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‎Tableau critique des Moeurs angloises - Traduction de la Feuille périodique intitulée The World by Adam-Fitx-Adam -‎

‎ 1761 La Haye - Cuissard - 1761 - 1 volume in12 de 12 - 216 pages - Reliure pleine basane d'époque - dos cinq nerfs ornés de fleurons - tranches rouges - petits accrocs à la coiffe supérieure - coins un peu émoussés - Bon exemplaire -‎

‎Rare ouvrage - ‎

‎Le Vilebrequin de Me Adam, Menuisier de Nevers, contenant toutes sortes de Poèsies gallantes, tant en Sonnets, Epistres, Epigrammes, Elégies, Madrigaux, que Stances et autres Pièces curieuses et divertissantes sur toutes sortes de sujets dédié à Monseigneur le Prince -‎

‎ 1663 Paris - Guillaume de Luyne - 1663 - 1 volume in12 de 300 pages - Reliure plein maroquin bleu - Dos cinq nerfs orné - toutes tranches dorées - filet sur les coupes - Double filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats - Quelques rousseurs -‎

‎Le Vilebrequin de Me Adam, menuisier de Nevers, contenant toutes sortes de poësies gallantes, tant en sonnets, épistres, épigrammes, élégies, madrigaux, que stances, & autres pièces...‎

‎Paris Guillaume de Luyne 1663 1 vol. relié in-18, veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs rehaussé de pointillés dorés, caissons ornés de fleurons et dentelle dorés, (46) + 240 pp. et p. 331-528 (erreur de pagination commune à tous les exemplaires de cette édition) + (6) pp., bandeaux et culs-de-lampe. Edition originale posthume, avec le privilège et l'achevé d'imprimer du 4 août. Humble menuisier de Nevers, Adam Billaut (1602-1662) rencontre un succès inattendu grâce à l'enthousiasme des plus fameux poètes de son temps, qui voient en lui un prodige littéraire issu de la classe laborieuse. Surnommé « le Virgile au rabot », il est aujourd'hui considéré comme l'un des premiers poètes ouvriers. Petit manque de cuir à la coiffe supérieure, mors fendillés et quelques cahiers brunis (comme souvent).‎

‎Le Vilebrequin de Me Adam, menuisier de Nevers. Contenant toutes sortes de poësies gallantes, tant en sonnets, épistres, épigrammes, élégies, madrigaux, que stances, & autres pièces...‎

‎Paris chez Guillayme de Luyne 1663 1 vol. relié in-12, plein parchemin ivoire de l'époque avec le titre manuscrit au dos, (46) + 240 pp. et p. 331-528 (erreur de pagination commune à tous les exemplaires de cette édition) + (6) pp., bandeaux et culs-de-lampe. Edition originale posthume, avec le privilège et l'achevé d'imprimer du 4 août. Humble menuisier de Nevers, Adam Billaut (1602-1662) rencontre un succès inattendu grâce à l'enthousiasme des plus fameux poètes de son temps, qui voient en lui un prodige littéraire issu de la classe laborieuse. Surnommé « le Virgile au rabot », il est aujourd'hui considéré comme l'un des premiers poètes ouvriers. Large manque de parchemin au plat inférieur. Annotation ancienne au contreplat. Ex-libris gravé : Henry Cochin.‎

‎Réunion de trois lettres autographes signées adressées à un éditeur.‎

‎ 4 pages in-12 obl. sur trois feuillets à l'en-tête imprimé de "La Nouvelle Revue", Paris et Saint-Esteve, s.d. et 1889. Dans le premier courrier, elle remercie de l'envoi d'un ouvrage : "J'ai lu comme un roman, avec un très grand plaisir votre très beau livre". Elle souhaite en faire parler et demande à faire envoyer un exemplaire "plus ordinaire" au château d'Andilly, à Emmanuel Rodocanachi,(1859-1934), contributeur de La Nouvelle Revue. Dans le second courrier, elle décline un rendez-vous et, évoquant une récente parution de son correspondant, demande : "n'y a-t-il point un grave défaut à la lèvre de l'Impératrice ?". Enfin le dernier courrier évoque le comte Vasili, pseudonyme d'un collectif formé par Juliette Adam, Élie de Cyon, Henri Durand-Morimbau et Catherine Radziwill. Juliette Adam assure que M. de Mondois [?] "n'a jamais collaboré à aucun des livres du comte Vasili" et lui a juste fourni des renseignements. ‎

‎Henri-Georges Adam, oeuvre gravé, 1939-1957.‎

‎Paris La Hune 1957 1 vol. broché in-4, broché, 64 pp. Catalogue d'exposition répertoriant 120 gravures, avec de nombreuses reproductions, et tirée à 500 exemplaires numérotés sur papier couché des Papeteries Prioux qui comprennent tous une belle gravure originale au format du livre. Bon exemplaire enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé de l'artiste : "À Pierre Faucheux, avec mes chaleureux remerciements pour l'excellente maquette de mon catalogue érotique". Très bon état. ‎

‎Mes illusions et nos souffrances pendant le siège de Paris.‎

‎Paris Lemerre 1906 1 vol. broché in-12, broché, 350 pp. Mention de 6e édition sur la couverture. Souvenirs de Juliette Lamber, épouse Adam (1836-1936), dont le salon fut un des hauts lieux de la gauche libérale au début de la IIIe République. Très bon état.‎

‎Lettre autographe signée au poète Georges Docquois - Orgon, Chateau de St Estève le 14 juillet 1894 - ‎

‎ 2 pages in4 - enveloppe - trés bon état - ‎

‎Importante lettre: Elle compte "sur sa loyauté pour garder le silence sur cette lettre": Une société immobilière et ses habitants avaient donné son nom à une rue il y a 20 ans - Depuis, le Conseil municipal refusait de la classer si elle conservait son nom - Sachant quel était l'obstacle, elle a écrit que l'intérêt des propriétaires était que l'on classat la rue et qu'on pouvait sacrifier son nom - "Entre nous, j'étais convaincu qu'on n'oserait pas" - Elle a servi la République depuis 40 ans autant que bien des républicains - "Pas un homme de mon entourage qui n'ait reçu honneur et récompenses" - Elle qui n'a jamais rien réclamé avait cela; on le lui retire - Sous prétexte qu'elle était vivante, on eut pu donner le nom d'Edmond Adam [il s'agit de son mari, l'avocat et homme politique Edmond Adam] - Elle ne peut rien dire mais ses amis le peuvent et elle leur en saura gré - Elle lui demande de prendre ses responsabilités et de ne pas dire qu'il l'a interrogée - ‎

‎Les derniers jours de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam.‎

‎Tusson Les Usines Réunies - Du Lérota 2011 1 vol. broché in-8, broché, 76 pp., index, fac-similé en frontispice. Tirage limité à 220 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé pur fil de Hollande, celui-ci l'un des 20 hors commerce justifiés HC. Avec des notes inédites sur sa maison natale et sur sa sépulture, une lettre de J.-K. Huysmans, etc. Excellent état.‎

‎Gouvernement de M. Thiers. [Recueil factice].‎

‎ Paris 1903 1 vol. relié gr. in-8, bradel demi-percaline rouge souple, titre doré en long, pagination séparée. Recueil factice de cinq articles ou plaquettes (par Paul Adam, Félix Chambon, Emile Faguet, Alfred Rambaud et Henri Welschinger) sur le gouvernement d'Adolphe Thiers après la chute du Second Empire. Bon état.‎

‎Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationalreichthümern, Aus dem Englischen. 2 Bände. - [THE SEMINAL FIRST TRANSLATION OF 'WEALTH OF NATIONS']‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-papers and a small embossed stamp to front free end paper on volume 1 (""Buchhändler u. Antiquar Carl Helf""). Stamp to p. 1 of both volumes. Spines with light soiling and capital on volume 1 lacking a small part of the leather. A few light brown spots throught. A fine set. VIII, 632 pp"" XII, 740 pp.‎

‎First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi‎

‎Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationalreichthümern, Aus dem Englischen. 2 Bände. - [THE SEMINAL FIRST TRANSLATION OF 'WEALTH OF NATIONS']‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands, black title-label and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label to upper compartment (Catalogue-number from an estate-library). Light wear to extremities, otherwise a very nice set. VIII, 632 pp" XII, 740 pp.‎

‎First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi‎

‎Undersøgelse om National-Velstands Natur og Aarsag. Af det Engelske oversat og med nogle Anmærkninger oplyst af Dræbye. 2 Deele. [Anden Deel:] Hertil er føiet Gourvenør Pownals Brev til Forfatteren i hvilket nogle af de i dette Værk fremsatte Læresætn... - [FIRST DANISH EDITION OF ""THE WEALTH OF NATIONS""]‎

‎Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two very nice contemporary brown half calf bindings with raised bands, gilt ornamentations and gilt leather title- and tome-labels. Volume two with a bit of wear to upper capital. Corners slightly bumped. Pencil annotations to verso of title-page in volume one" title-page in volume two mounted to cover up a small hole caused by the removal of an old owner's name. Internally very clean and bright. All in all a very nice, clean, fresh, and tight copy. Engraved (by Weise, 1784) armorial book plate to inside of front boards (Gregorius Christianus Comes ab Haxthausen). (12), 575" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""(PMM 221 - first edition)‎

‎Undersøgelse om National-Velstands Natur og Aarsag. Af det Engelske oversat og med nogle Anmærkninger oplyst af Dræbye. 2 Deele. [Anden Deel:] Hertil er føiet Gourvenør Pownals Brev til Forfatteren i hvilket nogle af de i dette Værk fremsatte Læresætn... - [FIRST DANISH EDITION OF ""THE WEALTH OF NATIONS""]‎

‎Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two nice contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands and gilt leather title label to spines. Volume one lacking one cm of upper part of spine. Volume two with a small tear to lower part of spine. Both volumes with light brown spotting throughout, however, mainly affecting first and last five leaves of both volumes. A fine set. (12), 575"" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""‎

‎Trois portraits de femmes. Hypermnestra. Isabeau de Bavière. Lady Hamilton.‎

‎Paris Jacques Bernard, coll. "La Centaine" 1929 1 vol. broché in-12, broché, 104 pp. Edition originale tirée à 500 exemplaires, celui-ci numéroté sur vergé pur fil Montgolfier. Très bon état.‎

‎Contes cruels. [Tome 1] et tome 2 : étude historique et littéraire par P.-G. Castex et J. Bollery.‎

‎Paris José Corti 1956-1969 2 vol. broché 2 vol. in-12, brochés, 301 et 370 pp. Le tome 1 est dans son retirage de 1969, avec une teinte de couverture un peu différente. Le tome 2 contient de nombreux extraits, variantes et morceaux inédits de Villiers : "Maitre Fulcran, La Séance du Dr Muller, Les Aïssaouas, Les Hanlor Lees, La Madeleine, Félicien et Rosemonde, La Belle dame qui vend du vin, Le Champion d'Angleterre, Lord Jermyn". Bon état.‎

‎Lettres. Correspondance à trois. Réunies et présentées par Daniel Habrekorn.‎

‎Vanves Editions Thot 1980 1 vol. broché in-8, broché, 315 pp., 8 planches hors-texte, bibliographie et index. Excellent état.‎

‎Antiquités romaines ou tableau des moeurs, usages et institutions des Romains ; dans lequel on expose tout ce qui a rapport à leurs religion, gouvernement, lois, etc.‎

‎Paris chez Verdière 1818 2 vol. relié 2 vol. in-8, basane racinée fauve, dos lisses ornés de semis et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches marbrées, XVI + 408 + (2) et VIII + 570 + (2) pp. Première édition française, traduite sur la 7e édition anglaise par le comte Emmanuel de Laubespin. Coiffes et coins légèrement émoussés, sinon en bonne condition, dans une reliure d'époque.‎

‎Jésus le Christ.‎

‎Mulhouse Editions Salvator 1945 1 vol. relié in-12, demi-chagrin bleu-nuit, dos à nerfs, caissons encadrés d'un double-filet doré, couvertures conservées, 374 pp. Traduit par E. Ricard. Très bon exemplaire, agréablement relié à l'époque.‎

‎Correspondance autographe adressée au dramaturge Marcel Ballot. ‎

‎ 20 lettres autographes signées, une cinquantaine de pages aux formats in-12 ou in-8, différents en-têtes imprimés (Château de Montebise, "16, avenue du Trocadéro", Château de Chaiges), 1899-1915. Longue correspondance à l'auteur dramatique et critique Marcel Ballot. Il remercie son ami pour les articles qu'il a fait paraître dans Le Figaro sur ses romans : La Ruse ("La Ruse vous devra de beaux jours, et moi je vous devrai une heure de joie orgueilleuse puisque votre sympathie a bien voulu s'occuper de moi, par deux fois, avec tant de prodigalité"...), Au Soleil de Juillet, Le Serpent noir, Vues d'Amérique, Le Trust... Dans une belle lettre, il déplore l'absence de méthode dans la critique française : "Il y a très, très longtemps j'ai blâmé Brunetière de méconnaître Baudelaire, et plus récemment Sainte Beuve d'avoir vilipendé Balzac, mal compris Salammbô ; enfin le jugement des critiques dramatiques m'a rarement satisfait"... ‎

‎Dictionnaire général du surréalisme et de ses environs.‎

‎Paris Presses Universitaires de France 1982 1 vol. relié in-4, toile éditeur, jaquette en couleurs, nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs, bibliographie. Ouvrage de documentation indispensable, remarquablement rédigée. Jaquette très légèrement usée en bordure. Sinon bon état.‎

‎Contes cruels. Eaux-fortes de Mario Avati.‎

‎Paris Cercle Grolier 1956 1 vol. relié in-4, plein vélin crème, dos lisse avec auteur et titre en lettres dorées, plats ornés de deux dessins originaux pointillistes en couleurs, bordure intérieure, doublures et gardes de tissu tramé gris, tête dorée, non rogné, couvertures et dos muet conservés, chemise demi-vélin et étui bordé, 117 pp. Édition illustrée de 25 eaux-fortes de Mario Avati. Tirage unique à 220 exemplaires numérotés sur grand vélin de Rives, celui-ci - exemplaire nominatif d'Ernest Simon - est enrichi d'une suite signée des gravures sur japon nacré, du menu illustré d'une eau-forte et d'un beau dessin original signé, version préparatoire de la gravure qui illustre la page 57, "Le convive des dernières fêtes". L'exemplaire est surtout conservé dans une reliure décorée par Avati de deux magnifiques dessins originaux aux encres de couleurs : un visage que fait sourire un joueur de violon sur le premier plat, une chouette perchée sur un arbre en médaillon du second plat. Le peintre a inscrit en page de garde cet ex-dono autographe signé : "à Ernest Simon qui a bien voulu me présenter au cercle Grolier, afin de me permettre d'illustrer ces quelques contes, ce 27 mars 1957, en toute sympathie, Avati". Exemplaire unique, en parfait état. ‎

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‎Le nouveau monde.‎

‎Paris Crès 1913 1 vol. broché gr. in-8, broché, couverture ornée rempliée, 193 pp. Edition illustrée de 15 bois en deux couleurs par P.-E. Vibert. Un des 1050 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé de Rives, en excellente condition.‎

‎Cathelin, 1919-2004 : Tapisseries, Atelier 3.‎

‎Paris Thalia 2006 1 vol. broché in-4, broché, couv. illustrée à rabats, 196 pp., nombreuses reproductions en couleurs. Présentation et catalogue raisonné des 51 tapisseries réalisées par l'Atelier 3 d'après les peintures de Bernard Cathelin entre 1973 et 2006. Très bon état.‎

‎Pawel Althamer.‎

‎London Phaidon 2011 1 vol. broché in-4, broché, jaquette illustrée, 158 pp., nombreuses reproductions en couleurs, bibliographie. Textes en anglais. Très bon état.‎