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Explorations, Discoveries, Inventions

They discovered America or penicillin. They explored the immense Terra Incognita and infinite space. They are researchers, explorers or poets. They came, they saw and overcame prejudice and ignorance.
"E pure si muove!"

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First edition

James RENNELL

Description historique et géographique de l'Indostan, traduite de l'anglais par J.B. ...

De l'imprimerie de Poignée, à Paris 1800 - An VIII, 3 tomes en 3 Vol. in 8 (12,5x20,5cm), xxxviij, 299pp. (2), relié.

Original French edition, rare, led Bouscheseiche. Without atlas containing 11 cards that are often found separately. Half green calf marbled posterior ca 1850; beautiful pastiche of a confusing time binding. Smooth back adorned with Greek and four finials. Parts of title and volume number in brown [...]

900 €

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First edition

Auguste LAUGEL

Progrès et découvertes de la paléontologie. Les révolutions du globe

La Revue des deux mondes, Paris 1856, 15,5x25cm, 359-386p., en feuillets.

Originale.Extrait edition of the Journal of mondes.En two slips under shirt. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

40 €

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First edition

Salomon REINACH

Glozel. La découverte, la controverse, les enseignements

Kra, Paris 1928, 12x18,5cm, broché.

Edition originale dont il n'est pas fait mention de grands papiers.
Ouvrage illustré de 23 formes d'alphabets.
Agréable exemplaire. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

80 €

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First edition

Nicolas Louis BOURGEOIS

Christophe Colomb ou L'Amerique Découverte

Chez Moutard, à Paris 1773, in-8 (12x20,3cm), xv (3) 266pp. (2), 2 tomes reliés en un volume.

First edition, illustrated by two headpieces Challe, engraved by Tilliard.Plein Calf time granita. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Threadbare cap. Upper jaw split in head and tail. Lower jaw cracked. 2 corners bumped and rogné.Epopée verse 24 songs in the history of the [...]

300 €

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First edition

Charles BONNET

La palingénésie philosophique ou Idées sur l'état passé et sur l'état futur des êtres ...

Chez Claude Philibert et Barthelemi Chirol, à Genève 1769, in-8 (11,5x20cm), xxvj (2) 427pp; (1) et (2) iv (2) 448pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition, rare; infringement is published on the same date in Amsterdam. Full glossy blond calf and marbled contemporary. Back smooth decorated. Parts of title and volume numbers of red morocco. A small loss in head volume I. Five corners bumped. Friction. Without doubt the most ambitious and [...]

900 €

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Louis DOMAIRON

Recueil historique et chronologique de faits mémorables, pour servir à l'histoire générale de ...

Chez Nyon, Onfroy, à Paris 1781, in-12 (9,5x17cm), x, 538pp. et 571pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

Second edition, after the original published in 1777.
Full Calf blond marbled contemporary. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco, and volume number in green morocco. Hat Volume 2 threadbare. 2 corners bumped. Pretty good copy, good outfit.
The book is based on a simple premise, [...]

500 €

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First edition

Johann Michael VANSLEB & VANSLEBEN

Nouvelle relation en forme de journal, d'un voyage fait en Egypte. En 1672. & 1673

Chez Estienne Michallet, à Paris 1677, in-12 (8,5x15,5cm), (16) 423pp. (17), relié.

First edition, rare and precious. Full Sheepskin brown time. Back tooled raised. Epidermis together. Lacks the joints head cover; and tail to the upper joint. A dull corner. Important relationship for the western KNOWLEDGE Egypt. Vansleb, German philologist and theologian, began serving Colbert for [...]

1 100 €

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First edition

H. RESAL

Traité de mécanique céleste

Gauthier-Villars, Paris 1865, 13,5x22cm, relié.

First Edition. Bound in half navy sheepskin, smooth spine tooled gilt triple fillets with traces of friction essentially caps, labels storage library back foot, flat marbled, endpapers and contreplats of handmade paper, binding of time. Quite complete its folding plate-fine illustrated in Figures [...]

300 €

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