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Sociology & Anthropology

First editions and antique editions of civilization studies, cultural anthropology, ethnography, comparative sociology and social sciences

459 results
  1. La guerre en question
    Jules MONNEROT

    La guerre en question

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Yellowed paper as generally.
    Signed autograph of Jules Monnerot to Michel Guilmet: "... this old book that rejuvenates us both in hope Jules Monnerot"
    €40
  6. La vérité sur la Russie
    Prince Pierre DOLGOROUKOW

    La vérité sur la Russie

    A. Franck|Paris 1860|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    One restoration at foot of the very first leaves.
    Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with wide black fillets and gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
    Some minor foxing without consequence.
    €150
  7. Histoire politique et sociale du peuple américain
    Désiré PASQUET

    Histoire politique et sociale du peuple américain

    Les éditions traditionnelles|Paris 1924|14.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
    First edition.
    Spine sunned as usual, small marginal tears with minute lacks to boards.
    Work illustrated with 78 illustrations and maps.
    €50
  9. L'engagement (le dossier des réfractaires)
    Maurice MASCHINO

    L'engagement (le dossier des réfractaires)

    François Maspero|Paris 1961|11.50 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of 250 numbered copies reserved for subscribers.
    Minor rubbing to spine without significance.

    €80
  10. Questions aux savants
    Pierre-Henri SIMON

    Questions aux savants

    Seuil|Paris 1969|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
    Tiny bites without gravity on the boards.
    Signed autograph of Pierre-Henri Simon to Jean Bardet co-founder of the Seuil editions.
    €40
  11. Les Celtes dans la vallée du Pô et du Danube
    Alexandre BERTRAND, Salomon REINACH

    Les Celtes dans la vallée du Pô et du Danube

    Ernest Leroux|Paris 1894|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    Fourth edition of the French translation.
    Half bordeaux cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 115 figures in and outside the text.
    Handsome and rare copy.




    €120
  12. Le roman en vers de très-excellent, puissant et noble homme Girart de Rossillon jadis duc de Bourgoigne publié pour la première fois d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Sens et de Troyes avec de nombreuses notes philologiques et neuf dessins, dont six chromolithographiés suivi de L'histoire des premiers temps féodaux par Mignard
    Alexandre GIRART DE ROSSILLON

    Le roman en vers de très-excellent, puissant et noble homme Girart de Rossillon jadis duc de Bourgoigne publié pour la première fois d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Sens et de Troyes avec de nombreuses notes philologiques et neuf dessins, dont six chromolithographiés suivi de L'histoire des premiers temps féodaux par Mignard

    J. Techener • Antoine Maître|Paris • & Dijon 1858|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands, small traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards, one scratch to front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 8 drawings mounted on China paper including 5 chromolithographs, the sixth chromolithograph appears to be lacking in our copy.
    Handsome and rare copy.




    €150
  13. La Guyane française. Notes et souvenirs d'un voyage exécuté en 1862-1863
    Frédéric BOUYER, Gaston RIOU

    La Guyane française. Notes et souvenirs d'un voyage exécuté en 1862-1863

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1867|26 x 35 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition illustrated with drawings by Riou, Rapine and Delahaye.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with five thin raised bands decorated with quintuple gilt compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt fleurons, blind fillet frame on red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns with some foxing, gilt edges, contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
    Handsome interior condition.

    €200
  14. Album des types et costumes de tous les peuples du monde d'après des documents authentiques et les voyages les plus récents
    COLLECTIF

    Album des types et costumes de tous les peuples du monde d'après des documents authentiques et les voyages les plus récents

    Librairie générale|Paris 1869|17.50 x 27 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition illustrated with numerous plates.
    Light rubbing to spine and boards which also show some discoloration at head and foot.
    Publisher's binding in full dark green shagreen, smooth spine lightly browned, headcaps somewhat worn, blind-ruled frame to boards, title stamped in gilt to center of front board, corners slightly bumped, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    Handsome interior condition.

    €400
  15. Interprétation du monde moderne
    Maurice SIMART

    Interprétation du monde moderne

    Flammarion|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    first edition for which no large papers have been taken, one of the review copies service.
    A beautiful autograph signed by Maurice Simart to Henri Béraud: "... free spirit and fervent heart ..."
    Discolored back and with a small lack in foot.
    €50
  16. Le travail noir & l'économie de demain
    Alfred SAUVY

    Le travail noir & l'économie de demain

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1984|15 x 23 cm|broché
    first edition from which it has not been printed.
    Beautiful autograph signed and dated from Alfred Sauvy to Paul Camus .
    €120
  17. Mythologie de la femme dans l'ancienne France
    Pierre DARMON

    Mythologie de la femme dans l'ancienne France

    Seuil|Paris 1983|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
    Autographed autograph dedication of the author from Pierre Darmon to Pierre Dumayet.
    Pleasant copy.
    €30
  19. Itinéraire descriptif de l'Espagne, et tableau élémentaire des différentes branches de l'administration et de l'industrie de ce royaume
    Alexandre (Comte de) LABORDE

    Itinéraire descriptif de l'Espagne, et tableau élémentaire des différentes branches de l'administration et de l'industrie de ce royaume

    H. Nicolle • Lenormant|Paris 1808|12 x 20.50 cm|6 volumes reliés dont un atlas
    First edition.
    Bradel bindings in full dark blue boards, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and cold-stamped fleurons, gilt friezes at foot, marbled paper boards, yellow and speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
    The atlas contains 29 engraved plates printed separately.
    Some rubbing at head and foot of spines with a lack at foot of the fifth volume, small dampstains at foot of front board of the fourth volume and at head of fore-edge, occasional foxing.
    Set in uniform boards and complete with its atlas.
    One of the most famous works on Spain. Archaeologist and politician, Alexandre de Laborde (1773-1842) was sent in 1800 to Lucien Bonaparte's Embassy in Madrid.
    €1,200
  20. Histoire de l'éducation populaire
    Benigno CACARES

    Histoire de l'éducation populaire

    Seuil|Paris 1964|12 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Autograph inscription from Benigno Cacérès to Monique Nathan.
    €40
  21. La femme polonaise, esquisse historique
    Halka DUCRAINE

    La femme polonaise, esquisse historique

    Librairie académique Perrin & Cie|Paris 1918|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
    Spine sunned, small tears, not serious, on some edges.
    A well-margined copy.
    €100
  23. Psycho-physiologie du génie et du talent
    Max NORDAU

    Psycho-physiologie du génie et du talent

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1897|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
    Copy presented in temporary binding covers, spine broken, handsome interior condition.
    Rare.
    €100
  24. Psychologie du beau et de l'art
    Mario PILO

    Psychologie du beau et de l'art

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1895|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of the rare copies on Holland paper, of which no mention is made.
    Worming on the first cover, small marginal lacks to covers, spine with lack at foot, one ballpoint pen annotation on the first foxed endpaper, handsome interior condition despite light worming.
    Rare full-margined copy.
    €100
  25. Paradoxes psychologiques
    Max NORDAU

    Paradoxes psychologiques

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1896|13.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of the rare copies on Holland paper, of which no mention is made.
    Spine slightly sunned, one ballpoint pen annotation on the first endpaper, ink stains on the margins of the last leaves, handsome interior condition despite occasional worming.
    Rare full-margined copy.
    €100
  26. Paradoxes sociologiques
    Max NORDAU

    Paradoxes sociologiques

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1896|13.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
    Spine slightly sunned, small lacks to board margins, ballpoint pen annotations on first endpaper and at head of first board, handsome interior condition despite occasional worming.
    Rare full-margined copy.
    €100
  27. Il était une fois l'ethnographie
    Germaine TILLION

    Il était une fois l'ethnographie

    Seuil|Paris 2000|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph Germaine Tillion Jean Charbonnel: "... the Algeria of" grandfather ... "with his wishes for 2000.
    Nice copy.
    €250
  28. Avatars musulmans de quatre personnages d'un portail de Vézelay
    Germaine TILLION

    Avatars musulmans de quatre personnages d'un portail de Vézelay

    Editions Privat|Toulouse 1979|16.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this reprint.
    Rare and touching autograph signed and dated Germaine Tillion under his strong pseudonym Kouri, to her friend resistant Denise Vernay, nicknamed Myarka the Resistance, with whom she was interned in a concentration camp: "To Myarka, the first copy priority. Kouri. "
    Pleasant copy despite an angular fold track topped the first board.
    €450
  29. Suicide d'une nation? La Grande-Bretagne face à son destin
    Arthur KOESTLER, COLLECTIF

    Suicide d'une nation? La Grande-Bretagne face à son destin

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1964|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation which was not drawn large paper, review copy.
    Other contributions from Cyril Connolly, Malcolm Muggeridge, Austen Albu ...
    Rare handwritten signature of Arthur Koestler on the half-title page.
    Some reading marks in ballpoint pen margins of some pages, small tears stuck back foot in the back, some small gaps protective film covering the covers of the book.
    €500
  30. Anthropologie structurale
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Anthropologie structurale

    Plon|Paris 1960|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    New edition.
    Iconography.
    Some marginal discreet reader's marks in blue pencil en marges to some leaves, a good copy.
    €40
  31. A Parigi coi francesi
    Concetto PETTINATO

    A Parigi coi francesi

    Fratelli Treves Editori|Milano [Milan] 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Concetto Pettinato to Henri Béraud: "... en échange de ce qu'il a vu à Rome..." ["... in exchange for what he saw in Rome..."]
    Minor foxing to boards and endpapers, slight tear to foot of spine.
    Provenance: from the library of Henri Béraud.
    €200
  32. Réflexions sur la force
    Alphonse SÉCHÉ

    Réflexions sur la force

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Alphonse Seché: "A Henri Béraud qui a trop de courage pour ne pas aimer ce livre..." ["To Henri Béraud who has too much courage not to love this book..."]
    Very light foxing of no consequence to the covers.
    Provenance: from the Ré Island library of Henri Béraud.
    €80
  33. L'âme italienne
    Carlo, comte SFORZA

    L'âme italienne

    Flammarion|Paris 1934|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Count Sforza to Henri Béraud.
    Three tears with small lacks to spine, light dampstains to margins of verso of cover boards.
    Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library on Île de Ré.
    €250
  34. Contre le fatalisme historique : le retour au culte des héros
    Édouard KRAKOWSKI

    Contre le fatalisme historique : le retour au culte des héros

    Editions Victor Attinger|Paris 1933|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 1000 numbered copies on Holland paper.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Edouard Krakowski to Henri Béraud.
    Small loss at foot of spine, two faint dampstains to margins of front board and front endpaper.
    Provenance: from Henri Béraud's Ré library.
    €80
  35. Dictionnaire historique des institutions, moeurs et coutumes de la France
    Adolphe CHÉRUEL

    Dictionnaire historique des institutions, moeurs et coutumes de la France

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1874|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Fourth edition.
    Half black shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, headcaps of the second volume with some scratches, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
    Some minor foxing.
    €80
  38. Place de l'anthropologie dans les sciences sociales et problèmes posés par son enseignement
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Place de l'anthropologie dans les sciences sociales et problèmes posés par son enseignement

    Unesco|Paris 1954|13.50 x 21.50 cm|agrafé
    Rare first edition for which he was not drawn to this leading copies reprinted printed small number of the collective work: Social Sciences in Higher Education published the same year.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Claude Levi-Strauss in English won the first cover plate.
    Some reading marks in red ink in the margins of some leaves, probably dedicatee.
    Marginally flat and slightly insolated not serious.
    €480
  39. La geste d'Asdiwal
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La geste d'Asdiwal

    Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1958|13 x 21 cm|agrafé
    First Edition printed in small numbers of this reprint for which it was not drawn of great papers.
    Autograph signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss in English at the head of the first cover.
    Marginal and slightly discolored boards without gravity.
    €480
  40. Du miel aux cendres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS (inscribed to Raymond FIRTH)

    Du miel aux cendres[From Honey to Ashes]

    Plon|Paris 1966|15.50 x 24 cm|broché

    First edition, for which no copies on larger paper were produced.
    A pleasing copy, with press clippings laid in.
    Exceptional autograph presentation copy inscribed in English by Claude Lévi-Strauss to the anthropologist Raymond Firth.

    €500
  41. Dictionnaire des noms contenant la recherche étymologique de vingt mille deux cent noms relevés sur les annuaires de Paris
    Lorédan LARCHEY

    Dictionnaire des noms contenant la recherche étymologique de vingt mille deux cent noms relevés sur les annuaires de Paris

    Aux dépens de l'auteur|Paris 1880|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper and justifés by the author, only big papers.
    Binding to bradel half percaline pine green, smooth back, date and dual tail golden net, as Red shagreen piece with small scratches, rips two head back, marbled paper boards, preserved covers, binding of time signed by Pierson.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Loredano Larchey Jules Richard.
    Bookplate engraved by Henry René Millaud Chapront pasted on a contreplat.
    Nice copy almost free of freckles.
    €250
  42. Manuscrit de 1905 ou explications des salons de Curtius, au vingtième siècle
    [Auguste JAL as] Gabriel Fictor

    Manuscrit de 1905 ou explications des salons de Curtius, au vingtième siècle

    Ambroise Dupont|Paris 1827|11.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel bindings in red half-cloth, smooth spines decorated with a gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards.
    Concerning notably Stendhal, A. de Lamartine, F.R. de Chateaubriand, E. Scribe, A. Tastu...
    Some foxing.
    €200
  43. L'imaginaire
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    L'imaginaire[The Imaginary]

    Gallimard|Paris 1940|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
    A very good copy.
    €2,800
  44. L'école et la nation. Aspects de l'Education Nationale
    Pierre-Henri SIMON

    L'école et la nation. Aspects de l'Education Nationale

    Les éditions du cerf|Juvisy [Juvisy-sur-Orge] s. d. [1934]|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph of Pierre-Henri Simon Robert Garric.
    Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had
    €60
  45. La possession et ses aspects théâtraux chez les Ethiopiens de Gondar
    Michel LEIRIS

    La possession et ses aspects théâtraux chez les Ethiopiens de Gondar

    Plon|Paris 1958|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of which there were no large paper copies, one advance (service de presse) copy.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Leiris to Jeanine and Raymond (Queneau) : "... avec toute l'affection de leur ami..."
    Spine and covers faded in the margins as usual.
    €800
  46. Le gueux chez Victor Hugo
    Maria LEY-DEUTSCH

    Le gueux chez Victor Hugo

    Librairie E. Droz|Paris 1936|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this thesis presented to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris to obtain a university doctorate degree.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece.
    Spine and boards uniformly and lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  47. Aux enfers du crime
    Philippe KAH, Marie BONAPARTE

    Aux enfers du crime

    Mercure de Flandre|Lille 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    Original edition on the current paper.
    Autograph full page of the author in Mauritius Mauriaucourt "... in cordial and friendly memories of our days of Erfurt, Gotha and other places, this descent" to the underworld of crime "then go to Paradise Haubourdin ".
    Preface by Marie Bonaparte.
    Complete copy of its large trailer.
    Rare.
    Quilted dishes.
    €80
  48. Les conflits intersexuels et sociaux
    Edouard TOULOUSE DOCTEUR

    Les conflits intersexuels et sociaux

    Charpentier|Paris 1904|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half fir green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, marbled paper boards marginally stained, corners and edges slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Autograph inscription signed by Edouard Toulouse to Madame Jeanne Schnahl.
    €50
  50. L'ethnogénie de l'Europe occidentale
    Ernest-Théodore HAMY

    L'ethnogénie de l'Europe occidentale

    Charles Reinwald|Paris 1884|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from anthropology courses at the Museum.
    Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned, front cover with a small tear at head.
    Rare pamphlet.
    €50
  51. Nouvelle géographie en estampes. Revue pittoresque de l'univers et aperçus historiques sur les moeurs, usages, costumes des différents peuples
    COLLECTIF

    Nouvelle géographie en estampes. Revue pittoresque de l'univers et aperçus historiques sur les moeurs, usages, costumes des différents peuples

    Amédée Bédelet|Paris s. d. [circa 1860]|15.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Illustrated edition with 12 original lithographs hors-texte.
    Publisher's full black paper boards binding, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with gilt and polychrome romantic decorative motifs, joints rubbed and cracked at head, boards framed with blind fillets and arabesques, front board enhanced with gilt and polychrome allegorical motif, rear board illustrated with gilt decoration, lemon paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, publisher's romantic boards.
    Some foxing.
    €100
  52. Les estrennes des filles de Paris
    ANONYME

    Les estrennes des filles de Paris

    Bibliothèque gothique|Paris 1872|12.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Very small reprint on laid paper for the bookseller Ballieu, quai des Grands-Augustins.
    Bradel binding in half bordeaux cloth, smooth spine, traces of rubbing to red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, upper corners slightly bumped.
    Bookseller's description label pasted to one endpaper.
    Rare.
    €70
  55. Le folklore berrichon
    Hugues LAPAIRE

    Le folklore berrichon

    Crépin-Leblond|Moulins 1945|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    With illustrations by R. Girardot. Tiny insignificant spots to spine, a good copy.
    €30
  57. L'Ecole des jeunes demoiselles ou Lettres d'une mère vertueuse à sa fille.
    Abbé REYRE

    L'Ecole des jeunes demoiselles ou Lettres d'une mère vertueuse à sa fille.

    Chez Varin|Paris 1786|10 x 16 cm|deux volumes reliés
    New edition.
    Contemporary full speckled blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with blonde and black morocco title and volume labels, with gilt compartments and fleurons. All edges red. Head joint cracked on the second volume. Headcaps rubbed. Surface wear. One half-title leaf probably lacking. A small wormhole affecting the first leaves of the second volume. A work of pedagogy and morality consisting in the education of young girls.
    €100
  58. Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde
    Jean-Antoine DUBOIS

    Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde

    Imp. de la Mission catholique|Pondichéry [Pondicherry] 1899|13 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Later edition, first in parts, as augmented with a preface and notes.
    Half light brown morocco over marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper covers preserved.
    A good copy.
    €400
  61. L'art de connaitre les hommes par la physionomie (...) augmentée d'une exposition des recherches ou des opinions de la chambre de Porta, de Camper, de Gall, sur la physionomie; d'une histoire anatomique et physiologique de la face; précédée d'une notice historique sur l'auteur
    Gaspard LAVATER

    L'art de connaitre les hommes par la physionomie (...) augmentée d'une exposition des recherches ou des opinions de la chambre de Porta, de Camper, de Gall, sur la physionomie; d'une histoire anatomique et physiologique de la face; précédée d'une notice historique sur l'auteur

    Depelafol|Paris 1835|16.50 x 26 cm|10 vol. reliés
    New corrected and augmented edition, after the original French published from 1781 to 1803 in 4 folio volumes. Edition richly illustrated with 600 copperplate engravings hors-texte, mostly full-page, executed under the supervision of the painter Vincent, of which 82 printed in sanguine, some folding.
    Half grey cloth. Smooth Jansenist spines with paper title labels. Some fragile headcaps. Paper boards rubbed. Full-margined copy, modest working or temporary binding of the period.
    One tear without loss and not touching the engraving on the frontispiece of the volume, some plates partially detached, some light foxing.
    The "Lavater" follows in the tradition of all the great works o
    €1,000
  62. Histoire naturelle de la femme, suivie d'un traité d'hygiène
    Jacques-Louis MOREAU

    Histoire naturelle de la femme, suivie d'un traité d'hygiène

    Chez L. Duprat • Letellier|à Paris 1803|12 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with 11 plates, 7 of which are folding (anatomy, hermaphrodite sex, Hottentot...).
    Contemporary full sheep binding with root grain. Smooth spine decorated with compartments à la grotesque. Beige morocco title and volume labels. Cold-tooled roll frame on boards. Upper joint cracked at head of volume I, and lower joint cracked at head and foot. A lack at head of volume III. Rather good copy, fresh.
    Without prejudice for the period, and judging things essentially as a naturalist, observing and comparing facts to his knowledge, this history of woman, not only through history but according to nations (the Hottentots are often studied) is fascinating in more wa
    €900
  63. Des devoirs des hommes
    Silvio PELLICO

    Des devoirs des hommes

    H. Fournier|Paris 1834|13 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition in French.
    Half red sheep binding, smooth spine with minor rubbing decorated with gilt and blind fillets and a central gilt fleuron, marbled paper boards with three marginal stains, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
    Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
    €100
  64. Recherches sur l'origine du despotisme oriental
    Nicolas-Antoine BOULANGER

    Recherches sur l'origine du despotisme oriental

    Par la Compagnie des Libraires Associés|à Paris 1763|93.50 x 16.30 cm|relié
    New edition following the original posthumous edition published by D'Holbach (some attribute partial authorship to him) in 1761.
    The edition does contain the letter to Helvetius absent from most reissues.
    Contemporary full grained calf binding. Smooth spine with ornaments. The gilding appears to have been renewed on the title-label. Quite a handsome copy.This famous political treatise was initially written to serve as an introduction to reading Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws, the work concluding moreover with remarks on that work. The work was incorporated into The Encyclopedia in abridged form under the article Political Economy. It is in theocracy that Boulanger locates the ori
    €550
  65. Essai sur l'origine des connoissances humaines
    Étienne Bonnot de CONDILLAC

    Essai sur l'origine des connoissances humaines

    Chez Pierre Mortier|à Amsterdam • [Paris] 1746|9.50 x 17 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
    First edition.
    Contemporary blonde sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Tail rolls. Red morocco title-label. Small lack at head. 3 corners bumped with loss of leather. Light bookworm damage to right margin of first leaves becoming simple wormholes throughout the work. A fairly good copy.
    This first work in which Condillac's thought takes shape draws considerably on the author's intellectual master: Locke. Already, abbé Condillac rejects all spiritual causes and attacks all idealist philosophies (Leibniz, Descartes...), but he is not yet the leader of Sensualism, which he would only affirm much later. His style is already clear, precise and logical, going directly to t
    €1,200
  66. Sociologie du surréalisme
    Alfred SAUVY

    Sociologie du surréalisme

    Mouton|Paris • & La Haye [The Hague] 1968|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in a very small number of copies of this offprint.

    Rare autograph inscription from Alfred Sauvy.
    €250
  68. Instruction morale et civique ou philosophie pratique, psychologie, logique, morale pratique, économie politique, morale théorique, instruction civique à l'usage des écoles normales primaires, des lycées et collèges de jeunes filles...
    P. LALOI, François PICAVET

    Instruction morale et civique ou philosophie pratique, psychologie, logique, morale pratique, économie politique, morale théorique, instruction civique à l'usage des écoles normales primaires, des lycées et collèges de jeunes filles...

    Armand Colin & Cie|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half dark brown sheep binding, smooth spine showing traces of rubbing decorated with double gilt fillets, lower headcaps rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Occasional light foxing.
    €80
  69. Curiosités philologiques, géographiques et ethnologiques
    Léon de WAILLY

    Curiosités philologiques, géographiques et ethnologiques

    Paulin & Le Chevalier|Paris 1855|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half-shagreen binding in purple, spine with four raised bands decorated with fleurons, double fillets and gilt dots. Some foxing, otherwise handsome copy.
    €60
  72. Le négociant philosophe, traduit de l'allemand par Doray de Longray, officier de cavalerie
    HIRZEL

    Le négociant philosophe, traduit de l'allemand par Doray de Longray, officier de cavalerie

    S. n.|à Amsterdam • [Rouen?] 1786|16.50 x 10.50 cm|relié

    Rare. We have found nothing concerning this work, absent from libraries.
    Half calf Romantic binding with corners in red, smooth spine with 4 tools and fillets. Foxing. One corner of the title page border reinforced.
    In the form of a tale and dialogue between a father and son, the author examines the nobility of character of a good merchant, how he should be a good father to his son and a good father to his country. Numerous passages on the importance of agriculture. « Ce travail lui donna des vues très étendues sur les rapports du commerce, avec le bonheur particulier & général des hommes? » (This work gave him very extensive views on the relationship of commerce with the particular

    €300
  82. De l'éducation intellectuelle, morale et physique
    Herbert SPENCER

    De l'éducation intellectuelle, morale et physique

    G. Baillière|Paris 1878|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation.
    Half chocolate sheep binding, spine in four compartments with slight rubbing decorated with gilt fleurons, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding. Bookplate pasted to verso of front board, copy almost entirely free from foxing.
    €70
  89. Classification des fibules d'après leur ressort
    Adrien de MORTILLET

    Classification des fibules d'après leur ressort

    Félix Alcan|Paris Juin 1913|16 x 23.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue anthropologique.
    Autograph inscription signed by the author at the head of the first cover.
    Light foxing to covers. Rare pamphlet.
    €40
  90. Des causes de divorce et de leur extension
    Etienne BOICHUT

    Des causes de divorce et de leur extension

    Bonvalot-Jouve|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half havana morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced with blind typographical motifs enriched with green shagreen inlays, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary binding. Foxing affecting almost exclusively the endpapers.
    Handsome and rare copy.
    €150
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