First edition

GUINGUENE

La décade philosophique, littéraire et politique

Au Bureau de la Décade philosophique, à Paris 1797 (An 6), In-8 (13x20cm), (2) 577-582p. 576pp. et (2) 577-582p.

First edition of this complete year of La décade philosophique, one tome per quarter.
Binding in half brown contemporary sheepskin. Smooth decorated back. Title and number pieces in red morocco.

400 €

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Nicolas BERGASSE

Considérations sur le magnétisme animal, ou sur la théorie du monde et des être organisés

Chez Prault , A La Haye & à Paris 1784, In-8 (13x20,3cm), 149pp., relié.

first edition.

Binding in half brown shagreen ca 1860. Back with Jansenist nerves. Golden title. Friction at the corners. Good copy.
Treatise on animal magnetism by a follower of Mesmer. Demonstrations and proofs. The work ends with considerations on the movement of the Marquis de Chastellux.

450 €

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JOHANN DAVIS HANN

Sermo academicus de chemiae cum botanica conjunctione utili et pulchra, quem publice recitavit die ...

Ex officina Joannis Broedelet, Trajecti ad Rhenum 1759, In 4 (18x22cm), (4) 34pp., broché.

Original illustrated edition of a title vignette.
Our copy is presented paperback.
The first two sheets are detached.

150 €

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R. DESGENETTES

Description de l'Egypte. Tables nécrologiques du Kaire, pendant les années VII, VIII, IX [1798, ...

Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809, In Folio (27x44cm), 311 - 320p., relié.

First edition, text extracted from the Description of Egypt, volume II, Modern State.
Binding in full modern cardboard packaging parchment with a bradel. Piece of black sheepskin title.
These tables give us precise information on mortality in Egypt (Men, women and children) at the [...]

200 €

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Marc de SAINT-MARTIN

La nature naissante ou les merveilleux effets de la puissance divine dans la creation du monde ...

De l'imprimerie de Vincent du Moutier, à Paris 1667 - 1670, In-8 (12x18cm), (8) 32, 6pp. ; (4) 44pp. (3), relié.

first editions of these two poems.

binding in full speckled brown contemporary sheepskin. Ornate nerved back. title label of brown sheepskin. joint restorations.

400 €

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René-Antoine Ferchault de REAUMUR

Art de faire eclorre et d'élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques de toutes especes

De L' Imprimerie Royale, à Paris 1749, In-12 (9,5x16,8cm), xij, 342pp. et (4) 339pp., 2 volumes reliés.

Original illustrated edition of 9 fold-out plates for the first volume, and 6 for the second, as well as 11 header.
Binding in full speckled and glazed brown calf of time. Ornate nerved back. title label in red morocco, volume number decorated in green morocco. Small gaps at the head of the 2 [...]

1 000 €

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Thomas CORNEILLE & Bernard le Bovier de FONTENELLE

Le dictionnaire universel des arts et des sciences

Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, à Paris 1732, In-Folio (26x40cm), (10) 678pp. et (4) 645pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

Nouvelle édition, corrigée et augmentée par Fontenelle. Le tome I s'étend de A à L, le tome II de M à Z. 2 vignettes de titre et de lettrines gravés par Mariette. Pages de titre en rouge et noir. Impression sur 2 colonnes.
Exemplaire aux armes totalement grattées. On distingue encore [...]

600 €

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John KEILL & Pierre Charles LEMONNIER

Institutions astronomiques, ou leçons élémentaires d'astronomie

Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, à Paris 1746, In-4 (20x26cm), (8) lxiv, 660pp., relié.

First edition
Binding full brown basement contemporary. Back with ornate nerves. title label of brown sheepskin. Upper joint tightly split largely. Lower joint open in tail and head. Rubbed and scratched boards, with some gaps. Corners very dull and trimmed, bare. Scattered bites.

800 €

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