Paris (France)

First edition of this offprint from the Psi review, one of 100 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies along with 20 others featuring a dust jacket enhanced with a watercolor by the artist.

Our copy is complete with its Psi review poster.

Handsome copy.

The rare first edition of this collection of Fourierist poems.
Our copy is presented in temporary green soft cardboard covers, smooth sandy spine with manuscript notations of the author's name and title of the work, original covers preserved, but first flyleaf with marginal lacks.

First edition.

Literary contributions by A. France, M. Barrès, J. Moréas, A. Bruant, O. Méténier, L. Bloy, L. Trézénik, J. Péladan, P. Vérola, Willy, S. Merrill, L. Cladel, P.N. Roinard, E. Pottier, J. Guesde, L. Michel, J.B. Clément, P. Verlaine, A. Fontainas, E. Demolder, G. Eekhoud, J. Roumanille, F. Mistral, P. Arène, T. Corbière, G. Darien, F. Fénéon, J.-K. Huysmans, R. Darzens, C. Baudelaire with previously unpublished pages, A. Le Braz, G. Ropartz ...

Artistic contributions by P. Gauguin, H. de Toulouse-Lautrec with unpublished drawings, Steinlen, F.A. Cazals, Duclos, F. Fau, M. Denis, P. Signac, G. Seurat, E. Bernard, P. Bonnard, V. van Gogh, P. Sérusier, P. Cézanne, C. Pissarro, G. Anquetin, C. Lhuilier...

This year, La Plume devoted special issues to Jean Moréas's Symbolism, to Aristide Bruant and the Mirliton, to Maurice Barrès's ethics, to socialist literature, to the "Jeune-Belgique", to the Félibres, to innovative painters, to the modern book and literary curiosity, to modern song, and to the Bretons of France.
Split spine.

Rare.

French first edition and first translation into vernacular after the original Latin, which had appeared in the Elementa physiologica in 8 volumes, published from 1757 to 1766.

Full speckled blonde calf bindings. Raised band spines with ornamentation. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head caps worn, same for the foot cap of volume 2. Two corners bumped on volume 2. Volume label of volume 1 missing. Some leaves yellowed.

Important study devoted to the phenomena of generation, fertilization and embryology, with a description of sexual organs and their function. By establishing a state of contemporary knowledge, Haller refutes certain previously established theses, notably that of Malpighi, and establishes new ones, clarifying the way in which new individuals come into the world.

New edition for the first three volumes, which appeared respectively in 1742 and 1743; volumes 4 and 5 appear here for the first time in 1765 and 1773. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary blonde calf, marbled and glazed. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Headcaps of volumes 1 and 2 worn; headcaps of volumes 3, 4 and 5 frayed; tailcaps of volumes 2 and 5 worn. 4 corners bumped across the set. A handsome set overall.
Hermann Boerhaave is one of the great figures of modern medicine, founder of clinical medicine, who published in 1709 his most famous book which contributed to his fame throughout Europe: the Aphorisms, a sort of fundamental manual in the knowledge of diseases and their treatments. Van Swieten was one of Boerhaave's pupils and disciples whose lectures attracted audiences from all over Europe. He worked for ten years on the Aphorisms; his interpretation contributed particularly to filling the entire 18th century with Boerhaave's name.

Contemporary brown sheep, spine in compartments, headpiece and one corner repaired, wormtrack to middle of upper margin, a few insignificant wormholes. The final engraving is shaved and lacking the last lines of text from the legend. A very good copy.

Du Verney's first work; he was renowned for his knowledge of anatomy and physiology, was tutor to the Dauphin and taught in the Botanical Gardens.

This is the first scientific monograph on the structure of the ear and its illnesses, and is therefore very significant. It played a determining role in the understanding of this organ, whose study had been until then much neglected. Stamp of Doctor Maurice Petit of Montereau.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies along with 5 on Japon.
Elegant brown morocco by G. Levitzsky, spine in six compartments, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, date at foot of spine, double gilt fillets to edges of covers, pastedowns with a frame of dentelles and quintuple gilt fillets, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Cover illustrated by Riou.
A very good copy in a handsome binding. 

New edition. The first volume of these Observations appeared in 1719, the second forming the sequel in 1725. In this edition, volume I is from 1730 and the second from 1737. It should be noted that it is extremely rare to find the two volumes together, especially in uniform binding.

Contemporary full sheep bindings. Raised band spines with ornaments. Beige morocco title labels and red morocco volume labels. Worn headcaps. Surface wear to boards. Despite the noted defects, a handsome copy, well bound.

Bougeant, famous Jesuit scholar, is the architect of this compilation which borrows articles from periodicals such as the Journal des savans, La Republique des lettres, and other lesser-known publications. The result is a most representative panorama of scientific knowledge. Physics is naturally understood in the broad sense, so one will find, beyond general physics (acoustics, optics...), chapters on chemistry, anatomy, plants and natural science, astronomy. Father Bougeant's selection proves audacious and fascinating, the articles are quite short and maintain curiosity, moving from strange and extraordinary subjects to more classical ones, such as the causes of thunderstorms. The two volumes have the same thematic structure (general physics, chemistry, botany...).