First editions and antique editions of philosophical treatises, metaphysics, logic, ethics and critical thought from humanists to modern philosophers

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Contemporary alf long-grained red morocco, with gilt and blindstamped typographic devices and double gilt fillets, marbled edges, slight nicks to the edges.

First edition in French.
Spine of second volume missing, one tear with lack to lower cover of this volume, a few small lacks to head and foot of spine of other volumes, small lacks to upper cover of third volume. Internally very fresh despite a little spotting.
This edition was published only two years after the original in Berlin. This first edition in French, translated by Charles Bénard, at first had very little impact, before becoming one of the foundations of the modern philosophy of art.
Very rare in its original covers.

First edition.
Half caramel calf with corners, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt and blind fillets, blind typographical motifs, marbled edges, near-contemporary binding.
Two faint dampstains without consequence affecting the first 15 pages of volume one and pages 13 to 63 of volume two, otherwise handsome interior condition.
An elegantly bound copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition, one of the rare large paper copies.
Spine cracked on foot, on joint cracked on foot with a lack, library label to head of spine, occasional light spotting.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue comprises two main sections:
- Pour arrêter un génocide with texts by Michel Pierdel "L'extermination des Indiens", Paul Sargos "Médecins au Biafra", Henri Bartoli "La société capitaliste", Jacques Julliard "Syndicats et partis", J.F. Rollin "Palmyre".
- Révisions du communisme with contributions by Henri Desroche, Jean-Marie Domenach, Pierre Grémion and Jean-Jacques Lentz: "Le socialisme de Richta", "Le tournant de Garaudy", "La foi de Djilas".
Light foxing to spine.

New edition preceded by observations by Cardinal de Bausset.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments with corner ornaments, frame of cold fillets on red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, contemporary binding.
Small black stains on boards, endpapers lightly soiled, trace of a bookplate that has been neatly removed from one pastedown.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding with small corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, gilt friezes at head and foot, traces of rubbing on the joints, small scuffs on the marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing without undue severity.
Rare.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full cardboard covered with marbled paper, smooth spine with tears and paper losses, faded olive shagreen title-label, bookplate pasted to verso of front cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Senamaud.
Illustrated work with a frontispiece portrait of Confucius.
Endpapers lightly shadowed without significance, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription by the author on the verso of the front cover.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
First cover slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare pamphlet.

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.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on Japon impérial, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 50 figures in the text. Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands rubbed. Dampstaining at head running throughout the work but not touching the text.
Rare copy of this work to which Barbey D'Aurevilly devoted an entire chapter (highly critical) in "Les Œuvres et les hommes".

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Iconography, handsome copy.

First edition. Contributions by Abellio, Bachelard, Barthes, Blanchot, Lacan, Merleau-Ponty, Perros.
Numerous in-text reproductions including 6 color plates.
Back cover with some stains

First edition on ordinary paper, only 100 copies were printed on Rives deluxe paper.
Illustrated cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, deluxe issue.
Endpapers and title page partially shaded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A small inconsequential tear at head of spine, minor scratches without any loss to front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine with two lacks at head and foot, three tiny corner lacks to boards, a minuscule lack at head of first 90 pages without any damage to text, some foxing.

Pre-original edition.
Half bright red morocco binding, scuffs to boards, smooth spine decorated with 7 series of triple gilt fillets, titled, dated at foot.
This volume also contains: De la tendance de notre époque vers la République, by M. TH. Fabas; Sur la situation physique de Paris considérée dans ses rapports avec la politique by M. Jean Reynaud; Résumé des progrès et des sciences géographiques en 1834 by M d'Avezac; Du théâtre en 1834 by Hyppolite Fortoul.
Followed by various contributors: B. Laroche, De Potter, Reghellini de Schio, Hindoglou...
Some foxing.

Second edition with some parts in first edition as it was revised, corrected and expanded.
Half mint green sheep binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards (two boards with slight lacks to leather and a stain at foot), marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing mainly at beginning and end of volumes.

First edition of this offprint, published in a small number of copies.
Inscribed by Paul Stapfer.
A tiny tear of no consequence to the head of the spine, handsome copy.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half long-grain dark brown morocco, a tiny tear at foot, place, date and number of previous owner at tail, binding signed by Paul Vié.
Some occasional foxing otherwise handsome copy perfectly established.

First edition of the French translation based on the second German edition.
Publisher's full burgundy cloth binding, smooth spines faded, headcaps rubbed at head, gilt friezes at head and foot of spines, frames of blind fillets.

First edition of the French translation established by B. Pommerol and printed from the second German edition, one of the very rare copies on Holland paper of which there is no mention.
Publisher's binding in full sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt and black ornamental motifs, boards with black decorative borders.
Slight stains of no consequence to front board of second volume, corners very slightly bumped without consequence, handsome interior condition.
Very rare.

First edition.
Spine and covers uniformly browned, one corner restoration at foot of first cover, pale dampstaining at head of some leaves.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in navy blue, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets showing minor rubbing, vellum-style title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Light scattered foxing.

First edition.
Half chocolate sheep binding, smooth spine showing traces of rubbing decorated with five gilt fillets, dark brown sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription from Frédéric Rauh, socialist philosopher and close friend of Jean Jaurès, to a professor at the University of Bordeaux.
Handsome interior condition.

Fifth edition.
Half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographical motifs, stippling and blind fillets, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding. Some minor foxing mainly affecting the cover boards.

First edition.
Half wine-colored sheep binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with triple gilt fillets, rubbed headcaps, traces of rubbing on joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Autograph inscription from Marcel Mauxion to his colleague Mr Rodier, professor of philosophy at the University of Bordeaux.
Some minor foxing.

First edition.
Half fir green sheep binding, smooth faded spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets with rubbing traces, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Copy free from foxing.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half red sheep binding, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt stippling with very light rubbing traces, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription from Gaston Richard to his colleague Mr. Rodier, professor of philosophy at the University of Bordeaux.
Light foxing affecting only the edges, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets, gilt dotted rules at head and foot showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing affecting mainly the binding's endpapers.

Second edition, with some parts in first edition.
Precious copy, printed for the very last proof before the definitive trade edition, extensively corrected by the author and filled with corrected proofs, deletions and manuscript additions and a passage of text deliberately removed with scissors. Rare and unique copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare autograph inscription from Paul Gaultier.
Light marginal worming to front cover and spine.

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.

First edition.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, scratches with two lacks of leather on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Printed stamps serving as bookplates on title page, some minor foxing without gravity.

First edition.
Inscription from the author's son to one of his family members 'in memory of our father'.
About Thales, Anaximander, Heraclitus, Diogenes of Apollonia, Anaxagoras...
Spine cracked at head with small lacks at head and foot, slight marginal lacks to boards, scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition published by P. Damiron.
Half bronze shagreen binding, smooth spine faded, decorated in gilt and blind with a slight tear in its middle, gilt friezes at head and foot, light wear marks without gravity and of circumstance on the joints, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Notice by P. Damiron.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing.

New edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with typographical motifs and gilt fillets, blind-ruled frames on bottle green paper boards, gilt arms of the City of Paris at center of front cover, prize binding.
With frontispiece portrait of Sophie Germain.
Text preceded by a study on the life and works of S. Germain by H. Stupuy.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.

First collected edition.
Spine with two slight lacks at head and some stains, boards slightly and marginally faded, handsome interior condition. Complete with its folding 'calendrier positiviste' at rear.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Library stamp on title page. Handsome and rare copy free from foxing.

First edition.
Full bronze sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, navy morocco title-label, date at tail, gilt rolls on the headcaps, blind-ruled frame on the boards struck at their centers with the gilt arms of Guillaume Gabriel Pavé Vandeuvre (1779-1870), deputy of Aube and Peer of France, double gilt fillets on the leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Mourlier.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the very first and very last pages.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full brown boards, smooth spine with paper losses, burgundy shagreen title-label with loss, joints also with paper losses, corners slightly bumped.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Rare.

Facsimile edition of the first book printed in England by W. Caxton in 1477.
Publisher's full brick-colored boards, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, blind-ruled borders on covers, slight tear to fore edge, corners slightly bumped, endpapers toned, handsome interior condition.

First edition of the French translation printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue Encyclopédique.
An angular tear with lack to the first 8 pages not touching the text.
Copy presented in its original state, that is to say without covers.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 380 numbered copies on vélin neige, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of the third volume of the works.

First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies.

First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Doctoral thesis in philosophy.
Spine sunned.

First edition.
Small tears without loss affecting the second cover which also has a corner lack, lacks to spine, interior dampstains, copy almost free from foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper covers, a very good and rare copy.

First edition.
Foxing.

First edition.
Two small tears at middle and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half mint sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, date at tail. Foxing.
Another text by the author has been curiously and partially bound at the rear of the volume.

First edition of this offprint printed in a small number of copies.
Front cover marginally sunned with a small tear without loss.

First edition of the French translation.
A very good copy.

First edition of the French translation established by C. Grolleau.
A small lack at head of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

Edition translated from English by X. Eyma.
Light marginal lacks to boards, minor foxing to interior.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.

First edition.
Spine reinforced, small marginal lacks to covers, marginal dampstain affecting most leaves, worming.
Rare.

First edition.
Repaired tear at foot of spine, marginal lack to front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Spine faded and boards detached.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait hors-texte by E. Carpenter.
Handsome copy.

New edition.
Rare.

First edition.
A lack to foot of spine and antother, not serious, to head.

First edition of this special issue dedicated to R. Steiner.
Contributions by E. Schuré, E. Witta, P. Morizot among others. A photographic portrait as frontispiece. Complete with publisher's slip.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Nouvelle biographie générale.
Foxing, scarce.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this speech delivered on December 19, 1867.
Fine interior condition.

First edition.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Retaining the editor's catalogue at end.

First edition.
Contemporary half sheep binding in lilac, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt fillets, lower corners slightly bumped.
Manuscript annotations in pencil in margins.

First edition.
Bound in half bottle-green sheep, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and dots, slight traces of rubbing.
Some foxing.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition of the French translation.
A tear with small loss to one joint, corner losses affecting the boards, foxing on the endpaper, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
One small marginal stain, not serious, to upper cover.

First edition.
A good copy.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by the author to Ernest Raynaud. Preface by J. Micouleau, handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the 'Revue philosophique'.
Rare.

New edition of the French translation established by A.J.L. Jourdan.
Spine split at head, one joint with a small tear at head, foxing.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue du monde catholique.
Spine sunned with a small lack at foot, foxing, worming on the second cover affected by a tiny corner lack.
Rare.