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23 results
  1. Bibliotheque universelle des romans
    Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d' ARGENSON D'
    Bibliotheque universelle des romans
    Moutard|1778|9.5 x 16.8 cm (In-12)|8 volumes reliés

    First edition of this periodical, the inaugural volume of which appeared in 1776. Publication continued until 1789 and ultimately comprised 112 volumes; sets are consequently very difficult to assemble, particularly in uniform bindings.

    Copy bearing unidentified arms.

    Contemporary full brown sheep. Smooth gilt-decorated spine. Red morocco lettering-piece and volume label. Upper cover stamped with armorial devices. Headcaps defective in five places. Various abrasions. A few early cracks at the head of the joints.

     

    €400
  2. L'Art de la Voilure
    Nicolas-Charles ROMME
    L'Art de la Voilure
    Moutard|Paris 1781|29 x 44.7 cm|Relié

    First and unique edition of this work, illustrated with 9 plates engraved by Benard after drawings by Penevert (cf Polak 8371).

    Binding in half mottled tawny basane with vellum corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes, black basane title piece partially torn, some rubbing and small holes on the spine, marbled paper boards with small paper losses, contemporary binding.

    Some restorations on the spine, corners rubbed.

    This work is one of the volumes of the *Description des Arts et Métiers* published at the initiative of the Académie des Sciences.

    Author of numerous works on navigation and ships, Romme was a professor of mathematics at the School of Marine Guards of Rochefort. He developed a new method for measuring longitudes at sea, which earned him election as a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences in 1775.

    The plates depict ships with their rigging, as well as various types of sails with the pieces that allow them to be maneuvered: ropes, pulleys, shrouds, etc.

    The text is accompanied by numerous tables detailing the technical characteristics of the sails and ends with an explanation of the nautical terms used in this work.

    Pleasant interior condition.

    €1,350
  3. Nouveau voyage dans l'Amérique septentrionale, en l'année 1781
    Abbé Charles César ROBIN
    Nouveau voyage dans l'Amérique septentrionale, en l'année 1781
    Chez Moutard|A Philadelphie [Philadelphia] • et se trouve à Paris 1782|12 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition, rare. Tables in fine of the routes and camps of Count Rochambeau's army.
    Contemporary full brown porphyry calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Tawny morocco title label. Light rubbing. Very fine copy, very fresh.
    This account forms one of the finest French testimonies on the American War of Independence. Abbé Robin was chaplain to the French corps under Rochambeau's command, on Benjamin Franklin's recommendation. Valuable information on the march of French troops during 1781. Robin landed in Boston in May 1781. Description of Boston, Cambridge University, Providence, fauna and flora, portrait of Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore.

    €1,300
  4. Histoire des inaugurations des rois, empereurs, et autres souverains de l'univers, depuis leur origine jusqu'à présent
    Dom Charles Joseph BEVY
    Histoire des inaugurations des rois, empereurs, et autres souverains de l'univers, depuis leur origine jusqu'à présent
    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1776|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 14 fine costume plates showing approximately 80 French costumes from the 13th to 18th centuries.
    Contemporary binding in full marbled brown calf. Ornate spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Skillful restorations to the joints at head and tail, likewise to the tail headcap. Author's name added to the title page in pen. Corners slightly rubbed. Handsome copy, perfectly fresh.
    Historical study on coronations and ceremonies, particularly for French kings, but includes short chapters on China, Persia, Peru... Each king of France has his own chapter, the last ending with Louis XVI.

    €700
  5. Vie du Marechal Duc de Villars
    Maréchal Duc de VILLARS, Louis-Pierre ANQUETIL
    Vie du Marechal Duc de Villars
    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1784|10 x 17.20 cm|4 volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with a medallion portrait frontispiece and 4 folding battle plans.
    Contemporary full marbled tobacco-colored sheep bindings. Smooth spine decorated in grotesque style with chevrons. Fawn morocco title-label and volume labels. Frame border on boards. One lack to upper joint at tail. One hole on spine of volume 3 and on that of volume 1. Rubbing to headcaps. Corners slightly bumped. One gathering sprung in volume 1, another in volume 3. Good copy, quite decorative.
    An edition of Villars' Memoirs by Abbé de Montgon was published in 1739, but it is very incomplete, based only on a copy of a single manuscript and on gazette extracts. Marshal de Castries and Marquis de Vogué called upon Anquetil to restore authentic and reliable memoirs and render justice to one of Louis XIV's greatest generals; they lent him for this purpose 142 notebooks of memoirs of 32p. folio, and 14 volumes of letters. Anquetil therefore undertook a vast work of compilation and made the Duke speak in the first person, using the letters as aid. All the documents were subsequently deposited in the Sainte Geneviève library.
    Blue stamp "Bibliothèque Christian Kieher" on endpapers.
    €500
  6. Oeuvres complettes
    Pierre Laurent Buirette de BELLOY
    Oeuvres complettes
    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1779|12 x 20 cm|6 volumes reliés
    The first collected edition, with a portrait frontispiece by Gabriel Henri Gaillard.
    Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth decorated spine. Red morocco title label and volume labels. Head of volume I worn, volumes V and VI partially worn. Upper joint of volume VI cracked at head. Some corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
    One could hardly praise Belloy as a great dramatist despite the success of his plays, and especially the incredible national and popular success of the Siege of Calais. However, the interest of this edition on the world of theater and letters in the 18th century is important. Each of the author's plays is indeed accompanied by numerous elements, prefaces, memoirs, letters, notes and research which explain not only the public's reception, but also the quarrels with the philosophers' party, the support then disavowal of Voltaire. As a writer, Belloy seeks to revive classical tragedy, his essay on tragedy of which the public's taste was then approaching bears witness (Gluck had set Racine to music in his opera Iphigenia in Tauris); classical tragedy then became in the second part of the 18th century a nationalist literary model, a model however contemporary with the invention of a new theater, that of Diderot.
    €550
  7. Histoire des membres de l'Académie française, morts depuis 1700 jusqu'en 1771. Pour servir de suite aux Éloges imprimés et lus dans les séances publiques de cette Compagnie
    Jean Le Rond d' ALEMBERT
    Histoire des membres de l'Académie française, morts depuis 1700 jusqu'en 1771. Pour servir de suite aux Éloges imprimés et lus dans les séances publiques de cette Compagnie
    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1787|9.50 x 16.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
    First collected edition; only the first volume had appeared in 1779, published by the author; it is reprinted as issued with its relay title page. A series found quite rarely.
    Contemporary full speckled blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine with two repeated tools (wheat sheaf and urn). Ornate black morocco title label and ornate beige morocco volume label. Restoration at head of volume I with a fawn leather piece covering the first two compartments; the first volume therefore no longer has its title label. Upper and lower joints of volume I largely cracked; joints restored on volumes 2, 3, 4; partly cracked at upper joint on volume 5. Good overall appearance. The eulogies are biographies that were read at Academy sessions, bringing together all the 18th-century members numbering 100. These speeches are often annotated for greater precision. The term eulogy should not be taken in its modern sense, as these are not only biographies and scholarly studies of a life but also critiques of a work and character, and all these lives provide precious information. Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was elected on November 28, 1754 to the French Academy. He became its perpetual secretary on April 9, 1772. This edition is the work of Condorcet. Label of J. B. Desgrand, lawyer in Annonay.
    €1,500
  9. Christophe Colomb ou L'Amerique Découverte
    Nicolas-Louis BOURGEOIS
    Christophe Colomb ou L'Amerique Découverte
    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1773|12 x 20.30 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
    First edition, illustrated with two frontispieces by Challe, engraved by Tilliard.
    Contemporary full grained calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps worn. Upper joint cracked at head and foot. Lower joint split. 2 corners bumped and one cut.
    Epic poem in verse in 24 cantos telling the story of Columbus's discovery of America, viewed as a symbolic and religious saga.
    €300
  10. Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais et allemands, à M. de Voltaire ; avec des réflexions critiques, &c. Et un petit commentaire extrait d'un plus grand
    Antoine GUENÉE, VOLTAIRE
    Lettres de quelques Juifs portugais et allemands, à M. de Voltaire ; avec des réflexions critiques, &c. Et un petit commentaire extrait d'un plus grand
    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1776|9 x 16.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    Edition with some parts in first edition, first published in 1769 in one 8vo volume. Two volumes were added for this edition.
    Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label. Small lacks at head. Tailcap of volume III worn. 7 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing.
    The work is an attack and critical commentary on Voltaire's Treatise on Tolerance. The work was well received both by its detractors (Voltaire, D'Alembert) and the public. The author demonstrates not only nourished and erudite argumentation, but without pedantry and always with impartiality, which Voltaire himself applauded. The Letters are not a defense of the church, but of religion. As for the style, Abbé Guenée establishes a dialogue with Voltaire, and his purpose is clear, demonstrative, and in no way sententious.
    €450
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