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Lot 64.1 - [armored binding] ROZIER (Jean-Baptiste François, abbé): Cours complet d'Agriculture théorique, pratique, économique, et de médecine rurale et vétérinaire, ou Dictionnaire universel d'Agriculture. Paris, Libraires associés, 1793-1805. 10 volumes plus 2 volumes of supplements. 19.5 by 25 cm. Glazed half calf with corners, smooth spine (slightly later binding), marbled edges. Boards with the Society of Writers to the Signet coat of arms in the center. Solid binding, but with numerous minor flaws (faded title-pieces, a few cracked jaws without affecting the solidity of the volumes, a few faded headpieces. Interior with a few rare brown spots, otherwise very good condition. This copy contains 274 plates (engravings, maps and tables) out of a total of 277. The 3 plates bis and ter are missing, never bound. A frontispiece in volume 10. This copy includes the two supplement volumes, in a perfectly uniform binding. 3rd edition, in large format. Abbé ROZIER (1734-1793) was a botanist from Lyon. A member of the Académie des Sciences, he was an enthusiastic supporter of the Revolution, a constitutional priest, and sought to create a National School of Agriculture. His comprehensive agricultural course, a pioneer in many technical fields, had a major influence on French agriculture. He died before completing the work, which was finished by CHAPTAL, DUSSIEUX, LASTEYRIE, CADET-de-VAUX, PARMENTIER, GILBERT, ROUGIER-LABERGERIE and CHAMBON. The Society of Writers to the Signet is a private society of lawyers founded in 1594. Since the end of the 18th century, it has maintained an important library with impressive architecture.

Estim. 300 - 800 EUR

Lot 69.1 - Anonymous: Amis et Amille. Fourteenth-century mystery, translated by Elemir Bourges. Color lithographs by André DERAIN. Paris, nouveau cercle parisien du livre, 1957. One volume. 27.5 by 36 cm. 89 pages. Full black morocco, boards decorated with a profusion of fillets and ochre morocco inlays, around a central cut-out filled with a white box hexagon. Orange box lining, navy suede endpapers, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt. Black half-maroquin band folder, imitation wood boards, edged slipcase. Binding signed Lucie WEILL. Perfect condition (minor rubbing on spine of dust jacket). 22 color lithographs by André DERAIN, including a double-page frontispiece, and 3 full-page lithographs. This was the last book illustrated by Derain, whose style is here at its apogee. Limited edition of 150 copies, including 130 nominative, all on Rives. Copy N°6, for Madame Lucie WEILL-QUILLARDET. Enriched with the three suites indicated in the justification: one suite on Chine, one suite on Japon nacré, one suite on Japon impérial, and the complete color decomposition of the double-page frontispiece on Rives. It also includes an original color drawing, with the André DERAIN studio mark. Lucie WEILL (née Quillardet 1901-1986), bookbinder, gallery owner and publisher. One of the great French gallery owners of the 20th century. Lucie Weill founded her gallery in 1930 at 6 rue Bonaparte in Paris with her husband Pierre-André Weill (1908-1985). She exhibited Picasso, Ernst, Arp and Jean Cocteau's first pastels. From 1950 onwards, the gallery had an important publishing activity under the "Au Pont des Arts" label. A great bookbinder, she has created here an exceptional binding. For the discerning collector. A unique copy.

Estim. 1 200 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 71 - Set of 6 19th century dermatology books: 1. SAT-DEYGALLIÈRES (Dr. A.-H.): Théorie nouvelle de la maladie scrofuleuse. Paris, Gabon, Montpellier and Bruxelles, 1829. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. VII-(1)-368 pages. Contemporary full basane, spine ornate, top cover slightly frayed, small crack over 3 cm on lower jaw and small trace of worm on 1st board, otherwise good condition. First edition. Bound in: BROUSSAIS (Casimir): Sur la duodénite chronique; thèse présentée et soutenue à la faculté de Médecine de Paris, le 9 avril 1825. Paris, Mlle Delaunay, 1825, 79 pp. 2. MAHON (Frères): Remède contre la teigne. Paris, Madame Huzard (née Vallat La Chapelle), November 1821. One volume. 12 by 19.2 cm. 14 pages. Modern bradel boards. Good condition. 3. SUDRE (Dr. A.-S.): Dissertation on the functions of the skin. Montpellier, Jean Martel Le Jeune, 1821. One volume. 18.5 by 24 cm. (2)-154-(1) pages. Modern bradel boards. Minor worm work in the margins of all ff. without affecting the text. First edition. Uncommon. B.I.U.M. 1821, vol. 80 no. 107; lacking in the N.U.C.; Worldcat does not locate any copies in the United States. 4. BAUDOT (Dr. Emile): Traité des affections de la peau. D'après les doctrines de M. Bazin. Paris, F. Savy, 1869. One volume. 13 by 22 cm. VII-(1)-431 pages. Contemporary half-basane, smooth spine. Some foxing, otherwise very good condition. Some in-text illustrations. First edition. 5. BIDOU (François-Simon): Réflexions pratiques sur les maladies de la peau appellent dartres, sur leurs causes, leur siège, les moyens de guérison employés jusqu'à ce jour, et sur une nouvelle méthode de traitement appelé traitement par absorption cutanée; accompagnées d'un nombre considérable d'observations où son emploi a été suivi d'un succès complet. Fourth edition, entirely revised and augmented with new observations of the greatest interest. Paris, L'Auteur, Gabon, Pichard et Renard, 1828. One volume. 12.5 by 19.5 cm. 168 pages. Modern bradel boards. -Scattered foxing, small marginal wetness. 6. GIBERT (Camille-Melchior): Manuel des maladies spéciales de la peau, vulgairement connues sous les noms de dartres, teigne, lèpre, etc.. Paris, Deville Cavelin; Montpellier, Louis Castel, 1834. One volume. 9.5 by 15 cm. X-538 pages + 1 f. errata. Contemporary half-brown calf, spine nicely decorated with romantic designs. Very good condition. First edition. A pupil of Biett, Gibert succeeded Alibert as professor of dermatovenereology. He described pityriasis rosé. Gibert's syrup, with mercury biiodide and potassium iodide, is still used today."

Estim. 120 - 200 EUR

Lot 77 - Important lot of 7 19th century railway books: 1 [PROUDHON (P.-J.)]: Des réformes à opérer dans l'exploitation des chemins de fer et des conséquences qui en peuvent résulter, soit pour l'augmentation du revenu des compagnies, soit pour l'abaissement des prix de transport, l'organisation de l'industrie voiturière, et la constitution économique de la société. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1855. One volume. 11.5 by 18.5 cm. (4)-392 pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Uncut, untrimmed. Some foxing and light dampening. First edition, by the philosopher-theorist of anarchism. Haubtmann, P.-J. Proudhon, Bibliographie générale, p. 1069. 2. VILLIAUMÉ (Nicolas): De l'Espagne et de ses chemins de fer. Third revised and enlarged edition. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1862. One volume. 11 by 18 cm. (4)-329-(1) pages. Modern bradel boards. Some foxing. Good condition. 3. LEGRAND (Alexis-Baptiste-Victor): Discourses prononcés dans la discussion du projet de loi relatif au chemin de fer de Paris à Versailles. (Session of June 13, 1836). [Paris], Mme Ve Agasse, s.d. [1836]. One volume. 12.5 by 20.5 cm. 28 pages. Modern bradel boards. Some foxing. Very rare offprint from the Moniteur of June 14, 1836. The CCFr. locates only one copy (B.N.F.). 4. DEMOULIN (Maurice): La locomotive actuelle. General study of recent types of high-power locomotives. Proportions - Conditions of establishment - Construction - Economic regime - Use - Review of the main types used in Europe and the United States. Complement to the practical treatise on the locomotive engine. 132 figures in the text and 40 plates outside the text. Paris, Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger, 1906. One volume. 18 by 27 cm. (4)-III-(1)-333 pp. + 40 plates h.t. (including 22 fold-outs). Publisher's full percaline. Copy in perfect condition. In-text illustrations, including 30 full-page. First edition. By a traction engineer with the Compagnie des Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. 5. DARU (Pierre-Antoine-Noël-Bruno, Comte): Rapport fait à la commission sur le tracé des embranchements dirigés du chemin de fer de Paris à Lille sur le littoral de la Manche, au nom d'une commission composée de MM. Prévost de Vernois, Kermaingant, Comte Daru. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1844. One volume. 22 by 28.5 cm. (4)-260 pp. + 8 maps on 4 folding h.t. plates. Contemporary half brown basane, spine decorated. Lack of leather on top of spine, endpapers with traces of wear. Good condition inside. Attached 2 ff. n.ch., paperback: Chemin de fer de Paris à Rouen. Service d'été. July 1st 1844. Paris, Typographie Lacrampe et Compagnie (train departure and arrival times, seat prices). First edition The construction of a railway from Paris to the Belgian border, via Lille and Valenciennes, was decided by law in 1842. Immediately afterwards, the debate began as to where the branches of the transverse lines should be built. This report examines the various possibilities, presents the arguments and quantifies the costs. 6. Railroads of Southern Austria, Lombardy and Central Italy. Ordinary and extraordinary general meeting of April 30, 1864. Chaired by Baron James de Rothschild. Report of the Board of Directors. Paris, Imprimerie Centrale des Chemins de Fer de Napoléon Chaix et Cie, 1864. One volume. 21 by 27 cm. 58 pages + 1 double-page color map. Paperback in printed cover. Good condition. Progress report and financial situation of the company. 7. DEGHILAGE (Alexandre-Louis): Origine de la locomotive. Paris, A. Broise et Courtier, 1886. One volume. 26.5 by 34 cm. [5] to 44-(1) pages + 12 double-page plates. Publisher's boards, damaged and clumsily restored, with kraft paper, corner missing. Light staining in margins of 3 leaves, one page corner cut out, foxing. First edition. Inventory and technical characteristics of steam engines and locomotives, from 1771 to 1846.

Estim. 220 - 400 EUR

Lot 78 - Set of 3 18th and 19th century utopias or uchronies: 1. [FRANKLIN (Alfred)]: The ruins of Paris in 4875. Official and unpublished documents. Paris, Léon Willem and Paul Daffis, 1875. One volume. 10 by 15.8 cm. 1 frontispiece-(4)-92-(3) pages + 4 ff. n.ch. (Cat. Léon Willem). Contemporary brown half-chagrin with corners, 5-rib spine, mottled edges. Very rare foxing, otherwise perfect condition. First edition. Edition of 250 copies. One of 236 copies on Hollande paper (N°209). Versins, p. 350. "This is a series of letters exchanged between an exploratory mission from Nouméa, the new center of civilization, and the Minister of the Navy and Colonies or the Minister of Public Instruction, Cults and Fine Arts. The results of the excavations undertaken on the site where Paris once stood are, naturally, the opposite of what they should have been, with archaeologists interpreting the fragments and debris they discover in a haphazard or fanciful manner." (Versins). Very amusing text, and beautiful frontispiece... 2. [LA PORTE (Joseph de)]: Voyage en l'autre monde ou nouvelles littéraires de celui-cy. London, et se trouve à Paris, Duchesne, 1752. 2 parts in 1 volume. 9 by 16 cm. 1 frontispiece-1 title frontispiece included in pagination-215-(1); 216 pages. Full bistre basane, 19th century, ornate ribbed spine, garnet-red title page, gilt head. A few leaves slightly browned, otherwise a good copy. 2nd enlarged edition. The 1st edition of this work appeared in 1749 under the title Voyage au séjour des ombres. Hartig and Soboul, Pour une histoire de l'utopie, p. 51; Quérard, La France littéraire IV-pp. 550-551; Drujon, Les livres à clefs, col. 982. "This is a moderate and agreeable critique of a few works that were making a lot of noise at the time. It has been reprinted under this title: Voyage en l'autre monde [...]" (Quérard). Decorated with a frontispiece and a fully engraved title by Eisen. 3. [PERNETTI (Jacques)]: Le repos de Cyrus, ou l'histoire de sa vie depuis sa seizième jusqu'à sa quarantième année. Paris, Briasson, 1732. 3 volumes in 1 volume. 11.5 by 18.3 cm. 1 frontispiece-XVI-122 pages + 1 fig. h.t.; 1 frontispiece-(2)-103 pages and 1 frontispiece-(2)-150-(2) pages. Contemporary full basane, 5-rib spine, red title page. Cracked headbands, blemishes on upper spine, small bump on 1st board. Despite this, a very decent copy. First edition. Hartig and Soboul, Pour une histoire de l'utopie, p. 46; Conlon 32: 545. "Pernetti published his Repos de Cyrus, also inspired by Cyrus's travels and Telemachus. Pernetti turns Louis XIV and his government into a veiled satire.

Estim. 180 - 350 EUR

Lot 79 - Beautiful set of five works in 4 volumes on dueling, including the very rare 1653 Règlement des maréchaux codifying the Point d'honneur: 1. 1) Règlement de Messieurs les mareschaux de France. Touchant les réparations des offenses entre les gentlis-hommes [sic], pour l'exécution de l'édict contre les duels. Paris, Imprimeurs & Libraires Ordinaires du Roi, 1653, Paris, Imprimeurs & Libraires Ordinaires du Roi, 1653, 15 pages. (followed by). -2) Jugement de Messieurs les mareschaux de France. Sur la déclaration faite par plusieurs gentils-hommes de refuser toutes sortes d'appels. Paris, Jacques Langlois, 1651, 4 pages. 2 pamphlets in 1 volume, 16 by 21 cm. Twentieth-century half-basane with corners, 5-rib ornate spine, red title page. Binding and text in excellent condition. First editions. Very rare reunion of two fundamental texts in the royal power's fight against duels. The marshals' regulation of 1653 gave honor a legal status for the first time, instituting a penal codification of offenses between gentlemen. . 2. Lettres patentes en forme de déclaration, portant confirmation de l'édict des duels, faict par le feu Roy Henry IIII. Et deffences des combats faicts par rencontre 1611. [February 8, 1611]. Aix, Jean Tholosan, 1611. One volume. 12 by 17.2 cm. (2)-6 pages. Paperback, in antique paper cover, handwritten title on upper board, a copy with full margins. No other known copy of this very rare printing from Aix-en-Provence. No copy in the CCFr. Confirmation of Henri IV's 1609 edict. 3. BRUNEAU DE LABORIE (Emile-Louis-Bruno): Les lois du duel. Paris, Édition de la Revue "Les Sports Modernes", Manzi, Joyant et Cie, 1906. One volume. 15.5 by 23 cm. XVI-262-(1) pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Excellent condition. First edition. 500 numbered copies (N°480) on fine paper. Dueling as a modern sport! 4. FRANKLIN (Alfred): Le duel de Jarnac et de La Chataigneraie d'après une relation contemporaine et officielle. Paris, Emile-Paul, 1909. One volume. 11.5 by 18 cm. 106-(1) pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Signature on 1st board, hallmark on lower board. Good condition. First edition in a limited edition on laid paper, exposing the famous coup de Jarnac.

Estim. 300 - 600 EUR