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‎Extrait D'une Lettre de M. Bernoulli, écrite de Basle 10. Janvier 1711, touchant la maniere de trouver les forces centrales dans des milieux resistans en raisons composée de leurs densites & des puissances quelques des vitesses du mobile. (+) Addition...‎

‎(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1714). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1711"". Pp. 47-53 a. pp. 53-56 (Nicolas).‎

‎First appearance of an importent paper in mathematical physics. Bernoulli had shown that the principle of virtual velocities could be shown in analytical form. The principle can be derived from the energy principle and he applied this principle several times to mechanical systems of central forces. For these forces he applied the vis viva equation to the inverse two-body problem. For the corresponding problem of centrally accelerated motion in resisting medium he solved the differential equations and determined the central force in accordance with the Huygens formula(in the paper offered). - The Addenda by his his nephew, Nicolas Bernoulli, best known for the fundamental work ""Ars Conjectandi"" from 1713.‎

‎XX Siècle. Nouvelle Série. N°39. Décembre 1972. Panorama 72**. Cahiers d'Art publiés sous la direction de G. Di San Lazzaro. Un homme libre : Nicolas de Stael.‎

‎ Société Internationale d'Art XX Siècle, Paris, 1972. Un volume relié (24,5x31 cm) de 156 pp. et 8 pp. de catalogue in fine. Reliure cartonnage d'éditeur illustrée par Nicolas de Stael. Ouvrage en très bon état.Une lithographie originale de Sonia Delaunay. Une lithographie originale de Maurice Estève. ‎

‎Comprising World Map, Europe and The Middle East, Classical Greece, Classical Rome, Biblical and Patriarchal History.‎

‎Paris, Melchior Tavernier, Pierre Mariette et al., 1636-78. Folio. (45 x 32,5 cm.). Bound in a 19th Century hcalf with title on spine in gilt lettering: ""N. Sanson - Atlas - 1641"". Maps varying sizes Ca. (38-43 cm.) x (50-53 cm.). With 67 fine engraved maps, 40 by N. Sanson and G. Sanson, 8 by De la Rue, 7 by Duval, 10 by Tavernier (done by Sanson), 2 by Philippus Briet (Chez Pierre Mariette, Henri le Roy fecit, and Michel van Lochom). The first 22 fully coloured !!, the last 45 outline coloured. Map 42-45 by Tavernier with 2 small inkspots on verso which are seen in the middle of the maps in one case creating a small whole in the image. The last map with 2 small repairs in upper margin, not affecting image. Otherwise the maps are clean and fine, all in contemporary handcolouring.‎

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‎This is a fine composite atlas by the engravers of the French 17th century school. Most of the 67 maps are by Nicolas Sanson and his son Guillaume Sanson (40 + 10, as the Tavernier-maps are done by Sanson).Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) is generally thought of as the father of the 17th century school of map-making, maps which are known for their charm and elegance in the fine lettering and delicate engraving. Sanson published an atlas of France, world atlasses and another atlas with the title ""Cartes Générales de toutes les Parties du Monde (1658), containing 82 maps. After his death, the firm was run by his sons Guillaume and Adrian. After 1670 the firm's map-making material was taken over by Herbert Jaillot. Pierre Duval (1618-1683), here represented with 7 maps, was geographer to the King of France and pupil of Sanson.Content: 1. World Map (2 hemispheres, ""Orbis Vetus"", (showing California as an island) Sanson 1657). - 2. Europa Vetus (N. & G. Sanson 1668). - 3. Asia Vetus (N. & G. Sanson 1667). - 4. Africa Vetus (N. & G. Sanson 1667) - 5. Atlantis Insula (North- and South America. Showing California as an island. N. & G. Sanson, 1669). - 6. Hispania Antiquae Tabulae. (N. Sanson, 1641) - 7. Galliae Antiqiquae. (N. Sanson 1642. - 8. Les Suisses...Souabe etc. (N. Sanson 1667). - 9. Germania Antiqua. (N. Sanson 1641). - 10. Belgica in provincias quattor. N. Sanson 1659). - 11. Italia Antiqua cum ...Sicilia Sardinia & Corsica. (N. Sanson 1641). - 12. Illyricum Orientis...Moesia et Thracia...(Sanson no date ca. 1640). - 13. Illyricum Occidens... (N. Sanson no date, ca 1640), . 14. Graeciae Antiquae.... (N. Sanson 1636). - 15.Creta Insula... (G. Sanson 1676). - 16. Britannicae Insulae.... N. Sanson 1641). - 17. L Royaume D'Angleterre... (N. Sanson 1665). - 18. L'Escosse Royaume... (N. Sanson 1665). - 19. Iralnde Royaume... (Sanson 1665). - 20. Baltiae, quae est Scandia, Finninga, Cimbrica... (N. Sanson, 1654). - 21. Germano-Sarmatia... (N. Sanson 1655). - 22. Sarmatia Utraque Europaea et Asiatica (Russie etc.).... (N. Sanson 1654). - 23. Cimmeria quae Posteaa Scythia Europaea seu Parua Scythia... (G. Sanson 1665). - 24. Bisphorus Cimmerius et Regnum Bosphoranum... (G. Sanson 1665). - 25. Anaplus Bosphori Thracii... (G. Sanson 1666). - 26. Asia Minor (Turkey)... (Ph. de la Rue 1652). - 27. Armenia vetus... (Th. de la Rue 1653). - 28. Lyaconia in Minores Regiones... (G. Sanson 1676). - 29. Colchis, Iberia, Albania.... (G. Sanson 1667). - 30. Pamphilia et Pisidia... (G. Sanson 1670). 31. Assyria Vetus... Syriam, Mesopotamiam, Babyloniam et Assyriam... (Ph. de la Rue 1651). - 32. Syriae Veteris...Hierusalem.... Exodus Israelis.. Palaestinae delineatio... 4 separate maps on one. (Philippus Briet, chez Pierre Mariette 1641). - 33. Geographia Patriarchalis.. (Europa with North Africa and Asia Minor..). (G. Sanson 1668). - 34. Patriarchatus Romanus... (M. Tavernier no date ca. 1640). - 35. Patriarchatus Constantinopolitani... (M. Tavernier no date ca. 1640). - 36. Patriarchatus Antiocheni... (M. Tavernier 1640). - 37. Patriarchatus Hierosolymitani... (M. Tavernier 1640). - 38. Pinax geographicus Patriarchatus Hierosolymitani... (Ph. de la Rue 1651). - 39. Patriarchatus Alexandrini (Egypt etc.)... (M. Tavernier 1640). - 40. Antiquorum Africae Episcopa... (M. Tavernier 1640). - 41. Antiquorum Hispaniae (Spain). (M. Tavernier 1640). - 42. Antiquorum Galliae Episcopatuum (France England inserted in smaller size)... (M. Tavernier 1640). - 43. Antiquorum Italiae et Illyrici...(Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica inserted)... (M. Tavernier 1640). - 44. Antiquorum Illyrici Orientalis.... (M. Tavernier 1640). - 45. Geographia Synodica...Italiam, Galliam, Angliam... (G. Sanson 1667). - 46. Geographia Synodica....(Europe with North Africa and Turkey). (G. Sanson 1667). - 47. Geographiae Sacrae (Mediterranean, Egypt and Turkey...) (N. Sanson 1662). - 48. Geographiae Sacrae...ex veteri...terra Promissa, sive Iudaea... (N. Sanson 1662). - 49. Terra Chanaan... (Ph. de la Rue no date, ca. 1650). - 50. Terra Promissa... (Ph. de la Rue no date ca. 1650). - 51. Regnum Salomonicum... (Ph. de la Rue no date, ca. 1650). - 52. Regnum Iudeorum... (Ph. de la Rue 1651). - 53. Iesu Christi... Itinera, peregrina per Galliaeam, Samariam, Asiam, Europam... (N. Sanson 1665). - 54. Troianum Regnum... (G. Sanson 1665). - 55. Carte du Voyage D'Enée... (Du Val no date, ca 1653). - 56. Graecia Foederata.... (G. Sanson 1666). - 57. Tabula Itineris Decies Mille Graecorum sub Cyro (Middle East...) (P. du Val 1653). - 58. Alcibiadis Expeditionum... (P. du Val no date, ca. 1653). - 59. Expeditionis Alexandri Magni per Europeam, Asiam et Africam... (P. du Val 1654). - 60. Pyrrhi regis Epirotarum Expeditiones... (P. du Val 1657). - 61. - Expeditiones Hannibalis..Hispaniam, Galliam, Italiam, Africam... (Petro Du Val 1666). - 62. Ponti Pars.. Amazones...Mithridatis Regnum... (G. Sanson 1676). - 63. Romani Imperii Oriens... (Middle East Africa,Arabia...)... N. Sanson 1637). - 64. Romani Imperii qua Occidens... (N. Sanson 1637). - 65. rei Romanae...Caesaris...de Bello Civili... (P. Du Val 1666). - 66. Gallia vetus... (N. Sanson 1649). - 67. Roma Gentium Domina. (Phil. Briet no date, ca. 1658 - for this map see Shirley: T.San - 2b, map no. 54)‎

‎Le Riche Mecontent, ou le Noble Imaginaire. Comedie. Representee sur le Theatre Royal de l'Hotel de Bourgogne (+) Les Engagement du Hazard, Comedie (+) Les Yvrongnes, comédie satiribulesque. - [THREE RARE FRENCH PLAYS]‎

‎Paris, Baptiste Loyson, 1662 (+) Paris, Coube, 1657 (+) Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1687. 8vo. In contemporary ful calf with four raised bands and gilt ornamentation to spine. Super ex-libris to boards. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, parts of gilting on spine worn off. Internally lightly browned and closely trimmed, occassionally touching letters. (10), 82, (12), 94, (4), 52 pp.‎

‎Three early French plays, all first editions, from what is widely regarded as being the golden age of French playwriting. All are of the utmost scarcity and we have only been able to trace one auction-record, namely that of “Le Riche Mecontent” (Sold at “Early English Literature and Americana duplicates and selections from the Library of Henry E. Huntington”, 1920 - described as ""Very scarce""). These plays are all examples of French comedy from the 17th century, a period marked by the flourishing of theater in France, particularly in Paris. This era witnessed the development of a distinct French theatrical tradition with an emphasis on comedic works. These plays incorporate satire, using humor, irony, or ridicule to criticize and mock societal norms, behaviors or specific social groups “Le Riche Mecontent” was written for Hôtel de Bourgogne, a theatre, built in 1548 for the first authorized theatre troupe in Paris, the Confrérie de la Passion. It was considered the most important French theatre until the 1630s, it continued to be used until 1783. Nicolas de Péchantré (1638 – 1708), author of 'Les Engagement' and 'Les Yvrongnes' obtained three times the laurel at the Academy of Floral Games, and acquired great popularity by his tragedy of Greta. Georges Vicaire, French bibliophile and bibliographer, attributed “Les Yvrongnes” to Péchantré. Brunet 1, 1800 (Le Riche Mecontent). Not in Graesse, Barbier or Tchemerzine.‎

‎Les Contes d'un Buveur de Bière. Dessins originaux. ‎

‎ Éditions Guy Le Prat ( Paris ) / Les Auteurs Associés ( Bruxelles ) 1944. 20 x 14 cm, 214 pp. Broché couverture rempliée, en feuilles non coupé. Sous étui et emboîtage, l'étui est cassé sinon très bel exemplaire. Contes illustrés de 8 magnifiques hors texte en couleurs par Nicolas Eekman, dont le frontispice. Un des 10 exemplaires numérotés hors-commerce sur Nippon Mosmé, réservés aux collaborateurs, avec une suite de décomposition des couleurs soit 80 planches, avec trois dessins originaux et deux "clichés". ‎

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‎Memoires des deux dernieres campagnes de Monsieur de Turenne en Allemagne.‎

‎Strasbourg, Jean Renauld Doulssecker, 1734. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A very nice and clean copy. 250 pp.‎

‎Uncommon first edition of this account of the campaigns of The Battle of Mulhouse in 1674 and The Battle of Turckheim 1675 in Alsace and Germany, written immediately after the events. Nicolas Deschamps, future tutor to the Duke of Bourbon, served under Marshal de Turenne.‎

‎Oeuvres avec des eclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-meme. Nouvelle edition revue, corrigee & augmentee de diverses remarques. 2 vols.‎

‎Amsterdam, D. Mortier, 1718. 4to. 2 parts bound in 1 full calf binding with five raised bands and coloured frames to boards. Wear and soiling to extremities. A few worm holes to spine. Title-page to vol. 2 with a few lines in red pencil in margin. Last few leaves brownpostted. Internally generally fine and clean. (2), XXIV, (2), 454" (4), VII, (1), 424, (24) pp. + frontispiece, large folded portrait (Wilhelmina Charlotte Princess of Wales by F. Gunst after Kneller), and 6 plates. ‎

‎The uncommon 4to-edition of Boileau-Despreaux’s Oeuvres. Nicolas Boileau (1636-1711), often simply known as Boileau, achieved acclaim as a distinguished French poet and critic in the 17th century. Initially educated at the College of Beauvais with intentions of pursuing a clerical path, he eventually shifted his focus from theology to law to fulfill his father's wishes. Boileau's literary journey commenced with the publication of his first satirical poem, ""Adieux d'un poète à la ville de Paris,"" at the age of 25. Subsequently, he released six more satires, including notable works like ""Les embarras de Paris,"" ""La satire à Molière,"" and ""Le repas ridicule."" In these satires, Boileau not only parodied and critiqued figures such as Cotin, Chapelain, and Le Voyer but also played a pivotal role in refining the practical aspects of the French language. Notably, these satires marked the introduction of systematic literary criticism in France, focusing on art's merits rather than being driven by envy or anger. Tchemerzine II, 293Brunet 1, 1058‎

‎Notions élémentaires du nouveau droit civil ou exposé méthodique des dispositions du Code civil pour en faciliter l'intelligence. ‎

‎ A Paris, chez Rodonneau, au Dépôt des Lois, An XII, 1803, An XIII, 1805. 20 x 13 cm, 280-196-304- et xvj-304 pp. Quatre tomes en un volume relié plein veau d'époque, dos lisse, pièce de titre rouge. Reliure usée, épidermures, coins émoussés, une mouillure claire sans gravité sur les premières pages. Sinon bon exemplaire. Ex-libris contrecollé sur le contre plat, de Pierre Culot. Rare. ‎

‎Eustache-Nicolas Pigeau, né le 16 juillet 1750 à Mont-l'Évêque (Oise) et mort le 22 décembre 1818 à Paris, est un jurisconsulte français.Fils d'un artisan, il travaille comme clerc chez un procureur avant de devenir en 1774, avocat au Parlement de Paris. Il devient secrétaire de Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles. Il ouvre après la Révolution des cours de droit. Il est nommé par Napoléon Bonaparte membre de la commission chargée de rédiger le Code de procédure civile. En 1805 il est nommé professeur de procédure à l'École de Droit de Paris, poste qu'il conserve jusqu'à sa mort. ‎

‎Histoire florentine de Nicolas Machiavel citoien et Secretaire de Florence. Nouvellement traduicte d'Italien en Francois, Par le Seigneur de Brinon Gentil-homme ordinaire de la chambre du Roy. - [FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF MACHIAVELLI'S 'FLORENTINE HISTORIES']‎

‎Paris, Guillaume de la Noue, 1577. 8vo. In recent full limp vellum with yapp edges. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut headpieces and initials. Small closed tear to upper inner margin of title-page. First 33 ff. with small worm tract in inner margin, with minor loss of text. Light dampstaining to first and last leaves. A good copy. (36), 294, (6) pp. ‎

‎The exceedingly rare first French, and presumably very first overall, translation, of Machiavelli's Florentine Histories" his famous account of the political events and power struggles in Florence during the Renaissance. Essentially being a panegyric to the house of Medici, Machiavelli's work offers valuable insights into the rise and fall of political factions, the challenges faced by republican governments, and the dynamics of power in a city-state. Although often overshadowed by his more famous 'The Prince', the present work is important in understanding Machiavelli's broader political philosophy and is an indispensable document in understanding renaissance politics in general. The Histories constitute an essential work for understanding the political development of the late Machiavelli, and is “also an important item in modern historiography because for the first time the issue of conflict, and more precisely of urban conflict, finds itself at the heart of historical narrative (…).Infact, the Histories constitute the first attempt in modern historiography to analyze the totality of individual and collective agents and factors that allow a community to sustain itself or to founder. This analytical quality was certainly at the basis of the interest in the work outside Florence and the fact of its being translated. As Yves de Brinon explains in dedicating his ‘Histoire Florentine [the present work] to Cathrine de Medici, the case of Florence is a model for the dangers that threaten the integrity of every state and the Kingdom of France in Particular.” (Landi, A re-reading of Machiavelli). Machiavelli visited France, representing the Republic of Florence, where he - and later his writings - exercised great influence. The Huguenot, Innocent Gentillet, whose work commonly referred to as 'Discourse against Machiavelli' or 'Anti Machiavel', accused Machiavelli of being an atheist and accused politicians of his time by saying that his works were the ""Koran of the courtiers"", that ""he is of no reputation in the court of France which hath not Machiavel's writings at the fingers ends"" (Birely, The Counter Reformation, 1990). “Although Machiavelli became the embodiment of a real ""devil theory of history,"" there was nothing supernatural or even suspicious about his journey across the Alps. As the French translator remarked to his customers in 1544, ""This Florentine merchant has voluntarily left his own country to be received into yours.... Do not be so ungracious as to refuse him citizenship. From all appearances he was welcomed with open arms, or at least open minds. Within a few years, one of his admirers declared that he was a prophet honored more in France than in his own country."" (Kelley, Murd'rous Machiavel in France: A Post Mortem). Following the crisis of 1513, which involved arrests for conspiracy and torture, Machiavelli's relationship with the Medici family gradually improved. Despite the dedication of his book ""Il Principe"" to Lorenzo II de' Medici having little effect, Machiavelli found favor with a faction in Florence that was not opposed to him and was granted an appointment. In a letter Machiavelli expressed his dissatisfaction with his idle state and offered his valuable political experience to the new ruler. To further solidify his position, Machiavelli, adopting a somewhat courtier-like attitude, arranged for the staging of his play ""Mandragola"" at the wedding of Lorenzino de' Medici in 1518. In 1520, he received an invitation to Lucca for a semi-private mission, indicating that his ostracism was coming to an end. Later that year, Giulio Cardinal de Medici commissioned him to write a history of Florence. Although this was not exactly the role he desired, Machiavelli accepted it as the only way to regain the favor of the Medicis. The purpose of the work, although unofficial, was to restore the city's official historical standing. The salary for this appointment was not substantial, starting at 57 florins per year and later increased to 100. In May 1526, Machiavelli formally presented the finished work to Giulio de' Medici, who had become Pope Clement VII. The Pope appreciated the work and rewarded Machiavelli, though only moderately, and sought his support in creating a national army based on his theoretical work ""The Art of War,"" in preparation for the War of the League of Cognac. However, Machiavelli's hopes were shattered following the Sack of Rome in 1527 and the fall of the Medici government in Florence. Soon after, Machiavelli passed away. This exceedingly scarce first French edition was issued with two variant title-pages, the present referred to as variant-b. (see Gerber, Niccolo Machiavelli). Bibliopgraphia Machiavelliana, p. 60, no. 160. Gerber, dritter teil, p. 37, D-b. Brunet 1279.‎

‎Soirées bruxelloises. Histoire littéraire de l'année : études critiques et biographiques sur Weustenraad, Walef, Lainez, M. Clesse. ‎

‎ Bruxelles, Libr. Polytechnique d'Aug. Decq, 1854. 16,5 x 11,5 cm, 228 pp. Relié bradel plein papier, étiquette de titre manuscrite. Reliure usée, coins émoussés, petits manques de papier. Provenance : bibliothèque de l'architecte A. Fritz, ex-libris et numéro d'inventaire. ‎

‎Cet ouvrage est l'oeuvre de quatre jeunes écrivains liégeois, Eugène GOFFART, Hyacinthe KUBORN, Nicolas PEETERMANS et A. GILMAN. Pourquoi est-il intitulé Soirées bruxelloises? On ne nous l'apprend pas. Mais en voici le but et le dessein. Les quatre amis se réunissant souvent le soir et causant entr'eux de l'une ou l'autre nouveauté littéraire du pays, regrettoient, disentils, que sa destinée fût de mourir le lendemain. «Ils auroient voulu voir consigner comme dans un registre domestique les succès et les mécomptes de la phalange toujours croissante de nos écrivains, inscrire dans un livre durable les espérances qu'on fondoit sur eux, les conseils ou les cris d'alarme que la critique, sentinelle avancée, leur jetoit de temps à autre au profit de l'art... Alors leur vint l'idée d'analyser le drame, le poème, le roman, que l'année avoit vus éclore, de faire entre eux l'inventaire de toutes ces productions, et d'en dresser comme un bilan à leur usage. » Cependant ils ne vouloient pas se borner au présent; le passé devoit entrer dans cet examen, et il leur sembloit qu'il falloit comparer les productions nouvelles avec celles des temps antérieurs. En conséquence, deux de ces messieurs se chargèrent de faire en quelque sorte revivre le baron de Walef et Lainez, poètes belges du 17° siècle; et les deux autres résolurent de s'occuper des poésies de feu M. Weustenraad et de M. Clesse. ‎

‎Les Oeuvres poétiques françoises de Nicolas Ellain, parisien (1561-1570) publiées par Ach. Genty. ‎

‎ Paris, Librairie Poulet-Malassis, 1861. Un volume broché (12,5 x 16 cm) de 89 pages. Exemplaire quasi non coupé. Quelques rousseurs sur les papiers de doublures des couvertures. Sinon bon exemplaire. Édition à 355 ex. num., celui-ci est un des 145 sur vergé. ‎

‎Lettres de Nicolas Poussin. Précédées de la Vie du Poussin Par Félibien.‎

‎Paris, Wittmann, 1945. Small 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. 176,(2) pp. Limited to 825 copies. This No XXV of 150 ""reserve aux amis de Lettres"".‎

‎Histoire générale des Voyages ou nouvelle Collection de toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à Présent dans les differentes Langues de toutes les Nations connues: contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarq...‎

‎Paris, Chez Didot, 1746-61 (Vols. 1-16) a. Amsterdam, Arkstée et Merkus, 1761 (Vol. 17) a. Paris, Rozet, 1768 (Vol. 18) a. Paris, Panckoucke, 1770 (Vol. 19). 4to. Bound in 19 uniform contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines a bit rubbed with light wear to the gilding. All spine-ends neathly repaired with matching leather. Stamps on half-titles. Engraved portrait of Prevost as frontispiece to volume 1. (The portrait with faint brownspots). In all more than 10.000 pp. and with 561 maps, plans and plates, of these ca. 250 engraved maps, many large and folding. A few plates inserted in a wrong volume, but all plates seems to be present in accordence with the listings of the plates. One leaf torn in volume 18, but all text preserved. Very few scattered brownspots. A few quires in one volume with light browning. No repairs to maps. All volumes printed on good paper. A clean and attractive set. The last volume (XX) was issued much later (1789) and is not present here.‎

‎First edition of Prevost's important and impressive collection of explorations and travels, including most of the early American voyages and travels. The first 15 volumes were prepared by Prévost and the following volumes by other authors. The fine maps were done by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.Sabin, 65402.‎

‎Entretiens sur la Metaphysique & sur la Religion.‎

‎Rotterdam, Reinier Leers, 1688. Small 8vo. Fine contemp. full mottled calf, richly gilt back. Titlelabel in leather. (6),604 pp. A very small inkspot in upper margin of the last 20 leaves. On good paper, clean and fine.‎

‎First edition. Malebranche is one of the major philosophers of Cartesianism and his philosophy sought to synthesize Cartesianism with the thought of St. Augustin and with Neoplatonism. His ""Entretiens..."" (Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion) as a series of 14 dialogues, is perhaps the best introduction to his philosophy in general.""The French Cartesian Nicolas Malebranche was hailed by his contemporary, Pierre Bayle, as ""the premier philosopher of our age."" Over the course of his philosophical career, Malebranche published major works on metaphysics, theology, and ethics, as well as studies on optics, the laws of motion and the nature of color. He is known principally for offering a highly original synthesis of the views of his intellectual heroes, St. Augustine and René Descartes. Two distinctive reults of this synthesis are Malebranche's doctrine that we see bodies through ideas in God and his occasionalist conclusion that God is the only real cause."" (Stanford Encycl. of Philosophy).‎

‎Le mobilier français du musée Jacquemart-André. ‎

‎ Editions Faton, Mécénat Didier Aaron & Cie, 2006. 30 x 23,5 cm, 262 pp. Relié pleine peau d'éditeur, tête dorée sous étui. Bel exemplaire. Un des 170 ex. num. relié pleine peau. ‎

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‎L'héritage des chasseurs-cueilleurs dans le Nord-Ouest de l'Europe, 10000 - 3000 avant notre ère. ‎

‎ Paris, Errance, 2001. 24 x 16 cm, 207 pages, cartes et figures en noir. Broché, bel exemplaire. Quelques annotations. Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur. ‎

‎Le Néolithique en Europe. ‎

‎ Paris, Armand Colin, 2007. 24 x 16 cm, 380 pp. Broché, quelques annotations sinon bon exemplaire. Quelques annotations.Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur. ‎

‎Histoire de Dom Antoine, roy de Portugal tiree des memoires de Dom Gomes Vasconcellos de Figueredo (+) Les véritables devoirs de l'Homme d'épée, particulièrement d'un Gentilhomme (+) Conseils D'Un Homme De Qualite A Sa Fille.‎

‎Amsterdam, Lorme & Roger, 1696 (+) Amsterdam, Braakman, 1697 (+) A La Haye, Van Dole, 1698. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, other wise nice and clean. (Frontispiece), 5-178, (Blank), (Frontispiece), (14), 244, (4), (Frontispiece), (6), 152 pp.‎

‎Interesting sammelband containing three works all sharing a focus on the values, virtues, and social roles of nobility and the upper classes in European society.‎

‎Histoire de la vie de Charles de Créquy de Blanchefort, duc de Lesdiguières (...). 2 part.‎

‎Grenoble, Provensal, 1683. 8vo. Two parts in one contemporary full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine (mostly worn off). Light wear to extremities. Head of spine with small loss of leather, showing headbands. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-paper: ""Charles Rudolf / 1685"". Internally nice and clean. (24), 274, 288 pp.‎

‎The rare first edition of Chorier's biography of Charles de Créquy (1578–1638), a famous French soldier and diplomat, who had a rather adventurous and gripping life: ""Charles I. de Blanchefort, marquis de Créquy, prince de Poix, duc de Lesdiguières (1578–1638), marshal of France, son of the last-named, saw his first fighting before Laon in 1594, and was wounded at the capture of Saint Jean d’Angély in 1621. In the next year he became a marshal of France. He served through the Piedmontese campaign in aid of Savoy in 1624 as second in command to the constable, François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, whose daughter Madeleine he had married in 1595. He inherited in 1626 the estates and title of his father-in-law, who had induced him, after the death of his first wife, to marry her half-sister Françoise. He was also lieutenant-general of Dauphiné. In 1633 he was ambassador to Rome, and in 1636 to Venice. He fought in the Italian campaigns of 1630, 1635, 1636 and 1637, when he helped to defeat the Spaniards at Monte Baldo. He was killed on the 17th of March 1638 in an attempt to raise the siege of Crema, a fortress in the Milanese. He had a quarrel extending over years with Philip, the bastard of Savoy, which ended in a duel fatal to Philip in 1599"" and in 1620 he defended Saint-Aignan, who was his prisoner of war, against a prosecution threatened by Louis XIII. Some of his letters are preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and his life was written by N. Chorier [the present work]"". (Encyclopedia Britannica). Barbier II, 712.‎

‎Voyage pittoresque des environs de Paris. Quatrieme Edition. - [A GUIDE TO PARIS]‎

‎Paris, Debure aîné, 1779. 8vo. In contemporary full mottled calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, primarily affecting upper part of spine. A nice and clean copy. XXXII, 469, (3) pp. + frontispiece.‎

‎Fourth edition of are book this is a guide to the main artistic and architectural monuments around Paris before the French Revolution. In this present edition, d'Argenville also notices the success of gardening in France.‎

‎Voyage ou relation de l'état présent du royaume de Perse. - [LATE 17TH CENTURY TRAVEL ACCOUNT TO BAGHDAD]‎

‎Paris, Cramoisy, 1695. 8vo. In contemporary vellum with yapp edges and title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label to upper part on spine indicating the inventory number in an estate library. Small worm-tract in lower margin of pp. 93-264, slightly touching text on a few leaves. Worm-tract on front free end-paper and frontispiece, otherwise internally fine and clean. (10), 264, (24) pp. + frontispiece, 1 folded map and 5 plates. ‎

‎Second edition of French missionary Sanson travel-account of his nearly 10-year stay at the Safavid court in Baghdad in 1683 to assist Bishop Piquet. After Piquet's death in 1685, Sanson remained to negotiate at the court until 1692, when the Shah issued a proclamation authorizing Catholic missions in New Julfa and Hamadan. Sanson returned to France to present the shah's proclamation to Louis XIV at Versailles in 1693. This book is the account of his nearly ten-year stay in Persia during the final years of Safavid rule. The first edition was published 1694 but without the map and frontispiece.‎

‎Loci argumentorum legales, autore D. Nicolao Eueraldo, a middelburgo iv reconsulto magnique Senatus Belgici apud Mechlimiam praeside. Ab eodem ita recogniti & locupletati, ut opus novum videri pofsit. Cum repertorio Caeteris ampliore, alphabetico ordine edite. ‎

‎ Venetiis, Apud Ioan. Baptist Somascum, M. D. LXIIII [1564]. 16 x 10,5 cm, 9 ff. non ch., 324 pp., 17 ff. non ch. Relié pleine peau de truie plats en ais de bois, plats à décor estampé, dos à nerfs, titre manuscrit. Reliure légèrement usée et très poussiéreuses sinon bel exemplaire dans une reliure d'époque. De nombreuses annotations manuscrites d'époque. L'original est paru en 1552. Il s'agit d'un Traité d'argumentations juridiques par Everaerts (1462-1532) juriste, humaniste, écrivain néo-latin néerlandais natif de Grijpskerke ou Middebourg sur l'île de Walcheren. Président du conseil de Hollande et du grand conseil à Malines, il fut ami d'Erasme. ‎

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‎Tableau de l'amour conjugal. Nouvelle édition, ornée de 16 gravures h.-t. ‎

‎ Bruxelles, en vente chez tous les libraires, 1870. 15 x 10 cm, 4 tomes reliés en 1 vol., demi-chagrin cerise (coupes frottées). Qqs rouss. claires.sinon bon exemplaire. "Best-seller" du médecin sexologue français, ici dans une édition peu courante, inconnue à Pia, Dutel, Gay. Complet des 16 figures hors-texte. ‎

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‎Les Jésuites chassés de la maçonnerie, et leur poignard brisé par les maçons. ‎

‎ Les Rouyat, 1979. Reprint de l'édition de 1788. 17 x 12 cm, 136 pp. Broché, bon état. ‎

‎Conversations avec Anatole France ou Mélancolies de l'intelligence. ‎

‎ Paris, Eugène Fasquelle, Bibliothèque Charpentier, 1925. Un volume relié (19 x 12,5 cm) de 204 pages. Reliure demi-chagrin brun, dos à faux-nerfs orné, fleurons et roses rouges mosaïquées, tête dorée, couverture conservée. Bon état. ‎