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MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORS. David Adjaye: Houses. Recycling, Reconfiguring, Rebuilding. 2005 Illustrated monographic catalog 25 x 21 cm Thames & Hudson Edition Pages 256 Defects

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MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORS. David Adjaye: Houses. Recycling, Reconfiguring, Rebuilding. 2005 Illustrated monographic catalog 25 x 21 cm Thames & Hudson Edition Pages 256 Defects

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Collection of 4 books on alternative therapies: 1 (Moxa). MOREL (Jean-Baptiste): Mémoire et observations sur l'application du feu au traitement des maladies; guérison d'une maladie du foie opérée par le moxa; suivis de vues générales sur la médecine, et de quelques préceptes en forme d'aphorismes. Paris, Le Normant, 1813. One volume. 12.5 by 19.5 cm. 315-(2) pages. Contemporary black half morocco, smooth spine. Copy in very good condition. First edition. Quérard VI-p. 302. 2. BACHER (Georges-Frédéric): Recherches sur les maladies chroniques, particulièrement sur les hydropisies, et sur les moyens de les guérir. Paris, Veuve Thiboust et Didot Le Jeune, 1776. One volume. 12 by 19.5 cm. (4)-XL-XV-(1)-724-(2) pages. Contemporary full marbled calf, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, triple gilt framing of boards, all edges gilt. A 5 cm split on the upper spine, two corners slightly worn. Minor interior spotting. Pp. 629 to 675: Catalogue of writings on dropsy in alphabetical order of academic collections and authors. First edition. Conlon 76: 669; Blake p. 26; Wellcome II-p. 81. "Bacher (Georges-Frédéric), physician, 1709-1798, settled in Thann, where he practiced from 1741 to 1770 [...]. He specialized [...] in the treatment of dropsy, which he claimed to cure with tonic pills composed of 2/7 black hellebore, 2/7 myrrh and 3/7 powdered blessed charcoal. Dr. Bacher advocated the use of his pills in a number of advertising publications, the first of which dates back to 1767. In 1772, Bacher published his specific formula." (D.B.F. IV-p. 1074). 3 (Balneotherapy). FLEURY (Dr. Louis-Joseph-Désiré): Traité pratique et raisonné d'hydrothérapie. Recherches cliniques sur l'application de cette médication au traitement des congestions chroniques du foie, de la rate, de l'utérus, des poumons et du coeur; des névralgies et des rhumatismes musculaires; de la chlorose et de l'anémie; de la fièvre intermittente; des déplacements de la matrice, de l'hystérie; des ankyloses, des tumeurs blanches, de la goutte; des maladies de la moelle, des affections chroniques du tube digestif, des pertes séminales, etc.. Paris, Labé, 1852. One volume. 13 by 21.3 cm. VIII-568 pp. + 4 plates h.t. (including 1 fold-out). Contemporary fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated, red title page. Small crack on upper spine. Some foxing, one plate skilfully restored without missing. First edition. 4. Collection of various pieces printed to date, relating to the anti-psoric discovery of J. Mettemberg, [...]. Some make known his successes, confirmed by official experiments and by a host of supporting evidence; others highlight the obstacles he faced, and the manner in which he overcame them. Paris, L'Auteur, Ventôse an XIII = February 1805. One volume. 12 by 19.5 cm. Multiple pagination. Contemporary full speckled basane, ornate smooth spine, red title-piece, gilt Greek frieze framing the boards, gilt edges. Small hole at bottom of lower spine. Six pieces. Details on request. P. Labrude, Joseph Sigisbert Mandel (1749 - 1820) [...], one of Nancy's greatest pharmacists of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. "Mettemberg water, or "anti-psoric quintessence", is a secret medicine, hence the name "secret remedy", used to treat scabies. It was proposed in 1794 (year III) by the former military surgeon Joseph Mettemberg. This external remedy was widely used, and its author enjoyed a great deal of support [particularly in government ministries]. In 1801 or 1802, Mandel was "approached by a fellow doctor" who was "experiencing serious accidents as a result of the external use of this specific drug" [...]. [...] At the public meeting of the Société de Santé held on 2 Messidor An X (June 21 1802), in the presence of the Prefect of the Meurthe department, he presented the results of his analyses of the drug, concluding: "It was with the greatest surprise that I discovered that the base of this specific was one of the most deleterious, one of the most active poisons known, muriate of mercury suroxygenated, today called corrosive sublimated mercury". Mandel was not mistaken about the toxicity of this compound, now called mercuric chloride, which did not prevent the water from continuing its long career". (P. Labrude). This collection illustrates the controversy between the inventor and his detractors.

Estim. 3 500 - 4 000 EUR

LAMBERT DE HONDT (c. 1620 - 1665). "Kermesse". Oil on canvas. Preserves original canvas. Signed in the lower central area. Measurements: 59 x 82 cm; 71 x 94 cm (frame). The canvas shows a rural scene in which some peasants celebrate a party with food, wine and different games in front of a house. Thus recreating a stylistic pattern typical of the genre scenes that took place in northern Europe. Some of the characters such as the dancers and children, are pictorial resources that popularized David Teniers the young who managed to revitalize the genre of the representation of these popular festivals, characterized by the festive abandonment that is manifested in the traditions of the local peasants, also known as Kermesse whose greatest representative was Pierte Bruegel the Elder. Lambert de Hondt the Elder was a Flemish painter and draughtsman known mainly for his equestrian and battle scenes, as well as for his genre and landscape paintings. Only a few facts about de Hondt's life are preserved. It is known that he worked in Mechelen. He is sometimes confused with another artist who signed his paintings with L. de Hondt. This other artist, who also specialized in battle scenes and made designs for tapestries around 1700, is called Lambert de Hondt the Younger. It is not known if the two artists were related. De Hondt must have enjoyed high-level patronage, as one of his paintings (is marked with a white fleur-de-lis, and originally had a coat of arms on the reverse. This indicates that the painting belonged to the collection of Elisabeth Farnese.He was probably the author of compositions depicting military camps, cavalry and military convoys and battles signed L.D. HONDT. These paintings are reminiscent of the manner of painting of David Teniers the Younger. In his military scenes he usually uses a sketchy technique. His paintings mostly depict horses and cavalry. He also painted village scenes, hunting scenes and landscapes.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

DAVID HAMILTON (London, 1933-Paris, 2016). "Young woman asleep", 1974. Photography on gelatin silver. Signed and dated. Measures: 17 x 23.5 cm. In this photograph the author focuses on the model from a high perspective. He avoids portraying the face, not only because the young woman is lying face down, but also because he leaves the model's head out of the frame. By the position and the explicit eroticism, the author offers us a revision of Coulbert's "The Origin of the World". David Hamilton was a British photographer and film director known for his photographs of young women and girls, mainly nude. His style of approach was referred to as "Hamilton Blur", Hamilton's images became part of a debate about "art or pornography". Her artistic skills began to emerge during a job in an architect's office. At the age of 20, he went to Paris, where he worked as a graphic designer for Peter Knapp of Elle magazine. After achieving recognition, he was hired by Queen magazine in London as an art director. However, Hamilton soon realised his love for Paris, and after returning there he became the art director of Printemps, the city's largest department stores'. While Hamilton was still working at Printemps, he began doing commercial photography, and the dreamy, grainy style of his images was critically acclaimed. His photographs were sought after by other magazines such as Réalités, Twen and Photo. His additional successes included dozens of photographic books; five feature films; countless magazine exhibitions; and museum and gallery exhibitions. In December 1977, Images Gallery, a studio owned by Bob Persky at 11 East 57th Street in Manhattan, showed his photographs at the same time Bilitis was launched. At the time, art critic Gene Thornton wrote in The New York Times that they revealed "the kind of ideal that was regularly expressed in the great paintings of the past". In his book, Contemporary Photographers, curator Christian Caujolle wrote that Hamilton worked with only two fixed devices: "a clear pictorial intention and a latent eroticism, apparently romantic, but asking for trouble". In addition to depicting young women, Hamilton composed photographs of flowers, men, landscapes, farm animals, pigeons and still lifes of fruit. Several of his photographs resemble oil paintings. Most of his work gives an impression of timelessness due to the absence of automobiles, modern buildings and advertisements. In 1976, Denise Couttès explained Hamilton's success by saying, "(his photographs) express escapism. People can only escape the violence and cruelty of the modern world through dreams and nostalgia". His soft-focus style came back into fashion in Vogue, Elle and other fashion magazines from 2003 onwards. The photobooks she debuted on screen in Bilitis. Later, he married Gertrude, who co-designed The Age of Innocence, but they divorced amicably.Hamilton divided his time between Saint-Tropez and Paris. He had enjoyed a renaissance in popularity since 2005. In 2006, David Hamilton, a collection of captioned photographs, and Erotic Tales, containing Hamilton's fictional short stories, was published. At the time of his death, Hamilton was working on another book, Monograph of Montenegro.

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