L'Esprit des Enfans
Paris: D'Alexis Eymery, 1821. Copper engraved frontispiece and engraved title page. 212 pages, 24mo, full mottled calf, decorative gilt borders, leather label. Paris: D'Alexis Eymery, 1821. Second Edition. Very good (+). More
Paris: D'Alexis Eymery, 1821. Copper engraved frontispiece and engraved title page. 212 pages, 24mo, full mottled calf, decorative gilt borders, leather label. Paris: D'Alexis Eymery, 1821. Second Edition. Very good (+). More
Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Woodcut design on title page. 473, (7) pages. Thick 12mo, full calf, gilt spine (rubbed). Lyons: Mathieu Liberal, 1684. Revised and augmented. Very good. Drips of what looks to be sealing wax on endpapers. Old bookseller's label on front attached endpaper. Small oval abrasion though leather down to board on back cover. More
1690. (22), 548, (2)pp. 24mo, contemporary calf, gilt spine, lacks half-title page, spine and edges of corners lightly worn, corners bumped. blank page near end is chipped, some pages with a small amount of foxing, mostly to margins. N.p., 1690. Juan de Palafox y Mendoza was Bishop of Puebla Mexico from 1640 to 1655. He was against the conversion methods of Jesuits in Mexico and placed an interdict on them in 1647. In response, the Jesuits excommunicated Bishop Palafox y...... More
Paris: Didot, 1773. Volumes 1 & 2 only (of 3). Frontispiece portrait in first volume & fine vignettes on both title pages. Illustrated with 10 interesting folding copperplates depicting various scientific equipment. [iv], clx, 482; [iv], 671pp. 8vo, bound in contemporary mottled calf with gilt backs; marbled endpapers and page edges (leather is well-rubbed and worn at extremities but still tight; scattered foxing and light occasional penciling in margins). Paris: P.F. Didot, 1773. First edition. Very good condition, but lacking..... More
Paris: 1872. 4to, modern brown buckram, leather spine label; bookplate of Franz Sondheimer. (Paris, 1872-78). Fine. (1). (Edmond). Memoire sur l'Analyse de la Lumiere emise par les composes d'uranium phosphorescents..., 5 aout 1872. pp. 1-40; (2). (Antoine-Cesar). Premier Memoire sur le Mode d'Intervention de l'Eau et les Forces Electro-Motrices..., 7 juillet 1873. pp. 1-78; (3). (Antoine & Edmond). Memoire sur la Temperature de deux sols semblables...observee avec le thermometre electrique... 13 fevrier 1874. pp. 1-53. With 43pp. of temperature tables;..... More
Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. Complete with 20 folding maps and 3 plates. [8], 417, [3]pp. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with red leather spine label, spine rubbed with light wear on spine ends, edges of corners worn and bumped, maps and text slightly wavy throughout, light browning to margins of half-title page, last 3 leaves with some light dampstaining to some margins. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. First Edition Internally a clean, bright and tight copy. Narrative..... More
New York: Putnam, 1986. Black-and-white illustrations by Antoine Bouterin. 253 pages, tall 8vo, two-toned boards, dust wrapper (lightly edge-worn). New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1986). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed to food writer Doris Tobias on the front free endpaper: "For Mrs. Doris Tobias (food writer) Tres amicalement Antoine Bouterin May 12 86." More
Tours: Alfred Mame, 1867. 9 full page plates, and 22 other illustrations, 317pp. 8vo, 1/4 brown morocco, ornate spine, a.e.g.; Tours: Alfred Mame, 1867. Very good. History of scientific achievements in the 16th and early 17th century. More
Paris: Nyon, 1763. 215 pages, full contemporary calf; spine gilt (with some wear at the top); old holograph notes on title page. Francfort & Paris: Nyon, 1763. First edition in French of the first spiritual treatise devoted entirely to happiness. More
New York: Vendome, 1988. Many illustrations in color and in black & white. 312 pages. Large square 4to, black cloth, d.w. (lightly edgeworn). New York, Vendome Press, (1988). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Verona, Italy: 1794. 3 pages, each two-page spread measuring 8 x 11.5 inches, with a stamped "Bibliotheca Lindesiana" seal on the bottom right corner of the first page, Verona, Italy, July 25, 1794. Signed "Courvoisier" by the politician and magistrate, explaining to a colleague why a friend of his -- someone born outside of France -- should be granted a position in Spain, in part: "... Enfin, Monsieur le Comte, ce gentilhomme, qui, je vous le jure, est un excellent..... More
Montpellier: Ricard Freres, 1845. 48 pages. Slim 8vo, original cream printed wrappers, worn; uncut edges. Montpellier: Ricard Freres, 1845. Good. Doctoral thesis. More
Paris: 1762. Engraved title vignette, and 2 other plates. 9 page extract. 8vo, modern wrappers. (Paris), 1762. Author was the noted French mathematician best known for his work on statistics. He also studied hydraulics. Memoires de Mathematique et de Physique, Tires des Registres de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. More
Paris: Charles Carrington, 1899. Two volumes illustrated in black and white. Translated by Douglas. 532 pages. 8vos, two-toned marbled cloth, top edge gilt. Paris: Charles Carrington. Limited edition, number 56 of 1250. A very good(+) copy. More
Paris: 1960. Vingt Mois d'Insurrection a Alger. Printed wrappers. Paris, 1960. More
Beirut: Imprimiere Catholique, 1960. Illustrated abundantly in black and white. 39, 80 pages. Thin 8vo, printed pictorial wrappers (worn at spine). Beirut: Imprimiere Catholique, (1960). Text in English and in French. Very good. More
Paris: Didot, 1750. Copperplates of Batavia, Ceylan, Indonesia & Reunion, 2 folding. 512 pages. Thick 12mo, full mottled calf, (well-rubbed and with crackled spine), rubricated title and edges. Paris: Didot, 1750. A very good copy, internally clean. More
Paris: Druout, 2010. 5 volumes. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. Tall 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Paris: Druout, 2010. Exhibition catalogue from Pierre Bergee & Assoc. Vente aux Encheres Publiques - Auction. More
Edinburgh: Donaldson, 1761. Volumes 1 and 2 (of a 3 volume set). 3 folding copper plates and 2 folding charts. 8vo, full contemporary polished calf, ornately gilt spines, rubbed, hinge on volume 1 is dry but firm. Edinburgh: Donaldson, 1761. Very good. Volume I: From the Deluge to the Death of Jacob. Volume II: From the Death of Jacob to the Establishment of Monarchy Among the Israelites. More
London: Chez les Libraires Associés, 1772. Illustrated with 27 large folding copperplates. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rubricated edges, ornately gilt spines. London: Chez les Libraires Associés, 1772. Very good(+). More
Paris: Conquet, 1888. Text in French. Illustrated with a portrait of Hamilton and 33 delightful engravings by C. Delort, engraved by L. Boisson, protected with tissue. xv, 368, [4]pp. Imperial 8vo, handsomely bound by Stikeman in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards (hinges neatly repaired). Paris: Libraire L. Conquet, 1888. Limited edition -- number 362 of 500 copies on Marais paper. A very good copy, internally fine. Fine pictures of the voluptuous life in the court of Charles II... More
London: Grolier Society, 1900. 16 volumes, extra illustrated edition. Each volume with two frontispieces, and numerous plates throughout (photogravures and photo-etchings), many of which are colored, lettered tissue guards, facsimiles of letters and documents. Thick 8vos, magnificently bound in full green crushed morocco, spines evenly faded to brown, heavily gilt spines and covers with ornate allusions to Napoleon inlaid, uncut edges, top edges gilt. London: Grolier Society: Connoisseur Edition, 1900. A fine copy in an exquisite binding, pages largely un-opened..... More
Paris: Deterville, 1801. Illustrated with 3 folding copper engravings. xxx, [ii], 443, [2] pages. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards with mottled calf spine, decorated in gilt; marbled page edges. Paris: Deterville, 1801. Second Edition. Final leaf damaged, else a very good(+) clean copy. "Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, a meticulous experimenter, revolutionized chemistry. He established the law of conservation of mass, determined that combustion and respiration are caused by chemical reactions with what he named "oxygen" and helped systematize chemical nomenclature, among many other..... More
Paris: 1793. Seconde edition. Volume 2 only. 13 folding copperplates by Madame Marie Paulze Lavoisier. 8vo, rebound in tan cloth. Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1793. Very good. The foundation stone of modern chemistry; a succinct exposition of his discoveries and an introduction to the new way of approaching chemistry. "One of the most important books in the history of chemistry which finally freed the science from its phlogiston chains and formed the starting point of its modern progress. It may be..... More
Paris: Chez de Bure, 1758. l'Histoire Naturelle; les Moeurs, Coutumes & Religion des Naturels... folding map of the Gulf of Mexico, 40 engraved plates including the folding plan of New Orleans, lacks large folding map of Louisiana. 3 volumes. 16mo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, spines and some edges of covers worn on all volumes, shellac applied to all spines, ex-lib, lacks errata leaf in volume I. Paris: Chez de Bure, 1758. First Edition. "One fo the most useful contemporary..... More
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