First edition

Elie METCHNIKOFF

Leçons sur la pathologie comparée de l'inflammation faites à l'Institut Pasteur en Avril et Mai ...

G.Masson, Paris 1892, 14x22,5cm, relié.

First edition illustrated with 65 figures in the text and 3 color plates at the end of the volume.
Binding in half brown chocolate shagreen, back with five nerves, golden indication of prizes at the Faculty of Medicine of Toulouse, marbled paper boards, small spots of discoloration at the [...]

900 €

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First edition

NEEDHAM

Nouvelles observations microscopiques, avec des découvertes intéressantes sur la composition & la ...

Chez Louis-Etienne Ganeau, à Paris 1750, Fort in-12 (9,5x17cm), xviij, 524pp. (4) 29pp., relié.

First french edition, illustrated with 8 folding plates in fine. Translation of Louis Anne Lavirotte.
Binding full brown marbled vintage brown sheepskin. Back with nerves adorned with 5 florets. Title piece in red morocco. Headdress very faded. Missing at the upper bit in the tail. Upper joint [...]

700 €

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Pierre Louis Moreau de MAUPERTUIS

Venus physique

S.n., s.l. [La Haye] 1751, petit in-12 (8x14cm), 5pp. (1) 240pp., relié.

Sixth edition, after the original without date in 1745. Edition consisting of two parts: Physical Dissertation on the Occasion of the White Negro and Varieties in the Human Species . The first text was published separately.
Binding full marbled blond calf of the time. Smooth [...]

550 €

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First edition, Signed book

Alfred WESTPHAL

Lettres inédites d'Edgar Quinet au docteur Lortet

P.V. Stock, Paris s.d. (circa 1910), 10,5x16,5cm, broché.

first edition, one of the few numbered copies on Holland paper.
Signed autograph signed by Alfred Westphal to Dr. Sicard de Planjoly.
Letter-preface by Gabriel Monod, photographic portrait of Dr. Lortet in frontispiece.
Pleasant copy.

80 €

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First edition

Adolphe PINARD

Traité du palper abdominal au point obstétrical et la version par manoeuvres externes

G. Steinheil, Paris 1889, 15,5x25cm, relié.

Second edition illustrated with 37 figures in the text.
Bound in red half roan, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt initials tail, small stains and rubbings on spine, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, contemporary binding.
Some little foxing.

150 €

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First edition

Jurgis BALTRUSAITIS

Anamorphoses ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux

Olivier Perrin, Paris 1955, 22x28,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

first edition.
Binding of the editor in full sand canvas, smooth back, full copy of his jacket that has two gaps ahead of the first board and some marginal tears.
Pleasant inner state.

100 €

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Etienne BEZOUT & Antoine André Louis REYNAUD

Traité d'arithmétique à l'usage de la marine et de l'artillerie avec des notes et des tables de ...

Madame Veuve Courcier, Paris 1816, 12,5x20cm, 2 volumes reliés en 1.

Eighth edition for each volume.
Binding sheepskin half hazelnut, back smoothes decorated with jewels and triple gilt fillets, back with traces of friction, green paper plates assigned to scuffs, yellow sections, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
Some spots without much gravity, torn [...]

180 €

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Denis DIDEROT & Jean Le Rond D'ALEMBERT

L'encyclopédie. Recueil de planches sur les sciences, les arts libéraux et les arts mécaniques, ...

Henri Veyrier, Paris 1965, broché.

New edition.
With 110 plates, some of them folding.
One small clear stain to foot of spine.
Rare.
 

150 €

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