Paris

Later edition, the original apparently published in 1755; with a frontispiece by Gazot engraved by Maniere, and 34 folding plates at end, engraved by Meunier, as well as a large folding map of France drawn by Bonne.
Contemporary marbled calf, decorated spine in compartments, red morocco title piece. Three corners bumped, a good copy.
Without doubt one of the best general treatises on sundials, perfectly illustrated and executed under the patronage of the Academy of Sciences by the learned and wise Benedictine monk François de Bedos de Celles (1709 - 1779). The great strength of this work is in its clarity of exposition and practice, which make it easy to apply its teaching both eas

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Precious autograph signed by André Malraux to Georges Simenon and his wife.
Back slightly pleated head and tail, nice copy.

New edition of the French translation, this one established by Paul Allard.
Half hazelnut morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments richly ornamented and featuring at their centers a mosaic piece of fir green morocco, double gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped, the other three more lightly so, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 70 vignettes, 20 chromolithographs at the end and a plan of the Callistus cemetery.
Some foxing affecting essentially the margins and the end of the volume.