DEMACHY

Art du distillateur liquoriste

La société typographique, Neuchatel 1780, In-4 (20,5x26,3cm), 241-462p. XI Pl., relié.

Reprint of the book by Demachy published in 1775 in volume XII of Descriptions of arts and crafts in 1780. This is only the part of volume XII devoted to the liqueur distiller, this part being preceded in particular by L'art du etching still. The notebooks present did not retain the false title [...]

300 €

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Charles-Auguste VANDERMONDE

Dictionnaire portatif de santé

Chez la veuve de Pierre du Mesnil, A Rouen 1788, In-8 (12x18,5cm), (4) xxiij (1) 560pp. et (4) 551pp. (1) et (4) xvj, 720pp., relié.

Mention of sixth edition.
Binding in full marbled brown sheepskin. Ornate nerved back. title label of moroccan tan, piece of volume of black morocco. All the hairstyles, that of the head of volume 3 torn off. Missing upper and lower joints at the head. Rubbed together. Cropped and stripped corners.

350 €

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First edition

Scipion DUPLEIX

La curiosité naturelle redigee en question selon l'ordre alphabetique

Chez Jacques Caillove, A Paris 1648, In-12 (8x13,7cm), (16) 474pp. (14), relié.

New edition.
Binding full brown sheepskin contemporary. Back with ornate nerves. title label of brown morocco. Headdress partly torn off. 2 blunt corners.

300 €

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First edition

HARCE D'

Erreurs populaires sur la médecine

Chez l'auteur & Méquignon l'aîné, A Paris 1783, In-12 (10x17cm), (4) xxij (2) 465pp. (11), relié.

First edition.

Exemplary to the arms of Le Camus de Neville, Lord of Bourg-Charente, advisor to the Court of Aid, Director of the bookstore and printing, Intendant of Pau and Bayonne.
Binding full red morocco contemporary. Smooth back richly decorated. title label in red morocco. [...]

650 €

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First edition

Nicolas VENETTE

De la generation de l'homme, ou tableau de l'amour conjugal

Chez Claude Joly, Cologne 1702, Fort in-12 (8,5x16cm), (48) 642pp. (30), relié.

New edition, illustrated with a portrait and 11 figures including 5 unfolding.
Binding in full brown calf ice time. Back with nerves richly adorned. title label in garnet morocco. A lack of the upper bit in the lead. A micro cut at the lower joint at the head. 3 blunt and bare corners. Figure 5 [...]

350 €

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First edition

John KEILL & Pierre Charles LEMONNIER

Institutions astronomiques, ou leçons élémentaires d'astronomie

Chez Hyppolyte-Louis Guerin, A Paris 1746, In-4 (20x26cm), (8) lxiv, 660pp., relié.

First edition
Binding full brown basement contemporary. Back with ornate nerves. title label of brown sheepskin. Upper joint tightly split largely. Lower joint open in tail and head. Rubbed and scratched boards, with some gaps. Corners very dull and trimmed, bare. Scattered bites.

800 €

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Jean Sylvain BAILLY

Histoire de l'astronomie moderne depuis la fondation de l'école d'Alexandrie, jusqu'à l'époque ...

Chez De Bure fils aîné, A Paris 1781 - 1785, In-4 (20x25,7cm), xvj, 728pp. (13Pl.) et 751pp. (5Pl.) et (4) 415pp., 4 volumes reliés.

Second edition.
Binding full marbled and glossy brown calfskin. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco, piece of tomaison in red morocco. Upper joint of volume I split in the lead. A hitch with lack on the lower joint at the level of the first box. Upper joint of volume II closely [...]

1 800 €

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Paolo GOVIO

De romanis piscibus libellus, doctus, copiosus & elegans, iam recens aeditus

Per Ioannem Grapheum, Antverpiae [Anvers] 1528, Pet. in-8 (10x15,5cm), a-h8 (126p), relié.

New edition, after the first edition of 1524 in Rome.
Modern binding in full parchment with bradel. Smooth back mute. Title sheet with small gaps on the external margin, same for the last page. Yellowed paper. Scattered foxing.

1 000 €

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