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Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. Ouvrage enrichi de soixante dessins et de notes scientifiques.Paris, Hortet and Ozanne, 1839. 4 volumes. 8vo. With 2 engraved portraits, of Jacques and François Arago, and 60 full-page lithographed plates, all after drawings by the author. Contemporary green half sheepskin, gold-tooled spines.
Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde. Ouvrage enrichi de soixante dessins et de notes scientifiques.Paris, Hortet and Ozanne, 1839. 4 volumes. 8vo. With 2 engraved portraits, of Jacques and François Arago, and 60 full-page lithographed plates, all after drawings by the author. Contemporary green half sheepskin, gold-tooled spines.
ARAGO, Jacques Etienne Victor. · 1817
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[4], 400; [4], 423 [1 blank]; [4], 399, [1 blank]; [4], 451, [1 blank] pp.Rare, beautifully illustrated edition of Arago's account of the voyage of l'Uranie, under command of Louis Freycinet (1817-1820). The voyage was organized by the French government, under the restored Roy...
Coup d'oeil général sur la France, pour servir d'introduction au tableau analytique et géographique de ce Royaume. Dressé par différens géographes, dont les ouvrages sont aussi connus qu'estimés, faisant partie de l'atlas historique de la France ancienne & moderne ...Paris, Grangé, Guillyn, Desnos, et al., 1765. 2 works in 1 volume, the first in 3 parts. 4to. With a double-page frontispiece by Le Charpentier after De Sève, with a view of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, 2 large folding engraved maps of France by Rizzi Zannoni, 40 double-page engraved maps and charts of France, 10 folding road maps, 2 "Cartes odographiques" with the distances between French cities, and 3 double-page engraved part-titles, all but the frontispiece and titles in a contemporary hand colouring.Comprising: (2) DESNOS, Louis Charles. Tableau analytique de la France.Paris, chez l'auteur, 1765.(3) ZANNONINI, Rizzi. Le petite Neptune François ou carte des côtes maritimes du Royaume.Paris, chez le Sr. Desnos, 1765.(4) MICHEL. L'indicateur fidèle ou guide des voyageurs.Paris, à l'enseigne du globe, 1765.With: (5) [CATALOGUE]. Catalogue des Ouvrages, tant anciens que modernes, du Fonds du Sr. Desnos. Paris, à l'enseigne du globe et de la sphere, 1765. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled marbled calf.
Coup d'oeil général sur la France, pour servir d'introduction au tableau analytique et géographique de ce Royaume. Dressé par différens géographes, dont les ouvrages sont aussi connus qu'estimés, faisant partie de l'atlas historique de la France ancienne & moderne ...Paris, Grangé, Guillyn, Desnos, et al., 1765. 2 works in 1 volume, the first in 3 parts. 4to. With a double-page frontispiece by Le Charpentier after De Sève, with a view of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, 2 large folding engraved maps of France by Rizzi Zannoni, 40 double-page engraved maps and charts of France, 10 folding road maps, 2 "Cartes odographiques" with the distances between French cities, and 3 double-page engraved part-titles, all but the frontispiece and titles in a contemporary hand colouring.Comprising: (2) DESNOS, Louis Charles. Tableau analytique de la France.Paris, chez l'auteur, 1765.(3) ZANNONINI, Rizzi. Le petite Neptune François ou carte des côtes maritimes du Royaume.Paris, chez le Sr. Desnos, 1765.(4) MICHEL. L'indicateur fidèle ou guide des voyageurs.Paris, à l'enseigne du globe, 1765.With: (5) [CATALOGUE]. Catalogue des Ouvrages, tant anciens que modernes, du Fonds du Sr. Desnos. Paris, à l'enseigne du globe et de la sphere, 1765. Contemporary gold- and blind-tooled marbled calf.
BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis & Louis Charles DESNOS. · 1725
€3,250.00 ($3,582.09 | £2,711.36 | ¥572,014)
15, [1 blank], [3], [1 blank], 8, 10; 16 pp. + 56 platesFirst edition of a rare atlas of France, mapping out the country from all possible useful points of view. The work includes "analytical" maps, which divide France in many ways, showing not only the various geographical an...
Voyage commercial et politique aux Indes Orientales, aux Iles Philippines, a la Chine, avec des notions sur la Cochinchine et le Tonquin, pendant les années 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 et 1807.Paris, Clament frères (printed by Crapelet), 1810. 3 volumes. 8vo. With 2 folding engraved maps (India and Southeast Asia, coloured in outline), and 4 folding letterpress tables. Contemporary gold-tooled tree calf.
Voyage commercial et politique aux Indes Orientales, aux Iles Philippines, a la Chine, avec des notions sur la Cochinchine et le Tonquin, pendant les années 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 et 1807.Paris, Clament frères (printed by Crapelet), 1810. 3 volumes. 8vo. With 2 folding engraved maps (India and Southeast Asia, coloured in outline), and 4 folding letterpress tables. Contemporary gold-tooled tree calf.
RENOUARD DE SAINTE-CROIX, Felix. · 1802
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
X, 301, [1]; [4], 390; [4], 291, [1] pp.First (and only French) edition of an account of a voyage to India, Indonesia, China and the Philippines. Felix Renouard de Sainte-Croix, a French cavalry officer, arrived in Pondicherry (India) in 1802 and was almost immediately impriso...
Vue de la colonie Espagnole du Mississipi, ou des provinces de Louisiane et Floride Occidentale, en l'année 1802...Paris, Imprimerie expéditive, 1803. 8vo. With 2 folding engraved maps of the Louisiana territory by Alexandre Blondeau after Berquin-Duvallon, both coloured by hand. Modern red half morocco, richly gold-tooled spine.
Vue de la colonie Espagnole du Mississipi, ou des provinces de Louisiane et Floride Occidentale, en l'année 1802...Paris, Imprimerie expéditive, 1803. 8vo. With 2 folding engraved maps of the Louisiana territory by Alexandre Blondeau after Berquin-Duvallon, both coloured by hand. Modern red half morocco, richly gold-tooled spine.
BERQUIN-DUVALLON, Pierre-Louis. · 1769
€3,500.00 ($3,857.64 | £2,919.93 | ¥616,015)
XX, 318, 5, [5] pp.First and only edition in the original French, of a travel account of the territories of Louisiana and West Florida, then a French possession but administered by Spain. Pierre-Louis Berquin-Duvallon (1769-post 1814) was one of the many French plantation hold...
Essai de grammaire Thibétaine pour le langage parlé, avec alphabet et prononciation.Hongkong, Imprimerie de Nazareth, 1899. 12mo. With the printing office’s device (an Asian style temple with “Nazareth”, “venite seorsum” and an “ME” monogram with cross) on the title page and several tailpieces. Original publisher’s half tan morocco, with “GRAMMAIRE|THIBÉTAINE” in gold in the 2nd compartment and the printer-publisher’s “ME” monogram with cross at the foot of the fifth, “Gustav”-marbled sides (tan on yellow), decorated endpapers, sprinkled edges.
Essai de grammaire Thibétaine pour le langage parlé, avec alphabet et prononciation.Hongkong, Imprimerie de Nazareth, 1899. 12mo. With the printing office’s device (an Asian style temple with “Nazareth”, “venite seorsum” and an “ME” monogram with cross) on the title page and several tailpieces. Original publisher’s half tan morocco, with “GRAMMAIRE|THIBÉTAINE” in gold in the 2nd compartment and the printer-publisher’s “ME” monogram with cross at the foot of the fifth, “Gustav”-marbled sides (tan on yellow), decorated endpapers, sprinkled edges.
DESGODINS, Auguste. · 1826
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
[9], 91, [1] pp.Auguste Desgodins (1826-1913) left for Tibet in 1855 as a Catholic missionary and stayed there for 25 years. He held a prominent place among the French Missionaries and pioneered the study of the Tibetan language and literature. He also founded Pedong and was t...
Histoire de l'expedition Chrestienne au royaume de la Chine, entreprinse par les PP. de la compagnie de Iesus.Lyons, for Horace Cardon, 1616. 8vo. With an engraved title page and a full-page engraved portrait of prince Philippe Guillaume of Orange, and a large folding plan (42.5 x 15 cm). Contemporary overlapping vellum.
Histoire de l'expedition Chrestienne au royaume de la Chine, entreprinse par les PP. de la compagnie de Iesus.Lyons, for Horace Cardon, 1616. 8vo. With an engraved title page and a full-page engraved portrait of prince Philippe Guillaume of Orange, and a large folding plan (42.5 x 15 cm). Contemporary overlapping vellum.
RICCI, Matteo and Nicolas TRIGAULT. · 1582
€25,000.00 ($27,554.55 | £20,856.65 | ¥4,400,106)
[40], 1096 pp.The first French edition of "the most influential description of China to appear during the first half of the 17th century" (Hanotiau). Ricci, an Italian Jesuit missionary, arrived in China in 1582. Adopting Chinese dress and learning the language, he succeeded w...
Mémoire sur le système d'agriculture adopté par les Brésiliens, et les résultats qu'il a eus dans la province de Minas Geraes.(Colophon: Paris, A. Pihan de La Rorest, imprimeur de la Cour de Cassation), [1837 or soon after]. 8vo. Contemporary blue paper wrappers.
Mémoire sur le système d'agriculture adopté par les Brésiliens, et les résultats qu'il a eus dans la province de Minas Geraes.(Colophon: Paris, A. Pihan de La Rorest, imprimeur de la Cour de Cassation), [1837 or soon after]. 8vo. Contemporary blue paper wrappers.
SAINT-HILAIRE, Auguste de. · 1779
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
12 pp.A little-known account of Brazilian agricultural techniques, especially in the province of Minas Gerais, by the leading botanist and explorer Auguste de Saint-Hilaire (1779-1853), born in Orléans. Saint-Hilaire explored Uruguay and central and southern Brazil in the year...
L'Orégon et les côtes de l'Océan Pacifique du Nord, aperçu géographique, statistique et politique, avec une carte du pays d'après les documens les plus récens.Paris, Librairie de Amyot (printed by Éd. Proux et Cie), 1846. 8vo. With a large folding map (40 x 52.5 cm) depicting what the United States called Oregon Country, dated 1846 and partly coloured in outline. Modern maroon half morocco.
L'Orégon et les côtes de l'Océan Pacifique du Nord, aperçu géographique, statistique et politique, avec une carte du pays d'après les documens les plus récens.Paris, Librairie de Amyot (printed by Éd. Proux et Cie), 1846. 8vo. With a large folding map (40 x 52.5 cm) depicting what the United States called Oregon Country, dated 1846 and partly coloured in outline. Modern maroon half morocco.
FÉDIX, P. A. · 1846
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
258 pp.First and only separately published edition of a detailed account of the geography, history and especially diplomacy of the northwest American region that the United States called Oregon Country, written and published during the negotiations to divide the region between...
[Portrait of Joseph-Jérôme le Français de Lalande].Late 18th century (ca. 1780). Oil on canvas (88 x 68 cm). In an elegant contemporary gilt frame with pearled inner border.
[Portrait of Joseph-Jérôme le Français de Lalande].Late 18th century (ca. 1780). Oil on canvas (88 x 68 cm). In an elegant contemporary gilt frame with pearled inner border.
[VOIRIOT, Guillaume]. · 1732
€50,000.00 ($55,109.10 | £41,713.30 | ¥8,800,211)
Beautiful contemporary portrait of the famous French astronomer Joseph-Jérôme (le Français) de Lalande (1732-1807), depicted as a middle-aged man around 1780. The portrait can be attributed to the famous French portrait painter Guillaume Voiriot (Paris 1713-1799), who studied ...
[Mosaic marble tile floors from five churches, most or all in Rome]. [Rome?, ca. 1662 or 18th century]. Small folio (26 x 19.5 cm). 40 ink and watercolour drawings (28 round and 12 square, each ca. 11 x 11 cm) showing the decorative patterns and coloured marbles from the floors of 5 churches. Each has a triple-rule border in black ink with a panel at the foot containing the name of the church. Contemporary(?) boards covered with later (ca. 1840?) Storemont on shell marbled paper.
[Mosaic marble tile floors from five churches, most or all in Rome]. [Rome?, ca. 1662 or 18th century]. Small folio (26 x 19.5 cm). 40 ink and watercolour drawings (28 round and 12 square, each ca. 11 x 11 cm) showing the decorative patterns and coloured marbles from the floors of 5 churches. Each has a triple-rule border in black ink with a panel at the foot containing the name of the church. Contemporary(?) boards covered with later (ca. 1840?) Storemont on shell marbled paper.
[MOSAIC FLOORS]. · 1662
€17,500.00 ($19,288.18 | £14,599.65 | ¥3,080,074)
[40] ll.A book of 40 detailed colour drawings showing the elaborate patterns in the mosaic marble tile floors of five different churches, with eight examples from each church: Santa Maria Maggiore (1-8), Santi Giovanni e Paolo (9-16), San Marco (17-24), Sant' Alessio (25-32) a...
Géométrie descriptive. Cinquième édition; augmentée d'une théorie des ombres et de la perspective, extraite des papiers de l'auteur, par M. Brisson.Paris, Bachelier (Successeur de Mme Ve Courcier), 1827. 4to. With 53 illustrations on perspective projections of geometrical bodies, in all positions in space and connections with each other, on 28 folding engraved plates by Stevigny after designs by the author. Contemporary half beige morocco.
Géométrie descriptive. Cinquième édition; augmentée d'une théorie des ombres et de la perspective, extraite des papiers de l'auteur, par M. Brisson.Paris, Bachelier (Successeur de Mme Ve Courcier), 1827. 4to. With 53 illustrations on perspective projections of geometrical bodies, in all positions in space and connections with each other, on 28 folding engraved plates by Stevigny after designs by the author. Contemporary half beige morocco.
MONGE, Gaspard. · 1795
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
XX, 188 pp.The fifth considerably enlarged edition of the famous course on descriptive geometry, held in 1795 at the École Normale at Paris by Gaspar Monge (1746-1818). Originally published in 1798, the work was formative and even "created" descriptive geometry and opened up a...
Engelsche rundveerassen. Naar het werk van Dr. Youat. Met 32 figuren.Zwolle, W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink, 1852. With 32 charming handcoloured illustrations of British cattle breeds on 9 folding lithographed plates by L.J. Tordoir in Zwolle. Contemporary half calf with gold-tooled spine.
Engelsche rundveerassen. Naar het werk van Dr. Youat. Met 32 figuren.Zwolle, W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink, 1852. With 32 charming handcoloured illustrations of British cattle breeds on 9 folding lithographed plates by L.J. Tordoir in Zwolle. Contemporary half calf with gold-tooled spine.
ENKLAAR, Evert Cornelis. · 1834
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
[8], 342, [2] pp.First and only Dutch translation of Cattle, their breeds, management, and diseases (London, 1834) by the English veterinary surgeon William Youatt (1776-1847). The lithographic illustrations in the present Dutch translation are after the original uncoloured En...
Topographia Helvetiae Rhaetiae et Valesiae. Das ist, Beschreibung und eigentliche Abbildung der vornembsten Stätte und Plätz, in der hochlöblichen Eydgnoßschafft, Grawbündten, Walliß, und etlicher zugewanten Orten. [Frankfurt am Main], Matthäus Merian, 1642. Folio. With richly engraved title-page, 74 (of 76) engraved maps, plans and views on 54 (of 56) plates normally included the 1642 first edition (nearly all double-page) plus 1 large folding plate from the 1653 Anhang, and 67 additional engravings from the 17th and 18th century, including at least 16 by or after Merian. Altogether there are 3 general maps (1 of Germany and surroundings and 2 of Switzerland), 4 detail maps, and numerous city plans and views. Lacking the bird's eye view of Herisau and the second of two views of Neuchâtel. Tanned sheepskin (ca. 1700?), gold-tooled spine.
Topographia Helvetiae Rhaetiae et Valesiae. Das ist, Beschreibung und eigentliche Abbildung der vornembsten Stätte und Plätz, in der hochlöblichen Eydgnoßschafft, Grawbündten, Walliß, und etlicher zugewanten Orten. [Frankfurt am Main], Matthäus Merian, 1642. Folio. With richly engraved title-page, 74 (of 76) engraved maps, plans and views on 54 (of 56) plates normally included the 1642 first edition (nearly all double-page) plus 1 large folding plate from the 1653 Anhang, and 67 additional engravings from the 17th and 18th century, including at least 16 by or after Merian. Altogether there are 3 general maps (1 of Germany and surroundings and 2 of Switzerland), 4 detail maps, and numerous city plans and views. Lacking the bird's eye view of Herisau and the second of two views of Neuchâtel. Tanned sheepskin (ca. 1700?), gold-tooled spine.
MERIAN, Matthäus. · 1593
€29,500.00 ($32,514.37 | £24,610.85 | ¥5,192,124)
72, [8] pp. plus engraved plates.First edition of the famous topography of Switzerland, richly illustrated by Matthäus Merian (1593-1650). The main interest of the work is in the engravings, which are of the highest artistic standard. Nearly all the plates are double-page, wit...
Il mondo festeggiante balletto a cav allo fatto nel teatro congiunto al palazzo del sereniss. gran duca, per le reali nozze de' serenissimi principi Cosimo terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Luisa d'Orleans.Florence, Nella stamperia di S.A.S., 1661. 4to. With 3 fold-out engravings, 1 woodcut initial, and 2 woodcut headpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum.
Il mondo festeggiante balletto a cav allo fatto nel teatro congiunto al palazzo del sereniss. gran duca, per le reali nozze de' serenissimi principi Cosimo terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Luisa d'Orleans.Florence, Nella stamperia di S.A.S., 1661. 4to. With 3 fold-out engravings, 1 woodcut initial, and 2 woodcut headpieces. Contemporary gold-tooled vellum.
[CARDUCCI, Alessandro, Giovanni Andrea MONIGLIA, and Stefano DELLA BELLA]. · 1610
€22,500.00 ($24,799.10 | £18,770.98 | ¥3,960,095)
[1], [1 blank], 7-66, [2 blank] pp.First and only edition of a Florentine festival book, magnificently illustrated with three large folding copper engravings by Stefano della Bella (1610-1664), produced to commemorate the sumptuous equestrian ballet staged for the marriage of ...
Voyages à Peking, Manille et l'Ile de France, faits dans l'intervalle des années 1784 a 1801.Paris, l'Imprimerie Impériale (J.J. Marcel) for Treuttel and Würtz, 1808. 3 text volumes and 1 atlas volume. 8vo (text) and folio (atlas). The atlas with 92 engraved illustrations on 61 leaves by De Guines after Deserve and 6 engraved maps (4 folding) by D'Houdan. Text volumes in 19th-century half calf, atlas volume in contemporary half calf.
Voyages à Peking, Manille et l'Ile de France, faits dans l'intervalle des années 1784 a 1801.Paris, l'Imprimerie Impériale (J.J. Marcel) for Treuttel and Würtz, 1808. 3 text volumes and 1 atlas volume. 8vo (text) and folio (atlas). The atlas with 92 engraved illustrations on 61 leaves by De Guines after Deserve and 6 engraved maps (4 folding) by D'Houdan. Text volumes in 19th-century half calf, atlas volume in contemporary half calf.
GUIGNES, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de. · 1784
€9,500.00 ($10,470.73 | £7,925.53 | ¥1,672,040)
[4], LXIII, 439; [4] 476; [4], 488 pp.; atlas: 4 pp. text (title and index).Original edition of this esteemed and well-illustrated account of travels in, and history, costumes, feasts, customs, etc. of China and the Philippines by the French sinologist and lexicographer Chréti...
Zinne-beelden, oft Adams appel. ... Mitsgaders syne oude ende nieuwe ongemeene bruydt-lofs ende zege-zangen.Amsterdam, Everhard Cloppenburgh, 1642. 4to. With large emblematic engraving on the title page and 50 engraved emblems in text (10 x 13.5 cm), all by Salomon Savry, woodcut head- and tailpieces, numerous woodcut decorated initials (several series) and decorations built up from typographic ornaments. Set in roman and italic types. Gold- and blind-tooled red, grained sheepskin (1817/18) for George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough, gold-tooled turn-ins and board edges, gilt and gauffered edges, grey-brown endpapers, red satin ribbon marker.
Zinne-beelden, oft Adams appel. ... Mitsgaders syne oude ende nieuwe ongemeene bruydt-lofs ende zege-zangen.Amsterdam, Everhard Cloppenburgh, 1642. 4to. With large emblematic engraving on the title page and 50 engraved emblems in text (10 x 13.5 cm), all by Salomon Savry, woodcut head- and tailpieces, numerous woodcut decorated initials (several series) and decorations built up from typographic ornaments. Set in roman and italic types. Gold- and blind-tooled red, grained sheepskin (1817/18) for George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough, gold-tooled turn-ins and board edges, gilt and gauffered edges, grey-brown endpapers, red satin ribbon marker.
VEEN, Jan van der. · 1594
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[23], [1 blank], 523, [1 blank] pp.First edition of a popular emblem and song book written by the Dutch pharmacist and poet Jan van Veen. It includes 50 engraved emblems by the skilled artist Salomon Savry (or Saverij, 1594-1678), each with a two-line motto in Dutch above and ...
Advis ... envoyé de Paquin cité de la Chine, au R.P. Loys de Gusman ... Sur le succes de la religion chrestienne au royaume de la Chine. De l'entree d'aucuns peres de ladire compagnie en la cour du roy, & de plusieurs choses memorables, qu'ils ont veu en ce païs.Lyon, Pierre Rigaud, 1607. 12mo. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment, remains of ties.
Advis ... envoyé de Paquin cité de la Chine, au R.P. Loys de Gusman ... Sur le succes de la religion chrestienne au royaume de la Chine. De l'entree d'aucuns peres de ladire compagnie en la cour du roy, & de plusieurs choses memorables, qu'ils ont veu en ce païs.Lyon, Pierre Rigaud, 1607. 12mo. Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment, remains of ties.
PANTOJA, Diego de. · 1571
€19,000.00 ($20,941.46 | £15,851.05 | ¥3,344,080)
[8], 145, [1 blank] pp.First edition in French, of an account of the Jesuit mission in China, written by the Spanish Jesuit Diego de Pantoja (1571-1618). Pantoja was sent to Japan in 1596, but ended up in China, where he accompanied Matthieu Ricci (1552-1610), establishing the...
Eloge de Mr. Le Clerc, chevalier romain, dessinateur, et graveur ordinair du cabinet du roi: avec le catalogue de ses ouvrages; Et des réflexions sur quelques-uns des principaux.Paris, Nicolas Caillou and Jean Musier, 1715. Small 8vo (ca. 16 x 10 cm). With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved headpiece, a woodcut headpiece, and two decorated woodcut initials.Contemporary gold-tooled mottled brown calf, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.
Eloge de Mr. Le Clerc, chevalier romain, dessinateur, et graveur ordinair du cabinet du roi: avec le catalogue de ses ouvrages; Et des réflexions sur quelques-uns des principaux.Paris, Nicolas Caillou and Jean Musier, 1715. Small 8vo (ca. 16 x 10 cm). With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved headpiece, a woodcut headpiece, and two decorated woodcut initials.Contemporary gold-tooled mottled brown calf, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.
VALLEMONT, Pierre le Lorrain de. · 1637
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
[8], 223, [4], [5 blank] pp.First edition of the first biography and catalogue of the work of the Lorraine artist Sebastien Le Clerc (1637-1714). Le Clerc was a draftsman, engraver and military engineer, born in Metz. He published numerous books on geometry and perspective, as...
L'art militaire françois, contenant l'exercice & le maniement des armes, tant des officiers que des soldats, réprésenté par des figures en taille-douce dessinées d'après nature. Avec un petit abregé d'exercice comme il se fait aujourd'hui. Dédié à Monseigneur le Marechal Duc de Boufflers."Paris" [printed in the Netherlands?], "Pierre Giffart" [publisher unknown], 1697. Small 8vo (16 x 10 cm). With engraved frontispiece and 85 full-page engraved illustrations (12 x 7.5 cm). Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine.
L'art militaire françois, contenant l'exercice & le maniement des armes, tant des officiers que des soldats, réprésenté par des figures en taille-douce dessinées d'après nature. Avec un petit abregé d'exercice comme il se fait aujourd'hui. Dédié à Monseigneur le Marechal Duc de Boufflers."Paris" [printed in the Netherlands?], "Pierre Giffart" [publisher unknown], 1697. Small 8vo (16 x 10 cm). With engraved frontispiece and 85 full-page engraved illustrations (12 x 7.5 cm). Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine.
[GIFFART, Pierre]. · 1696
€5,750.00 ($6,337.55 | £4,797.03 | ¥1,012,024)
[14], 178 pp.Second (probably pirated) edition of a succinct and well-illustrated military exercise book, first published by Giffart in Paris in 1696. Its 85 precisely engraved illustrations show the use of the pike, halberd, musket and in a few figures the sword by various of...
Théorie de l'oeil. Première partie. Nota. Cette première partie compose un volume à part; la seconde partie paraîtra sous une autre forme.Paris, J. B. Ballière, 1844-1846. Large 8vo. With 94 illustrations of perspective and the working of light in the eye on 6 large folding plates, engraved by Marlier after designs by the author. Modern half red morocco.
Théorie de l'oeil. Première partie. Nota. Cette première partie compose un volume à part; la seconde partie paraîtra sous une autre forme.Paris, J. B. Ballière, 1844-1846. Large 8vo. With 94 illustrations of perspective and the working of light in the eye on 6 large folding plates, engraved by Marlier after designs by the author. Modern half red morocco.
VALLÉE, Louis Léger. · 1784
€1,000.00 ($1,102.18 | £834.27 | ¥176,004)
LXXV, [1 blank], 456 pp.First edition of a new theory on the working of light in the eye, illustrated with 94 figures on 6 folding plates. A graduate of the École Polytechnique and later inspector at the Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, Louis Léger Vallée (1784-1864) had already i...