First edition

François-Félix NOGARET

La terre est un animal, opuscule philosophique

De l'imprimerie de Cosson, à Paris 1794 (An III), In-16 (9,5x13cm), xix (1) 102pp. (1), relié.

First edition, rare.
Cartonnage late nineteenth covered with marbled paper made on brochure. Smooth back mute. Good copy, not trimmed.
A licentious tale with a philosophical pretension, light, The earth is an animal is the conversation of a Greek courtesan with two philosophers, [...]

350 €

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First edition

ANONYME, Ferdinand LANDERER

Pensées philosophiques, politiques, et morales en prose rimée sur le monde et sur le bonheur de ...

[Johann Trattner], [Wien] 1771, In-4 (21x26,7cm), 42f., relié.

First edition, rare, illustrated with a title engraved with a large vignette in a portico, the title to the pediment, four beautiful figures finely engraved and drawn by Landerer (including Royal troops camp in Moravia, mausoleum erected by the ipatrix and of 2 vignettes at the bottom of the page [...]

400 €

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First edition

Louis-Anathase de CRILLON

Mémoires philosophiques du Baron de ***

Chez Berton, A Vienne Et se trouve à Paris 1777 - 1778, In-8 (12,5x19,5cm), (2) 4pp. (2) 304pp. et 352pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 inset figures engraved with aquatint, including a view of the interior of the famous café des philosophes, the Procope in Paris.

450 €

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First edition

Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de MIRABEAU

Des Lettres de cachet et des Prisons d'état. Ouvrage posthume, composé en 1778

S.n., AHambourg 1782, 2 parties en un Vol. fort in-8 (12x20cm), xiv (2) 366pp. ; (2) 237pp., relié.

First edition. The second part is considered rare, since Prussia was asked to seize the manuscript and to burn the copies, but we note that the second part is present in many copies.
Binding full brown marbled vintage calf. Back with nerves richly adorned. Title piece in red morocco. Tail cap [...]

650 €

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Charles de Secondat MONTESQUIEU

De l'Esprit des loix

Chez Barillot & fils [Prault], Genève [Paris] s.d. (1749), in-4 (19x25cm), (8) XXIV : 522pp. (1p. errata) et (4) XVI ; 564pp., 2 volumes reliés.

Counterfeiting of the first edition published by Barrillot (with two r ) in Geneva in 1748. This counterfeit was made by Laurent Durand. It would have been printed in Paris by Prault, and constitutes in the order the second printed edition. It is the first issue of the second edition, a [...]

3 500 €

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First edition, Signed book

Jean QUATRESOLZ

Traitté du coeur humain. Manuscrit inédit

1668, 23x35,5cm, 214pp. (6), relié.

Traitté du cœur humain. Unpublished manuscript [Treatise on Human Heart]

1668 | 214 pp. (6)| 23 x 35.5 cm | contemporary full parchment

Handwritten, unpublished manuscript signed «Jean Quatresolz» on the first page of the preface. A [...]

5 000 €

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Charles de Secondat MONTESQUIEU

De l'esprit des loix

Barillot & fils [Durand], à Genève [Paris] s.d. (1749), in-4 (19x25cm), (8) XXIV, 522pp. (1) et (4) XVI, 564pp., 2 volumes reliés (18,8x25,1cm).

Second edition in order of publications. Parisian counterfeit published in January 1749 (it would have been printed by Prault); the original, extraordinarily rare, dates from October 1748. This counterfeit is distinguished by a few points: it reproduces the same pagination errors in the preface as [...]

3 800 €

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First edition

Jean ADAM

Philosophia ad usum scholarum accomodata : Logica

Apud J.C. Pyron, Cadomi (Caen) 1777, In-12 (9,5x16cm), xviij (4) 336pp., relié.

New edition
Full marshy antebellum. Back with ornate nerves. Title piece in red morocco. Lacks in the head with the cardboard present. Lower joint split at head. Friction.

150 €

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