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Thoughts and Aphorisms
  1. Pensées de Jean-Paul Richter extraites de tous ses ouvrages traduites de l'allemandPensées de Jean-Paul Richter extraites de tous ses ouvrages traduites de l'allemand
    Marquis. DE LA GRANGE

    Pensées de Jean-Paul Richter extraites de tous ses ouvrages traduites de l'allemand

    F.G. Levrault|Paris • & Strasbourg 1836|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    Second edition.
    Light worming to the first cover, two small lacks to the spine, some interior foxing, one joint cracked.
    Rare.
    €70
  2. Les proverbes et les locutions de la langue française, leurs origines et leur concordance avec les proverbes et locutions des autres nationsLes proverbes et les locutions de la langue française, leurs origines et leur concordance avec les proverbes et locutions des autres nations
    Didier LOUBENS

    Les proverbes et les locutions de la langue française, leurs origines et leur concordance avec les proverbes et locutions des autres nations

    S. n.|Paris 1889|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    A very good and rare copy.
    €100
  3. Histoire des expressions populaires relatives à l'anatomie, à la physiologie et à la médecineHistoire des expressions populaires relatives à l'anatomie, à la physiologie et à la médecine
    Édouard BRISSAUD

    Histoire des expressions populaires relatives à l'anatomie, à la physiologie et à la médecine

    G. Chamerot|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition. Spine broken and reglued, copy free from foxing.
    €70
  4. MaximesMaximes
    François de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

    Maximes

    Froment|Paris 1823|9.50 x 15 cm|broché
    New edition containing all variants and a biographical notice by P.R. Auguis.
    Frontispiece portrait of the author.
    Spine and boards marginally and lightly faded, gift inscriptions from the same owner, some minor foxing.
    Rare.
    €200
  5. Voyages et pensées militaires. Extrait de la Revue des Deux MondesVoyages et pensées militaires. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
    Paul de MOLÈNES

    Voyages et pensées militaires. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes

    Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1853|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
    First edition.
    Plain paper cover. Rare.
    €60
  6. Arlequiniana ou les bons mots, les histoires plaisantes & agréablesArlequiniana ou les bons mots, les histoires plaisantes & agréables
    Charles COTOLONDI

    Arlequiniana ou les bons mots, les histoires plaisantes & agréables

    Chez Florenti et Pierre Delaulne.|à Paris 1694|8.50 x 13.80 cm|relié
    First edition? A similar edition was published on the same date by the same publisher, but in a slightly larger format, with different collation, different title ornament and without the red and black title page. This edition may be a piracy. A frontispiece depicting Harlequin. Uncommon.
    Half vellum binding, later. Smooth spine with title in red ink.
    Arlequiniana, which remains a literary curiosity, belongs to a predominant genre of French literature, emerging at the end of the 17th century and flourishing in the first half of the 18th century; these collections of witticisms or amusing stories or Ana whose birth can be traced to the Menagiana in 1693. This genre has the...
    €700
  7. Potériana ou recueil de cancans de ville et de coulisses, de calembourgs, bons-mots, naïvetés, couplets pointus, anecdotes, monologues, bêtises et réparties spirituelles, attribués à Potier acteur du théâtre des Variétés
    Frédéric POTIER

    Potériana ou recueil de cancans de ville et de coulisses, de calembourgs, bons-mots, naïvetés, couplets pointus, anecdotes, monologues, bêtises et réparties spirituelles, attribués à Potier acteur du théâtre des Variétés

    Lécrivain|Paris s. d. [circa 1830]|12 x 19 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Bradel binding in half bronze cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, red shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, small marginal stains on boards, top edge gilt.
    Some light foxing.
    Rare.
    €70
  8. Pensées et maximes. Rassemblées pour la première fois et présentées par Maurice Chapelain
    Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE

    Pensées et maximes. Rassemblées pour la première fois et présentées par Maurice Chapelain

    Grasset|Paris 1955|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
    €80
  9. Pensées de Platon. Texte grec. Platonis eclogae. De deo, de homine, de legibus
    PLATON

    Pensées de Platon. Texte grec. Platonis eclogae. De deo, de homine, de legibus

    Ex typis Augusti Delalain|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1823|12 x 20 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Contemporary half cloth. Bluish paper boards. Title label, with lack. Corners slightly bumped.
    Ex exergue: this work has been adopted for rhetoric and humanities classes by the public instruction commission. Decree of November 13, 1818.
    €120
  10. Quelques pensées de l'esprit frappeur, fables, contes, sonnets, odes etc...
    [JAUBERT]

    Quelques pensées de l'esprit frappeur, fables, contes, sonnets, odes etc...

    Imprimerie de P. Polère|Carcassonne 1878|15 x 22 cm|broché
    Second edition revised and enlarged.
    Curious autograph inscription signed by the author.
    Lacking at head and foot of spine, joints partly cracked, some lacks affecting the cover boards, interior fresh. Very rare.
    €250
  11. Grimmiana ou recueil des anecdotes, bon mots, plaisanteries de Grimm, avec les pensées, maximes et jugemens de ce philosophe, extraits tant de sa correspondance que de celle de La Harpe, des mémoires et brochures de ce temps, contenant des traits peu connus sur plusieurs littérateurs vivans, et un choix de bons mots de Mlle Arnould
    (Friedrich Melchior GRIMM) Charles-Yves COUSIN D'AVALON

    Grimmiana ou recueil des anecdotes, bon mots, plaisanteries de Grimm, avec les pensées, maximes et jugemens de ce philosophe, extraits tant de sa correspondance que de celle de La Harpe, des mémoires et brochures de ce temps, contenant des traits peu connus sur plusieurs littérateurs vivans, et un choix de bons mots de Mlle Arnould

    Lib. Davi & Locard|Paris 1813|9.50 x 14.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    The frontispiece portrait, first endpaper and half-title page are lacking from our copy which is presented in its original wrappers.
    Occasional light foxing.
    €90
  12. Pensées de l'art et de la vie
    Charles DES GUERROIS

    Pensées de l'art et de la vie

    Ledoyen • Schulz et Thuillié|Paris 1855|15 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
    Occasional light foxing, a marginal tear at head of second board discreetly repaired with tape.
    Rare.
    €80
  13. Inscriptions, poèmes aphoristiques
    Philippe DUMAINE

    Inscriptions, poèmes aphoristiques

    Yves Filhol|Pujols 1965|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on offset vellum, the only printing along with 10 on Rives vellum.
    Fine autograph inscription from Philippe Dumaine to André Schuck.
    €50
  14. Aphorismes sur l'astrologie et la divination
    Henri CANDIANI

    Aphorismes sur l'astrologie et la divination

    Hippocrate|Paris 1935|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Materialist conception of astrology, phatic engrams, Cassandra complex, astro-human radiation, universal telepathy...
    Handsome copy, rare.
    €100
  15. De l'égalité suivi de Aphorismes
    Pierre LEROUX

    De l'égalité suivi de Aphorismes

    Imprimerie de Pierre Leroux|Boussac 1848|14 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés en un
    Reissue for 'De l'égalité' and first edition for 'Aphorismes.
    Half brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motifs, burgundy sheep boards decorated with the same motifs as on the spine.
    Handsome and rare copy.
    €400
  16. Les tyrans démasqués, recueil d'anecdotes historiques, épigrammes, chansons, etc... inédites ou peu connues sur les turpitudes des premier et second Empire
    ANONYME

    Les tyrans démasqués, recueil d'anecdotes historiques, épigrammes, chansons, etc... inédites ou peu connues sur les turpitudes des premier et second Empire

    S. n.|Londres [London] • & Bruxelles [Brussels] 1870|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition published anonymously.
    Broken spine with a lack at foot, significant tear to back cover, copy free from foxing.
    €80
  17. Le je ne sçai quoi, ou mélanges curieux , historiques et critiques de bons mots & pensées choisies par M. C** D** S** P**
    CARTIER DE SAINT PHILIP

    Le je ne sçai quoi, ou mélanges curieux , historiques et critiques de bons mots & pensées choisies par M. C** D** S** P**

    S. n.|à La Haye [The Hague] 1724|10 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition. Uncommon. One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (and a reprint from 1730) and another at Oxford. Absent from the British Library and French catalogues.
    Late 18th-century full pasteboard binding. Red morocco title label. Upper and lower joints cracked 5 cm on lower board. The upper corner in right margin of title page has been torn away without loss of text. Title page of second volume missing. Pages 1 to 12, the upper corner of each page has been torn away with occasional loss of a few letters. A hole in the middle of the last page of the table of contents. The beginning of the fourth part is annotated, certain paragraphs are crossed out, some lines deleted...
    €270
  18. Chansons actuelles et pensées philosophiques
    Jean LEHON

    Chansons actuelles et pensées philosophiques

    J. Caraguel|Toulouse 1904|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, published in a small number of copies.
    Autograph inscription by Jean Lehon.
    Beautiful illustrated cover, a rare and handsome copy.
    €90
  19. Antidote contre les aphorismes de Mr. F. de Lamennais par un professeur de théologie
    (Félicité de LAMENNAIS) ANONYME

    Antidote contre les aphorismes de Mr. F. de Lamennais par un professeur de théologie

    A. Le Clerc & Cie|Paris 1826|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Occasional foxing.
    Rare.
    €120
  20. Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondances
    Joseph JOUBERT

    Pensées, essais, maximes et correspondances

    Le Normant • Garnier frères • Ledoyen|Paris 1850|14 x 23 cm|2 volumes brochés
    Second edition with some parts in first edition, collected and arranged by P. Raynal.
    Copy virtually free from any foxing.
    €250
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