Gueffier: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Edme-Gilles GUYOT
Nouvelles récréations physiques et mathématiques
Chez Gueffier|à Paris 1769 - 1770|12 x 20.30 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with 72 folding plates of which 68 have been finely hand-colored. One folding table. At the end of the first three volumes, 4 plates of prices for recreations found at Guyot's.
Contemporary full glazed lavallière calf binding. Smooth spine handsomely decorated. Red morocco title labels, green morocco volume labels. Triple-ruled frame. Upper joint of volume I rubbed, with a hole, split at foot. Lower joint of second volume narrowly split at foot. Headcap of volume IV worn, tailcap partially worn. The corner of one board exposed. Signs of rubbing. 3 holes to half-title of volume II, in volume I p241 at the end, trace of pale dampstaining to corner, otherwise fres
€2,500
Joseph-Aignan SIGAUD DE LA FOND
Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale
Chez Gueffier|à Paris 1775|12.50 x 20.30 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, illustrated with 51 folding plates (23 for volume I and 28 for the second, at end of volumes) on heavy paper.
Contemporary full marbled blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head of volume I split. One lack in head compartment of volume I. One lack in tail compartment of volume II. Set rubbed and scuffed. Tail of volume I worn. One strip of leather on lower cover of volume I torn away. 3 corners bumped on volume I. 2 plates badly folded in volume I and protruding.
An extraordinary pedagogue and demonstrator, Sigaud de la Fond early attended the courses of Abbé Nollet (no less famous for his experiments in physics
€800
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|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
Second edition, after the first published in 1779, expanded by Rouland, and illustrated with 8 folding plates at the end, compared to 5 for the first edition.

Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Ornate spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Two corners bumped. Rubbing. One loss at head. Light foxing on the first leaves. Good copy.

Awakened to experimental physics as a student of Abbé Nollet, Sigaud de la Fond assisted the chemist Macquer in his experiments on gases and notably hydrogen, verifying that its combustion produced water. He relates in this work his experiments on different types of air, and summarizes the work of foreign physic
€450
Joseph-Aignan SIGAUD DE LA FOND
Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale
Chez Gueffier|à Paris 1784|12.50 x 20.30 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition, illustrated with 51 folding plates (23 for volume I and 28 for the second, at the end of volumes) on heavy paper.
Contemporary full glazed blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Gilt and rubbed volume numbering. Various rubbing. Two corners slightly bumped. Good copy, fresh.
An extraordinary pedagogue and demonstrator, Sigaud de la Fond early on attended the courses of Abbé Nollet (no less famous for his experiments in physics and electricity) whom he would succeed, and quickly established an experimental physics cabinet. His experiments were numerous and engaged many fields: electricity, but also phosphorus, toothpaste reci
€1,300
Nicolas JOLYCLERC
Phytologie universelle, Ou Histoire Naturelle et méthodique des plantes, de leurs propriétés, de leurs vertus et de leur culture
Chez Gueffier|A Paris 1799|13 x 20.50 cm (In-8)|5 volumes reliés
First edition, rare.
Contemporary full blond calf bindings, mottled. Smooth spines decorated with urn tools and fillets. Red morocco lettering-pieces and green morocco volume labels, the latter additionally bearing the letters AB, NZ... Rich border of palmettes and frieze on the covers, with on the upper cover: Prix des Ecoles Académiques; and on the lower cover: Lille 1812. Rubbing. Some corners bumped. A handsome and highly decorative set.

€900
Joseph-Aignan SIGAUD DE LA FOND
Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale
Chez Gueffier|à Paris 1784|12.50 x 20.30 cm|relié
Second edition, illustrated with 51 folding plates (23 for volume I and 28 for the second, at the end of volumes) on strong paper.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. Headcaps of volume II worn. Joints of volume II cracked at head. 3 corners slightly bumped on volume I and 2 on volume II. Overall, a good copy.
An extraordinary pedagogue and demonstrator, Sigaud de la Fond early on attended the courses of Abbé Nollet (no less famous for his experiments in physics and electricity) whom he would succeed, and quickly established an experimental physics cabinet. His experiments were numerous an
€700
René-Jean DURDENT, A. FALCONET
Cent dix jours du règne de Louis XVIII [Ensemble] Lettre a sa majesté Louis XVIII sur la vente des biens nationaux par A. Falconnet [Ensemble] De la restitution des biens des émigrés par H. Dard [Ensemble] Des émigrés de 1815 par M. de L
Eymery • Gueffier • Le Normant|Paris 1815|13 x 20 cm|relié
Collection of 4 pamphlets relating to the very beginning of the Restoration. The first 3 are in second edition while the fourth text is in first edition.
Near-contemporary half sheep binding. Smooth spine with fillets. Tears with lacks to head. Upper joint widely split at tail.
The first text, by a convinced Bourbon supporter, narrates Napoleon's return to Paris and the king's flight. The second addresses a plea to the king on the sale of national property carried out since the Revolution. The third text examines under public law the question of the alienation of émigrés' property and their restitution. The last text narrates in a lyrical style those émigrés who were the king and h
€500