths fifths and octaves. Thus arranged symmetrically the "scale" could be read in either direction both up and down with white as the highest or lowest notes. La Chambre hoped to establish a universal theory of color and musical harmony; i.e. if a musical interval was dissonant the colors it represented would similarly clash. In Newton's Opticks this parallel between the color spectrum and a musical scale was further refined. A second edition of this work would be published in 1662. Krivatsy 3017; Brunet III 726; Grasse IV 62; Cioranescu 22651; Esmerian 11 annexe A v. Pierre Rocolet unknown
1950réf. 71996New York:: The Twin Editions 1950. First edition; one of 125 copies of Edition I issued with ad additional etching signed in pencil by John Marin this copy unnumbered. . publisher's lettered cloth portfolio. A little tanning to the cloth portfolio; otherwise fine. Folio. Illustrated. The original signed etching "The Lobster Fisherman" is matted and framed. The text by John Marin is reproduced from his handwriting. The Twin Editions, hardcover
réf. 009935Antarctica: No Publisher 1971. Book. Very Good. Ring Bound. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No dates circa 1956-1971. No author and no writing of any kind. Archive includes one deck of playing cards titled Operation Deep Freeze Task Force 43 two metal ashtrays one 4 1/2" dia. and the other 7 1/4" dia. both engraved "U.S. Naval Antarctic Support Activities; and an American United Life Annual Report three ring binder containing 24 pp. with 85 black and white photographs three- 8" x 10"; two - 5" x 7" and 80 4 7/8" x 3 1/2" and 6 blank pages. One 8 x 10 photograph features a Lockheed C-121J Willie Victor BuNo 131624 Phoenix 6 aircraft which was retired following "Deep Freeze '71" in March 1971 and which was not listed on the active duty resume for Deep Freeze operations in its early stages in the late 1950s.So likely the photographs were taken on the 1970-71 expeditions. Subjects of the photographs include equipment and aircraft personnel landscapes both on the ground and aerial and a great 8 x 10 of a husky sled dog. A unique slice of Antarctic exploration history. No Publisher Hardcover
1995réf. C93522Ediciones Moncayo. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Spanish. 303 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogo Razonado Obra Completa Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details; Spanish Edition . 1995. 8476750218 . Ediciones Moncayo paperback
1708réf. 88653Jean-Baptiste Besongne | Rouen 1708 | 9.5 x 16.8 cm | Relié
réf. 39349In-8 (170 x 117 mm), parchemin teinté havane, dos lisse orné de compartiments cloisonnés garnis dun fer spécial répété, palette en pied, plat encadré dune roulette de palmettes à froid, tranches marbrées (reliure vers 1800). (52), 834, (10) pages, gravures sur bois dans le texte. A Paris, chez Pierre Bilaine, 1624.
1979réf. 007847Soviet Union 1979. Dated 1979-1982 a unique and RARE Soviet sailor's photo album 13 1/2" w x 9" h in string-tied brown velvet over heavy cardboard. Containing 40 pp. of thick cardboard with 140 black and white and 4 color photographs pasted in and 4 B & W photos and 1 negative laid in. The album rendered unique and amazing by the addition of 15 exquisitely detailed SIGNED pen and ink drawings of warships 11 modern Soviet Navy warships and 4 tall ships on rice paper with each drawing interspersed between the photography pages. Very Good small tears to the edges of some of the rice paper sheets. RARE Soviet Navy photographs from the height of the Cold War taken by an incredibly talented sailor/ artist. . Photograph Album. Very Good. 13 1/2" w x 9" h. Hardcover books
1709réf. 169590Paris: Chez Claude Saugrain 1709. Population in the ancien régime First edition of this census of France in the last years of Louis XIV. Saugrain's work provides the number of households in virtually every town and commune: the work "allows one to estimate with only a small margin of error the population of France and its distribution" Pounds p. 93 Claude-Marin Saugrain 1679-1750 seems to have been primarily employed in the Paris book trade. Although his census was not financed by the government Saugrain drew heavily on the individual population reports of Louis's Intendants forerunners of the modern French préfets. 2 vols duodecimo 164 x 95 mm pp. xx 408; xiv 342. Woodcut ornament to title pages head- and tailpieces. Contemporary sprinkled calf spines ruled and decorated with fleur-de-lys device in gilt and with raised bands and red morocco labels marbled endpapers edges red green silk bookmarkers. Extensive contemporary ink annotations to both vols. 19th-century engraved bookplate of "Marande" to front pastedown of both vols. Light rubbing and scoring several ink splashes to covers joints and extremities neatly restored minor browning and foxing to endpapers and contents: a very good copy. Norman John Greville Pounds An Historical Geography of Europe 1500-1840 1979. hardcover
réf. 3359xii 396 pp. 8vo cont. mottled calf spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: G. Martin 1754. A rare sale catalogue of the library of a Fermier général. According to the Preface by Gabriel Martin La Haye 1684-1753 was a son of one of the Sécretaires du Roi; he became a Fermier General in 1718 and served in this capacity until his death in 1753 at the age of sixty-nine. He was extremely successful and acquired the Hôtel Lambert from the Marquis du Châtelet in 1745 and lived there in great luxury with a large staff. He formed one of the major collections of paintings of the time and his library was considered to be one of the best when compared to those of his contemporaries. For obvious reasons the collection was strong in works on finance French history and government. The first 3547 lots describe the books lots 3548-3620 the prints and illustrated books 3621-3708 maps and atlases 3709-88 a marvelous collection of engraved and printed music 3789-97 books ordered by subscription and 3798-3820 a supplement of books. This is one of twenty-two catalogues by Martin with an index. Fine copy priced throughout in a contemporary hand. From the library of Jean Viardot. ❧ Grolier Club Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions.1643-1830 115. Lugt 855. Peignot p. 106. unknown books
1726réf. 013796London: J. Darby A. Betteswort &c 1726. Second Edition. Hardcover. Neat contemporary ink inscription to first title very small worm tracks to upper corner of about half of the pages. Lovely plates very clean. Near Fine. Tall Folio 8-3/4" x 14-1/2" bound in full calf leather neatly rebacked. Two parts in one volume lacking the printed title page as seems often to be the case. Text in French and English. Translated by Thomas Manington Gibbs. Illustrated with two engraved title pages a frontispiece a portrait and 103 engraved plates all nearly full page along with engraved head- and tail-pieces. [J. Darby, A. Betteswort &c] hardcover
1931réf. C84100T. Spencer Hutson. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 37 pages text; 30 plates folio. -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . 1931. T. Spencer Hutson hardcover
1708réf. 88653Rouen: Jean-Baptiste Besongne 1708. Fine. Jean-Baptiste Besongne Rouen 1708 9.5 x 16.8 cm Relié Rare first edition of this curious travel account originally written entirely in verse 7500 lines though the authoron the advice of friendsagreed to intersperse it with prose narrative retaining 2500 lines of verse; see Sabin 20128 Gagnon 1134 1710 edition and Dionne II.Contemporary full brown calf binding spine with five raised bands gilt compartments decorated with gilt floral tools cherry red morocco label gilt roll tooling at head and foot double black fillet border on covers gilt fillets on board edges sprinkled yellow edges with red mottling.Lower right corner of upper cover restored; some spots and minor scuffs to the boards; occasional light foxing otherwise internally fresh and appealing.Unlike the second edition of 1710 this copy was not issued with a frontispiece. Almost nothing is known about the life of Dières de Dièreville a surgeon possibly born around 1670 who embarked in August 1699 aboard the Royale Paix from La Rochelle for a trading mission to Acadia. He arrived on 13 October and remained in the region for a year studying both the Acadians and the Indigenous peoples while also collecting plant specimens for the Jardin du Roi in Paris. His return voyage took place from 6 October to 9 November 1700 after which he settled as a surgeon in Pont-l'Évêque. At the request of Michel Bégon Intendant of La Rochelle he wrote the account of his travels. He was still alive in 1711 but nothing further is known of his life. Jean-Baptiste Besongne hardcover
réf. 3359xii 396 pp. 8vo cont. mottled calf spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: G. Martin 1754. A rare sale catalogue of the library of a Fermier général. According to the Preface by Gabriel Martin La Haye 1684-1753 was a son of one of the Sécretaires du Roi; he became a Fermier General in 1718 and served in this capacity until his death in 1753 at the age of sixty-nine. He was extremely successful and acquired the Hôtel Lambert from the Marquis du Châtelet in 1745 and lived there in great luxury with a large staff. He formed one of the major collections of paintings of the time and his library was considered to be one of the best when compared to those of his contemporaries. For obvious reasons the collection was strong in works on finance French history and government. The first 3547 lots describe the books lots 3548-3620 the prints and illustrated books 3621-3708 maps and atlases 3709-88 a marvelous collection of engraved and printed music 3789-97 books ordered by subscription and 3798-3820 a supplement of books. This is one of twenty-two catalogues by Martin with an index. Fine copy priced throughout in a contemporary hand. From the library of Jean Viardot. â§ Grolier Club Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions…1643-1830 115. Lugt 855. Peignot p. 106. unknown
1730réf. R300124904JOANNES VAN BRAAM / GERARD ONDER DE LINDEN / HERMANUS UYTWERF A WOR. 1728-1730. In-8. Relié plein cuir. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos à nerfs, Quelques rousseurs. 1208 pages + 1064 pages - contre plats jaspés - dos à 5 nerfs - titre et caissons dorés sur le dos - ouvrage en français et en hollandais - textes sur deux colonnes - coins très abîmés - petit manque de cuir sur les plats - une gravure en noir et blanc en début d'ouvrage dans les deux volumes - 6 photos disponibles.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
1996réf. 102475Moncayo. New. 1996. Paperback. 8476750269 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- Text in Spanish. 345 pages illustrated in black and white with some color images as well. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogo Razonado Obra Completa Vida Y Obra Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Moncayo paperback
1995réf. 93522Ediciones Moncayo. New. 1995. Paperback. 8476750218 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Spanish. 303 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogo Razonado Obra Completa Raisonnee Ediciones Moncayo paperback
1650réf. 37850Paris: Pierre Rocolet 1650. 4to. 9 1/4 x 7 inches. 6 340 6pp. Engraved printer's device on title-page engraved head-piece and initial on the dedication leaf 26 engraved illustrations including one full-page. Contemporary mottled calf expertly rebacked to style spine gilt with raised bands red morocco lettering piece First edition of an important work of optics and the musical nature of the refraction of color. La Chambre a protege of Cardinal de Richelieu served as physician to Chancelier Seguier and Louis XIII and entered the Academie Royale in 1666. The present work was instrumental in the development of French mathematician Pierre de Fermat's eponymous principle as well as the experiments by Newton which led to his publication of Opticks in 1704. Following Aristotle in deriving a link between the color specturm and musical theory La Chambre theorized all colors being encompasses within white light and arranged colors over two octaves with the seven colors of Aristotle at successive fourths fifths and octaves. Thus arranged symmetrically the "scale" could be read in either direction both up and down with white as the highest or lowest notes. La Chambre hoped to establish a universal theory of color and musical harmony; i.e. if a musical interval was dissonant the colors it represented would similarly clash. In Newton's Opticks this parallel between the color spectrum and a musical scale was further refined. A second edition of this work would be published in 1662; the first edition is scarce. Krivatsy 3017; Brunet III 726; Grasse IV 62; Cioranescu 22651. Pierre Rocolet unknown books