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170767156Paris: Prosper Marchand 1707. Fine. Prosper Marchand Paris 1707 10 x 17 cm relié First edition containing 5 folding plates. Contemporary binding in full speckled brown sheep spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a red morocco title-label board edges ruled with gilt all edges red. Head-cap absent tail-cap partially missing bands rubbed upper joint of front board cracked for 2.5cm corners bumped. The two largest plates show tears without loss. Long manuscript note from the 19th century on front pastedown extending onto a small part of first endpaper. Bookplate from a La Rochelle library also 19th century on title page. First publication concerning the moving sphere of Pigeon and Delure who here sign the dedication to Louis XIV. The king acquired the first armillary sphere of their manufacture the previous year; it is one of the first to be based on Copernicus's heliocentric system. Prosper Marchand hardcover
174720078The Hague 1747. Engraved frontispiece and 23 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf spine and labels gilt edges marbled blue. Old signatures on the titles. A very nice set. A mechanistic and scientific approach to dowsing and magnetism the first French book published on the subject. Here the author attempts to remove occultism from the practice by posturing that the circulating corpuscles of the human body communicate with underground water sources through the divining rod as an extension of the arms much like the eyes make use of microscopes and telescopes to see things unavailable to the naked eye. Vallemont goes on to suggest other applications of the divining rod such as locating dead bodies and rooting out fugitives. The fine illustrations show proper ways of holding the rod other dowsing equipment and divinatory charts. Volume II concludes with a catalog of successful dowsing excursions and a compilation of astrological charts that provide the correct conditions for finding specific things. <br /> Caillet 10987; Dupré Silent Messengers: The Circulation of Material Objects of Knowledge 308-309. unknown
178111396Bruxelles: J. Ermens 1781. Pastiche half-calf and marbled paper boards spine gilt yellow edges. <p>      “Splendid…one of the richest cabinets…of prints copperplates and other monuments of art†Guigard tr. The duke collected broadly — natural history to music scientific instruments to liturgical manuscripts Turkish Church Slavonic…. Long governor of the Austrian Netherlands Charles fostered the arts. A good copy some lower edges uncut.<br /> ¶Guigard Nouvel armorial du bibliophile I: 62-3; Lugt Répertoire des catalogues des ventes 3293.</p> J. Ermens unknown
171521850Paris 1715. Small 8vo ca. 16 x 10 cm. Nicolas Caillou and Jean Musier Contemporary gold-tooled mottled brown calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine gold-tooled board edges marbled edges marbled endpapers. With an engraved frontispiece an engraved headpiece a woodcut headpiece and two decorated woodcut initials. 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 well as on architecture. He had a great eye for composition and is still considered one of France's best engravers because of it. He initially worked as an engineer but his artistic talents were soon recognised by Charles le Brun 1619-1690 a painter who worked directly for King Louis XIV and painted several murals in Versailles. Le Brun advised him to abandon his engineering work and devote himself exclusively to engraving and drawing which he did very successfully. He was sought after by publishers and his engravings were already collected in his own time. The present work was published shortly after his death. The portrait of Le Clerc especially made for this work is often lacking but has here been added as a frontispiece at a later date.The edges and corners of the boards are scuffed the boards are slightly scratched the joints are somewhat weakened but the structural integrity of the binding is still intact. The frontispiece is likely taken from another work and has been mounted on the blank page before the title page the work is slightly browned throughout but otherwise internally clean a contemporary correction with annotation in the margin on page 18. Overall in good condition.l Catalogue du Fonds Lorrain Nancy 4339; Colon 17957; Quérard X p. 27; WorldCat 1044587864; cf. not in Cicognara. ABE CAT Art History hardcover
17031560A Paris: Chez Jean Moreau ruë S. Jacques ʹa la Toison d'Or vis-ʹa-vis S. Yves 1703. First edition. In contemporary calf. Panels with gilt frames. Spine with five raised bands the compartment richly gilt with floral motives and titled. Marbled edges and endpapers. A copy of the variant with no author’s name on title page. Ownership stamp on title page “Bibliothéque d’Eugène de Frobervilleâ€. Occasional light brown spots otherwise clean. Overall in very good condition. First edition. In contemporary calf. Panels with gilt frames. Spine with five raised bands the compartment richly gilt with floral motives and titled. Marbled edges and endpapers. A copy of the variant with no author’s name on title page. 12mo signatures: ã8 ẽ4 Ä©4 A–2A8/4 ã1 verso 2A4 blank; 6 xxiii 3 1–282 6 p. and 8 engraved plates one folded. Signature L bound into twice. <p><br /> Scarce late 17th-century travelogue of the West and East Indies.<br /> <p><br /> <p><br /> Claude Biron’s scarce and interesting travel narrative and collection of curiosities. A rich collection of information about the natural history of the Indies gathered personally on his two voyages. In the West Indies he visited Cayenne Martinique and Guadeloupe. Illustrated with seven engraved plates of plants and animals as well as a folded portrait of Confucius.<br /> <p><br /> <p><br /> Provenance: The French ethnographer explorer and geographer Eugène de Froberville’s 1790–1871 ownership stamp on title page.<br /> <p><br /> <p><br /> Sabin 5582.<br /> <p>. Chez Jean Moreau, ruë S. Jacques, ʹa la Toison d'Or, vis-ʹa-vis S. Yves unknown
