Vente Cataloguée : Bandes Dessinées, Livres Anciens et M…

Lot 156 - GOMBERVILLE (Marin Le Roy, seigneur de): La Doctrine des Moeurs Tirée de la philosophie Des Stoiques: représentée en cent tableaux. Et expliquée en cent discours pour l'instruction de la jeunesse. Paris, Daret, 1646. Two parts in one volume. 21 by 32.3 cm. (18)-105 leaves (36 and 210 pages). Antique full vellum, title-pieces rebacked. Good condition of binding. Marginal staining on ten or so leaves, some rare foxing. Part 1: An engraved title, an engraved title of part 1, an engraving in homage to the Roy, an engraving in homage to Cardinal Mazarin, a portrait of Gomberville, 60 moral emblems, and an end engraving. Part 2: An engraved title for part 2, 43 moral emblems, and a final engraving. Complete (in 103 tables). Bands and initials. First edition of this work composed at the request of MAZARIN for the instruction of the young LOUIS XIV. GOMBERVILLE (1600-1674), writer, was one of the first members of the Académie Française. Part of his literary work focused on morality, and he became a Jansenist, ending his life in seclusion. Beautiful book of emblems. This is a reprint of Otto Vaenius' Emblemata horatiana (1607), with figures retouched by Pierre Daret, the book's engraver and editor. Above all, it's a morality book for children, with a complete teaching device that was new for the time: an illustration (a composite scene) of a moral precept, with an explanation of the engraving and the moral story it tells on the facing page. Below, in Latin, quotations from ancient authors on the same theme. And below the engraving, a short poem also centered on the moral precept evoked: four ways of approaching the moral precept.

Estim. 230 - 500 EUR

Lot 156.1 - FRAGEROLLE (Georges): The Wandering Jew. Legend in 8 tableaux. Poem and music by Georges Fragerolle. Drawings by Henri Rivière. Paris, Enoch et Flammarion, 1898. One volume. 32 by 23.8 cm (Italian format). 24 unnumbered leaves. Illustrated publisher's boards, in mint condition (one tiny flaw at one corner). Complete with illustrated dust jacket (edges of jacket chipped). Perfect condition inside. Musical score and 7 color lithographs preceded by illustrated title. Illustrated cover and dust jacket. Title lettering, inner flyleaf decoration, stamps and fleurons by George Auriol. Georges Fragerolle (1854-1920) was a French composer who set Gabriel Vicaire's Noël Bressan to music, among other works. Henri RIVIERE (1864-1951) was a painter and engraver. Between 1886 and 1897, he created color shadow-theater projections at the Chat Noir cabaret. Using this technique, he published works such as Le Juif errant, illustrating the musical scores presented at the Chat noir.

Estim. 140 - 300 EUR

Lot 157 - [HELYOT, (Père Pierre), and BULLOT (père)]: Histoire des Ordres monastiques religieux et militaires, et des congrégations séculières de l'un & de l'autre sexe Contenant leur origine leur fondation, la décadence des uns et leur suppression, les vies de leurs fondateurs avec des figures (...). Paris, Nicolas Gosselin, 1714-1719. 8 volumes. 18 by 24 cm. XCVIII-(5)-399-(21); (8)-436-(31); XVI-(6)-456-(40); (8)-464-(42); (6)-488-(20); (8)-446-(26); (8)-493-(34); (8)-446-(36) pages. Contemporary half basane, 5 bindings. Binding solid, but worn, with numerous small defects. Mottling in two volumes on a few leaves. Volume 3 with missing title page (replaced by a handwritten page) and the last page of the table. Some scattered foxing. Volume 1: 102 plates (missing 62, 68, 75, 97). Vol. 2: 119 plates (missing 12, 14, 16, 31). Vol. 3: 120 plates (1-117, 29*, 29**, 64) (missing 61, 67, 72). Vol. 4: 111 plates (1-110, 45) (missing 55, 100, 101). Vol. 5: 87 plates (missing 1, 20, 22, 25, 35, 51, 60). Vol. 6: 100 plates (missing 2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 61, 91, 92). Vol. 7: 72 plates (1 to 71 + 99). Volume 8: 98 plates (plate 99 was bound in volume 7). 780 plates out of 809 plates. Highly contrasting engravings. "The plates are very well engraved by Cl. Duflos, P. Giffart, de Poilly and Thomassin". First edition of this work by Father Hélyot, who entered the Franciscan Third Order of Picpus, founded by his father Canon Jérôme Hélyot. From volume 6 onwards, the work was continued by Père Bullot. An extraordinary source of information on all the monastic, religious and military orders, many of which have disappeared, and all of which had their own distinctive costumes, a particular history, different practices, and often astonishingly remarkable characters. Discover a world that has partly disappeared, and is little known today. With a thought for the fashion show in Fellini's film Roma.

Estim. 250 - 450 EUR

Lot 157.1 - SAINT-SIMON (Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de): Mémoires complets et authentiques du Duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la Régence, collationnés sur le manuscrit original par M. Chéruel (...). Paris, Hachette, 1856. 20 volumes. 13 by 21 cm. Red half-maroquin, 5-rib spine, period, speckled edges. Binding in excellent condition (a small stain on the lower cover of one volume, the only mentionable flaw, not serious). Scattered light foxing, otherwise very good condition inside. Two fold-out facsimile plates, including a facsimile of the Duke's holograph will, reproduced using the Photography of Furne fils, making this one of the first books to be illustrated with photography. This is the first complete edition of the famous memoirs by Chéruel, who collated them from the original manuscript, preceded by a notice by Sainte-Beuve. It remains a reference edition, here in a sober but high-quality binding. A very fine copy, with the bookplate of Baron de Bellet.

Estim. 120 - 300 EUR

Lot 158 - A unique collection of illustrated manuscripts by Hector GUIOT. Hector Guiot (1825 - 1903), painter, draughtsman and pastellist. A pupil of Ziegler, he exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1866 to 1886. Le nouveau Polichinelle, operetta in two acts. Lyrics, music and illustrations by Hector GUIOT. One volume. 23 by 30.5 cm. 27 leaves mounted on tabs. Contemporary red half-chagrin, 5-rib spine, decorated boards, title on 1st board, all edges gilt. Small traces of moisture on boards, pale freckles on leaves. One color cover, two ink drawings and two lamp-ends. And original music. With Les Amours de Mr. Le Soleil, a scorching Indian ink painting of the day star's passion for the night star, by a lunatic named Hector GUIOT. One volume. 22 by 30 cm. 12 leaves on strong paper, mounted on tabs. Author's boards, with an ink drawing on the 1st board. One ink drawing per leaf. Corners dulled, minor soiling to boards. Reading marks in margins, otherwise a good copy. With Histoire d'un bec de gaz by an oil painter named Hector Guiot. One volume. 23.5 by 31 cm. 22 leaves mounted on tabs. Full paper with color illustrated title on 1st board. Cover faded, a few leaves detached from tabs. Very good condition inside. An ink drawing on each leaf, and a color title page. Three charmingly humorous manuscripts, apparently never published...

Estim. 240 - 600 EUR

Lot 158.1 - Four manuscripts by Hector GUIOT on CHAUMONT and LANGRES Haute-Marne & Old Chaumont. Sketches & Notes by Hector Guiot, Officier de l'instruction publique. One volume. 19 by 28.5 cm. A set of 18 folio notebooks, 6 to 8 leaves each, housed in a cardboard folder with the illustrated cover on the 1st board, black cloth spine. The spine is torn, the rest of the book in very good condition (only one quire, on a different paper, shows some foxing). Some quires are dated, from 1875 to 1897. All are illustrated, sometimes in watercolor or wash, and the texts are handwritten. Some titles: L'antiquaire, souvenir du pays Langrois. Les Femmes de Brennes en Brennois, a joke from the Langrois region. L'Arquebuse & les arquebusiers, 1590, Les Cocus de la St Gengoul, a Langrois legend. La Tour de l'Eglise St Jean-Baptiste de Chaumont, etc. One might think that these small illustrated texts were destined to become a complete work one day. With La Haute-Marne historique & pittoresque. Chroniques & Imaiges. Chasteaux féodaux, portes anciennes, moustiers & prieurés, Eglises & chapelles, pourtraicts. By Hector Guiot, artist-painter, public instruction officer, 1892. One volume. 34 by 40 cm. 35 plates on cardboard, leaves in period green half-percaline folder. Covers illustrated in color (very fine second cover). A few traces of moisture on the folder, crease on the second cover, foxing on the edges of the boards (not serious). The pencil and watercolor drawings are framed with explanatory text. They are either directly on the boards, or laminated. Fouilles de Nogent de Roy, Mont Saon, Monuments de Langres, monuments de Chaumont, Braulx, Dinteville, etc. With La Haute-Marne; Chaumont and its environs. Life sketches. Hector Guiot, public instruction officer. One volume. 26.5 by 35 cm. 17 strong boards with laminated pencil drawings, plus three isolated drawings. In a contemporary half-brown cloth folder, 1st cover illustrated with a mounted sanguine. Cloth cut. Scattered foxing. With Around Chaumont. Life sketches by Hector Guiot, public instruction officer. 1896. One volume. 26.5 by 35 cm. 9 strong boards with mounted drawings, in a contemporary red half-percaline folder, one illustration mounted on the 1st board. Binding in very good condition, with scattered foxing. This collection is characterized by drawings mostly subdivided into two or three parts. Locations are indicated, and are dated 1896. 4 very fine manuscripts. They do not appear to have been published. Hector GUIOT, born in Langres, was Professor of Drawing at the Lycée de Chaumont, then Curator of the town's museum, where he died. His interest in this region is understandable.

Estim. 250 - 800 EUR

Lot 159 - Three manuscripts by Hector GUIOT Switzerland & Italy. Hector Guiot, public instruction officer. Dated 1874. One volume. 26.5 by 35 cm. 10 cartons with laminated drawings (sometimes several per carton). In a folder with a beautiful color illustration on the 1st cover, spine in green percaline. Folder in good condition, very rare foxing on the boards. With Une excursion à la Grande Chartreuse, by Hector Guiot, 1892. One volume. 23.5 by 31.5 cm. 3 boards illustrated on both sides with drawings taking the form of a newspaper article, mounted on tabs. Very handsome illustrated cover for this full-paper book covered by a lined cover. Small defect at one corner, otherwise very good condition for this highly original travelogue. With Comment les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières. Idylle. Hector Guiot, 1878. One volume. 23 by 30.5 cm. 21 boards with text and illustrations on both sides, mounted on tabs. Full contemporary black cloth, titled on the 1st board. The drawings are laminated. Minor defects on a manuscript in very good condition. Also included: GUIOT (Hector) and PILLET (J.): Le dessin de paysage étudié d'après nature. Paris, Nony, 1889. One volume. 27 by 17 cm. 47 pages. Publisher's half cloth, illustrated hardcover. Bumped.

Estim. 200 - 500 EUR

Lot 159.1 - HUGO (Victor): Actes et Paroles (three volumes) - Avant l'Exil (1841-1851), Pendant l'exil (1852-1870), Depuis l'exil (1870-1876). Paris, Michel Lévy, 1875-1876. Three volumes. 15 by 23.5 cm. (4)-XLVIII-546; (4)-XLVIII-472;(4)-XLIV-355 pages. Paperback, in printed covers. Volume 1: paper missing from a corner of the second cover. Some scattered light foxing. Volume 2: spine broken, very small paper loss on second cover. Uncut. Some scattered light foxing. Volume 3: small paper loss at top of spine. Complete first edition on current paper of this great political work by Victor HUGO, here as issued. Each volume has an autograph letter signed by Victor HUGO, addressed to M. Louis ASSELINE. Mr. ASSELINE, a man of letters and radical republican, defender of the Libre Pensée, was a pupil of François HUGO, Victor's son, at the Lycée Charlemagne.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 160 - Collection of 8 18th and 19th century books on osteology: 1. VIGAROUS (Barthélemi): Opuscules sur la régénération des osseuses, les loupes osseuses et les hernies. Published and enlarged by M. Vigarous de Montagut. Paris, Mequignon, 1788, one volume 12 by 20 cm. VIII-223-(2) pages. Modern bradel boards. Very slight marginal spotting. First collective edition. Blake p. 474; missing Osler and Waller. Vigarous is considered a precursor of osteoplasty. 2. COOCHE (Edouard-Joseph): Quelques considérations sur les fractures de la jambe. Thesis presented and publicly defended at the Montpellier Faculty of Medicine, June 15, 1844. Montpellier, Pierre Grollier, 1844. One volume. 19 by 25 cm. 34-(2) pages. Modern bradel boards. Slight wetness in upper margin of all pages, rare foxing. First edition. 3. WAGHETTE (Nicolas-Jules-Ed.): Réflexions sur les divers points où l'on peut amputer la jambe. Thesis presented and publicly defended at the Montpellier Faculty of Medicine, June 21, 1847. Montpellier, Ricard Frères, 1847. One volume. 19 by 25 cm. 44 pages. Modern bradel boards. Slight staining in upper margin of all pages, a few light freckles, signed autograph letter from the author on the 2nd page. First edition. No copy at N.U.C.. 4. MALAVAL (Dr. Marcellin): Quelques considérations sur les principales méthodes de traitement des fractures, appliquées au traitement des fractures simples de la diaphyse du fémur. Thesis presented and publicly defended at the Montpellier Faculty of Medicine, April 25, 1854. Montpellier, L. Cristin et C., 1854. One volume. 19.5 by 25.5 cm. 29-(3) pages. Modern bradel boards. Foxing on first 2 pages. First edition. 5. LANNELONGUE (Dr. Odilon-Marc): Cold abscesses and bone tuberculosis. With figures in text and 12 chromolithograph plates. Paris, Asselin et Cie, 1881. One volume. 14.5 by 23 cm. (4)-186 pages and 12 plates (6 in color). Contemporary red half-chagrin, nicely decorated 5-rib spine. Copy in very good condition. 9 in-text figures. First edition. 6. OLLIER (Léopold): Osteoplasty applied to the restoration of the nose (Read at the Société impériale de médecine de Lyon). Lyon, Aimé Vingtrinier, 1863. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. 12 pages. Modern bradel boards. Ollier was interested in reconstructive surgery and performed numerous rhinoplasties. 7. OLLIER (Léopold): Current trends in surgery. Speech delivered by the author at his installation as Surgeon Major of the Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon [January 23, 1863]. Lyon, Aimé Vingtrinier, 1863. One volume. 12.5 by 21 cm. 38 pages. Modern bradel boards. First edition. 8. OLLIER (Léopold): De l'inégalité congénitale des deux moitiés latérales du corps chez l'homme. Insuccès de quelques tentatives expérimentales pour reproduire de pareilles lésions chez les animaux. S.l.n.d. [1869]. One volume. 12.5 by 21 cm. 6 ff. ch. [105] à 116. Modern bradel boards. Very rare extract from the Journal de physiologie. Worldcat lists only one copy (Yale university); CCFr. lists none.

Estim. 160 - 320 EUR

Lot 161 - Collection of 4 ophthalmology books: 1. PAMARD (P.-Fr.-B.): The works of Pierre François Bénézet Pamard surgeon and oculist. 1728-1793. Edited for the first time from his manuscripts by his great-grandson Dr. Alfred Pamard and Dr. P. Pansier. Paris, Masson et Cie, 1900. One volume. 15.5 by 24.5 cm. 1 portrait-(4)-414-(1) pages + 6 plates h.t. ; modern bradel boards. Perfect condition. Autograph letter signed by A. Pamard on title page. First edition. N.U.C.: -NP 47112-. "Pamard (1728-1793) treats lacrimal fistula. He performed cataract extraction and was one of the first to operate supine. He created the fixation punch known as the "Pamard pike", which was subsequently modified in various ways." (Ovio, Storia dell'oculistica p. 312). 2. TRUC (Dr. Hermentaire) and PANSIER (Dr. Pierre): Contribution to the history of French ophthalmology. Histoire de l'ophtalmologie à l'école de Montpellier du XIIe au XXe siècle. With a preface by M. L. Liard (of the Institute). Paris, A. Maloine, 1907. One volume. 15.5 by 24.5 cm. X-404 pages + 1 plate h.t. Modern bradel boards, cover boards cons. Very good condition. In-text illustrations. First edition. 3. Société des lunetiers: Tarif 1911. 1st part. [Paris], s.d. [1911]. One volume. 16 by 25.5 cm. (6)-443 pages. Publisher's decorated sanguine full cloth. Excellent condition. Several hundred in-text illustrations. In a pocket on the 1st flyleaf are: -the table of contents in French, Spanish and German; -a catalog of Huet tariffs, stereoscopic prismatics; and 2 printed letters, specifying the dispatch of the 1911 tariff and the Huet tariff. A rare catalog. 4. DANJON (André) and COUDER (André): Spectacles and telescopes. Theory - Conditions of use - Description - Adjustment - History. Preface by A. de La Baume Pluvinel. Paris, Éditions de la Revue d'optique théorique et instrumentale, 1935. One volume. 14.5 by 22.5 cm. XVI-715 pages + 14 plates. Paperback, fair condition. 346 in-text illustrations. First edition.

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 162 - Collection of 4 works in 5 volumes on ophthalmology: 1. CASTORANI (Raphaël): De la kératite et de ses suites. Paris, Germer Baillière, 1856. One volume. 12.5 by 20.5 cm. VIII-147 pages. Contemporary black half-chagrin, decorated spine, gilt edges. Small leather loss on lower spine, and scattered foxing. Autograph signed letter from the author to prof. J. Cloquet on the title page. First edition. 2. LE ROY (Charles): Mélanges de physique et de médecine. Paris, P.G. Cavelier, 1771. One volume. 13.5 by 21.3 cm. (2)-IX-(1)-400 pages + 1 folding plate h.t. Paperback, in contemporary dust jacket, untrimmed. Small paper losses on the spine, scattered foxing, small marginal wetnesses on about twenty ff. A good, untrimmed copy in original condition. First edition. Conlon 71: 1121; Partington III-p. 763. Table: -Mémoire sur l'élévation & la suspension de l'eau dans l'air; & sur la rosée. -Mémoire sur l'usage des eaux de Balaruc. -Observations on the waters of Balaruc. - Memoire sur le méchanisme par lequel l'oeil s'accomode aux différentes distances des objets. -Second memoir on vision, considered in relation to different distances from objects. -Memoir on acute fevers. -Reflections & observations on scurvy. -Memoire sur les eaux sulfureuses, contenant le moyen de les imiterer parfaitement. -Précis sur les eaux minérales. 3. LAZERME (Jacques): Curationes morborum. Monspelii, Isaaci-Petri Rigaud, 1750, 2 volumes. 8.5 by 15.5 cm. (8)-357-(3 bl.); (Praefatio auctoris) and (6)-307 pages Contemporary full calf, 5-rib spine, nicely ornamented, red title-piece, black tomaison, roulette on edges. Very good condition of binding, paper sometimes slightly browned. First edition. Conlon 50: 711; Blake p. 259. "Jacques Lazerme must occupy [... in the history of oculistics in Montpellier] a more important place although what he wrote on eye diseases is included in a more general treatise on therapeutics. Indeed, the first volume of this book contains short, good definitions of ocular therapeutics. Precision and clarity reign supreme. Medicines are simply prescribed. Mineral waters are recommended. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, he has a real grasp of ocular surgery. This very well-balanced chapter contrasts with the one on ear and mouth ailments, which are treated very superficially." (Dulieu: La médecine à Montpellier III-pp. 382-383). 4. SICHEL (Dr. Jules): Traité de l'ophthalmie, la cataracte et l'amaurose, pour servir de supplément au traité des maladies des yeux de Weller. Paris, Germer Baillière; Montpellier, Castel et Sevalle; Lyon, Savy; London, J.B. Baillière; Strasbourg, Dérivaux et Levrault, 1837. One volume. 13 by 20.5 cm. XI-(1)-750 pages + 1 f. errata + 4 color plates (complete). Contemporary half tan basane. Most ff. browned. First edition.

Estim. 180 - 350 EUR

Lot 163 - Collection of 6 books on gynecology and pediatrics: 1. FREIND (John): Emmenologia in qua Fluxus Muliebris Menstrui Phaenomena, Periodi, Vitia, cum Medendi Methido, ad Rationes Mechanicas exiguntur. Huic Editioni accedunt ejusdem Authoris Praelectiones Chymicae. Parisii, Apud Guillelmum Cavalier filium, 1727, 3 parts in 1 volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. (14)-238-(22); (2)-XII-(2)-102; 31-(1) pages. Contemporary full calf, 5-rib spine, ornate boards, red title page. Defects to headpieces and spines (without affecting the solidity of the work). The edition includes three different texts, with a separate title page: A. Emmenologia, a treatise that has been considered a remarkable exposition from the intro-mathematical or mechanical point of view. B. Praelectiones Chymicae. C. Appendix_in qua critica exhibetur harum praelectionum relatio in Actis Lipsiensibus edita. Una cum aliquot Authoris in eandem animadversionibus. 2. NOIROT (Louis): La callipédie contemporaine ou l'art d'avoir des enfants sains de corps et d'esprit. Second edition. Paris, E. Dentu, Dijon, Lamarche, 1869. One volume. 9.5 by 15.5 cm. 202 pages. Contemporary brown half-chagrin. Very good condition. The CCFr. lists only 4 copies of the 1869 editions. L. Noirot takes up Quillet's ideas and attempts to give them a scientific basis that is often ... delirious. 3. HUGUIER (Dr. Pierre-Charles): De l'hystérométrie et du cathétérisme utérin, de leurs applications au diagnostic et au traitement des maladies de l'utérus et de ses annexes et de leur emploi en obstétrique. Lectures given at the Beaujon Hospital. With four lithographed plates. Paris, J.B. Baillière et Fils, 1865. One volume. 13 by 21.5 cm. VIII-372-4 pages + 4 folding plates h.t. Contemporary brown half-chagrin, 4 ribbed spine, framed boards. Some foxing, small very light wetness in the ext. margin of the plates. First edition. Copy of Jules Cloquet 4. RIGBY (Edouard) and DUNCAN (Stewart): Nouveau traité sur les hémorrhagies de l'utérus. With 124 observations drawn from the practice of both authors. Translated from the English, with notes by Madame Boivin, preceded by a historical note on the treatment of uterine hemorrhagia, and followed by a letter from M. Chaussier, on the structure of the uterus. Paris, Méquignon l'Aîné, 1818. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. (4)-XLVI-405-(1) pages. Contemporary half basane, spine decorated. Binding rubbed. Some brown spots. Stamp of the library of Professor J. Cloquet on the title page. Garrison and Morton 6158 5. DELACOUX (Dr. A.): Éducation sanitaire des enfans. Paris, Crevot et Bruxelles, Au Dépôt de la Librairie Médicale Française, 1827. One volume. 13.5 by 21 cm. (4)-352 pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Minor defects. First edition. 6. COMBY (Dr. Jules): Formulaire de poche pour les maladies des enfants. Paris, J. Rueff, 1901. One volume. 10 by 16 cm. VI-611 pages. Publisher's half cloth. Fair condition. First edition.

Estim. 140 - 350 EUR

Lot 164 - Journal ACCORDS littéraires et artistiques. N°1, February 15, 1946. 35 by 51 cm. 12 pages. Top corner a little torn, some foxing. Very rare publication, created by Jean-Simon PREVOST (who later became an actor), entirely illustrated by Jacques-Henri MAUPLOT. The 1st page includes a text by Jean COCTEAU, le Roi est mort, vive le roi, criticizing SARTRE's position on the writer's commitment. In the issue, we find another critique of SARTRE by Michel LOMBARD, memories of SARTRE and NIZAN in their high school days (and mention of a play they wrote together, Vaticiner sans pouvoir), and two texts by Blaise CENDRARS (le Soiffard, and La femme et le soldat), which appear here as a pre-original. La femme et le soldat was to be the first part of the autobiographical text intended to follow La Main coupée, published in 1946. Accords also includes an account of the filming of COCTEAU's La Belle et la Bête... A rarity.

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 165 - BROWNE (William George): Nouveau voyage dans la haute et la basse Egypte, la Syrie, le Dar-four, où aucun Européen n'avait pénétré; fait depuis les années 1792 jusqu'en 1798. Containing curious details (...) on Natolia, Constantinople and Paswan-Oglow, etc. Translated from the English second edition by J. Castéra. Paris, Dentu, An VIII - 1800. 2 volumes. 12.5 by 20 cm. Frontispiece-XXXVIII-371; (4)-392 pages and two folding maps, and a plan of the Residence of the Sultan of Dar-Four. Complete. Contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine, red title-pieces, black head-pieces, ornate spine, gilt chain framing the boards, roulette on the edges. Corners worn, spine slightly cracked, a split of ' cm on a jaw. Minor stains on 4 pages, a few spots. Two small tears on the edges of the maps, restored; frontispiece with freckles. Despite these minor defects, this is an entirely correct copy. First French edition. Chadenat II, 5027. "In 1793, William George Browne set out for the interior of Africa by sailing up the Nile. He then joined a caravan to cross the desert and reach the kingdom of Darfur, in the Egyptian Sudan. Arrested and detained by the local sultan, he was not released until 1796 and returned north. Browne returned safely to England in 1798, but was murdered by brigands in Tabriz in 1813 during a new expedition. The present work contains the first description of the region by a European. It contains many details of the geography and monuments, trade relations, government and customs of the local population, not forgetting the dangers encountered by travellers.

Estim. 200 - 450 EUR

Lot 165.1 - MONTAIGNE (Michel de): Journal du Voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse & l'Allemagne en 1580 & 1581. Avec des Notes par M. de Querlon. Rome et se trouve à Paris, Le Jay, 1774, 3 volumes. 8 by 14.5 cm. (4)-engraved portrait-CXXXVI-214; (4)-323; 461-(3) pages. Contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, red title page. Small crack over 2.5 cm on a spine of volume 3 (not serious), otherwise very good condition of binding. Very good condition inside (a small marginal stain on one page, not serious). One of three editions published by Le Jay in 1774. The third volume, bilingual, joins the Italian text to the French, and is attributed to MONTAIGNE (the account of the beginning of the voyage being attributed to his secretary). After the publication of his Essais in 1580, Montaigne spent six months in Rome. The text of his travel journal has been compiled and annotated by Meusnier de Querlon, based on the unpublished, semi-autograph manuscript discovered by Abbé Prunis in the papers of Montaigne's former château.

Estim. 200 - 450 EUR

Lot 166 - Collection of 5 books on Germany: 1. MULSANT (Etienne): Souvenirs d'un voyage en Allemagne. Paris, Magnin, Blanchard et Cie, 1862. One volume. 18 by 28 cm. 144 pages. Modern dark green half-chagrin with corners, spine 5 nerfs decorated, cover boards preserved. Minor blemishes on the preserved covers, rare foxing, otherwise a very fine copy. First edition. By the president of the Société linnéenne de Lyon. 2. LASIAUVE (Eugène de): Studies on Schleswig-Holstein before and after March 24, 1848. Second edition. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1849. One volume. 13 by 20.5 cm. (4)-XV-(1)-432 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, spine decorated. Binding rubbed, some foxing in the text. By the physician to the Prince of Augustenbourg. 3. CHENEVIER (A.): Voyage en Belgique et sur les bords du Rhin. Valence, Chenevier et Chavet, 1863. One volume. 11.5 by 18 cm. (4)-428-(1) pages. Paperback, in printed cover, uncut. Very good condition. First edition. Very rare. Travel impressions by the famous printer from Valence. Table of contents -extract-: Brussels. Liège. Aachen. Cologne. The Rhine. Coblentz. Mainz. Mainz: the printing press. Frankfurt am Main. Heidelberg. Baden-Baden. Strasbourg. 4. HURET (Jules): In Germany. Rhine and Westphalia. Seventeenth mile. Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1908. One volume. 11.5 by 17.5 cm. (4)-530-(1) pages. Contemporary linden half-percaline bradel, basane title-piece on spine. Very good condition. Apologie de l'Allemagne by a journalist from Le Figaro. "Prosperity - The cities - The factory and philanthropic ports - The major employers' unions - Workers and artists - Discipline - Morals - Students - The Emperor, etc. etc." 5. Congrès archéologique de France. LXXXVe session held in Rhineland in 1922 by the Société Française d'archéologie. Paris, A. Picard and Sté Générale d'Imprimerie et d'Édition, 1924. One volume. 13.5 by 22 cm. 8 of 575-(1) pages + 22 plates h.t. Contemporary green half cloth, cover preserved. In-text illustrations.

Estim. 80 - 200 EUR

Lot 167 - VINGTRINIER (Emmanuel): Le Lyon de nos pères. Illustrated with 20 etchings and 300 pen and pencil drawings by Joannès DREVET. Lyon, Bernoux, Cumin et Masson, 1901. One volume 24.5 by 31.5 cm. VIII-334-(2) pages + 20 hors-texte etchings + 1 double-page plate. Contemporary brown half-chagrin with corners, beautifully decorated smooth spine, covers preserved, gilt head. Some discreet rubbing on the upper board, otherwise very good condition of the binding, and excellent condition inside. The most sought-after of DREVET's works. It is illustrated with 20 etchings and 300 pen and pencil drawings. A great classic for visiting the LYON of the Ancien Régime... First edition. This is one of the numbered copies on white vellum (N°392), in a fine binding.

Estim. 90 - 230 EUR

Lot 168 - VOLTAIRE: OEuvres - Romans, with Notice, notes & variantes by Frédéric Dillaye. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1877-1879. Three volumes. 8.5 by 15.5 cm. Vintage imperial green half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine richly decorated with romantic motifs, gilt head, covers preserved, untrimmed. Excellent condition. VOLTAIRE's novels are among his best-known and best-loved texts (Zadig, Micromégas, Candide, l'homme aux 40 écus, etc.). Here in a very charming copy.

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 169 - LA BRUYERE (Jean de): Les caractères, suivies des Caractères de Théophraste, traduits du grec par le même. Paris, de Bure, 1824. 3 volumes. 7.5 by 11.5 cm. Full contemporary lavalier calf, spine with 4 ornate nerves, black title-pieces, boards with a double gilt frame, and a cold frame, fillet on the edges, inner lace, all edges gilt. With lined slipcase. Minor rubbing to spines, otherwise perfect condition. Portrait of La Bruyère engraved by Pourvoyeur. A very charming edition of this classic work, superbly bound.

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 170 - BERGIER (Antoine): Manuel spécial des Officiers auxiliaires de la Police de Sureté et des tribunaux de police simple (...). Paris, Baudoin, fructidor an IX [1801]. One volume. 11.5 by 19 cm. (4)-464 pages. Light staining on the last 30 leaves (not too serious). Missing tear on title page. First edition. with BERGIER (Antoine): Traité -Manuel du dernier état des justices de paix, au 30 Floréal an X (...). Paris, Baudouin, Prairial an X, [1802]. One volume. (4)-455-(3) pages. Good interior condition. First edition. The two volumes have identical bindings: full contemporary basane, richly decorated smooth spine, roulette on the edges, black title page. Small, discreet wormholes on the binding, some minor spotting. A good copy. A good summary of the legislation drawn up by the Consulate before the arrival of the Napoleonic Code.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 171 - [Du Tillet (Jean)]: Recueil des édits, déclarations et arrests, rendus en faveur des curez, vicaires perpétuels, vicaires amovibles, chanoines & autres bénéficiers concernant les dismes grosses, vertes, menuës (...) ; les portions congrues des curez (...) les défenses aux Officiers de rendre la justice sous les porches des églises, dans les cimetières & dans les cabarets, (...). Paris, Guillaume Saugrain, 1699. One volume. 11 by 18.3 cm. (4)-156-(4)-16-82-(12); 23; 4 pages. Contemporary full calf, spine with 5 raised bands, decorated boards. Some rubbing to boards. Scattered foxing throughout. The first part is an Abrégé sur les dîmes. This is followed by various Council rulings. First edition. And the copy ends with two additional pieces: Edit du Roy concernant la juridiction ecclésiastique, registré en Parlement le 14 may 1695, same publisher, 1698 And Déclaration du Roy en interprétation de l'article XVIII de l'édit concernant la juridiction Ecclésiastique, registrée le 4 avril 1696. Same publisher, 1698. A highly original title, spread over two facing pages, the only way to include a text of such uncommon length...

Estim. 100 - 230 EUR

Lot 172 - [Martingale] [esotericism] Le Vrai Cagliostro ou le régulateur des actionnaires de la Loterie Royale. Paris, Menut de Saint-Mesmin, s.d. (1820). One volume. 13 by 21 cm. Frontispiece-(2)-240 pages. Paperback, in later dust jackets. Untrimmed copy, page edges occasionally faded, scattered foxing. A work designed to help people win various lotteries, according to a method attributed to Cagliostro, based on mathematical martingales, astrology and dream interpretation. The work ends with 90 woodcut figures. 1st edition of this book published annually thereafter by Jacques Julien Menut de Saint-Mesmin, who called himself a bookseller, editor of Tableau romain, journal of the royal lottery of France; author of Tables d'argent, jeu d'un numéro sans martingale; Directeur de la société des mathématiciens des Loteries; had his Lotonomique office on rue Saint Honoré... In subsequent editions, he called himself Cagliostro's successor... For more than 20 years, he published treatises on how to get rich with lotteries...

Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

Lot 173 - [Macon] [manuscript] LAPLATTE (Abbé François) : Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire sacrée et profane de Macon - Turpe est Atheniensem preregrinum esse - 1766. One volume. 19 by 25.5 cm. (12)-564 pages, followed by a hundred blank leaves. Contemporary boards bound in marbled paper. Handwritten text on bluish paper, very legible, with a few erasures, and additional notes in the margins. In perfect condition. Attached is a handwritten letter addressed to Abbé LAPLATTE, containing a clarification of a scholarly note on the land of Leyne in 1363. Letter addressed to Monsieur La Platte, former curé de l'hesne, near Saint-Pierre church in Mâcon. A manuscript of the same work is in the Bibliothèque municipale de MACON, and was transcribed in the Hors-série N°2 of Etudes Mâconnaises in September 2017. But the manuscript we present is not an identical copy of the transcribed one. We can assume that it is a first version of the text, later taken up and expanded. As a clue, the manuscript held by the town of MACON is dated 1768, ours 1766. Our manuscript stops at around 1702, with a line at the bottom of the page closing it off, for the elements recounted there, whereas the transcribed manuscript goes right up to the beginning of the Revolution. In the preface, our copy cites Gregory of Tours and the Livre enchainé from the archives of Saint-Vincent. These two sources are ignored by the Macon manuscript, which adds Guillaume Paradin. Our copy is often less detailed than the transcribed text, and this seems to confirm the hypothesis of a first version of the text. Here's an example: "One of the parish priests of the diocese who best fulfilled the pious views of Mr. Leveque was Mr. de Boisfranc parish priest of Bussières: see brochure." says our copy (page 456) "One of the parish priests who best fulfilled the holy views of the bishop was Monsieur de Boisfranc, parish priest of Bussières, who, having been a Calvinist himself, knew better the errors of the party. He blessed God for enlightening his eyes, generously abjured his errors and, like another Paul, sought to defend the truths he had so shamefully opposed. He entered the clergy. His talents were known, and Bussières having been entrusted to him, he brought a large number of Calvinists back into the fold of the church" is the version in the 1768 manuscript (page 196 of his transcription). The text then continues with a paragraph, identical in both manuscripts. Attached is Hors-Série N°2 of Etudes Mâconnaises, in which Abbé LAPLATTE's 1768 copy has been transcribed. A unique and exceptional document.

Estim. 300 - 600 EUR

Lot 174 - [Cour de cassation] Journal des audiences de la Cour de Cassation, ou recueil des principaux arrêts rendus par cette cour, en matière civile et mixte [...]. Paris, various publishers, An XII [1804]-1824. 22 volumes. 19 by 25 cm. Full contemporary basane, spine 5-ribbed, caissons very nicely decorated with elegant ironwork, black title-pieces. 11 boards have been subjected to the greediness of a fussy rat, and therefore show some loss of leather. Two small defects to a nerve. 3 slightly damaged headpieces, one of which has been unskilfully restored. Despite these defects, the overall quality is very good. A complete first edition, which is unusual. Our copy contains everything that appeared under this title and in this form in this precious periodical. In particular, a complete copy of the volume covering the earlier period (1791 - 1803), published retrospectively in 1809, and of the general table, written by G.T. Denevers, published in 1812 (438 pp.). Cat. collectif des périodiques B.N. III-p. 128; FRBNF 34419617. This periodical was taken over from 1825 by Dalloz and Tournemine under a different title and broader content: "Jurisprudence générale du royaume en matière civile, commerciale et criminelle: ou Journal des audiences de la Cour de cassation et des Cours royales", and appeared without interruption until 1902.

Estim. 800 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 175 - [MOISSY (Abbé de): La méthode dont les Pères se sont servis en traitant des mystères, dédiée au Roy. Paros, Coignard, 1683. One volume. 18.5 by 25.5 cm. 364 pages. Full contemporary binding, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, roulette on edges. The boards are decorated with a coat of arms (unidentified). Binding with minor flaws (cracked leather, missing headpieces, small cracks at upper jaw, etc.). Despite this, the binding is decent. A few brown spots inside. Approved by BOSSUET, who had just been appointed Bishop of Meaux. The work is a refutation of the Protestant thesis of free access to sacred texts. The author attempts to prove that the Fathers either gave learned and complex explanations to those capable of understanding them, the initiated, or partial and graphic explanations to the rest. And asserts that only the Church can explain the texts...

Estim. 70 - 120 EUR

Lot 176 - A collection of three works on gastronomy: URBAIN-DUBOIS: La cuisine d'aujourd'hui. 220 drawings, including 40 engraved plates. Service des déjeuners, plus de 300 manières de préparer les oeufs, Service des dîners. Twelfth edition, carefully corrected, with numerous additions. Paris, Flammarion, s.d (Circa 1920). One volume. 17.5 by 24 cm. (8)-800-XXVI pages. Publisher's full red percaline, cold decorated boards. Excellent condition, except for a slightly creased spine. Numerous illustrations in the text, some full-page. With [BARTHELEMY et DISTEL]: La Cuisine et la pâtisserie expliquées du Cordon bleu. Work divided into two parts: the first is a study of the fundamental basics of cooking and pastry-making, food substances and all culinary operations involving the preparation of dishes; the second is a complete collection of recipes for cooking, pastry-making, confectionery, ice-creams, jams, syrups, etc., methodically classified according to the rule of menus; plus a nomenclature of menus for each month of the year. Paris, Bibl. du Journal "Le Cordon-Bleu", (circa 1910). One volume. 17.5 by 26.5 cm. 742-(2)-XVI pages. Vintage carmine half-basane. Rubbing to binding, very good condition inside. Numerous illustrations in the text. With CORDON BLEU. Collection of issues from 536 to 595 (October 1, 1906 to March 15, 1909). Our collection includes the following issues: 536; 549; 551; 552; 553; 557; 559; 560; 563; 565; 589; 575; 583; 595. Numerous illustrations in the text, various advertisements. Full contemporary cloth. Copy in very good condition (one stain on two pages).

Estim. 120 - 300 EUR

Lot 177 - [autographs] [Marine] A collection of autographs from Second Empire naval officers. 17.5 by 24.5 cm. A 19th century cloth-backed notebook. One corner missing, poor condition. It contains, arranged alphabetically, 50 handwritten autographs. They are often parts of letters. Dates range from 1847 to 1872. Signatures range from two Ministers of the Navy, including Martin FOURICHON, Minister under the Government of National Defense (1870-1871), to major-generals... Attached is a letter dated December 6, 1845

Estim. 50 - 150 EUR

Lot 178 - [ALLETZ (Pons Augustin)]: L'Albert Moderne ou Nouveaux Secrets éprouvés et licites recueillis d'après les découvertes les plus récentes. Les uns ayant pour objet de remédier à un grand nombre d'accidens qui intéressent la santé; les autres, quantité de choses utiles à savoir pour les différents besoins de la vie; D'autres, enfin tout ce qui concerne le pur agrément, tant aux champs qu'à la Ville. Paris, veuve Duchesne1768. One volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. XXIV-432 pages. Contemporary full calf, smooth spine decorated. Upper headband damaged, spine cracked. Very rare foxing, otherwise good condition inside. A classic, whose reputation is well established... The first part gives health recipes, the second is mainly concerned with food, and includes numerous culinary recipes (carrot jams, oyster recipes, how to cook poultry without a spit or fire, etc.). The third and final part deals with liqueurs, and also includes numerous recipes for the drugstore.

Estim. 120 - 280 EUR

Lot 179 - [LE GRAND (Joachim)]: Histoire du divorce de Henry VIII roy d'Angleterre et de Catherine d'Arragon. Avec la Defense de Sanderus : La Refutation des deux premiers Livres de l'Histoire de la Reformation de M. Burnet : Et les Preuves. Paris, Veuve d'Edme Martin, Boudot, Martin, 1688. Three parts in two volumes. 9 by 16 cm. (10)-368-(4); (2)-256-(2)-191 pages. Contemporary full basane, 5-rib spine, ornate bindings. Upper spine ends faded, corners dulled, otherwise good condition. A small light wetness in the margin of the title page of Part 3, not serious, otherwise good condition inside. Catherine of Aragon was repudiated by Henry VIII for failing to give the King a male heir. The Pope refused this "divorce", leading Henry VIII to create the Anglican Church.

Estim. 100 - 230 EUR

Lot 180 - EVEILLON (Jacques): Traicté des excommunications, et monitoires. Angers, Avril, 1651. Followed by: [EVEILLON (Jacques)]: La manière de publier, fulminer, et executer toutes sortes de monitoires et excommunications. Angers, Avril, 1654. Two works bound in one volume. 17 by 23.5 cm. (20)-522-(12) pages; 28 pages. Contemporary full vellum, spine titled in ink. Heavy vellum wear to 1st board and spine. Slight wetness in upper margin throughout (not serious). Two old handwritten labels on title. Rare first edition for these two texts. They were collected in the second edition in 1672. Jacques Eveillon (1572-1653) was Grand Vicar of Angers. His work on excommunications was the first comprehensive work on the subject.

Estim. 120 - 250 EUR

Lot 181 - TÖPFFER (Rodolphe): Premiers voyages en zigzag ou excursions d'un pensionnat en vacances. (...) and 54 large hors-texte engravings. Seventh edition. Paris, Garnier, 1868. One volume. 17.5 by 27.5 cm. Frontispiece-(4)-476 pages, and 53 hors-texts (54 with frontispiece). Complete. Fawn half-maroquin, 5-rib mosaic spine, with richly ornamented boxes. Upper spine slightly worn (barely visible), otherwise very good condition. Interior in very good condition (no foxing). A fine copy. Book profusely illustrated in the text, with either landscapes or sketches showing Töpffer's talent as a caricaturist, who, it should be remembered, was one of the inventors of the comic strip.

Estim. 60 - 140 EUR

Lot 182 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de): Fables. Intaglio edition. Paris, Lecointe et Pougin, Gouget, 1834. 2 volumes. 24.5 by 34.5 cm. 129 leaves, and 123 fables; 127 leaves, including 116 fables (some fables are more than one page long). Contemporary fir-green half-chagrin, 5-rib spine, ornate bindings. Worn edges, hinges split over 5 cm on the spine of volume 1 (without affecting the solidity of the work. Of the total number of leaves, 20 are relatively wet or brown. Some leaves slightly foxed. A corner tear with paper loss, with no missing text, a marginal tear with no missing text. Despite all these defects, a pleasant copy. A very fine edition, entirely engraved on copper, with the text in 2 columns. Each fable is adorned with a fine mid-page engraving after Werner, all set within a double black fillet. A very fine illustration of these fables, with a style that is sometimes naïve, but always very aesthetic.

Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

Lot 183 - A collection of two satirical texts from 1801: [LACOMBE (Jacques)] Encyclopédiana ou L'abeille de Montmartre recueil curieux, instructif, moral, religieux et philosophique dédié aux amis de l'érudition. Paris, Marchand, an IX - 1801. One frontispiece-141 pages. Collection of piquant anecdotes. Includes a burlesque ceremony mocking the Theophilanthropists... Bound with L'Asiniana, ou l'âne parlant, étrennes mignonnes pour l'an 1801. Paris, Marchand, an IX - 1801. One color frontispiece-156 pages. A collection of bon mots and anecdotes, probably due in part to Jacques LACOMBE, who worked on commission for Marchand the bookseller. Very attractive frontispiece. Two works in one volume. 7.5 by 13 cm. Contemporary full basane, smooth spine decorated. Defects on one spine, and on the top cover. Very good condition inside.

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 184 - NERVAL (Gérard de): Lorely - souvenirs from Germany. Paris, Giraud et Dagneau, 1852. One volume. 10.5 by 17.5 cm. (4)-XVI-356 pages and a handwriting facsimile plate (between pages 342 and 343). Contemporary red half-chagrin, smooth spine (with false nerves) decorated with fleurons. Minor rubbing to binding, very good condition inside (virtually no foxing, except in the margin of the engraving). Rare first edition, complete with engraved frontispiece by Veyrassat and autograph facsimile outside text.

Estim. 100 - 180 EUR

Lot 185 - GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von) [NERVAL (Gérard de)]: Faust suivi du second Faust, choix de ballades et poésies de Goethe, Schiller, Burger, Klopstock, Schubart, Koerner, Uhland etc. Translated by Gérard. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1840. One volume. 10.5 by 17.5 cm. XXII-(2)-444 pages. Contemporary red half-chagrin, smooth spine (with false nerves) decorated with fleurons. Minor rubbing to binding, rare interior foxing. Translation and important introduction by Gérard de NERVAL. The translation of the second Faust and some of the German poems are here in the French Original Edition.

Estim. 100 - 250 EUR

Lot 186 - CARR (John): Voyage en Hollande et dans le midi de l'Allemagne, sur les deux rives du Rhin, dans l'été de 1806. Paris, Léopold Collin, 1809. 2 volumes. 12 by 20 cm. (10)-LXVIII-331; (4)-458 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, ornate smooth spines, red title-piece. Minor defects on a spine and on the headpieces, minor rubbing. A small marginal stain on 3 leaves of Volume 1, a few freckles at the end of Volume 2. Despite this, an enviable copy. First French edition, translated from English by novelist Louise-Félicité Guinement de Keralio Robert. Sir John Carr (1772-1832), a British lawyer, is best known for his highly successful accounts of his travels in Europe.

Estim. 80 - 180 EUR

Lot 186.1 - MAETERLINCK (Maurice): Ariane et Barbe bleue. Tale in three acts by Maurice Maeterlinck. Drypoints by Clark FAY. Lyon, Cercle lyonnais du livre, 1943. One volume. 22.5 by 29 cm. unnumbered leaves. Full beige morocco, boards decorated with gilt fillet crosses and two brown morocco listels throughout, ornate smooth spine, gilt edges, inner fillet cross border, beige cloth lining and endpapers, cover and spine preserved. Binding signed CREUZEVAULT. In a lavaliere half-maroquin slipcase. Perfect condition. Slight browning of the preserved cover, the only flaw in this very fine copy. Edition illustrated with 43 drypoints by Clark Fay. One of 130 on Vidalon blue vellum from an edition of 145 copies (here No. 46). A hieratic illustration of this harrowing tale, in a splendid binding.

Estim. 500 - 850 EUR

Lot 187 - (Ain) QUINSONAS (Emmanuel de, Comte): Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de Marguerite d'Autriche, duchesse de Savoie, régente des Pays-Bas. Paris, Delaroque frères, 1860. 3 volumes. 15.5 by 23.5 cm. Paperback, in muted dust jacket. XXVI-(2)-409 pages and a chromolithographed frontispiece, 11 hors-texte plates (including 3 double plates and one in color), a folding color map, and a facsimile plate; (4)-553 pages and a chromolithographed frontispiece, and a hors-texte plate; (4)-VII-419 pages, with a facsimile and 4 hors-texte plates. Untrimmed, uncut copy. Marginal tear on the last 3 leaves of volume 3, very rare foxing, mute cover of volume 1 slightly soiled, otherwise good condition. Very fine impression by Louis PERRIN, with headbands, lamp-ends, etc. Volume 2 contains a bibliography of over 260 pages. Volume 3 consists solely of supporting documents. Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530) was a great politician, follower of Renaissance humanism and patron of the arts. She was the founder of the monastery of BROU, where she is buried with her last husband, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy.

Estim. 90 - 180 EUR

Lot 187.1 - Le livre d'heures de la reine Anne de Bretagne, translated from Latin and accompanied by unpublished notes by M. l'abbé Delaunay. Paris, Curmer, 1861. Two volumes. 22.5 by 32.5 cm. 477; 475-49 pages. Full contemporary brown Jansenist chagrin, 5 marked bands on boards, double cold framing of boards, double fillet on edges, wide and rich inner lace, green silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Binding signed PETIT, successor to SIMIER. Minor scuffing to boards, some superficial rubbing, otherwise very good condition. In volume 1, consisting solely of 477 chromolithographs, some paper slightly darkened in margins, not serious, and foxing on endpapers. In the text volume, scattered light foxing. Published by subscription at 850 copies, the work, with the chromolithographic reproduction of this exceptional book of hours, includes the list of subscribers, the French translation of the book of hours by Henri Delaunay in a layout with large ruled margins, accompanied by previously unpublished notes, a catalog of the plants represented in the illuminations, an index and a table of contents. 475 plants are identified and commented on... "Beautiful chromolithographic reproduction of the "Grandes heures d'Anne de Bretagne", one of the most famous and beautiful French illuminated manuscripts, commissioned by the queen from the Touraine illuminator Jean Bourdichon in the early years of the 16th century. This splendid manuscript, decorated with 49 large full-page miniatures and 337 marginal illuminations and frames featuring numerous vegetal motifs, is now kept at the BnF (Ms. lat. 9474)."

Estim. 500 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 188 - [COOPER (Susan Fenimore)]: Rural Hours By a Lady. New-York, Putnam, 1851. One volume. 15 by 21 cm. Frontispiece-521 pages, and 19 color lithographed hors-texte plates. Contemporary full brown chagrin, 5-rib spine, richly decorated boxes, triple framing of the boards, with a floral motif in the center, and spandrels, all edges gilt, roulette on the edges, rich inner lace. Joints split, 1st plate separated from the body of the book. Very good condition inside. Although Susan Cooper is considered an amateur botanist, Rural Hours attracted the attention of scientist Charles Darwin and author Henry David Thoreau. She was also active for women's suffrage. The quality of the 20 color illustrations is obvious, and makes the book enviable, despite its flawed binding.

Estim. 100 - 230 EUR

Lot 188.1 - GUERIN (Maurice de): le Centaure. Lyon, le Cercle Gryphe, 1929. One volume. 22.5 by 28.5 cm. 84 unnumbered pages. In sheets, printed and illustrated hardcover. Some light foxing on the first 4 and last 4 leaves, not serious. This is one of the most lavishly illustrated books of Art Deco compositions, by Claudius LINOSSIER, an exceptional coppersmith and Art Deco enthusiast, of whom this is the only illustrated book. 73 beautiful compositions in red, black, gray and silver. Limited edition of 133 copies, here the copy for Mlle Thérèse Lavauden. No one is indifferent to the illustrations in this famous book...

Estim. 500 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 189 - MEDIOLANO (Joanne de): Schola Salernitana, sive De conservanda Valetudine Præcepta Metrica. Autore Joanne de Mediolano hactenus ignoti. Cum luculenta & Arnoldi Villanovani in singula Capita Exegesi. Ex Recensione Zachariæ Sylvii (...). Roterodami, Arnoldi Leers, 1649. One volume. 7 by 13 cm. Engraved frontispiece-(46)-519-(11) pages. Full antique vellum. Small defects on the spine (wetness, a small lack of vellum) otherwise a good copy. Small wormholes in the margins of about forty leaves, not serious or missing text). Otherwise in very good condition. "Attributed to John of Milan, a physician who probably never even existed, a set of precepts of hygiene and care, compiled by the School of Salerno around the 2nd half of the 13th century, in the form of a Latin poem in 364 Leonine verses". First edition. "This version, compiled by Zacharias Sylvius (1608-1664), was first published by Arnold Leers in 1649."

Estim. 100 - 250 EUR

Lot 190 - COURTELINE (Georges): OEuvres parues à la Société Littéraire de France. 8 volumes, collected in three slipcases. Le miroir concave, with headpieces by Pierre-Jean Poitevin. 1919. Le train de 8h47, with woodcuts by CARLEGLE. 1919. Copy with a suite of 5 woodcuts on Chine. Boubouroche followed by Contes divers. Frontispiece by SIMEON, headpieces drawn by Belmondo. 1921 Les linottes. Pen drawings by Charles Roussel. 1923 Les gaités de l'escadron. Woodcuts by Gus BOFA. Dedicated copy by COURTELINE and BOFA. Messieurs les Ronds-de-cuir. 1920. Copy dedicated to COURTELINE and BOFA. Théâtre choisi, with drawings by Gus BOFA. Two volumes, 1924. Paperback, in good condition. The slipcases bear the bookplate of Jean GERME, a writer who is the friend to whom both dedications are addressed. Minor defects to the slipcases. A handwritten letter from COURTELINE. A handwritten letter from André MELAY (painter born in 1876), with two pages of 9 pen-and-ink portraits based on his reading of Les Ronds de cuir. Letter to Jean GERME A letter from JODELET, another of COURTELINE's illustrators. These two letters are addressed to Jean GERME. This set is complete with Courteline's illustrated works published by the Société Littéraire de France.

Estim. 120 - 250 EUR

Lot 191 - [Brittany] Two leaflets on the town of CARHAIX: A l'Assemblée nationale: Observations du district de Carhaix, sur l'établissement du chef-lieu du département du Finistère. S.l. (Carhaix?), Gueffier, rue Git-le-coeur. S.d. (circa 1790). One fascicle. 20.5 by 23.5 cm. Paperback, 18 pages. With handwritten corrections, suggesting that this document is a printing before corrections. This is a memoir defending Carhaix's candidacy to become the capital of the newly-created Finistère department, rather than Landerneau or Quimper... It is signed by all the municipal officers and notables of Carhaix. With KERAMPUIL (Henry de): Mémoire pour la ville de Carhaix. Morlaix, Lédan, March 15, 1818. One fascicle. 21 by 27.5 cm. 22 pages on bluish paper. The mayor of Carhaix, Henry de Kerampuil, defends his town for the status of sous-préfecture, then located in Châteaulin. Two rare documents A few old documents bound in Carhaix are enclosed, including a copy of a 1680 deed made in pluviose an 9 (February 1801).

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 192 - A set of 5 documents from the 16th and 17th centuries, probably from Alsace: A document on vellum, dated November 1, 1660, with its seal. A document dated May 29, 1661, with its seal. A document dated 1645, with seal. A document dated 1559, with its two seals. A document dated 1649, with its seal. For collectors of antique seals...

Estim. 100 - 300 EUR

Lot 193 - [VIEILLEVILLE (Maréchal de)] CARLOIX (Vincent): Mémoires de la vie de François de Scepeaux, sire de Vieilleville et comte de Duretal, maréchal de France ; contenants plusieurs anecdotes des règnes de François Ier, Henri II, François II et Charles IX. Paris, H.-L. Guérin & L.-F. Delatour, 1757. 5 volumes. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. Engraved portrait-XXXII-446; (4)-VIII-461; (4)-VIII-440; (4)-VIII-411; (4)-VIII-468 pages. Full contemporary calf, spine with 5 ornate bands, red title-pieces, roulette on the edges. Two small bumps on the boards, one very small crack on a spine, otherwise a very fine copy. Very good condition inside. First edition. An engraved portrait by P. E. Moitte adorns the frontispiece. "The manuscript of the memoirs of Marshal de Vielleville (1509-1571) was discovered by the Jesuit Henri Griffet in the archives of the Château de Durtal and published under the name of Vincent Carloix, the Marshal's secretary. However, the true author of these memoirs is an anonymous and well-informed 18th-century compiler."

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 194 - MOUTARD-ULDRY (Renée) and PIERLOT (Norbert): Georges JOUVE by Michel FARÉ. Paris, Art et Industrie, 1965. One volume. 20.5 by 27 cm. 96 pages. Publisher's illustrated full-grey cloth. Small damp stains at bottom of both covers, otherwise a very good copy. Two handwritten letters, addressed to Odette and Maurice PERRIER (a famous coppersmith). The first is from Renée Moutard-Uldry. The second is from Michel Faré, followed by the signature of Josette Jouve, Georges' wife. Georges JOUVE is considered the greatest ceramist of his time. A sought-after book.

Estim. 0 - 500 EUR

Lot 194.1 - THARAUD (Jérôme and Jean): L'An prochain à Jérusalem. Illustrations by André SURÉDA, woodcut by Georges Beltrand. Paris, Lapina, 1929. One volume. 21 by 30 cm. (6)-163 pages. Leaves, in illustrated filled cover, with modern folder and slipcase. Perfect condition (very slight fading of engravings on opposite pages). One of 304 copies on Hollande pur chiffon (N°344). 38 color and palladium illustrations by "Orientalist realist" painter and illustrator André Sureda (1872-1930).

Estim. 0 - 300 EUR

Lot 195 - Reunion of 7 18th and 19th century booklets on pharmacy, all in modern bradel boards in very good condition. 1. OULÈS (Antoine): Essai sur l'histoire naturelle, l'analyse chimique et les usages pharmaceutiques de l'hermodacte, du méchoacan et du turbith. Presented and defended at the Montpellier School of Pharmacy, on ... December 1809, to obtain the title of pharmacist. Montpellier, Tournel Frères, s.d. [1809]. 17 by 23 cm. 42-(2) pages + 3 ff. ch. 33 to 36-(2). Some foxing. First edition. 2. MOSSEL (Jean-Pierre): Essai chimique sur le camphre. Présenté à l'École de Médecine de Montpellier, pour dernier examen de pharmacie, et soutenu le 24 messidor an dix [13 juillet 1802]. Montpellier, Veuve de Jean Martel Aîné, An X [1802]. 19 by 25 cm. 25-(1) pages. First edition. 3. PADRELL Y VIDAL (Joseph): Dissertation sur l'usage et l'abus du quinquina dans le traitement des fièvres intermittentes; présenté et soutenue à l'École de Médecine de Montpellier le 23 prairial an 10 [12 juin 1802]. [Montpellier, G. Izar et A. Ricard], 1802. 19.5 by 25cm. (4)-39-(1) pages. Darkened paper. First edition. 4. Arrest du Conseil d'État du Roi, concernant les remèdes pour la distribution desquels on demandoit des lettres-patentes, brevets ou permissions. May 5, 1781. Lille, N.J.B. Peterinck-Cramé, 1783. 19 by 24.5 cm. 8 pages. Very important decree regulating the control of new medicines by the Royal Society of Medicine and the granting of patents authorizing their marketing. 5. LEPRAT (Pierre-Ferdinand): Ipecacuanhas and emetine. Thesis presented and defended at the Ecole spéciale de pharmacie, February 12, 1853. Paris, Poussielgue, Masson et Cie, 1853. 19.5 by 25 cm. 31 pages. First edition. 6. MONTHIERS (J.-H.): Double cyanides. Thesis defended at the École de pharmacie, (February 1847). Paris, Poussielgue, 1847. 18 by 25 cm. 44 pages. Scattered foxing. Autograph letter from the author in the upper margin of the title page. First edition. The counter-attack of a charlatan 7. [LEROY (Louis)]: Le charlatanisme démasqué, ou la médecine appréciée à sa juste valeur; par un ami de la vérité et de l'humanité. Orléans, Mme Ve Huet-Perdoux, 1819. 11.5 by 19.5 cm. 88 pages. First edition. Doctor Louis Leroy, denounced as a charlatan by his colleagues, made his fortune with the sale of his work La médecine curative ou la purgation, which went through more than ten editions. In it, he prescribed a miracle purgative remedy for many illnesses. He published Le charlatanisme démasqué to confound his critics.

Estim. 150 - 320 EUR

Lot 195.1 - LOQUET (Charles) et All: Essai sur la serrurerie à travers les âges, published by the Société libre d'émulation du Commerce et de l'Industrie de la Seine Inférieure. Rouen, Lecerf, 1908. One volume. 13.5 by 22.3 cm. 155 pages (pagination erroneous from the start, but book complete) and 64 hors-texte plates. Contemporary brown half-chagrin, 5-rib spine, covers preserved. Very good condition. Based on the remarkable lock collection of Charles LOQUET (the aptly named), locksmith, scholar and collector. Illustrations in the text. A rare work.

Estim. 70 - 150 EUR

Lot 196 - SAINT-AMANT (Marc-Antoine Gérard, dit De): La Rome ridicule du sieur de Saint Amant - Roma contrafatta del Signore di Saint Amant. S.n, s.l., s.d. One volume. 7 by 12 cm. 103 pages. Contemporary full calf, 5-rib spine, ornate bindings. Minor wear to corners, otherwise very good condition. "Marc-Antoine Gérard, sieur de Saint-Amant (Rouen 1594 - Paris 1660 or 61) is less famous for his poetry than for his debauchery, gluttony and drunkenness. He stayed in Rome in 1633, following in the footsteps of Marshal de Créquy, who had gone to negotiate the secret marriage of Gaston d'Orléans (brother of Louis XIII) and Marguerite de Lorraine with Pope Urban VIII. Saint-Amant had little taste for the Eternal City: a keen observer, he took pleasure in criticizing the city's monuments and fountains in his poem, deploring the cruelty and exuberance of Italian mores, as well as the general greed for gain. In turn, overly prudish matrons and jealous husbands are mocked, while the life of the common people in Rome's bustling streets is colorfully described, as the poet grumbles about the poor quality of food, drink and lodgings. Burlesque, vitriolic and at times crude". The work is considered one of the masterpieces of Baroque literature. Its 1st edition was published in French in 1643. A rare late 17th-century bilingual French and Italian edition of these irreverent CI poems, of which no trace has been found. The Italian translation in rhyming verse seems a form of provocation, given what is said about Rome. One line is retouched (poem VII)...

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 196.1 - L'ARISTARQUE Français, political, historical and literary journal. 1815-1816. 272 issues in two volumes. 21 by 34 cm. Contemporary half basane. Boards rubbed, one spine missing. Very good condition inside. Founded in 1799 under the title L'Aristarque Français, journal universel, by Jean-Louis VOIDET (1769-1839). War commissioner, then journalist-publisher, several times convicted of press offenses. The newspaper ceased publication in 1816, only to be revived in 1820 under the title L'Aristarque français, journal du soir. We offer here the complete issue of this newspaper, which appeared under its second title, from N°1 (May 1, 1815) to N°272 (January 27, 1816). The NL is mistaken in saying that it stopped at no. 262. The issues of the journal bear the Royal Stamp of the Seine. The newspaper describes the troubles of the second Restoration in its early days, and includes, for example, the report of Marshal NEY's trial before the Chambre des Pairs, following the Hundred Days...

Estim. 180 - 300 EUR

Lot 197 - Set of 4 volumes from the L'UNIVERS PITTORESQUE collection on Germany: 1. ROUX DE ROCHELLE (Jean-Bapt.-Gaspard): Villes anséatiques. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1844. One volume. 14 by 22 cm. (8)-398 pp. + 22 plates + 1 folding map. Paperback, printed cover, uncut. Bottom cover slightly stained. Light spotting in the margins of half the pages, and in the margins of the engravings, and some foxing. 2. LE BAS (Ph.): Allemagne. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1839. 2 volumes. 13.5 by 21.5 cm. (4)-495 pages + 100 plates h.t. and (4)-480 pages + 100 plates h.t. + 2 folding maps h.t. Modern bradel boards, covers preserved. Light spotting in the lower margin of half the pages of Volume 1, a few brown spots, otherwise a very good copy. Very well illustrated with 200 plates. 3. LE BAS (Ph.): États de la Confédération germanique pour faire suite à l'histoire générale de l'Allemagne. Paris, Firmin Didot, s.d. [1842]. One volume. 13.5 by 21.5 cm. Multiple pagination + 76 plates h.t. Modern bradel boards, cover boards preserved. Scattered foxing. This work is divided into 8 parts: 1) Austria, 2) Bohemia, 3) Hungary, 4) Saxony, 5) Prussia, 6) Bavaria, 7) Württemberg, 8) Grand Duchy of Baden, Hessian states, states of the House of Brunswick, and small sovereign principalities of the German Confederation. A beautiful set.

Estim. 100 - 250 EUR

Lot 198 - PELLISSON (Paul): Histoire de Louis XIV, depuis la mort du cardinal Mazarin en 1661 jusqu'à la paix de Nimègue en 1678. Paris, Rollin, 1749. 3 volumes. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. (6)-LII-424; (2)-393; (2)-VIII-373 pages. Contemporary full calf, 5-rib spine, ornate boards. Minor binding defects. Small worm's work on 20 leaves in the upper margin of volume 1, not missing and not serious. Small label of former ownership on the title pages. An honorable copy. Paul Pellisson was Historiographer to King Louis XIV for almost 10 years, before being replaced by Racine. Voltaire describes him as very learned...

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 199 - APOCALYPSE OF JEAN. Facsimile of the Douce 180 manuscript in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, with French translation and study by Jean Grosjean, with commentary by Yves Christe and Montague Rhodes James. Paris, club du livre (Philippe LEBEAUD), 1981. 2 volumes. 21 by 31 cm. One volume of color facsimiles, on heavy paper. Bound in full brown calf with very rich decoration on the boards, 5-rib spine, in its bordered slipcase. And a 130-page volume in brown streaked half calf, with the translation of the text and studies on it by Jean Grosjean, in its lined slipcase. A mint copy. A facsimile is only a copy made as close as possible to the original, but as the original is definitively out of reach for all collectors... Magnificent achievement...

Estim. 120 - 300 EUR

Lot 200 - MALON (Benoit, under the direction of): La REVUE SOCIALISTE. Paris, Librairie de la "Revue Socialiste" [Rédaction et Administration, pour le vol. 1], [1885]-1895, 21 volumes. 15 by 23.5 cm. Each volume represents a semester of the journal, which appeared twice a month, and runs to between 600 and 800 pages. Period half-basin with 4 burgundy spines for the first 17 volumes, black for the last 4. Spines sunned in burgundy binding, minor binding defects (not serious). A few leaves torn but not missing, scattered foxing, paper sometimes slightly foxed. There is no false-title or title for vols. 2, 3 and 4, which are continuously paginated, following vol. 1. Head of collection covering 10 years of this important journal founded in January 1885 by Benoît Malon, the theorist of integral syndicalism. It appeared until 1914. It covers the entire period during which Benoît Malon was the Revue's director (1885-1893). Benoit MALON was a friend of Eugène VARLIN, a member of the International Working Men's Association. During the Commune, he organized the defense during the bloody week. Exiled to Switzerland, his socialism became more reformist, and his thinking more anarchist. Back in France, he became a Freemason, and became a theoretician of non-Marxist socialism. To the affirmation of class struggle, he added the cult of law and justice, and the appeal to a feeling of universal human brotherhood, which would inspire JAURES. B.N., Cat. collectif des périodiques IV-p. 344. A rare set from these first 10 years, with an immense wealth of content, the magazine's aim being to be open to all human culture (philosophy, politics, economics, international news, literature, etc.) and to all components of socialism.

Estim. 300 - 600 EUR

Lot 201 - Collection of 5 books on forensic medicine: 1. METZGER (Johann Daniel): Principes de médecine légale ou judiciaire, translated from the German by Dr. J. Dan. Metzger, et augmentés de notes, par le Dr J.J. Ballard. Paris, Gabon, 1813. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. (2)-XXIII-(1)-504 pages. Contemporary full shagreened basane, spine decorated. Small hole on upper spine (not serious). Otherwise in very good condition. 2nd edition in French (E.O. in German: 1793; E.O. in French: 1812). 2. BRIAND (Joseph ): Manuel complet de médecine légale, ou Résumé des meilleurs ouvrages publiés jusqu'à ce jour sur cette matière, et des jugements et arrêts les plus récents, précédé de considérations sur la recherche et les poursuites des crimes et délits (...) Contenant un traité élémentaire de chimie légale, dans lequel est décrite la marche à suivre dans les recherches toxicologiques (...). Seventh edition. Paris, Baillière, 1863. One volume. 14 by 23 cm. VIII-1048 pages. Contemporary fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated, carmine title page. Bump to upper spine. Some foxing in the text. Illustrations in the text. A very complete study. 3. LEPETIT (L.): Étude de l'arsenic sous le point de vue chimique et toxicologique. Thèse soutenue à l'école de pharmacie, le 4 août 1846. Paris, Poussielgue, 1846, in-4, 50 pages + 1 h.t. plate. Modern bradel boards. First edition. 4. GEORGES (Auguste): Recherches sur la présence du cuivre dans les empoisonnements. Thesis presented and defended at the École supérieure de pharmacie de Paris, April 8, 1854. Paris, E. et V. Penaud Frères, 1854, in-4, 28 pages. Modern bradel boards. First edition. 5. HILLAIRET (J.-E.): Notice historique sur l'empoisonnement par l'arsenic, sur l'emploi de l'appareil de Marsh et des autres moyens de doser ce toxique. Paris, Alexandre Bailly, 1847, in-8 de (6)-96 pp. + 1 pl. dépl. h.t. ; cartonnage bradel moderne. -Scattered foxing on ten or so pages (including false title and title), plate very slightly torn and restored without paper loss. Autograph signed letter from the author in the upper margin of the false title. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1846). Uncommon.

Estim. 140 - 300 EUR

Lot 202 - [HELOT (Jules)]: Histoire centennale du sucre de betterave [1812-1912]. Album illustrated with reproductions of documents from the collection of Mr. Jules Hélot. Published in commemoration of the centenary of indigenous sugar production by the Syndicat des fabricants de sucre de France. Paris, Héliotypie Fortier et Marotte, 1912. One volume. 29 by 40 cm. 179 pages. Red half cloth with corners, smooth titled spine, upper board decorated with a large gilt beet surrounded by the dates 1812 and 1912 (publisher's binding). One corner worn, one corner with a trace of wetness (not serious), a number in ink in one corner of the upper board, inner hinge cracked (not affecting the solidity of the copy), otherwise good condition of the binding. Very good condition inside (a few folds in the serpents). Numerous illustrations in black and color in the text (caricatures, portraits, facsimiles, photographic illustrations), under covers, all mounted on tabs. Unique and impressive edition of this rare album commemorating the imperial decree of January 24, 1812, by which, following the first industrial extraction of beet sugar by Jean-Baptiste Quéruel and Benjamin Delessert (late 1811), the first industrial production was organized on the territory of metropolitan France, then completely cut off from its sugar colonies as well as from British trade. The origin of beet sugar no doubt explains the bookplate in the library of Marcel DUNAN, a leading historian specializing in the 1st Empire.

Estim. 130 - 280 EUR

Lot 203 - A folder of engravings including: Three artist's proofs signed by Edouard CHIMOT, of engravings illustrating BARBUSSE's L'ENFER. These three EAs are for Huguette SIMON. Including: Femme au spectre (28 by 39.5 cm Frontispiece to l'Enfer, 25.5 by 32 cm. A portrait of a woman, 25.5 by 32 cm. An engraving by Chimot, signed in the proof. An engraving of the Grande rue de Saint-Malo, signed E. SOYER (?) A watercolor of the banks of the Seine, signed P. Monnfins (?) Four reproductions of engravings...

Estim. 100 - 300 EUR

Lot 204 - LEONNEC (Paul): Patara et Bredindin, aventures & mésaventures de deux Gabiers en bordée. Illustrated with 150 pen-and-ink sketches. Paris, Vanier, 1884. One volume. 15 by 23 cm. (4)-VIII-152 pages. Blue half-percaline with corners, black title page, covers and spine preserved. Very good condition, except for a few freckles on the covers only. Copy on fine Hollande paper numbered 90, initialled by the publisher, untrimmed. Enriched with an original watercolor in color signed by Paul Léonnec, on the title page. The Breton Paul Léonnec (1842-1899) was a naval officer and cartoonist with the Journal Amusant.

Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

Lot 205 - ROBIDA (Albert): Rothenburg, a town of the past. Paris, Edmond Richardin, 1910. One volume. 19.5 by 25 cm. 184 pages and 13 hors-texte engravings including frontispiece. Complete. Contemporary fawn half-chagrin, 5-rib spine, gilt head. Some rubbing to binding. Excellent condition inside. One of 280 copies on vellum (N°213). Numerous illustrations in and out of text. Very fine illustration by ROBIDA, in one of the lesser-known cities he illustrated.

Estim. 100 - 230 EUR

Lot 206 - Set of 6 books on Chad and Sudan: 1. REIBELL (General Emile): Le commandant Lamy d'après sa correspondance et ses souvenirs de campagne (1858-1900). Algeria - Tunisia - Tonkin - Sahara - Congo - Madagascar - Sudan. With a heliogravure portrait and eleven maps accompanying the text. Second edition. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1903. One volume. 15.5 by 24 cm. (6)-XVII-(1)-576-(3) pages + 11 folding maps h.t. Modern full cloth, basane title-piece on spine, inside front cover (soiled). False title stained. Otherwise a good copy. Portrait missing. 2. BARATIER (Colonel Albert-Ernest-Augustin): A travers l'Afrique. Crowned work by the Académie française. Illustrated after drawings by Gaston de Burggraff, photographs, maps and sketches by the author. Paris, Arthème Fayard & Cie, s.d. [ca 1910]. One volume. 18 by 27 cm. 1 portrait-206-(1) pages. Contemporary red half cloth with corners. Wear to edges, endpaper trimmed to remove old ownership. Two leaves slightly damaged at corner tip, small stain on one page-lower margin of 2 ff. slightly damaged (lower corner tip) but not missing, small blue ink stain on p. 179, very small wetness in upper margin of last 20 leaves. In-text illustrations, including 21 full-page illustrations and 6 maps. First edition. Numa Broc, Les explorateurs français. Afrique, p. 15. In June 1895, the author took part in the "Congo-Nil" expedition, commanded by Captain Marchand, with whom he had befriended. 3. LENFANT (Commandant Eugène): La grande route du Tchad. Mission de la Société de géographie. Preface by M. Le Myre de Vilers. Introduction by Maurice Albert. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1905. One volume. 16 by 25 cm. 1 portrait-(6)-XIV-(2)-287-(1) pp. + 1 folding map h.t. in color. Contemporary red half-basane with corners, 5-rib spine, gilt head. Small tear on one nerve, otherwise very good condition. In-text illustrations, including 27 plates and a map. N. Broc, Dict. illustré des explorateurs français du XIXe siècle. Afrique, pp. 199-201. "In 1902, Lenfant was entrusted with a new mission [...]. The aim of the expedition was to find an easier, faster and more economical route to Chad than the Ubangi and Congo routes". (N. Broc). Richly illustrated with reproductions of photographs. 4. CASATI (Gaetano): Ten years in Equatoria. The return of Emin Pacha and the Stanley expedition. Translated with the author's permission by Louis de Hessem and enriched with 170 engravings and 4 maps. Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1892. One volume. 17.5 by 27 cm. 1 portrait-XI-(1)-498 pp. + 4 maps h.t. (3 on double page) + 66 plates. Contemporary red half-chagrin with corners, 5-rib spine, gilt head. Worn edges, otherwise very good condition. In-text illustrations. First edition in French. Italian explorer whose work, "a mine of information of the highest value, corroborates, explains or invalidates on various points the famous works of Stanley and Mounteney Jephson". (A. de Claparède, Le Globe, revue genevoise de géographie 1902, vol. 41). 5. KLOBB (Colonel Jean-François-Arsène): Dernier cahier de route. French Sudan. Official report by Governor Bergès on the end of the Klobb mission. Preface by Jules Lemaitre. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, s.d. [1905]. One volume. 10.5 by 17.5 cm. (4)-VIII-292-(1) pages. Contemporary red bradel percaline. References in blue pencil and pen on title page, otherwise very good condition. First edition. Paule Brasseur, Bio-bibliographie générale du Mali, n° 3305. Lieutenant-Colonel Klobb stayed in Timbuktu, then was sent in search of the Voulet-Chanoine expedition, famous for the cruelty of the massacres it perpetrated. Voulet and Chanoine, joined by Klobb, opened fire and Klobb was killed. 6. PÉROZ (Etienne): Au Soudan français. Souvenirs de guerre et de mission. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1889. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. (6)-467 pp. + 3 maps on 1 folding f. h.t. Contemporary half-chagrin, 5-rib spine nicely decorated, ex. de prix de la Ville de Paris. Scattered brown spots, endpaper missing. First edition. Paule Brasseur, Bibliog. générale du Mali 3191. "Account of the mission led by Captain Péroz in 1886-87, which led to the treaty signed with Samori at Bissandougou. Historical reminder of the 3 previous campaigns, particularly when Péroz commanded Niagassola." (P. Brasseur).

Estim. 180 - 350 EUR

Lot 207 - Madame de LAFAYETTE: La Comtesse de Tende, followed by La Princesse de Monpensier. Aquatints by Gustave LE CRÉAC'H. Paris, Société des Cent Une, 1988. One volume. 25 by 33 cm. Leaves in filled cover with author's name imprint, with publisher's light-blue percaline chemise and slipcase. Excellent condition (slight discoloration of slipcase, not serious). Numbered copy (8) on Rives vellum (the only paper), signed by the artist and the president and vice-president of Les Cent Une, a bibliophilic society. With ROBERT (Pierre-Edmond): Olympes. Ten engravings by Rémi CHAMPSEIT. [Dijon], Balbec "lettrines", 1989. One volume. 28 by 38 cm. In sheets under illustrated and filled cover. Mint condition. One of the copies on Rives vellum, the only paper (legal printer's deposit copy"!) signed by the artist. Total limited edition of 105 copies. With ROY (Jules): Cinq poèmes. Illustrations by Georges HOSOTTE. Avallon, Voillot, 1991. One volume. 25 by 33 cm. In sheets, with printed cover. Mint condition. One of the unjustified copies on arches vellum (the only paper).

Estim. 120 - 250 EUR

Lot 208 - [entomology] Large cut-out albums on Coleoptera. One album. Circa 1880. 44.5 by 30 cm. Italian-style album, 36 leaves with cut-outs and chromolithographs, and a few blank leaves. Half-basane, black percaline boards. Spine damaged, boards showing bumps. Very good condition inside. Insects are presented in classes (Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera), with colored insect cut-outs, with common name and Latin name handwritten underneath. Two full pages with bird chromos, to separate two parts.

Estim. 100 - 300 EUR

Lot 209 - MONTAIGNE (Michel de): Essais. Paris, Pierre Didot l'Aîné et Firmin Didot, An X - 1802. 4 volumes. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. Contemporary fir-green half basane, with corners, smooth spine with tomonnage on red leather. Attractive paper covers. Some minor rubbing, a few dull corners, rare interior foxing. A fine copy nonetheless. Volume IV also contains letters by Montaigne and "De La servitude volontaire" by Étienne de La Boëtie. Stereotype edition published by Naigeon, printed on laid paper.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 210 - CALMET (dom Augustin): Dictionnaire historique, critique, chronologique, géographique et littéral de la Bible, enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures en taille-douce, qui représentent les Antiquitez Judaïques. Paris, Emery, Emery, Saugrain, Pierre Martin, 1722. Two volumes. 25.5 by 38 cm. Frontispiece-(18)-CVIII-505 pages, 7 maps including 4 on double page, 36 engravings including 16 on double page; (4)-564-(2)CXXXV-(1) pages and 65 engravings, including 22 on double page. Full contemporary binding, 6-rib spine, decorated boards, with some defects (particularly to the headpieces and corners). Interior in fair condition (one quire unbound, title pages damaged but not missing, various minor paper defects). A decent copy nonetheless. First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 maps (4 of them double) and 101 engraved plates (38 of them double). Complete. A renowned book, here in average condition, but complete.

Estim. 250 - 450 EUR

Lot 211 - [curiosa] [SÉNAC de MEILHAN (Gabriel)]: La foutro-manie, poeme lubrique. Sardanapalis, aux dépens des amateurs, 1776. One volume. 12.5 by 21 cm. 80 pages. Red half-basane, spine with 4 nerves, copy with large margins (19th century binding). A stain on the upper cover, some light rubbing on the spine. Scattered foxing inside. A bookplate (VULPUS). One of the editions published under the "Sardanapalis" address. The work is most often attributed to G. Sénac de Meilhan (1736-1803), but it was also sometimes lent to CL.-Fr.-X. Mercier de Compiègne (1763-1800). It went through several editions, but as it was largely destroyed, it remains rare. One of the great erotic texts of the 18th century, addressed to Foutro-manes of both sexes, and exalting the pleasures of the flesh...

Estim. 100 - 230 EUR

Lot 212 - Set of 4 small almanacs, all in full red morocco, in very good condition: Calendrier de la cour tiré des éphémérides pour l'année 1789. Paris, Hérissant, 1789. 5.5 by 10.5 cm. Very attractive binding. Etrennes universelles, utiles et agréables, (...) pour l'année 1774. Falaise, Pitre-Préfontaine, Caen, Chalopin, and Paris Langlois, Deschamps, s.d. 5.5 by 9.5 cm. One large folding plate (Europe and France). Very attractive binding with highly decorated boards. Etrennes mignonnes, curieuses, utiles et amusantes pour mil huit cent dix sept. 5.5 by 9.5 cm. Paris, Demoraine. One large folding plate (France and neighboring countries, Europe, map of Paris and suburbs). Long-grained morocco, boards nicely framed. Minor wear to corners and spine.) Le Diable couleur de rose, ou le Jeu à la mode. Paris, Janer, 1813. 6.5 by 10 cm. 5 engravings, all devoted to the "jeu à la mode", known today as diabolo, but called Diable in the 19th century.

Estim. 60 - 140 EUR

Lot 213 - Reunion of 3 18th century almanacs: Etrennes Bordeloises ou calendrier raisonné du Palais, for the year 1773. Bordeaux, Chapuis and Philippot. 6 by 11.5 cm. 240 pages. Full red morocco, boards framed with rich gilt lace, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges. The title is misleading... Almanach historique du diocèse de Sens, pour l'année 1762. Sens, La Vigne and Duchesne. 6 by 12 cm. Full red morocco, 5-rib spine, boards with wide gilt border, spine decorated, gilt edges. Bound with the two sheets of floral paper used to protect paperback copies. Nouvel Almanach encyclopédique ou Chronologie des faits les plus remarquables (...). Leap year 1772. Amsterdam and Paris, Pillot, 1772. Contemporary full tan calf, ornate smooth spine, red title page, triple gilt fillet around covers. Also included: Calendrier pour l'année 1816 à l'usage des habitans du département de l'Aveyron. Rodez, Carrere. Paperback. Almanach de Liège pour l'année bissextile 1792. Liège, Le Marchand. Paperback. A la Bonne Fileuse advertising diary, for the year 1918. Paperback Three charming almanacs, well accompanied.

Estim. 70 - 120 EUR

Lot 214 - VERNE (Jules): North versus South. Paris, Hetzel, s.d. Red cardboard "with two elephants". 1887-88 (a handwritten ex-dono from 1888 dates it). A copy in fine condition, except for some discoloration on the spine (see photos). Inner hinges intact, throat perfect. Interior foxing.

Estim. 120 - 250 EUR

Lot 215 - VERNE (Jules): Michel Strogoff. Paris, Hetzel, s.d. (1905-1914) Red fan boards. Title in fan, lighthouse spine (type 5). Copy in very good condition. Inner hinges intact, throat perfect. Very rare interior foxing, especially on the margins of the color plates.

Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

Lot 216 - FAVIER (Alphonse): PÉKING. History and description. Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 1900. One volume. 22 by 29.5 cm. 416 pages, profusely illustrated with 524 engravings in the text. Vintage red half-chagrin with corners, 5 raised bands, gilt head, decorated boards. Rubbing on the nerves, two small stains on the 1st plate, epidermure at the bottom of the spine (not serious). Freckling mainly concentrated on the margins of the 14 leaves of photographic reproductions. A fine copy nonetheless. A classic, with a wealth of information, and very well illustrated, here in its new edition.

Estim. 120 - 220 EUR

Lot 217 - MACHIAVEL (Nicolas): Le Prince de Nicolas Machiavelli, citoien et secrétaire de Flo rence. Translated and commented by A. N. Amelot, sieur de la Houssaie. Amsterdam, Henry Wetstein, 1684. 1 volume. 9 by 15 cm. (32)-254 pages. Contemporary full calf, 5-rib spine, amaranth title-piece. Binding in small condition, with numerous small defects. Some foxing in the text. Second edition of Amelot de la Houssaye's translation (EO 1683). It was this translation that made Machiavelli's work known in France. Attractive frontispiece portrait.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 218 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de): Contes de La Fontaine. Edition illustrated with 180 vignettes in the text by Tony Johannot, C. Boulanger, Roqueplan, Fragonard pére, etc., and new out-of-text drawings by Staal. Preceded by an introduction by M. Louis Moland. Paris, Garnier, s.d. (1869). One volume. 18.5 by 28 cm. (6)-LII-591 pages, and 39 off-texts by STAAL on chine. Cherry red half-maroquin with corners, 5-rib spine with richly decorated boxes, double gilt fillets on covers. Binding in good condition (endpapers slightly worn). Very good condition inside (a few freckles on the edges of 5 hors-texts on chine, not serious). And 180 illustrations in the text. One of 30 copies of the first edition on Whatman (N°2). STAAL's Hors-texte are printed on Chine. A fine copy of these tales, always a delight to read...

Estim. 80 - 160 EUR

Lot 219 - DUCOR (Henri): Aventures d'un Marin de la Garde Impériale, prisonnier de guerre sur les pontons espagnols, dans l'île de Cabréra, et en Russie, pour faire suite à l'histoire de la campagne de 1812. Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1833. Two volumes. 12.5 by 20.5 cm. (8)-frontispiece-421; (4)-frontispiece-430-4-(1) pages. Veronese green half calf, smooth spine decorated. Paper on boards worn, a small defect on a headpiece, small crack on a spine (not serious). Some foxing in the text. Picturesque account of a sailor who spent most of his career as a prisoner of war. Tulard, 455. An engraving has been added to the flyleaf of both volumes. A rare Napoleonic military account...

Estim. 100 - 250 EUR

Lot 220 - NEEL (Louis Balthazar): Voyage de Paris à Saint-Cloud par mer, et retour de Saint-Cloud à Paris par terre. Watercolors by JEANNIOT, engraved by Gillot. Paris, Lahure, 1884. One volume. 15 by 23 cm. (8)-XXXI-119 pages, with 10 off-text color illustrations and a folding map (complete). Contemporary midnight-blue half-chagrin with corners, front cover with color illustrations. Very good condition inside, some rubbing to binding, corners very slightly worn. With color headbands. Copy printed in a small number, this one on japon.

Estim. 60 - 120 EUR

Lot 221 - MOULARD (Abbé Jacques): Le Comte Camille de Tournon auditeur au Conseil d'État, intendant de Bayreuth, préfet de Rome, de Bordeaux, de Lyon, pair de France 1778 - 1833. Paris, Honoré Champion, 1927-1932. 3 volumes. 15 by 24 cm. (6)-XCIV-245 pages + 1 h.t. plate + 1 h.t. fold-out map; (4)-III-(3)-567-(1) pages + 1 h.t. portrait + 2 h.t. fold-out maps + 1 h.t. fold-out map and (4)-II-(2)-722-(2) pages + 1 h.t. portrait + 2 h.t. plates + 1 h.t. fold-out map. Complete. Modern tan half-chagrin, 5-rib spine, covers preserved. Very good condition. 1) La jeunesse, Paris, Bayreuth; 2) La préfecture de Rome; 3) La préfecture de Bordeaux, de Lyon, la pairie. Uncommon first edition. Tulard considers J. Moulard's thesis, Le Comte Camille de Tournon, on Rome and the end of French domination to be of capital importance.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 222 - BARBELLION (Dr. Pierre): Trout, flies, devons. Mouches sèches - Mouche noyée - Lancer léger et extra léger, ultra-léger. Paris, Maloine, 1948. One volume. 17.5 by 26 cm. XII-1183 pages, and 51 hors-texte plates (some on strong paper), including two color reproductions of flies (complete). Publisher's full green percaline, with illustration pasted on 1st board. Excellent condition (small cracks on the covers). 567 illustrations in the text. This is one of the fishing Bibles, complete with all the techniques, equipment and history of the sport. With SKUES (G.E.M.): The Trout and the Fly. Translation and preface by Dr. P. BARBELLION. Paris, PEL, 1985. Reissue of this classic in a full blue percaline binding, cover illustrated with a fly. Numbered edition (66). Perfect condition.

Estim. 120 - 250 EUR

Lot 223 - LA CAILLE (Nicola-Louis de): Traité d'optique, revu, corrigé et augmenté particulièrement de la mesure de la Réfraction, de son explication physique, de la marche des images dans les phénomènes d'optique, des lunettes achromatiques, de l'iris, et de quelques problèmes intéressants. By several students at the École Polytechnique. New edition. Paris, librairie économique, 1807. One volume. 14 by 21.5 cm. VIII-173 pages, followed by 7 folding plates (complete). Beige half-basane, 5 raised bands (later binding) decorated spine. Untrimmed copy. Slight insolation on the 1st plate. Posthumous edition (Lacaille died in 1762) considerably enriched by his continuators. Uncommon work, in fine condition despite slightly browned paper and later binding.

Estim. 120 - 250 EUR

Lot 224 - La Sainte Bible, translated into French under the direction of the Ecole Biblique de Jérusalem. Paris LIDIS, 1973-1980. 3 volumes. 22 by 30 cm. Full publisher's binding with boards and spine beautifully decorated with interlaced motifs, all edges gilt, carmine silk endpapers. In a carmine moiré silk slipcase. As new, in original cardboard box. Off-text illustrations in color, reproducing illuminated manuscripts. A fine achievement, in an excellent translation, here in perfect condition.

Estim. 60 - 150 EUR

Lot 225 - Des Moyens de soustraire l'Exploitation des Mines de Houille aux chances d'Explosion. Recueil de Mémoires et de Rapports publié par l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. Brussels, Hayez, 1840, one volume. 13.5 by 21.5 cm. (4)-448 pages, and 10 lithographed plates (complete). Paperback, in printed cover. Uncut copy in mint condition (spine slightly darkened, foxing on plates only). Works and memoirs by Messrs. Cauchy, Boisse, Gonot, Bischof, Lemielle and Motte.

Estim. 60 - 120 EUR

Lot 226 - PERROT (Emmanuel) and VOGT (Emmanuel): Poisons de arèches et poisons d'épreuves. Preface by M. le docteur Gley. Paris, Vigot Frères, 1913. One volume. 15.5 by 25 cm. (4)-XII-367-(1) pages + 8 plates h.t. Modern crimson half-chagrin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, covers and spine preserved. Gruaz library iron on spine. In-text illustrations, including 8 full-page. First edition. By Emmanuel Perrot, professor at the Ecole supérieure de pharmacie de Paris and Emmanuel Vogt, Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Paris. The authors study poisons in arrows, whether used in war or hunting, and poisons used in legal trials. They describe poisons, how they are made, how they are used, and their effects, on different continents. Copy with a handwritten letter from Emanuel Perrot.

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 227 - DUHAMEL (Georges): A la recherche de la grâce. Lithographs and original etchings by Pierre LAFFILLÉE. Bièvres, Pierre de Tartas, 1985. One volume. 28 by 37 cm. Leaves, in filled cover illustrated with an etching. Publisher's brown percaline slipcase, top cover with Plexiglas window. Mint condition. In original box. Lithographs in the text and 8 black hors-texte etchings (including cover). One of the first copies on Japon nacré (lettered S). According to the justification, it was supposed to contain an original drawing that does not appear, as seems to be the case in all copies... Signed by the artist and publisher. A fine achievement by Pierre de Tartas in this ecumenical quest for grace.

Estim. 60 - 120 EUR

Lot 228 - Collective, including Cavaignac, Raspail, Arago, etc: Paris révolutionnaire. Paris, Pagnerre, 1838, 4 volumes. 12.5 by 20.5 cm. LXXXIV-362; (4)-494; (4)-453-(2); (4)-475-(1) pages. Contemporary black half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets. Some rubbing, two upper covers slightly worn, small wormholes on spines (not serious). Heavy foxing on 8 quires of volume 1, scattered foxing throughout, old ownership stamp on 1 faux-titre and 3 titles. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1833-1834). A famous work of republican propaganda under the July Monarchy. First volume: Foreword. La force révolutionnaire (Introduction) by Cavaignac. The Palais-Royal by Briffault. A riot under the Regency by Aycard. Theater as a revolutionary medium by Arago. Diderot's Mardi Gras by Saint Germain Leduc. A meeting of the Commune's Supervisory Committee by Fontan. July 1830. An attic scene, a scene at the Salpêtrière. A riot at Sainte-Pélagie in 1831 by Raspail. A drama in the street by Auger. Students under the Restoration by Pance. The Luxembourg in 1815 or Marechal Ney's last night by Alhoy. Philosophy of history by Ottavi. A man of the people and a great lord by Bonnias. Volume two: The revolutionary press by Marrast. The morgue after the three days by Arago. Les Parises or 52 years before J.C. by Martin. Monsieur Aveline or the Revolutionaries by St Germain. Revolutionary Night by Lurine. La Charbonnerie by Trélat. After the Fronde by Fortoul. The Paris Parliament by Pance. A student's night under the Restoration by Flottard. Notice sur Achille Roche by Trélat. Third volume: Les Maillotins by Ménétrier. Le Blessé de Juillet by Luchet. Peste contre peste or France in the 16th century by Altaroche. Revolutionary funerals by Marrast. Revolutionary Telemachus by Pyat. Saint-Barthelemy massacres by Dufey. Les Bagaudes ou la Gaule au 3e siècle by Duchâtelet. Volume four: Les Sergents de la Rochelle by St Germain Leduc. Paris during Christmas in 1588 by Bordas. Les proscrits de la Restauration by Degeorge. The Holy City by Veyrat. Lettre sur l'état de siège by Cormenin. Le Champ-de-mai by Brucker. October 5 and 6, 1789, revolutionary episodes by Haureau. A week at the Court of Peers in December 1830 by Briffault. A riot under Mazarin or the barricades of 1648 by Laponneraye. Hospitals by Caffe. Paris revolutionized by Desnoyers. Paris History. .

Estim. 80 - 150 EUR

Lot 229 - [Protestantism] HARTSOEKER (Christian) and LIMBORCH (Philippe de): Praestantium ac eruditorum virorum epistolae ecclesiasticae et theologicae varii argumenti, inter quas eminent eae, quae a Iac. Arminio, Conr. Vorstio, Sim. Episcopio, Hug. Grotio, Casp. Barlaeo, conscriptae sunt. Amsterdami, Apud Henricum Dendrinum, 1660. One volume. 12.5 by 20 cm. (16)-961-(21) pages. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten titling, in very good condition (edge of 1st board slightly detached). Some scattered spotting, occasional light scorching, paper missing from title page, otherwise very good condition. A rare first edition, which was reprinted several times over the course of a century, despite the ban on the Remontrants' theses. This famous collection of letters is a defense of the theses of the Remontrant party by its most illustrious representatives, in particular ARMINIUS and GROTIUS. The editors Limborch and Hartsoeker intended these letters to demonstrate the orthodoxy of the Remontrant movement." J. Arminius (1560 - 1609), minister of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands, opposed the severity of the Calvinist doctrine of predestination, preferring the idea of conditional election. The most famous of the Remontrants was undoubtedly Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), the great intellectual who first defined what international law should be, and contributed to the law of peace and war, and the definition of natural law. . This book contains 25 letters by Grotius.

Estim. 120 - 250 EUR

Lot 230 - BARBELLION (Pierre, doctor): Ma mouche et moi... et les poissons. Paris, Maloine, 1971. One volume. 18.5 by 26 cm. 239 pages. 26 hors-texts including 2 in color (complete). Half tan morocco. A mint copy. One of 200 copies on pur fil lafuma, numbered (155), defining the original edition. As pedagogical as ever, Doctor Barbellion presents his fishing techniques based on his vast experience, with 26 hors-texts to illustrate them, and numerous drawings in the text. A collector's copy... With BARBELLION (Dr Pierre): Trout, flies, devons. Mouches sèches - Mouche noyée - Lancer léger et extra léger, ultra-léger. Paris, Maloine, 1948. One volume. 17.5 by 26 cm. XII-1183 pages, and 51 hors-texte plates (some on strong paper), including two reproductions of flies in color (complete). Contemporary green half-chagrin, 4 bindings, illustrated front cover (small tear on front cover, not missing, restored). Perfect condition. 567 illustrations in the text. This is one of the fishing Bibles, complete with all the techniques, equipment and history of the sport.

Estim. 160 - 300 EUR

Lot 231 - [Pharmacy] WÜRTZ (Georg-Christoph): Q.D.B.V. Dissertatio inauguralis medica De affinitatibus virtutum medicatarum. Quam consentiente gratiosa facultate medica pro licentia gradeum doctoris summosque in medicina honores legitime consequendi. D.X. septembris MDCCLXXVII. H.L.Q.C. solenni eruditorum examini subittit Georg. Christophor. Würtz argentinensis. Argentorati [Strasbourg], Ex Prelo Jonae Lorenzii, s.d. [1777]. One volume. 16.5 by 20.5 cm. (4)-36 pages + 1 plate h.t. Modern full bradel boards. Binding First edition. Adorned with a map of drug affinities and properties. "Wurtz, George Christophe, Strasbourg Temple Neuf, 14.12.1752 - Versailles, 09.09.1823 [...]. Pupil at the Protestant Gymnasium from 1759, matriculated at the Faculty of Philosophy in 1767, candidate in medicine in 1777 in his native town. His observations and research enabled him to compose and publish an original map of medicines in the form of a world map, under the title Conamen mappae generalis medicamentorum simplicium secundum affinitates virium naturalium, nova methodo geographica dispositorum, cum tabula aenea, in 1778. This classification of medical substances, by genus, species and degree, in various regions, according to whether they participate more or less from earth, water, air or fire, was accepted by several professors of Leipzig and Strasbourg and earned him the congratulations of the famous Buffon. [...] Recognized for his skills and merits, he was appointed and performed the duties of second obstetrician for the city of Strasbourg." (Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne).

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 232 - JEAURAT (Edme-Sébastien): Traité de perspective à l'usage des artistes, où l'on démontre géométriquement toutes les pratiques de cette science, & où l'on enseigne, selon la méthode de M. le Clerc, à mettre toutes sortes d'objets en perspective, leur réverbération dans l'eau, & leurs ombres, tant au soleil qu'au flambeau. Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1750. One volume. 19.5 by 26 cm. VI-(2)-240 pp. + 10 plates h.t. Contemporary full basane, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, red title page. Hinges and corners skilfully restored. Very rare foxing, edges of title page slightly foxed. Otherwise in very good condition. The work includes 110 different plates, 10 of which are illustrated. In addition, 19 plates are given twice, for ease of reading (left-hand page with drawing method, right-hand page with example). Vignette and numerous culs-de-lampe. First edition of this great treatise on perspective, in very good condition.

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 233 - ENTREVAUX (Benoit): Ten parish monographs. Dummy collection of: Ajoux. Privas, 1916. Notice sur la paroisse d'Alissas. Privas, 1894. Notice on Freyssenet en coiron. Privas, 1907. Gourdon. Privas, 1910. Lachamp-Raphael. Privas, 1909 Larnas. Privas, 1909 Excursion to Pourchères. Aubenas, 1916 Notice on the parish of Rochessauve. Privas, 1895 Note on the parish of Veyras. Privas, 1895 Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort. Privas, 1911 Covers preserved. Illustrations in text. 16 by 24 cm. Modern red half-basane, 4 bindings. Very good condition (some covers have minor defects). A rare set of hard-to-find plates.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Lot 234 - (William Coombe). GANDAIS (A.): Le Don Quichotte romantique, ou voyage du Docteur Syntaxe, à la recherche du pittoresque et du romantique: poème en XX chants, traduit librement de l'anglais, et orné de 26 gravures. By M. Gandais. Paris, L'Auteur et Pélicier, 1821. One volume. 14 by 22 cm. title frontispiece-VIII-146 pp. + 25 plates h.t. Complete. Romantic half calf, spine ornate, upper cover restored. Scattered foxing, small paper loss at corner tip of 1st leaf (original defect) without affecting the text. First edition in French. Jules Marsan, La bataille romantique, 1813 - 1857, pp. 36-37. This free translation of William Coombe's work is a satire of the Romantics and their movement: "Imagination is the great culprit, the inspirer of all the follies of the age: it is imagination that must be pursued. In the English poem, Syntaxe is only a painter; here, he has become a poet, and from then on, some chapter titles take on the air of direct allusions: the desert, the ruins, the lake, or even the cemetery, for nothing is more poetic than tombs." (Marsan). This edition is illustrated with 25 burlesque lithographs by Engelmann and Malajean.

Estim. 80 - 180 EUR

Lot 235 - Saint JEROME: Divi Hieronymi stridoniensis operum. Parisis, Sebastianim Nivellium, 1578-1579. 9 volumes in 4 volumes. 24 by 36 cm. 404; 584; 588 (plus 38 index pages);1976; 682;540;512; 652; 732; 136 index pages. Numbering is by column (two columns per page). Full contemporary binding, badly damaged. Some marginal dampening, otherwise very good condition inside. Despite the condition of its binding, the rarity of this work means that we are able to present it.

Estim. 150 - 350 EUR

Lot 236 - 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. 180 - 300 EUR

Lot 237 - GERARD-GAILLY: The Acorn and the Pumpkin. Illustrated with eleven etchings by J. E. LABOUREUR. Paris, Hartmann, 1927. One volume. 14 by 19.5 cm. 115 pages. Large tan half-maroquin, cinnamon box boards, spine ribbed, gilt edges, covers and spine preserved. Perfect condition. One of 375 numbered copies on Arches (155). LABOUREUR's inimitable style...

Estim. 120 - 180 EUR

Lot 238 - Reunion of 4 19th century medical books, in 5 bound volumes: 1. BROUSSAIS (François-Joseph-Victor): Examen de la doctrine médicale généralement adoptée, et des systèmes modernes de nosologie, dans lequel on détermine, par les faits et par le raisonnement, leur influence sur le traitement et sur la terminaison des maladies; suivi d'un plan d'études fondé sur l'anatomie et la physiologie, pour parvenir à la connaissance du siège et des symptômes des affections pathologiques, et à la thérapeutique la plus rationnelle. Paris, Gabon, 1816. One volume. 12 by 20.3 cm. (4)-XIX-(1)-475 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding, scattered light foxing. First edition. 2. METZGER (Johann Daniel): Principles of legal or judicial medicine, translated from the German by Dr. J. Dan. Metzger, et augmentés de notes, par le Dr J.J. Ballard. Paris, Gabon, 1813. One volume. 12 by 20.5 cm. (2)-XXIII-(1)-504 pages. Contemporary half-brown basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding, very few light scattered foxings. 2nd edition in French. 3. BROUSSAIS (François-Joseph-Victor): Histoire des phlegmasies ou inflammations chroniques, fondé sur de nouvelles observations de clinique et d'anatomie pathologique: ouvrage présentant un tableau raisonné des variétés et des combinaisons diverses de ces maladies, avec leurs différentes méthodes de traitement. Second edition. Paris, Gabon et Crochard, 1816. 2 volumes. 12.3 by 20 cm. (4)-XX-648; (4)-584 pages. Contemporary fawn half-basane, ornate smooth spines, red title-pieces. Binding in good condition. Paper tending to brown, not serious. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1808). 4. CABANIS (Pierre-Jean-Georges): Coup d'oeil sur les révolutions et sur la réforme de la médecine. Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, An XII-1804. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. XII-438 pages. Contemporary brown half-basane, smooth spine decorated. Good condition of binding (jaws rubbed but not affecting the solidity of the work), scattered light foxing, small marginal wetness on about twenty ff. Last two leaves restored but not missing. First edition. Wellcome II-283; Waller 12858. "The medical revolutions have been mere revolutions of ideas, and have only engendered public skepticism and the arrogance of charlatans. The new medical doctrine will be constituted by the relationships of order and logical sequence, established between methodically assembled tables of observations and experiments." Important book.

Estim. 200 - 450 EUR

Lot 239 - Set of 4 books on nobility: 1. JOURDA DE VAUX (Gaston de): La noblesse de la Haute-Loire aux armées (1914-1919). Text and plates of coats of arms. Le Puy, Badiou-Amant et Mallon-Veysseyre, s.d. [1920]. One volume. 21 by 27.5 cm. 1 frontispiece included in pagination-120 pages + 6 plates h.t. Modern bradel boards. Good condition. First edition. Printed in an edition of 140 copies (N°57). Very rare. Saffroy 26548. 2. HANE-STEENHUYSE (Ernest, Comte d'): Etudes historiques sur les coutumes féodales. Gand, Imprimerie et Lithographie de L. Hebbelynck, 1863. One volume. 12.5 by 19.5 cm. 109 pages. Contemporary black half-basane, spine ribbed and decorated. Very good condition. First edition. Saffroy I-6841: "Etude sur la noblesse chevaleresque et communale." 3. [JOUGLA DE MORENAS (Henri)]: Le second ordre. Paris, Société du Grand Armorial de France, 1947. One volume. 16 by 21.5 cm. 1 frontispiece included in pagination-495-(1) pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Good condition. First edition. Numbered 625 copies (N°465). Saffroy 6761. "This work had considerable success because it mentions a large number of families in order of seniority. It has become rare and sought-after." (Saffroy). 4. ROGER (Paul-André): La noblesse de France aux croisades. Paris, Derache, Dumoulin ; Bruxelles, Vandale, 1845. One volume. 18.5 by 28 cm. 1 frontispiece-399 pages, + 12 plates h.t. Contemporary brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated with fleur-de-lys. Slight rubbing to spine, scattered foxing, old ownership stamps on title and frontispiece. First edition. Saffroy I-3601.

Estim. 130 - 300 EUR

Lot 240 - Lot of 3 rare naval military states: 1. État des pensions du département de la Marine, accordées depuis le 1er janvier 1827 jusqu'au 31 décembre de la même année. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, May 1828. One volume. 22.5 by 28.5 cm. VIII-125 pages. Stamped paperback, moth-eaten contemporary cover, printed title-piece glued to front cover. A very fine copy in original condition. Rare first edition. Missing Polak. Nominal list of 2,865 recipients of pensions granted by the Département de la Marine during 1827, with indication of date, place of birth, domicile, rank, length of service (except for demi-soldes), and amount of pension. 2. État des pensions du département de la Marine, accordées depuis le 1er janvier 1828 jusqu'au 31 décembre de la même année. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, May 1829. One volume. 22.5 by 28.5 cm. X-159 pages. Paperback, contemporary muted cover, printed title-piece glued to front cover. Small defect on spine. Uncommon first edition. Missing Polak. Nominal list of 3,648 recipients of pensions granted by the Département de la Marine during the year 1828, with indication of date, place of birth, domicile, rank, length of service (except for demi-soldes), and amount of pension. 3. État général de la Marine et des Colonies. August 1st 1848. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1848. One volume. 12.5 by 20.5 cm. VII-(1)-256 pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Very small worm gallery in the lower margin of the first 10 ff. without affecting the text, otherwise very good condition. Pp. 207 to 252: Alphabetical table of names contained in the state. Important documentary sources...

Estim. 150 - 280 EUR

Lot 241 - Reunion of 6 19th century books on surgery, bound: 1. LAWRENCE (William): Traité des hernies, containing the anatomical description and exposition of the symptoms of the course and treatment of these diseases. Translated from English, on the third edition, by P.A. Béclard and J.G. Cloquet. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis, 1818. One volume. 12.5 by 20 cm. XII-585 pages + 2 plates h.t. (including 1 fold-out). Modern long-grained green half-maroquin, spine 4 nerfs with cold decoration and chains, Romantic style. Excellent condition. Some scattered foxing, stamp of the library of Professor J. Cloquet on title page. Autograph letter from one of the translators on the title page. First edition in French (E.O. in English: 1807). Wellcome III-p. 462. 2. -1 MAYOR (Mathias): Excentricités chirurgicales, ou nouveaux mémoires pour servir à la réforme et au perfectionnement de la médecine opératoire. Lausanne, Marc Ducloux ; Paris, Labé, 1844, 420-(1) pages ; (followed by). -2) MAYOR (Charles): De la localisation des bains et de l'application du froid et de la chaleur sur les diverses parties du corps humain. Lausanne, Georges Bridel ; Paris, Allouard, 1844, 19 pages. 2 works in 1 volume 13.5 by 22 cm. Modern bradel boards. Some light scattered foxing. First editions. 3. BOUILLET (Dr. Jean): Bouisson, sa vie et son oeuvre. Étude couronnée par la Faculté de Médecine de Montpellier (Premier prix Bouisson 1890). Montpellier, Camille Coulet ; Paris, G. Masson, 1890. One volume. 13 by 20.5 cm. 237-(3) pages. Contemporary sanguine half-basin, spine decorated. Small epidermis on lower cover, very good condition inside. Etienne Frédéric Bouisson, professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Strasbourg and later in Montpellier, held the chair of internal pathology (1839), internal clinic (1845) and surgical medicine (1869). Dedicated his work to anatomy, humours and secretions. Published several works, including Traité théorique et pratique de la méthode anesthésique. 4. CARTIER (Louis-Vincent): 1) Précis d'observations de chirurgie faites à l'Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon. Lyon, Reymann et Comp.e ; Paris, Veuve Perisse, 1802 - An 11, XII-243-(1) pp. ; (followed by). -2) De la médecine interne appliquée aux maladies chirurgicales. Lyon, J.M. Barret, 1807, 80 pp. i.e. 2 works in 1 volume. 12 by 20 cm. Contemporary full shagreened basane, ornate spine, gilt frieze framing boards. Corners slightly worn, a few leaves slightly foxed. First edition. 5. VELPEAU (Alfred Armand Louis Marie): Manuel d'anatomie chirurgicale, générale et topographique. Paris, Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils, 1837. One volume. 9.5 by 15.5 cm. XI-(1)-609 pp. + 3 folding tables h.t. Contemporary half-chocolate calf, ornate spine, Romantic binding. Very fine binding, very few brown spots. First edition. 6. MALGAIGNE (Joseph-François): Manuel de médecine opératoire, fondée sur l'anatomie normale et l'anatomie pathologique. Cinquième édition, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Germer Baillière, 1849. One volume. 10.5 by 17.5 cm. XII-707-(1) pages. Contemporary brown half-chagrin, smooth spine. Binding in perfect condition, some light scattered foxing. 5th edition corrected and enlarged (E.O.: 1834). M. Dupont, Dictionnaire historique des médecins, p. 411; Garrison and Morton, no. 5591 (1834 ed.). Malcaigne, founder of the Journal de chirurgie, was an excellent operator, inventing devices to treat fractures.

Estim. 200 - 350 EUR

Lot 242 - [Medicine] Collection of all the triduanes, printed in 1748 and 1749, presented by the seven competitors for the Gerard Fitz-Gerald chair, which became vacant following his death on January 10, 1748. This chair was one of four generalist chairs created in 1498: they were called Regencies. These triduanes were printed and entitled: "Quaestiones medicae duodecim [...]. Pro regia cathedra vacante." Monspelii, Joannem Martel, 1748-1749 ; Augustinum Franciscum Rochard, 1749. One volume. 17.5 by 22.5 cm. Multiple pagination. Contemporary full calf, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, red title page. Epidermure on the boards, a lack at the tail. Brown stain in the outer margin of the first 4 leaves, without affecting the text. Scattered brown spots. Fundamental collection for the attribution of chairs of medicine in Montpellier. This is an exceptional collection, as complete copies of all the triduanes from the same competition are extremely rare. "The most decisive test in the dispute for a chair is that of the triduanes. This name is given to twelve theses that must be defended over three consecutive days, two in the morning and two in the evening. These theses, whose subjects have been assigned by the professors judging the dispute, have only twelve days in which to be composed and printed; as soon as they come off the press, they are distributed, and after an interval of four days, they are defended. The publicity given to them by printing undoubtedly requires that they be worked on with great care; but even if they were a little neglected, the brevity of the time could serve as an excuse." (Desgenettes, Éloges des académiciens de Montpellier, p. 290). The competition was won by Charles Serane, who held the chair until his death (September 13, 1756). (cf. Dulieu, La médecine à Montpellier). The title page of Serane's triduanes is reproduced by Dulieu t. III, 1st part, p. 40, Gourraigne's p. 88. Details of the collection: 1) GOURRAIGNE (Hugues). Monspelii, Joannem Martel, 1748, (4)-26 pp.. Conlon 48: 516. 2) SERANE (Charles). Monspelii, Joannem Martel, 1749, (2)-32 pp. Conlon 49: 848. 3) FITZ-MAURICE (Thomas). Monspelii, Joannem Martel, 1749, 29 pp. Conlon 49: 528. 4) PETIOT (Honorat). Monspelii, Augustinum Franciscum Rochard, 1749, 36 pp. Conlon 49: 777. 5) FARJON (Jacques). Monspelii, Augustinum Franciscum Rochard, 1749, 29 pp. + 1 errata butterfly pasted on a blank sheet. Conlon 49: 520. 6) LAMURE (François). Monspelii, Augustinum Franciscum Rochard, 1749, 52 pp. Conlon 49: 629. 7) IMBERT (François). Monspelii, Augustinum Franciscum Rochard, 1749, 42 pp. + 1 f. errata. Conlon 49: 592.

Estim. 250 - 500 EUR

Lot 243 - (Roman law.). CUJAS (Jacques): Paratitla in libros quinquaginta digestorum seu pandectarum Imperat. Justiniani. Cum notis Alex. Chassanei, & indice obligationum & actionum ab eodem recensito & recognito. Parisiis, Apud Joanem Jost, 1641. One volume. 8 by 13.5 cm. (12)-497-(19) pages. Contemporary full vellum, title handwritten in pen on spine. Two pieces of skin missing on the 1st board, otherwise good condition of the binding. A few pages foxed, scattered foxing, otherwise good condition inside. Book N, pp. 289 to 312, erroneously bound between pp. 360 and 361. The original edition dates from 1570. Very rare. The CCFr. lists only 4 copies (B.N.F.; Cour de Cassation; B.M. de Lyon; Bourg-en-Bresse); the Worldcat lists a 5th copy (Strasbourg BNUS); no copies in American libraries. Fabrot's edition of the Cujas Paratitles, to which he has appended notes by Alexandre Chasseneuz. The entire text was reproduced by Fabrot in his large edition of the Oeuvres de Cujas (1658), which remains the reference edition.

Estim. 100 - 180 EUR

Lot 244 - POULLAIN de SAINT-FOIX (Germain François): Essais historiques sur Paris by Monsieur de Saintfoix. Fifth edition. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1776-1777. 7 volumes. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. Contemporary full calf, highly decorated smooth spines, red title-pieces. Binding in good condition (a small bump on the 2nd plate of volume 6). Some scattered foxing. Engraved frontispiece portrait. A fine copy of this classic.

Estim. 90 - 160 EUR

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Lot 214 - VERNE (Jules): North versus South. Paris, Hetzel, s.d. Red cardboard "with two elephants". 1887-88 (a handwritten ex-dono from 1888 dates it). A copy in fine condition, except for some discoloration on the spine (see photos). Inner hinges intact, throat perfect. Interior foxing.

Lot 215 - VERNE (Jules): Michel Strogoff. Paris, Hetzel, s.d. (1905-1914) Red fan boards. Title in fan, lighthouse spine (type 5). Copy in very good condition. Inner hinges intact, throat perfect. Very rare interior foxing, especially on the margins of the color plates.