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176832996Paris: Saillant et Desaint 1768. Two Volumes; Vol I ii blank half title ii blank frontispiece title blank xxix 338pp 62 handcoloured plates Vol II Half Title i blank Title i blank 288pp 118 handcoloured plates. An exceptional copy of this important 18th Century Botanical work. Contemporary calf both front hinges starting. Internally mostly in fine condition a small number of stains on occassion toning to a few plates in Vol II but overall and stand out copy with beautiful handcoloring. 180 handcoloured illustrations handcoloured frontispiece to Volume I. Ex-Libris for The Horticultural Society of New York in front of each volume. Traité des arbres fruitiers 1768 by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau is a foundational 18th-century French pomological work. It detailed the description culture and illustration of numerous fruit tree species focusing on techniques like pruning and grafting to promote agricultural improvement. Saillant et Desaint unknown
1768031913<p>Paris: Saillant & Desaint 1768. E.O. Due volumi in folio 25x35 cm così numerati: Volume 1: di 6-XXIX-3- 337 pagine con 62 tavole fuori testo. Volume 2: di 280 pagine con 118 tavole fuori testo. Prima edizione su carta forte. Sono quindi presenti tutte le 180 tavole dei frutti incise da Hussard a piena pagina. Manca invece l'antiporta che veniva aggiunta al momento della rilegatura del volume qui allegata in fotocopia. Bella legatura coeva in piena pelle dorso a nervi ornato e dorato; fili dorati di inquadratura ai piatti e ai labbri; risguardie con carta marmorizzata; tagli dorati. Piccola mancanza in testa al dorso e fenditura di qualche centimetro alla cerniera del primo volume. Ma condizioni molto buone per questa edizione originale dei lavori di Duhamel du Monceau riordinati da Leberriays famosa proprio per le sue raffinate tavole incise purtroppo spesso vendute separatamente.</p> Saillant & Desaint
1759L6KATGIQRNBCThe Hague: Ottho van Thol; Amsterdam Gerrit de Groot 1759. Contemporary half red roan marbled sides. Large 4to. With the title page printed in red and black with an engraved view of a shipyard engraved frontispiece view of a shipyard after the original by Jacob van Schley 1715-1779 9 charming engravings also by J. van Schley after the originals in the French edition showing various scenes of shipbuilding and 24 large plates on 23 folding sheets and 7 folding leaves with letterpress tables pp. 117-130. Rare first edition of the Dutch translation of the Éléments de larchitecture navale; ou traité practique de la construction des vaisseaux Paris 1752 by H.L. Duhamel du Monceau the first manual for students of naval engineering written by the founder of the School for naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre 1751. A re-issue of the translation appeared in 1759.After a successful career in the French Navy in 1739 he was appointed Inspector of the French navy Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-1782 became one of the most important shipwrights during the early years of French naval construction. When he wrote his well-organized manual he relied on the organization of basic concepts and stressed respect for rational inquiry into limits of everyday building techniques. He sought to replace routine with best practice. James Pritchard From shipwright to naval constructor in: Technology and culture 28:1 p.16.With the owner's inscription of Th. Zwanenburg Maassluis on the front paste-down. Roan frayed otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM II p. 748; STCN 2 copies; cf. Bierens de Haan 1895 1759 issue; Polak 2859 French ed. Ottho van Thol; Amsterdam, Gerrit de Groot, unknown
1759ABC_48436The Hague and Amsterdam: Ottho van Thol and Gerrit de Groot 1759. Contemporary gold-tooled half brown calf sewn on 6 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine with a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold brown-grey sprinkled paper sides. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece the title-page is printed in red and black with a woodcut vignette 24 folding plates on 23 leaves 7 folding letterpress tables 9 engraved headpieces 1 at the start of each chapter a woodcut illustration as a vignette on the title-page and numerous woodcut tailpieces. First Dutch translation of an important work on shipbuilding with large plates depicting the construction of ships. It was the first manual for students of naval engineering written by the founder of the school for naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre. The work rarely appears on the market as we have only been able to find four other copies in sales records of the past hundred years.The present work is a translation of Élémens de larchitecture navale; ou traité practique de la construction des vaisseaux Paris 1752 by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-1782 which discusses shipbuilding. The text includes many tables and calculations concerning for example the proportions of a ship the number of canons most convenient for the various types and sizes of ships and the resistance and displacement of the water. The plates show fascinating cross-sections and transverse sections of various parts of a ship a plan of the principal deck detailed figures showing the dimensions and shapes of the various beams and joists with extended tables of the various measures. The present work is a re-issue of the first Dutch edition published in 1757. Apart from the title-page the two editions are identical.The edges of the boards are slightly scuffed with some loss of material at the head and foot of the spine. The work is uncut the outer margins of the plates are slightly frayed and soiled with a tear in plates 14 and 22 slightly affecting the image water stains in the margins of some of the leaves not affecting the text. Otherwise in good condition.l Cat. NHSM II p. 748; STCN 176936017 6 copies; cf. Bierens de Haan 1895 1757 issue; Polak 2859 French ed.; Pritchard J. From shipwright to naval constructor. In: Technology and culture 28:1 p.16. Ottho van Thol and Gerrit de Groot, hardcover
1760212277Paris: H. L Guérin et L. F. Delatour 1760. First edition. With 17 folding plates. lxxx 383 27 10 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary quarter calf marbled boards uncut. Some rubbing to extremities plates XIII & XV significantly stained ptherwise both text and plates are clean and sound; overall a fresh copy. First edition. With 17 folding plates. lxxx 383 27 10 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Important work on the cultivation of trees by this prolific 18th-century polymath and savant 1700-1782 member of the Royal Academy who published over 100 separate during his prolific lifetime on a wide range of subjects which engaged his passions for chemistry botany agronomy and naval architecture. His most important contribution to agriculture was perhaps his introduction of the methods of cultivation of Jethro Tull into France with his publication in of TRAITÉ DE LA CULTURE DES TERRES 1750-1761. But Duhamel was above all a great advocate of the Tree in France and his numerous works on the cultivations of trees and shrubs as well as forests and forest maintenance are among his most important contributions. Previous to this work Duhamel had published his TRAITÉ DES ARBRES ET ARBUSTES QUI SE CULTIVENT EN FRANCE 1755; and LA PHYSIQUE DES ARBRES 1758. This continuation of "notre travail sur les Forêts" the author says in his Preface is in this case "purement pratique"; and his aim to place simplified methods of cultivation "within the reach of all sorts of readers." He divides his work into six books: 1 on terrain exposure climate choice on trees; 2 Different methods of propagating trees; 3 Care of young trees; 4 Transplanting; 5 Forests; 6 Maintenance of Woods and Revitalization of damaged Forests. illustrated by the fine line engravings this is indeed the work Duhamel most intended for a practical audience. Nissen 545; Raphael Sylva #34 H. L Guérin et L. F. Delatour unknown
1758000183<p><strong>A landmark in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding.</strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> Contemporary calf with gilt titles and decoration to spine raised bands. Contemporary marbled endpapers. Octavo: 25 × 19 cm; pp. 1 ll. xliv 1-49 ii-xxix 51-484. With the frontispiece engraved by Chedel and engraved by Nicolas Ozanne 2 vignettes one on the title page and one on the dedication page 9 headpieces and 24 numbered plates on 23 folding plates.</p><p><strong>Ref.:</strong> Polak: 2859; Scheepvaart Mus.: ii 747; OL-ID: OL24604183M</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Binding shows some minor bumps and scuffs and a few surface abrasions. The joints are somewhat age brittle. Contents with occasional minor blemish but generally clean. Nonetheless a very good copy.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> Duhamel du Monceau's manual is considered a milestone in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding. This second edition with an additional chapter by the author himself contains corrections and additional illustrations not included in the first edition of 1752.</p> Charles-Antoine Jombert hardcover
1758019221Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert 1758. Second Edition. Hardcover. Some light fraying to a few edges of folding plates one plate with a long closed tear with no loss. Light wear to the binding a one-inch split to the top front joint. A clean well-margined copy. Near Fine. Quarto 7-1/2" x 10" bound in contemporary marbled calf leather with a gilt-decorated spine with 5 raised bands and a gilt-lettered morocco spine label marbled endpapers text block edges stained red; xliv 484 pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece title-vignette and 10 engraved chapter heading vignettes by Ozanne as well as 24 engravings on 23 folding plates. This spectacular training manual for the construction of ships was written by the founder of naval engineering and architecture at the Louvre in 1741 and is considered a landmark volume in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding identified as the first practical manual in the field. This Second Edition contains corrections and an additional tenth chapter and illustrations not in the First Edition. <br/><br/> Charles-Antoine Jombert hardcover
1759ST15736eLondon: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White 1759. First Edition in English. 268 x 210 mm. 10 1/2 x 8 1/4". xxiv 491 9 pp. the last ads. Translated and edited by John Mills. <br/> Contemporary sprinkled calf raised bands rebacked with brown morocco original tan morocco title label restorations to corners. With a folding diagram for barley planting and six copper engravings of farm equipment ploughs seed drills etc. four of them folding. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir George Shuckburgh Bart. and ex-libris of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. Fussell II 48-49; Hunt 564 this copy. ◆Extremities a bit rubbed corners bumped but A FINE COPY INTERNALLY quite clean fresh and wide margined in a solid serviceable binding.<br/> <br/> This is the Hunt copy of an influential work by the French polymath whom Raphael calls "one of the outstanding botanists of the 18th century" in the fields of plant physiology and agriculture. A physician naval engineer and botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-82 gave up on formal university training to take lodgings near the Botanical Gardens where he pursued his own plan of learning from the director and from other distinguished persons who gathered there. After inheriting his father's estate he set up a model farm on the property to test various theories and methods of agriculture. According to Fussell Duhamel was a proponent of Jethro Tull's "drill husbandry" method of cultivating seeds planted in rows by machine the technique that formed the basis of modern agricultural practice. "He carried out extensive and probably costly experiments and demonstrated the financial advantages and increased physical volume of yield the system provided. This book no doubt played a large part in stimulating interest in the drill husbandry." Hunt notes that the present work was "apparently collected from several publications by Duhamel . . . with the addition of observations and experiments by other French and English writers" by translator and editor John Mills ca. 1717 - ca. 1794. The present item was once owned by one of the greatest botanical book collectors of modern times Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt 1882-1963. According to the Hunt Institute website "at the age of 15 Rachel received her first rare book Leonard Meager's 'The English Gardener' 1670 from a family member. Given her interest in plants gardens books and history this book planted the seed! for a lifelong appreciation of reading and collecting books about botany gardens and other plant-related topics." In addition to assembling an outstanding book collection Hunt was a respected bookbinder who studied with Cobden-Sanderson's pupil Euphemia Bakewell and operated the Lehcar Rachel spelled backwards Bindery out of her family home. She was a founding member of the Hroswitha Club for women bibliophiles which has since merged with the formerly all-male Grolier Club. Another previous owner Sir George Shuckburgh sixth baronet 1751-1804 was a prominent mathematician who was awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal for his work to establish the standard length of a yard. Printed for J. Whiston and B. White unknown
176655107Nürnberg Christ. de Launoy seel. Erben und Winterschmidt 1766- 67. 4to. Bound in one contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. paperlabels pasted on spine. Stamps on title-page. 3031810;2057 pp. 36 folded engraved plates. The first 7 leaves slightly brownspotted otherwise clean occasional with marginal brownspots. <br/><br/><em>First German edition. </em> unknown
174741248Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1747. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of an exhaustive work on the fabrication of hemp rope for ships from raising the plant to extracting the raw materials to manufacturing cordage. But perhaps most significant as one of the earliest treatises on the commercial cultivation of cannabis. Includes two lovely and detailed fold-out plates of the male and female plants both fine that would make High Times proud. Though not exactly institutionally rare OCLC locates ten copies of this edition seven in the U.S. it is so in the trade with none currently in commerce and only a handful at auction since 1980. A second volume was published in 1769. Polak 2858. Scott 341 citing only the 2nd edition this one presumably scarcer. Hardcover. 4to. Full contemporary calf with gilt titles and decorative spine. Engraved and woodcut initials woodcut diagrams and head- and tail-pieces. Joints cracked though intact. Spine laid down. Internally fine very good overall. With the bookplate of Edward Duke of Norfolk. L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
1759000946LONDON: J. WHISTON AND B. WHITE 1759 491 p. .xxiv 9 pp. BOOK DESCRIPTION: RE-CASED CONTEMPORARY SPECKLED CALF GILT LETTERED MOROCCO SPINE LABEL 6 COPPER-ENGRAVED PLATES 4 ARE FOLDING. TITLE PAGE PRINTED IN BLACK AND WHITE. ALSO ILLUSTRATED WITH HEADPIECES AND INITIALS. DIMENSIONS: CONDITION: MANY REPAIRS AT CORNERS AND A FEW OTHER PLACES ON CALF SOME LIGHT SOILING AND A TOUCH OF CHIPPING AT THE JOINTS; VERY GOOD. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. J. WHISTON AND B. WHITE hardcover
1762497561762. DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU Henri-Louis. Éléments d'Agriculture. Two volumes. xxiv 499 1; viii 410 2 pp. 12mo. 165 x 93 mm bound in contemporary Austrian or German mottled calf red and green title labels edges painted red. Paris: H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1762. First Edition scarce; this work was included in the pioneering "Landmarks of Science" microfilming project on account of its significance in promoting a number of scientific advances which led to the agricultural revolution of the eighteenth century. Duhamel du Monceau 1700-1781 was one of the most important horticultural writers of the eighteenth century. "The first half of the eighteenth century had witnessed the beginning of a technological renaissance in agriculture chiefly in England where it was notably celebrated in the writings of Jethro Tull. Although the ideas of Tull and Duhamel enjoyed substantial popularity among a progressive group of French landowners the opposition - either in the form of active criticism or in the passive inertia of an almost medieval agrarian society - was too strong for France to enjoy the rapid agricultural changes which occurred in England and shortly after in Scotland. However enough progress was made for Duhamel to receive recognition for his pioneering work during his lifetime" DSB IV p. 224. Not in Cleveland Botanical Hunt Pritzel Nissen De Ganay or Brunet. Minor staining at the foot light wear to binding extremities; overall an attractive copy in original unsophisticated condition. With early ownership inscriptions in each volume: "G.S. Vühn." unknown
176417534Paris: H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour. Good. 1764. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound in one. Full contemporary calf with gilt lettering & decoration within 5 raised bands. Double gilt border & dentelles on covers. Marbled endpapers & edges dyed red. xlvii 430pp and xiv 431-708. Joints cracked with covers firmly attached gilt faded spine ends rubbed with slight loss & corners rubbed. Interior hinges & text are tight clean & intact. Illustrated with 36 folding engraved plates 13 for volume I and 23 for volume II as well as many inset tables and a nice vignette of Prévost at the head of the first preface. Forestry Trees Wood. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 708 pages . H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour hardcover
1758013966<p>Paris: Chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1758 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2 volume set. Vol 1 - vi lxviii 307 1 pages 28 plates. Vol 2 - iv iii i 432 pages 22 plates. Some light browning to the plates in vol 1. Old full leather bindings worn in places and splitting down the edges of the spine of vol 1. Small modern bookplate to the front pastedown of vol 1 - Biblioteca Botanica Christian Heuer.</p> Chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour hardcover
1759188999London: for J. Whiston and B. White R. Baldwin W. Johnston P. Davey and B. Law 1759. From the foothills of the agricultural revolution First edition in English translated by John Mills from the original French. Duhamel promotes the horse-hoeing husbandry of Jethro Tull and reports on his own agricultural experiments. This translation is "apparently collected from several publications by Duhamel du Monceau with the addition of observations and experiments by other French and English writers" Hunt. Duhamel's treatise was published in France as Traité de la Culture des Terres in six parts between 1750 and 1760. It remained a key reference into the 19th century and stimulated broader interest in seed-drill planting which is the basis for modern agriculture. His work also influenced the physiocrat François Quesnay. The translator John Mills 1717-1794 published his own New and Complete System of Practical Husbandry between 1762 and 1765. He was also a progenitor of the Encyclopédie a French translation of Ephraim Chambers's Cyclopedia 1745. Quarto 262 x 205 mm pp. xxiv 491 9 errata and index. With 6 engraved plates 4 folding folding table woodcut head- and tailpieces title page in red and black. Contemporary sprinkled calf red morocco label twin gilt rules to raised bands edges speckled red. A few later pencil annotations to margins. Extremities worn a little stripping and marking to covers contents crisp. A very good copy. ESTC T107757; Hunt 564; Kress B.5778. hardcover
1751129087Madrid: En la Imprenta del Mercurio por Joseph de Orga impresor. 1751. First edition in Spanish of the first part of Duhamel du Monceau's influential treatise on agriculture published in France in 1750 as Traité de la Culture des Terres; five other parts followed the last one published in 1760. Quesnay's entry on agriculture which appeared in the first volume of the Encyclopédie in 1751 was influenced by the work of Duhamel du Monceau. This edition includes as the appendix a Spanish translation of an excerpt from the 12th-century Kitab al-Filaha the most important medieval Arabic work on agriculture by the Andalusian Abu Zakariya ibn al-Awwam; a seven-page dictionary of Arabic names and words in Arabic and Spanish is included between p. 268 and 269. An uncommon work: WorldCat lists nine copies in institutions none of which are in British holdings. Provenance: The Lawes Agricultural Library with their stamp and pencilled shelf marks to title page. The library was assembled in the early 20th century by Sir John Russell director of the Rothamsted agricultural research institution in Hertfordshire and ranked as one of the finest English collections of agricultural material. With a presentation inscription to John Russell dated 1943 on the front free endpaper in Spanish along with the stamp of the Spanish ministry of agriculture. Quarto 200 x 148 mm. 10 engraved folding plates. Early 20th-century calf twin green morocco labels to spine spine gilt to compartments marbled endpapers. Shelf mark at head of spine. Spine darkened and rubbed light wear to extremities some minor marking to covers hinges splitting light finger soiling to first few leaves but contents generally clean and crisp. A very good copy. unknown
176115230Paris:: Desaint & Saillant 1761-1762. modern morocco-backed marbled boards; vellum tips. Marginal dampstain at the fore-edge of one plate not affecting image; otherwise very fine. Folio. With 5 fine engraved plates. Desaint & Saillant, hardcover
1759123197Paris: Estienne 1759. First edition of Duhamel du Monceau's treatise supporting the establishment of schools of agriculture to promote the development of agricultural science and the enhancement of estate management. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-1782 became an amateur botanist in his youth and used his inheritance of a large estate to establish a model farm where he developed his agricultural theories. His writings on agriculture influenced numerous enlightenment and physiocratic figures including Quesnay whose entry on agriculture in the Encyclopédie in 1751 was heavily influenced by Duhamel du Monceau's work. The book is scarce in any state of preservation - WorldCat lists ten copies in institutions worldwide with Library Hub adding a further four - and is especially so in the present unrestored wrappers. Octavo 182 x 104 mm. Original plain paper wrappers manuscript title to spine. Contemporary ownership signature to title page small ink price and acquisition notations to pastedowns. Faint soiling to covers some occasional minor creasing and foxing 4 cm closed tear to page 65. Overall a remarkably well-preserved copy in the fragile original wrappers. Coqulin & Guillaumin I p. 765; Higgs 1926; Goldsmiths' 9452. unknown
17731383233France 1773. Softcover. Folio 84 pages 17 plates. In Very Good Minus condition. Rebound in late 20th century white paper wrappers. Spines with previous leather and gilt labels preserved. Some shelf wear and soiling to wrappers corners of covers bumped crowns and spines bumped. Previous tail and headbands preserved. Edges of textblocks dyed red with green ribbon bookmark. Mild age-toning to textblocks. Engraved black and white plates marked with Roman numerals. All text in French pages clean. AS consignment. Shelved Case 4. 1383233. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. unknown
1767013967<p>Paris: Chez L.F. Delatour 1767 Book. Good. Hardcover. xxxii 556 pages 27 plates. Some light browning and soiling. In old full leather but this is very worn and seems to have been affected by heat as it is dried and cracked. Split down the edges of the spine. Most of the lettering label is missing. Hole to rear free end paper caused by worming to the rear board. .</p> Chez L.F. Delatour hardcover
178060161Paris Veuve Desaint 1780. 4to. In fine contemporary motted full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. A bit of wear to extremities mainly to lower part of hindges otherwise a very fine and clean copy. LXXXII 420 2 pp. 16 folded plates. <br/><br/><em>Second edition of Duhamel's important work on tree cultivation. "Duhamel's tree-planting on both his own estate and his brother's provided the practical experience behind his books as he explained in the preface to 'Semis et Plantations' . The sections of the book discuss the soil the climate and the choice of the trees; their propagation; nursery gardens; planting; forests and maintenance and re-afforestation with all instuments based firmly on the author's long experience of forestry" S. Raphael. An Oak Spring Sylva p. 10 </em> hardcover
176216563London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes et al. 1762. Second edition corrected and improved. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked in antique style. Near fine. 489 pages 4B4-Rrr4 25 1/2 x 21 cm.Six copperplate engravings 4 folding and one folding table. A French botanist and engineer Duhamel was probably the first to distinguish clearly between alkalis potash and soda. His continuing energy in experiments in vegetable physiology gained him admission to the Academy in 1728. This work contains translations by John Mills of his "Traite de la Culture des Terres" as well as contributions by others. Index. KRESS 6014. Bright clean copy title page printed in red and black light age-toning raised bands red leather spine label printed in gilt ownership inscription in contemporary hand. C. Hitch and L. Hawes, et al. unknown
175361627Paris Hippolyte-Louis Guérin & Louis-Franncois Delatour 1753. 8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary full calf bindings with four raised bands and richly gilt spines. Old paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Light wear to extremities internally very nice and clean. 2 384 pp. 6 folded plates; 4 454 2 pp. 9 folded plates. <br/><br/><em>Second revised and enlarged edition of one of the most famous treatises published by the great French agronomist Henry Louis Duhamel du Monceau 1700-1782 in order to introduce Jethro Tull's innovative methods to France. Tull is considered to be one of the early proponents of a scientific – and especially empirical – approach to agriculture. He helped transform agricultural practices by inventing or improving numerous implements. "The first half of the eighteenth century had witnessed the beginning of a technological renaissance in agriculture chiefly in England where it was notably celebrated in the writings of Jethro Tull. Although the ideas of Tull and Duhamel enjoyed substantial popularity among a progressive group of French landowners the opposition - either in the form of active criticism or in the passive inertia of an almost medieval agrarian society - was too strong for France to enjoy the rapid agricultural changes which occurred in England and shortly after in Scotland. However enough progress was made for Duhamel to receive recognition for his pioneering work the present during his lifetime." DSB </em> hardcover
175313137Paris:: Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin 1753. Nouvelle Edition corrigee & augmentee. contemporary mottled calf; gilt spines. . Old blue oval stamps on title pages; some rubbing and minor losses at corners and extremities; joints almost invisibly reinforced; tight and sound. 12mo. Avec Figures en Taille-douce; 15 fine engraved plates. A third volume not present was published in 1754. Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, unknown