DETERVILLE, Jean-François-Pierre: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

"Hasten slowly, and without losing courage, / Twenty times put your work back on the anvil"
"Hasten slowly, and without losing courage, / Twenty times put your work back on the anvil"
Nicolas BOILEAU, Charles PALISSOT DE MONTENOY
[L'Art poétique][The Art of Poetry]
Chez Déterville|Paris 1793|12.4 x 20.1 cm|Relié

€100
Charles-Athanase WALCKENAER
Cosmologie, ou Description Générale de la terre, considérée sous ses rapports astronomiques, physiques, historiques, politiques et civils[Cosmology, or General Description of the Earth, Considered in Its Astronomical, Physical, Historical, Political and Civil Relations]
Deterville|Paris 1816|12.7 x 21 cm|Relié
New edition.

Contemporary half bottle-green sheep over green paper boards, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets and a central gilt fleuron, green endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

Some light foxing.

"The author's Cosmologie, published at Paris in 1815 [?], devoted considerable space to America". (Sabin, 100990).
€500
Alexandre BRONGNIART
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie
Chez Deterville|Paris 1807|12.50 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the author's first text. The sixteen plates are lacking in our copy.
Contemporary bindings in half tawny sheep, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, roulettes and fleurons, red morocco title labels, paste-paper boards.
Two wormholes at the head of the spine and upper joint of the first volume. Some rubbing. Paper boards marginally discolored. Some traces on the endpapers and first leaves, undoubtedly inherent to the acidity of the glue used in the binding. Modern manuscript note on the rear pastedown of the first volume.
A classic in the field of mineralogy, this work was commissioned as a textbook for the courses of Brongniart and Haüy at the Faculty of
€100
Antoine Laurent LAVOISIER
Opuscules physiques et chimiques
Chez Deterville|Paris An IX - 1801|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
New printing of the second edition, illustrated with three folding plates engraved by Tardieu and bound before the table of contents. The first edition was published in 1774.
Contemporary binding in half speckled sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dotted lines, red straight-grained morocco title label, paste-paper boards, the first stamped in gilt with the inscription "Ecole royale d'artillerie de Douai". Bookworm damage to the lower part of the upper joint as well as to the upper part of the lower joint. Front board joint cracked for a few centimeters without significance. One corner slightly bumped.
Some scattered foxing.
Manuscript annotations on the front
€450
Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BUFFON
Histoire naturelle[Natural History]
Chez Deterville|A Paris 1801- 1802|9 x 14 cm|36 volumes reliés
New edition printed by Crapelet and illustrated with 349 figures including a frontispiece portrait in volume 1, all in contemporary hand-coloring. This edition was later followed by octavo reissues with 263 plates in black. This edition was begun in 1799 and extended until 1804, as volumes by Buffon were later joined by Bloch's Natural History, Bosc's History of Shells, Natural History of Worms, etc... It was intended to comprise all natural histories written, in 80 volumes. It is naturally quite rare to find a copy with colored figures, the vast majority being in black. The drawings were executed by De Sève, and the coloring is precise and very fine, the colors very fresh. Each plate is pro
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Louis-Augustin-Guillaume BOSC
Histoire naturelle des coquilles
Chez Deterville|à Paris 1801 (An X)|8.20 x 13.80 cm|relié
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Jean Antoine Claude CHAPTAL
Elémens de chymie
Deterville|Paris 1796 (An VI)|15.50 x 25.50 cm|3 volumes brochés
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René Richard Louis CASTEL, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BUFFON
Histoire naturelle de Buffon
Chez Deterville|à Paris 1799 (An VII)|8.50 x 14 cm|26 volumes reliés
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Miguel de CERVANTES, Jean-Pierre Claris de FLORIAN (trans.)
Don Quichotte de la Manche
De l'imprimerie de Pierre Didot l'Aîné • chez Deterville|Paris An VII (1799)|12.50 x 20.30 cm|3 volumes reliés
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Miguel de CERVANTES, Jean-Pierre Claris de FLORIAN (trans.)
Don Quichotte de la Manche
De l'imprimerie de Pierre Didot l'Aîné • chez Deterville|Paris An VII (1799)|13 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés
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Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
Oeuvres
Deterville|Paris 1817|13.50 x 22.50 cm|18 volumes reliés
With 20 engravings by Moreau, Monsieur, Cochin, Chaspelet and Lebarbier.
Elegant contemporary half red morocco over red paper boards by Simier, spine in six compartments with gilt undulating fillets and blindstamped garlands, as well as gilt fleurons, and gilt friezes to head and foot, some spines sunned, a few scratches to some covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a few corners lightly bumped.
Spotting.
Provenance : from the library of Herman Frasch Whiton with his ex libris to endpapers.
A good copy in an elegant contemporary uniform binding by Simier, one of the most talented master binders of the 19th century.
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Jean-François MARMONTEL
Mémoires d'un père pour servir à l'instruction de ses enfans
Xhrouet • Déterville • Lenormant|Paris An XIII (1804)|12.50 x 21.50 cm|4 volumes reliés en 2
New edition published in the posthumous works of Jean-François Marmontel.
Half red shagreen bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt typographical motifs, red cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, corners very slightly bumped without significance, contemporary bindings.
Handsome copy despite light foxing.
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Jean RACINE
Oeuvres complètes de Jean Racine
Chez Deterville|à Paris l'an IV - 1796|12.50 x 19.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
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OVIDE
Les métamorphoses
Imprimerie de Crapelet • Deterville|Paris 1800|13 x 20.50 cm|deux volumes reliés
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(ROZIER) COLLECTIF
Nouveau cours complet d'agriculture théorique et pratique ou Dictionnaire raisonné et universel d'agriculture
Chez Deterville|Paris 1821-1823|-|16 volumes reliés
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OVIDE, F. DESAINTANGE
Traduction en vers des Métamorphoses d'Ovide, poème en quinze livres, avec des commentaires.
Chez Déterville|à Paris An IX - 1800|12.50 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
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Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
Paul et Virginie
Chez Deterville • et Delaunay|Paris 1816|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
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Pierre-André LATREILLE
Mémoires sur divers sujets de l'histoire naturelle des insectes, de géographie ancienne et de chronologie, etc etc...
Deterville|Paris 1819|13 x 21 cm|broché
First edition.
Copy in its original wrappers with small lacks to spine and covers, title label and author's name on spine.
€200
VOLTAIRE
Dialogues et entretiens philosophiques
Lefèvre • Deterville|Paris 1818|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
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