First edition

Jean PICARD & Philippe LA HIRE de

Traité du nivellement par M. Picard

Chez Etienne Michalet, à Paris 1684, In-12 (9x16cm), (12) 248pp. (2), relié.

first edition.
Binding in full speckled brown sheepskin contemporary. Back with nerves decorated. brown calf as an exhibit. 3 corners bumped. friction. Good copy.

800 €

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Pierre Louis Moreau de MAUPERTUIS

Oeuvres

Chez Jean-Marie Bruyset, à Lyon 1756, in-8 (12,5x20cm), (4) vj (2) XXVIII 309pp. (3) et (4) iv, 399pp. (7) et (4) vij

the most comprehensive collective Edition.
Binders full mottled brown sheepskin contemporary. Back with nerves decorated. parts of title and volume number in red morocco. Frayed headdresses, very threadbare in mind. As part of Volume I in missing part. Mors of Volume II in part closely split. [...]

1 800 €

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Gilbert-Charles LE GENDRE Marquis de Saint-Aubin

Traite de l'opinion, ou memoires pour servir a l'histoire de l'esprit humain

Chez Briasson, à Paris 1735, In-12 (10x16,8cm), 6 volumes reliés.

Second edition, after the first published by the same publisher in 1733. A folding plate in the second volume and 4 astronomical figures in Volume III.
Binders full of speckled brown sheepskin time. Back with nerves decorated with four jewels, tail wheel. parts of title in red morocco, gilt [...]

700 €

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Joseph Aignan SIGAUD DE LA FOND

Essai sur differentes especes d'Air qu'on designe sous le nom d'Air-Fixe

Chez Gueffier, à Paris 1785, in-8 (12,5x20cm), xxviij, 499pp. (1), relié.

Seconde édition, après l'originale parue en 1779, augmentée par Rouland, et illustrée de 8 planches dépliantes in fine, contre 5 pour l'édition originale.


Reliure en plein veau marbré d'époque. Dos à nerfs orné. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Deux coins émoussés. [...]

450 €

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Barthélémy FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND

Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique

Chez Cuchet, à Paris 1784, in-8 (13x20cm), xl, 302pp. (2), relié.

Mention of second édiiton
Bound in full vellum flexible reuse. Smooth back with name aiteur pen and date tail. Stains and dirt. Trace wetness in low margin of the frontispiece. Burnished sheets at the start of work, and a few other scattered.

750 €

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First edition

Antoine-Augustin BRUZEN DE LA MARTINIERE

Le Grand dictionnaire géographique, historique et critique

Chez P. G. Le Mercier & Le Mercier & Boudet, à Paris 1739-1741, in-4 (25,5x38,5cm), (4) XII pp. (2) 525 pp. (3) 334

original and complete well Editing six volumes
Binders of the time in the open marbled brown calf,

1 000 €

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First edition

Matheus Franciscus ALIX

Observata chirurgica

Ex officina Richteria, Altenburgi (Altenberg) 1774, In-12 (10x16,5cm), XII, 116pp. (8) ; 168pp., relié.

first edition. 2 parts with 2 title pages and thumbnail 2 title.
Binding blond half roan contemporary. Back smooth decorated with two boxes to the grotesque and 2 irons. higher cap leveled. A blackened box. upper joint cracked head. Brunissures pale.
Meeting chirugicales observations. Case [...]

300 €

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First edition

August Gottlieb RICHTER

Observationum chirurgicarum

Sumptibus Ioannis Christiani Dieterich, Gottingae (Gottingen) 1770, Pet. in-8 (10,5x17,5cm), (8) 158pp. (2) ; (4) 134pp. (1), relié.

First edition, illustrated with 2 folding plates. Two pamphlets containing 2 title pages.
Binding blond half roan contemporary. Back smooth decorated with 3 boxes to the grotesque and 2 irons. red morocco title piece. split upper joint, lower joint in the split portion. Foxing.

400 €

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