Null DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU. Art du cirier.
[Paris], s.N.E., M.DCC.LXII. [1762].
46.…

Description

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU. Art du cirier. [Paris], s.n.e., M.DCC.LXII. [1762]. 46.5 x 31 cm, [2]-113 p. + VIII pl.h.-t. Hardbound, modern boards. First edition of this work from the collection Description des Arts et Métiers (publications of the Académie royale des sciences de Paris), with eight hors-texte plates engraved by Patte.

238

DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU. Art du cirier. [Paris], s.n.e., M.DCC.LXII. [1762]. 46.5 x 31 cm, [2]-113 p. + VIII pl.h.-t. Hardbound, modern boards. First edition of this work from the collection Description des Arts et Métiers (publications of the Académie royale des sciences de Paris), with eight hors-texte plates engraved by Patte.

Auction is over for this lot. See the results

You may also like

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Literature (XXth) and illustrated editions. Literature (20th century) and illustrated editions. - Georges Duhamel, Chronique des Pasquier, illustrations by Berthold Mahyn, Union latine d'édition (n° 1992), 1951. Ten volumes bound in full brown chagrin. - G. Duhamel, Au temps des Pasquier, Union latine d'éditions, Paris, 1951. Bound in the same style as above. - Jacques Perret, Nouvelles, with 32 watercolors by [...] Gallimard, NRF edition with publisher's hardback, Paris, 1961. - Chateaubriand, Atala, René, Le dernier Abencérage, Editions de la maison française, illustrated with original woodcuts by Louis Jou, 1948. - Saint François d'Assise, Petites fleurs, translated from Italian by André Pératé, illustrations by Maurice Denis woodcut by Jacques Beltrand, Paris, à l'art catholique, 1919. - Colette, Dialogues de bêtes, Editions du Moulin de Pen-Mur, 1945, with lithographs by Maurice Mourlot, copy on Arches.

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

Almanach. Almanach royal pour l'année M.DCC.LXXIX. Paris, Le Breton, 1779. In-8 paperback (unbound, no cover). Slight angular brown spotting.

Estim. 120 - 150 EUR

DUHAMEL du MONCEAU (Henri Louis). Elements of agriculture. Paris, Guérin & Delatour, 1762. 2 vol. in-12 marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). 14 folding plates. First edition of this agricultural treatise by Duhamel du Monceau. It contains interesting chapters on wheat, grain conservation, vegetable growing, and even saffron (t. II pp. 241-276 of t. 2, with its various uses in medicine, dyeing and food)... A fine copy.

Estim. 2 800 - 3 000 EUR

[CIRIER (Nicolas)]. L'Apprentif Administrateur, a picturesque (!), literary-typographical-bureaucratic pamphlet that may (nam tua res agitur paries cùm proximus ardet) be of interest to anyone employed, employable, exemployée. By someone in the latter category. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1840. In-8 (227 x 144 mm) of [1] f. for the Mémoire à l'appui d'une pétition, IV pp. for the Dédiquasse, 72 pp, (2) ff. for I [between pages 18 and 19], (1) f., 17 pp. and 1 folded lithographed portrait for III [between pages 24 and 25], 1 large folded lithographed table. Paperback in printed green paper cover with remnants of red wax stamp and handwritten bill laminated to first board, several small pieces of blank paper laminated to second board to mask engraved drawings in corners. First edition of 100 copies (of which less than ten have survived) of this incredible publication by Nicolas Cirier (1792-1869), proofreader and protector at the Imprimerie Royale from 1826 to 1836, when he resigned following a refusal of promotion. "This pamphlet, "bariolé d'observations" (Cirier dixit), that is to say, lithographic vignettes pasted on, woodcuts and copper engravings, a jumble of recriminations and considerations on the author's craft, interests us above all for the typographic delirium employed, for what Cirier called his horror vacui [...] The most extravagant of Cirier's productions is also the rarest: as soon as it was published, its author announced that he was going to destroy all but "five or six" copies. Little more is known of it. (Antoine Coron). According to Raymond Queneau (who worked to bring Cirier out of oblivion): "No literary madman has ever made such profound use of the resources of printing, nor so conscious an expression of his delirium." (in Bâtons, chiffres et lettres.) Copy enriched with 19 additional cut and pasted lithographs (not including the fold-out portrait and table) and 13 pasted printed texts, one flyleaf printed on pink paper before p. 5 (with the continuation of the text of the page also printed on pink paper pasted at the bottom of page 5). Cover very worn, missing at lower corner of first cover, tears with small missing pieces at upper corner of first cover (with small piece of paper laminated on verso, for reinforcement?), major missing piece on second cover. Rousseurs. (Des livres rares depuis l'invention de l'imprimerie, BnF, 1998, no. 241: notice by Antoine Coron; Blavier, Les Fous littéraires, 2000, pp. 595-604).

Online payments are secured by Ingenico and encrypted transactions.

Each lot has been authenticated and appraised by an Auction House.

Consult our FAQ or contact us

Composed of several subsidiaries, the Drouot Group is a major player in the art market. Hôtel Drouot, located in the heart of Paris, has been the world's largest public auction center since 1852. 15 salerooms are available to more than 70 auction houses. The emulation generated by an annual offer of 230,000 artworks from 21 major specialities - from Antiquity to street art - attracts some 3,000 visitors every day. The Group's digital platform, Drouot.com, offers digital sales - Live auctions (live broadcasting and participation in auctions), Online-only auctions (dematerialised auctions) and Buy Now sales (sales of lots at fixed prices). Nearly 2 million items are offered annually by 600 auction houses. Auction news is reported every week in La Gazette Drouot, the leading weekly magazine for the art market and culture published by Auctionspress.

More about Drouot

Drouot certified auction houses

Contacts

HÔTEL DROUOT

9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris, France

+33 (0)1 48 00 20 00

[email protected]

DROUOT.com

[email protected]