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‎L'homme-femme. Réponse a M. Henri d'Ideville. - [COINING ""FEMINIST"" - PRESENTATION-COPY - ONE OF 25 NUMBERED COPIES ON HOLLANDE]‎

‎Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1872. Lex 8vo (24,8 x 16 cm). Bound uncut and with the original front wrapper in a nice early/mid 19th century green half morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear to edges and to raised bands. Front wrapper a little dusty and partly mounted on a piece of paper. Two small nicks to outer blank margin and with handwritten pencil-annotation to blank top as well as pencil-inderlining of the author, title, and year and with the publisher information lightly crossed out, also in pencil (all indicating layout-corrections, perhaps for following issues). A nice and clean copy. (4), 177 pp. 4-line Handwritten presentation-inscription to half-title, ""à Regnière"", dated 12 Febryary 1873 and signed ""A Dumas.""‎

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‎Scarce first printing – presentation-copy and one of 31 large paper copies, being no. 20 of 25 numbered copies on Hollande (out of a total of 31 numbered copies - 1 on vélin, 5 on Chine, and 25 on Hollande) - of the seminal work that coined the word ""feminist"", to refer to liberated women. Written as a response to an article by Henry d’Ideville, where he poses the question “should the adulterous woman be killed?”, Dumas’ l’Homme-Femme (“The Man-Woman”), which advocates the right of a man to kill his adulterous wife (something legal under the Napoleon Civil Code of 1804) stirred intense controversy across Europe and became an instant bestseller, with 50,000 copies sold in 3 weeks, 49 reprints, and several subsequent translations. “The feminists (excuse this neologism) say .... all the evil rises from the fact that we will not allow that woman is the equal of man”, Dumas writes in the present work, coining the word “feminist” and at the same time indicating a lack of sympathy with the emerging women’s rights battle. Generally, he saw life ""as a battle between the woman and the man"", although his views on the subject were nor black and white. In spite of his reactionary views, he did respect what women might become, and even helped a few gifted young women to achieve their intellectual potential. ""The words feminism and feminist are used today throughout the Western world to connote the ideas that advocate the emancipation of women, the movements that have attempted to realize it, and the individuals who support these goals. Few people in the English-speaking world realize, however, that the origin of these terms can be traced to nineteenth-century French political discourse. The earliest origins of the French word “féminisme” and its derivatives are still obscure. Their roots should be traceable to the political agitation of the 1830s, during which time the related words socialisme and individualisme made their appearance in the political vocabulary of French-speaking peoples. … The term “féministe” has a less problematic history. The Robert dictionary gives the date as 1872 and attributes first usage to the French playwright and essayist, Alexandre Dumas fils. This usage can be verified" indeed, the word does appear in Dumas's L'Homme-femme (1872).” (Karen Offe, On the French Origin of the Words Feminism and Feminist, pp. 45-47). “In his work, Dumas probably coined the term “feminists” for the first time to refer to people who claimed 'that women are equal to men, and should be given the same education and rights as men.” (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München). The few numbered copies of this seminal work are extremely rare. We have not been able to trace a single copy apart from the present, neither at auction nor in libraries. The normal issue is in 12mo and significantly smaller than the 31 copies on large paper. The first issue of that is not common either.‎

‎Recherches sur la Composition élémentaire et sur quelques propriétes caractéristiques des bases salifiables organiques.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1823). Without wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, par Gay-Lussac et Arago"", tome 24, Sec. Series, Cahier 2. Pp. 163-191. (Entire issue offered pp. 113-223.‎

‎First appearance of Dumas and Pelletier's importent paper in which they analyzed nine alkaloids by combustion and found for the first time the number of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen in them. Dumas' name is still associated with the two procedures which he devised here, the determination of vapor density and combustion analysis.""The most important problem with which Dumas was concerned throughout his career was the classification of chemical substances. He sought to devise comprehensive classificatory schemes for organic compounds and for the elements. Dumas’s earliest contribution to organic chemistry was his study of nine alkaloids, published in 1823, jointly with Pierre Pelletier.1 He analyzed the elemental constituents of these organic “bases” and attempted to prove that their relative proportions of oxygen followed Dalton’s law of multiple proportions. He had embraced the ideas of the two reigning theories in contemporary chemistry: dualism, with its division of substances into electronegative (acid) and electropositive (alkaline)"" and atomism, which Dalton had used to explain his law. Dumas spent the next few years attempting to create an adequate system of classification of organic compounds based upon these two theories.""(DSB).‎

‎Premier Mémoire sur les Types Chimiques Par M. J. Dumas. (+) Second Mémoire sur les Types Chimiques" par MM. J. Dumas et J.-S. Stas.‎

‎(Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1840). 8vo. Without wrappers. Extracted from 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', 2e Series, tome 73. Pp. 73-103 (incl. Note de Liebig pp. 100-103) and pp. 113-166. Some scattered brownspots.‎

‎This paper, which was published at the same year in ""Comptes Rendues"" (3 Fevrier), is the most importent on the theory of structural types and the nomenclature of organic compounds, refuting the electrochemical theory of Berzelius. ""The development of this idea (type organique) into what is sometimes called the ""Older Type Theory"", as distinguished from Gerhardt's Type heory, is contained in Dumas' importent memoir on the substitution and the theory of types, presented on 3 febriary 1840.""(Partington IV, p. 365). In the second paper Stas and Dumas record the first use of 'potash-lime', the precursor of soda-lime, an invaluable reagent in organic chemistry.""Jean Baptiste Dumas advances a theory that the chemical properties of an organic compound are determined by its structure and not, as seems to be the case with inorganic compounds, by its electrical properties. he illustrates the concept with the example that the basic qualitative properties of acetic acid are retained even after replacing three fourths of the hydrogen by chlorine. As a consequence, he calls for a revision of chemical nomenclature for organic compounds, basing terms on common features, not on elemental composition.""(Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1840 C).‎

‎Premier Mémoire sur les Types Chimiques Par M. J. Dumas. (+) Second Mémoire sur les Types Chimiques" par MM. J. Dumas et J.-S. Stas. - [THE MAIN PAPER ON SUBSTITUTION AND THE THEORY OF TYPES.]‎

‎Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1840. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering spine and five raised bands. The original wrappers withbound in the back. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", tome 73. Entire volume offered. Paper label pasted on to top of spine. Two stamps to verso of title-page. A few light occassional brownspots, otherwise a fine copy. 73-103 (incl. Note de Liebig pp. 100-103) and pp. 113-166. [Entire volume: 448 pp. + 5 folded plates. ‎

‎This paper, which was published at the same year in ""Comptes Rendues"" (3 Fevrier), is the most importent on the theory of structural types and the nomenclature of organic compounds, refuting the electrochemical theory of Berzelius. ""The development of this idea (type organique) into what is sometimes called the ""Older Type Theory"", as distinguished from Gerhardt's Type heory, is contained in Dumas' importent memoir on the substitution and the theory of types, presented on 3 febriary 1840.""(Partington IV, p. 365). In the second paper Stas and Dumas record the first use of 'potash-lime', the precursor of soda-lime, an invaluable reagent in organic chemistry. ""Jean Baptiste Dumas advances a theory that the chemical properties of an organic compound are determined by its structure and not, as seems to be the case with inorganic compounds, by its electrical properties. he illustrates the concept with the example that the basic qualitative properties of acetic acid are retained even after replacing three fourths of the hydrogen by chlorine. As a consequence, he calls for a revision of chemical nomenclature for organic compounds, basing terms on common features, not on elemental composition.""(Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1840 C).‎

‎Recherches sur la Composition élémentaire et sur quelques propriétes caractéristiques des bases salifiables organiques. - [TOWARDS A CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.]‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1823. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering spine and five raised bands. The original wrappers withbound in the back. In ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", tome 24. Entire volume offered. Paper label pasted on to top of spine. Two stamps to verso of title-page and stamos to verso of all plates. A few light occassional brownspots, otherwise a fine copy. Pp. 163-191. [Entire volume: 448 pp. + 4 folded plates. ‎

‎First appearance of Dumas and Pelletier's importent paper in which they analyzed nine alkaloids by combustion and found for the first time the number of atoms of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen in them. Dumas' name is still associated with the two procedures which he devised here, the determination of vapor density and combustion analysis. ""The most important problem with which Dumas was concerned throughout his career was the classification of chemical substances. He sought to devise comprehensive classificatory schemes for organic compounds and for the elements. Dumas’s earliest contribution to organic chemistry was his study of nine alkaloids, published in 1823, jointly with Pierre Pelletier.1 He analyzed the elemental constituents of these organic “bases” and attempted to prove that their relative proportions of oxygen followed Dalton’s law of multiple proportions. He had embraced the ideas of the two reigning theories in contemporary chemistry: dualism, with its division of substances into electronegative (acid) and electropositive (alkaline)"" and atomism, which Dalton had used to explain his law. Dumas spent the next few years attempting to create an adequate system of classification of organic compounds based upon these two theories.""(DSB). The Present volume also contain papers by Faraday, Becquerel and many other. ‎

‎Mémoire sur la loi des substitutions et la Theorie des types" Séance du Lundi 5 Février 1840.‎

‎Paris, Bachelier, 1840 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome X , No 5 (entire issue offered). Pp. (143-) 207. Dumas' paper: pp. 149-178.‎

‎First appearance of this paper, which was published the same year in 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', is the most importent on the theory of structural types and the nomenclature of organic compounds, refuting the electrochemical theory of Berzelius. ""The development of this idea (type organique) into what is sometimes called the ""Older Type Theory"", as distinguished from Gerhardt's Type heory, is contained in Dumas' importent memoir on the substitution and the theory of types, presented on 3 febriary 1840.""(Partington IV, p. 365). ""Jean Baptiste Dumas advances a theory that the chemical properties of an organic compound are determined by its structure and not, as seems to be the case with inorganic compounds, by its electrical properties. he illustrates the concept with the example that the basic qualitative properties of acetic acid are retained even after replacing three fourths of the hydrogen by chlorine. As a consequence, he calls for a revision of chemical nomenclature for organic compounds, basing terms on common features, not on elemental composition.""(Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1840 C).‎

‎Note sur l'état actuel de la Chemie organique.‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1837. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome V , No 17. (Entire issue offered). Pp. (567-) 572. Dumas & Liebig's paper: pp. (567-) 572.‎

‎First appearance of a historical paper in chemistry. stating a new way to organize organic chemistry.When Liebig visited Paris in 1837, he persuaded Dumas to accept the ethyl theory, and in a joint memoir (written by Liebig) presented on 23 October 1837 to the Paris Academy (the paper offered) they asserted that ""in inorganic chemistry the radicals are simple"" in organic chemistry they are compounds - that is the sole difference. The laws of combination, the laws of reaction, are the same in the two branches of chemistry"" (Partington, vol. IV, p. 351).""In the paper ""Note on the present state of organic chemistry"" .... (Dumas and Liebig)) claim to have found the key to systematically organizing organic chemistry, basing research not on the elements, as in inorganic chemistry, but on the radicals. The radicals in organic chemistry act analogous to the elements in mineral chemistry, with the same general principles of combination and reaction.""(Partington ""Breakthroughs"" 1837 C).‎

‎Mémoire sur la loi des substitutions et la Theorie des types" Séance du Lundi 5 Février 1840.‎

‎Paris, Bachelier, 1840. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome X , No 5 (entire issue offered). Pp. (143-) 207. Dumas' paper: pp. 149-178. With half-title to Tome X.‎

‎First appearance of this paper, which was published the same year in 'Annales de Chimie et de Physique', is the most importent on the theory of structural types and the nomenclature of organic compounds, refuting the electrochemical theory of Berzelius. ""The development of this idea (type organique) into what is sometimes called the ""Older Type Theory"", as distinguished from Gerhardt's Type heory, is contained in Dumas' importent memoir on the substitution and the theory of types, presented on 3 February 1840.""(Partington IV, p. 365). ""Jean Baptiste Dumas advances a theory that the chemical properties of an organic compound are determined by its structure and not, as seems to be the case with inorganic compounds, by its electrical properties. he illustrates the concept with the example that the basic qualitative properties of acetic acid are retained even after replacing three fourths of the hydrogen by chlorine. As a consequence, he calls for a revision of chemical nomenclature for organic compounds, basing terms on common features, not on elemental composition.""(Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"" 1840 C).‎

‎Autograph letter signed ""Charles Nodier"" written out to his friend Alexandre Dumas ""Mon cher ami,...""‎

‎Undated, around 1836. 1 leaf 8vo. on light-blue paper. 16 lines and signed ""Tout á vous et de coeur/ Charles Nodier"" The letter seems to deal with Alexander Dumas' novel ""Voyages de Gabriel Payot"". On verso of the letter is transscribed in Nodier's hand ""Monsieur Alexandre Dumas,/ cour d'Orleans No 3./ Paris"". Marks after folding. Faint scattered brownspots.‎

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‎Recherches de Chimie organique. Lu à l'Academie des Sciences le 13 janvier 1834.‎

‎Paris, Crochard, 1834. No wrappers, as extracted from: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 56, pp.1-150. With titlepage to vol. 56. Titlepage with some browning to corners and some brownspots. Text with scattered brownnspots.‎

‎First printing of this milestone paper in organic chemistry which marks a very importent step toward a complete structural theory of organic chemistry, THE SUBSTITUTION THEORY.""In 1834 Dumas presented a long paper, ""Recherches de Chimie organique"", to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. In this he described chloroform and chloral and explained the mechanism by which chlorine acted upon ethyl alcohol. The paper was published soon afterwards (as offered here) and several years later was reprinted with the addition in the theoretical part of Dumas's theory of metalepsy.""(Leicester & Klickstein ""A Source Book in Chemistry"", p. 320 ff.). - Parkinson ""Breakthrough"" 1834 C. - Partington IV, pp. 360 ff.‎

‎Recherches sur la véritable poids atomiques du carbone. (Lu à l'Academie des Sciences, le 21 décembre 1840).‎

‎Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1841. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, raised bands, gilt spine. Light wear along edges. Small stamps on verso of titlepage. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", 3e Series - Tome 1. 512 pp. a. 3 folded engraved plates (showing experimental apparatus).Small stamp to verso of plates. (The entire volume offered). Dumas & Stas' paper: pp. 1-59. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance in full of this paper, stating the correct weight of the carbon atom, which had profound influence on the development of organic chemistry. The first announcement (in extrait) came out in Comptes rendus, Tome Xi, 1840.""From 1840 onward he carried out an important revision of the atomic weights of thirty elements. His most valuable contribution in this field was his very precise determination of the atomic weight of carbon (jointly with his pupil Stas) in 1840.2 A previously accepted weight, determined by Berzelius as C = 12.20 (O = 16), was shown to be incorrect. Dumas proved that C = 12±.002 (O = 16) or C = 75 (O = 100). The analysis was made by burning diamond and artificial and natural graphite in oxygen"" the carbon dioxide formed was weighed in potash solution. The results were in close agreement. The ""new"" weight of carbon had a great effect on the progress of organic chemistry.""(DSB).The volume contains further notable papers by Gerhardt et Cahours ""Recherches chimiques sur les huiles essentitielles"", pp. 60-110, by Laurent, Boussingault, Regnault, Dulong, Melloni et al.‎

‎Alexandre Dumas au Caucase. Collection Mémoires pittoresques et libertins. Paris. Les Amis de l'Histoire. 1969.‎

‎1 volume en reliure éditeur. 354 p. Illustrations. Très bel état. ‎

‎L.A.S, [sans lieu ni date]‎

‎ 3 pages in-12, 130 x 85. ‎

‎Lettre d’Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895), à un certain Vialon, peut-être l’homme de lettre Prosper Vialon (1811-1873). Il est très déçu par le cheval qu’il vient d’acquérir qu’il décrit sur le ton de la dérision comme un vieux baudet qui se traîne : « J’ai envoyé ce matin votre cheval. Il y a évidemment eu un malentendu, car pour aucun prix je ne garderais un cheval de quatre ans surtout qui a la tête plus basse que la croupe, qui était en nage au bout d’une heure après avoir fait le tour du lac, qui a besoin du fouet à chaque instant et qui en donnant toute sa vitesse a mis six minutes et demie pour descendre les Champs Élysées à 8 heures du matin, c’est à dire quand rien n’embarrasse la route. » ‎

‎Mémoire sur les Équivalents des Corps simples. Lu à l'Academie des Sciences le 9 novembre 1857 et le 27 decembre 1858.‎

‎Paris, Victor Masson, 1859. No wrappers as extracted from ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"", Tome 55, Troisieme Série. Titlepage to tome 55, pp. 129-210 a. 1 folded engraved plate. Clean and fine.‎

‎First printing of Dumas's importent lecture on the chemical equivalents of the elements in which he attempts to prove that all elements is multiples of the hydrogen atom, Prout's thesis.""He also published two papers (the present) in which he tried to develop the view that for the classifications of the elements it was possible to discover 'generating' relations similar to thosee defining the series of organic compounds. The elements could be divided into 'natural families'. The atomic weights of all the members of the same family were linked by a simple arithmetic relationship"" they increased by multiples of sixteen.""(DSB IV, p.247). - Neville p. 397.‎

‎Mémoire sur les Ethers composés.‎

‎(Paris, Crochard, 1828). No wrappers. In: ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Par MM. Gay-Lussac et Arago."", tome 37 (prem. cahier), pp. 5-112. (Entire issue offered). Dumas & Boullay's paper: pp. 15-53. Clean and fine.‎

‎First appearance of a classic paper on the theory of organic chemistry, being one of the main works to introduce the importence of ""radicals"" in chemical reactions.""Perhaps Duma's chief contribution to the theory of organic chemistry. In 1828, in collaboration with Polydore Boullay, he published a research on the esters of ethyl alcohol (the paper offered) wherein he showed that these compounds could be looked upon as salts of ethylene and acids, as reported in the first extract.On the basis of tis work, Berzelius in 1832 called ethylene a radical which he named aetherin and which took an importent place among the growing number of organic radicals.""(Leicester & Klickstein p. 320 ff). - Parkinson ""Breakthroughs"", 1828 C.In the same issue is also Wöhler's paper ""Sur l'Aluminium"", pp.66-80 the French version).‎

‎Recherches sur la véritable poids atomiques du carbone.(Extrait).‎

‎(Paris, Bachelier), 1840. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome XI , No 25. Pp. (991-) 1020. (Entire issue offered). The paper: pp. (991-) 1008. A bit of marginal soiling and some creasing to leaves.‎

‎First appearance of the paper which states the correct weight of the carbon atom. This research had profound influence on the development of organic chemistry. The paper in full was published the year after (1841) in ""Annales de Chimie et de Physique"".""From 1840 onward he carried out an important revision of the atomic weights of thirty elements. His most valuable contribution in this field was his very precise determination of the atomic weight of carbon (jointly with his pupil Stas) in 1840. A previously accepted weight, determined by Berzelius as C = 12.20 (O = 16), was shown to be incorrect. Dumas proved that C = 12±.002 (O = 16) or C = 75 (O = 100). The analysis was made by burning diamond and artificial and natural graphite in oxygen"" the carbon dioxide formed was weighed in potash solution. The results were in close agreement. The ""new"" weight of carbon had a great effect on the progress of organic chemistry.""(DSB).‎

‎Le Collier de la Reine (+) Ange Pitou [Oeuvre Complètes d'Alexandre Dumas].‎

‎(Paris, Walden), [no year]. Large4to. In contemporary full cloth with gil lettering to spine. Soiling to extremities and front hindge a bit loose. A few brown spots to first leaves. Pp. 14-16 with a tear to outer margin, not affecting text. 226, 178 pp.‎

‎Denise. Pièce en quatre actes. Calmann - Lévy. Paris. 1893.‎

‎1 volume in-4° relié demi-percaline grise à coins, dos lisse, titre en noir, 169 p. portrait frontispice sur chine. Envoi autographe signé d'Alexandre Dumas fils en page de faux-titre à l'épouse de Philippe Burty. Exemplaire sur arches. ‎

‎La question du Divorce, Paris, Calmmann Lévy, a la librairie nouvelle, 1880.‎

‎1 volume in-8° relié demi-chagrin noir, dos à nerfs, auteur et titre dorés, fleurons dorés, 2 f. tfaux titre + titre) + 417 p. + 1 f. Infimes petites rousseurs éparses. Très bon état. Mention de Cinquième édition. ‎

‎De Paris à Cadix et à Tunis. Collection Mémoires pittoresques et libertins. Paris. Les Amis de l'Histoire. 1969.‎

‎1 volume en reliure éditeur. 350 p. Illustrations. Très bel état. ‎

‎Mon dictionnaire de cuisine. 10/18. UGE. 1998.‎

‎1 volume in-12° broché, couverture illustrée, 673 p. - Format poche. Très bon état. ‎

‎Louis XIV et son siècle.‎

‎Paris, Chez Maresq et Cie, 1851. Contemp. half calf, rebacked leather on spine cracked. 4to. (6), 412 pp. With numerous woodcuts by Marckl, Wattier, Beaucé, Valentin, &c.‎

‎Krieg der Franzosen in Aegypten und Syrien am Ende des 18ten Jahrhunderts. Mit 2 Charten. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt.‎

‎Hamburg, Perthes, 1800. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Foot of spine with tear and worn. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on title-page. (2),189 pp., 2 large folded engraved maps (Egypt). The maps with tear in foldings, repaired on verso, a bit frayed. Scattered brownspots and traces of use.‎

‎Geschichte der Feldzüge von der Aufhebung des Congresses zu Rastadt an bis zu Ende des Jahres 1799. 1.-2. Theil. 2 Bde.‎

‎Hemburg, Perthes, (1800) 1802. 2 contemp. hcalf. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Stamp on title-pages. (4),454VIII,455-988,(2) pp., 13 large folded engraved maps and plans. faint dampstain at foot of the leaves in volume 2, decreasing towards end. Clean, printed on good paper.‎

‎Précis des Événemens Militaires. Ou Essai historique sur la Guerre presente. Vol. 1-2. ( No. I-VI. a. No. VII-XII).‎

‎Hambourg (Paris, Strasbourg, Hambourg, Londres), Fr. Perthes, (1799-) 1801. 2 contemp. hcalf. Spines gilt. Title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spine on vol.I. A few scratches to spines. Stamp. on title-pages. (2),478IV,528 pp., 13 large folded engraved maps. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.‎