First edition

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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Paolo GIOVIO

De romanis piscibus libellus, doctus, copiosus & elegans, iam recens aeditus

Per Ioannem Grapheum, Antverpiae [Anvers] 1528, Pet. in-8 (10x15,5cm), a-h8 (126p), relié.

New edition, after the first edition of 1524 in Rome.
Modern binding in full parchment with bradel. Smooth back mute. Title sheet with small gaps on the external margin, same for the last page. Yellowed paper. Scattered foxing.

1 000 €

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Jean-François DEMACHY

Elément de chymie, suivant les principes de Becker & de Stahl

Chez Siméon-Prosper Hardy, à Paris 1757, In-12 (10x17cm), xxiv, 526pp. et viij, 623pp. et viij, 599pp. et viij,

First edition.
Binding full brown sheepskin marbled vintage. Back with ornate nerves. Title and volume pieces of beige sheepskin. Rubbed together. Flat headdresses. Estafilades on the boards. Blunt corners.

600 €

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BAUME

Manuel de chymie

Chez Didot le jeune, à Paris 1766, In-12 (10x16,5cm), xvj, 501pp. (3), relié.

Mention second edition.
Binding full brown marbled sheepskin used vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco. Headdress trimmed. Tail cap partly missing. Upper joint split in the head and tail. Blunt corners, one broken and trimmed. Epidermures on the boards. Rubbed together. [...]

250 €

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Pierre Joseph MACQUER

Elemens de chymie theorique

Chez Jean-Thomas Herissant, à Paris 1749, In-12 (10x17cm), xxiv, 336pp. (24), relié.

First edition illustrated with 4 folding boards in fine (instruments and tables of different elements).
Binding full brown sheepskin contemporary. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco. A lack in mind. Very rubbed together. 2 blunt corners.

350 €

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