LES TROIS ISLETS

LES TROIS ISLETS
LIVRES RARES
39th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Hynes Convention Center – November 13– 15 2015.
56. SPILSBURY (FRANCIS B.). -PICTURESQUE SCENERY IN THE HOLY LAND AND SYRIA, LONDON, 1819. 1 VOL. FOLIO.
19 AQUATINTS CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURED.
Jean-François Letenneur
Librairie Ancienne des Trois Islets
11, bd du tertre gondan - BP 20 - 35800 Saint-Briac-sur-Mer (France)
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List of 150 items to see at booth n°516
Travels: America, Asia, Egypt-Middle East, Africa, Europe, Explorations, Maritime, Military
and Tactics, Atlases, Sciences, Technology, Miniature books.
Americana
1. BERGERON (PIERRE). [BETHENCOURT (JEAN DE)]. [BONTHIER
(PIERRE), LE VERRIER (JEAN)]. -UN TRAICTE DE LA NAVIGATION ET DES
VOYAGES DE DESCOUVERTE & CONQUESTE MODERNES, & PRINCIPALEMENT DES
FRANCOIS. AVEC UNE EXACTE ET PARTICULIERE DESCRIPTION DE TOUTES LES ISLES
CANARIES, LES PREUVES DU TEMPS DE LA CONQUESTE D'ICELLES, & LA GENEALOGIE
DES BETHENCOURTS & BRAQUEMONS. LE TOUT RECEUILLY DE DIVERS AUTHEURS,
OBSERVATIONS, TITRES & ENSEIGNEMENTS. [SUIVI DE]. HISTOIRE DE LA PREMIERE
DESCOUVERTE ET CONQUESTE DES CANARIES. FAITE DÈS L'AN 1402 PAR MESSIRE
JEAN DE BETHENCOURT, CHAMBELLAN DU ROY CHARLES VI. ESCRITE DU TEMPS
MESME PAR F. PIERRE BONTIER RELIGIEUX DE S. FRANÇOIS, & JEAN LE VERRIER
PRESTRE, DOMESTIQUES DU DIT SIEUR DE BETHENCOURT. ET MISE EN LUMIERE PAR
M. GALIEN DE BETHENCOURT, CONSEILLER DU ROY EN SA COUR DE PARLEMENT
DE ROUEN. A Paris, chez Jean de Heuqueville et Michel Soly, 1629. (Traicte
de la Navigation) - A Paris, chez Michel Soly, 1630. (Decouverte des
Canaries). 2 vols. 12mo. Jean de Bethencourt's portrait by Balthasar
Moncornet. Full calf with the arms of Louis Urbain Le Fèvre de Caumartin
(1653-1720). Fine copy of this scarce Americana, complete with the 2 parts and portrait, only edition of the
very first French publication dealing with the history of maritime explorations. The texts of the first part were
compiled by Pierre Bergeron: it's a wonderful history of world exploration at the age of discovery, concentrated
on French' voyages. The second part, written by Pierre Bontier and Jean le Verrier, is an account of the
conquest of the Canary Islands by Jean de Bethencourt. Rare, with a nice portrait.
Borba de Moraes I, p. 87; Gagnon I, 1679 & 3556; JCB II, p. 219 & 227; Sabin 4850 & 5073.
$ 26 400,00
2. BEULLOCH (WILLIAM BULLOCH OU BULLOCK, DIT). -LE
MEXIQUE EN 1823, OU RELATION D’UN VOYAGE DANS LA NOUVELLEESPAGNE, CONTENANT DES NOTIONS EXACTES ET PEU CONNUES SUR LA
SITUATION PHYSIQUE, MORALE ET POLITIQUE DE CE PAYS ;
ACCOMPAGNÉ D’UN ATLAS DE VINGT PLANCHES ; PAR M. BEULLOCH,
PROPRIÉTAIRE DU MUSÉE MEXICAIN ÉTABLI À LONDRES ; OUVRAGE
TRADUIT DE L’ANGLAIS PAR M.***. PRÉCÉDÉ D’UNE INTRODUCTION,
ET ENRICHI DE PIÈCES JUSTIFICATIVES ET DE NOTES ; PAR SIR JOHN
BYERLEY. Paris, Alexis-Eymery, 1824. 2 vols. 8vo, 1 vol. oblong
4to (Atlas). 20 plates (2 folding maps, 1 folding plate, 6 handcoloured costume plates). Contemporary sheep. Scarce first
French edition (OE, London, same year), of this account of a voyage to Mexico, the first English one since
1640 (Thomas Gage). The atlas’ plates are lithographed by Marlet, who signed the costumes plates. The other
plates are: maps of Mexico, views (1 folding) and Aztecs sculptures. Fine copy in contemporary binding of this
uncommon work.
$ 6 050,00
3. BIGOT (FRANÇOIS). -MÉMOIRE POUR MESSIRE FRANÇOIS BIGOT, CI-DEVANT INTENDANT DE
JUSTICE, POLICE, FINANCE & MARINE EN CANADA, ACCUSÉ : CONTRE MONSIEUR LE PROCUREURGÉNÉRAL DU ROI EN LA COMMISSION, ACCUSATEUR. PREMIERE PARTIE, CONTENANT L’HISTOIRE DE
L’ADMINISTRATION DU SIEUR BIGOT DANS LA COLONIE, & DES RÉFLEXIONS GÉNÉRALES SUR CETTE
ADMINISTRATION. [-SECONDE PARTIE, CONTENANT LA DISCUSSION & LE DÉTAIL DES CHEFS
D’ACCUSATION]. A Paris, De l’Imprimerie de P. Al. le Prieur, Imprimeur du Roi, rue SaintJacques. M DCC. LXIII (1763). 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary marbled sheep. Fine
copy of this important work for the history of New France. Part 2 contains, p. [553-764],
Suite de la seconde partie. Contenant 1º. La cinquiéme Classe, dans laquelle se trouve la
Réponse au Mémoire du Marquis de Vaudreuil, & à celui du Sieur du Verger de Saint
Blin. 2º. La sixième Classe. 3º. La réponse à la Requête des Dames de Montcalm. Pages
[553]-730 specifically concern the fur trading posts, and there are numerous passages referring to the fur trade
as well as all of Canada’s military defences throughout both volumes. This work, with Cartier’s account of his
discovery of Canada, and Champlain’s description of the earliest explorations of New France, is a cornerstone
book for Canadian history. Since the aftermath was the loss of a colony to France, unlike Cartier’s or
Champlain’s accounts, it was never reprinted.
Sabin 38696 et 47528 (titre corrigé). JCB I, 1342. Dionne II, 671. Gagnon II, 195-196.
$ 55 000,00
4. BILLINGS (JOSEPH), SAUER (MARTIN). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DE L'IMPÉRATRICE DE RUSSIE CATHERINE II,
DANS LE NORD DE LA RUSSIE ASIATIQUE, DANS LA MER GLACIALE, DANS LA MER D'ANADYR, ET SUR LES CÔTES DE
L'AMÉRIQUE, DEPUIS 1785 JUSQU'EN 1794, PAR LE COMMODORE BILLINGS, RÉDIGÉ PAR M. SAUER, SECRÉTAIREINTERPRÈTE DE L’EXPÉDITION, ET TRADUIT DE L'ANGLAIS AVEC DES NOTES PAR J. CASTÉRA. A Paris, chez F. Buisson, an
X, 1802. 2 text vol. 8vo. 1 atlas vol. 4to. 14 engraved plates, 1 folding map. Contemporary sheep. First French
edition of this account of the nine years expedition ordered by the Great Catherine, after Coxe’s discoveries,
illustrated by Adams. Fine copy.
Cox I, 353.
$ 3 300,00
5. BONNIN DE FRAYSSEIX (JOSEPH-ANTONIN-ETIENNE, MARQUIS DE). -CARNET DE CROQUIS ET D'AQUARELLES. A
bord du Dubourdieu, 1896-1897. 1 vol. oblong 12mo. 21 watercolours, 9 pencil drawings or sketches.
Contemporary grey cloth. Very attractive set of drawings made during a naval campaign around the world, led
by the Amiral Pougin de la Maisonneuve, aboard the Dubourdieu, by Joseph Antonin Etienne Bonnin de
Fraysseix (1838-1914). At this time, Amiral Pougin de la Maisonneuve was chief commander of the “Division
navale de l’Atlantique”, and aboard the Dubourdieu, with Captain Marquis de Fraysseix. The watercolours
depict beautiful landscapes: St Thomas, New Orleans, Sydney, Halifax, St Peter (Canada), Newport. One of
them depicts the interior of the Castle of Erskine (commander of the English fleet) in Halifax. Also some views
of life aboard.
$ 3 300,00
6. BOSSU (JEAN-BERNARD). -NOUVEAUX VOYAGES AUX INDES
OCCIDENTALES CONTENANT UNE RELATION DES DIFFÉRENS PEUPLES
QUI HABITENT LES ENVIRONS DU GRAND FLEUVE SAINT-LOUIS,
APPELLÉ VULGAIREMENT LE MISSISSIPI; LEUR RELIGION, LEUR
GOUVERNEMENT, LEURS MŒURS, LEURS GUERRES & LEUR
COMMERCE. PAR M. BOSSU, CAPITAINE DANS LES TROUPES DE LA
MARINE. SECONDE ÉDITION. A Paris, chez Le Jay, Libraire,
Quay des Gêvres, au Grand Corneille. M. DCC. LXVIII.
1768. 2 parts in 1 vol. 12mo, 4 plates including engraved
frontispieces in each volume. Half marbled sheep. Second
edition of primary interest for Louisiana, Alabama, and
Illinois. Bossu, a captain in the French Navy, was the first to
write about Louisiana in detail and based on personal
experience. The work is actually a collection of 21 letters he
wrote during his first two voyages to the country, in 1751-57 and 1757-62. Sabin 6465: “I find no record of the
first edition”. Bossu arrived in New Orleans a few years after its founding, and only eighty years after La Salle
came down the Mississippi. This collection of letters, revealing many vivid personal and secondhand
recollections, gives a fascinating portrait of life and travels in that vast area. Fine copy.
$ 2 200,00
7. CHABERT (JEAN-BAPTISTE). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI EN 1750 ET 1751, DANS
L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, POUR RECTIFIER LES CARTES DES CÔTES DE L'ACADIE, DE
L'ISLE ROYALE & DE L'ISLE DE TERRE-NEUVE ; ET POUR EN FIXER LES PRINCIPAUX POINTS PAR
DES OBSERVATIONS ASTRONOMIQUES. PAR M. DE CHABERT ENSEIGNE DES VAISSEAUX DU
ROI, MEMBRE DE L'ACADÉMIE DE MARINE, DE CELLE DE BERLIN, & DE L'INSTITUT DE
BOLOGNE. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1753. 1 vol. 4to. 6 folding maps, 1 folding plate,
1 folding table, 1 engraved head-piece. Contemporary calf. First edition of an
important work on navigation by Joseph Bernard Chabert (1724-1805). The work
was highly praised by the examining commission of the French Academy of Sciences,
it was recommended as a navigational model for future navigators. The first part of
the work contains the author's voyage from Brest to Louisbourg, and 4 expeditions,
the second part describes his astronomical observations at large. It is especially
Chabert's astronomical research, which was very precise even by today's standards,
that give his work great scientific value. Chabert added 6 maps to the first part, all of
them with astonishingly exact data, also making the book interesting with respect to Canadian geography.
Chabert joined the navy on July 14, 1741, on the ship Léopard. He navigated the American coast, where he
still was in 1746 on another ship, the Émeraude. After a promotion in 1748, he was ordered by the king to visit
the region which now forms the south-east part of Quebec, east Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and
Prince Edward Island, the voyage which he describes in the present work. A few years after Chabert's visit in
1750-51, the French Indian War broke out in 1754, and three-quarters of the remaining population of 10.000
French settlers, who were considered to be a threat to the British position, were forcibly resettled in other parts
of North America. He was received in 1753 as a member of the navy academy in Brest, and later those of
Bologne, Berlin and Nancy. Fine copy in armorial binding.
$ 3 850,00
8. CHAMPIGNY (CHEVALIER JEAN DE). -ETAT-PRESENT DE LA LOUISIANE, AVEC TOUTES LES PARTICULARITÉS DE CETTE
PROVINCE D'AMERIQUE, POUR SERVIR DE SUITE À L'HISTOIRE DES ETABLISSEMENS DES EUROPÉENS DANS LES DEUX INDES ;
PAR LE COLONEL, CHEVALIER DE CHAMPIGNY. A la Haye, chez Frederic Staatman, 1776. 1 vol. 8vo. Original
wrappers. “An absorbing account of the trial and punishment of leading French citizens of Louisiana, inflicted
on them by Alexander O’Reilly, the Spanish Governor of the province at its transfer from France to Spain after
the Seven Years’ War”. (Streeter). Fine copy.
$ 7 150,00
9. CHASTELLUX (FRANÇOIS-JEAN, MARQUIS DE). -VOYAGES DE M. LE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX DANS L'AMÉRIQUE
SEPTENTRIONALE. DANS LES ANNÉES 1780, 1781 & 1782. Paris, Prault, 1788-1791. 2 vols. 8vo. 2 folding maps, 3
plates. Contemporary half calf. Complete and legal edition of this travels account by Marquis de Chastellux
(1734-1788) who took part to American Revolutionary War where he became George Washington friend.
Fine copy.
$ 1 100,00
10. [CHOISEUL-STAINVILLE (ETIENNE-FRANÇOIS DE)]. -MEMOIRE HISTORIQUE SUR LA NEGOCIATION DE LA
FRANCE & DE L'ANGLETERRE, DEPUIS LE 26 MARS 1761 JUSQU'AU 20 SEPTEMBRE DE LA MÊME ANNÉE, AVEC LES PIÈCES
JUSTIFICATIVES. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1761. 1 vol 8vo. Contemporary calf. First edition. Authorship
frequently attributed to Etienne-François duc de Choiseul or to Jean François de Bastide. « A collection of state
papers concerning the cession of Canada, the limits of Louisiana, the fisheries of Newfoundland, Cap Breton,
Guadeloupe and others islands of West Indies » (Sabin, 47516). Fine copy.
$ 880,00
11. COURTOT (FRANÇOIS). -LA VIE DU BIEN-HEUREUX PERE FRANCOIS SOLANO
RELIGIEUX DE L'ORDRE DE SAINT FRANCOIS PATRON DU PEROU, COMPOSÉE SUR LES
MÉMOIRES PRESENTEZ AU S. SIEGE POUR SA BEATIFICATION, ET LE RECIT DU MARTYRE D'ONZE
RELIGIEUX DU MESME ORDRE, QUI SOUFFRIRENT LA MORT À GORKOM POUR LA DÉFENSE DE LA
FOY, L'AN 1572. PAR LE R.P. FRANCOIS COURTOT RELIGIEUX DU MESME ORDRE, DOCTEUR
EN THEOLOGIE DE LA FACULTÉ DE PARIS, &C. A Paris, Chez Estienne Michallet, ruë S.
Jacques, à l'Image S. Paul, proche la Fontaine S. Severin. M DC. LXXVII. 1677. 1
vol. 18mo. Contemporary full sheep. First and only edition of this scarce text,
hagiography of Father Solano, missionary in Peru and Paraguay. The text, published
two years after his beatification recounts all his life: his dangerous travel to Peru, and
his missionary work. Fine copy.
$ 825,00
12. DARLING (CH-H). BANNERMAN (SIR A). -JOURNAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL OF THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND. HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES HENRY DARLING,
ESQ. (1857) / SIR ALEXANDER BANNERMAN, KNIGHT (1858), GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN-CHIEF IN AND OVER THE
ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, &C., &C. Joseph Woods, Printer, St John’s, Newfoundland.
(1857 et 1858). 2 vols. folio. 2 folding pages. Contemporary half morocco (pink for 1857, blue for 1858).
Scarce copies of the third and fourth sessions of the 6th General Assembly of the Legislative Council. At this
time, Newfoundland's system of representative government was bicameral: the Legislative Council was closer
from the British and more conservative. In the journal for the year 1857, one can found the debate regarding
the grant to the French of more fishing rights in waters of Newfoundland. Fine copy.
$ 880,00
13. DU GUAY-TROUIN (RENÉ).
-MÉMOIRES DE M. DUGUAY-TROUIN,
LIEUTENANT GÉNÉRAL DES ARMÉES NAVALES
FRANCE ET COMMANDEUR DE L'ORDRE
ROYAL & MILITAIRE DE SAINT-LOUIS.
[Amsterdam, chez Pierre Mortier,]
1740. 1 vol. 4to. 1 author's portrait, 6
folding plates. Half calf (19th century).
Rare original edition in-quarto on large
paper. Dugay-Trouin’s memories were
published after his death and became a
real best seller in the 18th century, with
many editions. This famous corsair of
Louis XIV was born in Saint-Malo. He
relates here all his campaign against the
British fleet and his most famous
expedition against the town of Rio de
Janeiro in 1711, which was a great
military success. Illustrated with folding plates (details of a ship, naval battles) and a chart of the bay of Rio.
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$ 2 750,00
14. FENWICK (JOSEPH). -MÉMOIRE À CONSULTER, POUR LE
CITOYEN JOSEPH FENWICK, FONDÉ DE PROCURATION D'ABEL
LUNT, CAPITAINE DU BRICK AMÉRICAIN L'UNION. [WITH]
JOSEPH FENWICK À MONSIEUR JONA JONES, DEVANT MESSIEURS
LES JUGES DE LA COUR D'APPEL DE BORDEAUX. A Bordeaux,
de l'Imprimerie d'André Racle, an 9 [1800]. (I.) A
Bordeaux, de l'Imprimerie de Ve La court et Faye Ainé.
1806. (II.) 7 vols. 8vo. Ancient portfolio.Joseph Fenwick
(1762-1849) was the first Consul, appointed by Georges
Washington in 1795, for the United States in Bordeaux,
first town in the world to have an American consulate.
The first document is very scarce (no reference found on World Cat): « Mémoire à consulter, Pour le citoyen
Joseph Fenwick, fondé de procuration d'Abel Lunt, capitaine du Brick Américain l'Union. » Six other
documents are related to a case which occupied the court of Bordeaux for more than 15 years: the “Pigou
case” involving Jona Jones, Joseph Fenwick and his partner Mason. The trial is still famous and appears in
Merlin’s “Question de droit” under “Serment”. Remarkable set of utmost scarce documents, regarding two
important trials, early international trade law suits, involving the first American consul in the world.
$ 6 600,00
15. FILSON (JOHN). -HISTOIRE DE KENTUCKE, NOUVELLE COLONIE À L'OUEST DE LA VIRGINIE : CONTENANT, 1°. LA
DÉCOUVERTE, L'ACQUISITION, L'ETABLISSEMENT, LA DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHIQUE, L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, ETC. DU
TERRITOIRE : 2°. LA RELATION HISTORIQUE DU COLONEL BOON, UN DES PREMIERS COLONS, SUR LES GUERRES CONTRE LES
NATURELS : 3°. L'ASSEMBLÉE DES PIANKASHAW AU POSTE SAINT-VINCENT : 4°. UN EXPOSÉ SUCCINCT DES NATIONS
INDIENNES QUI HABITENT DANS LES LIMITES DES TREIZE ETATS-UNIS, DE LEURS MŒURS ET COUTUMES & DES RÉFLEXIONS
SUR LEUR ORIGINE ; & AUTRES PIÈCES. AVEC UNE CARTE. OUVRAGE POUR FAIRE SUITE AUX LETTRES D'UN CULTIVATEUR
AMÉRICAIN. TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS, DE M. JOHN FILSON ; PAR M. PARRAUD, DE L'ACADÉMIE DES ARCADES DE ROME. A
Paris, chez Buisson, Libraire, Hôtel de Mesgrigny, rue des Poitevins, N°13. M.DC.LXXV. 1785. 1 vol. 8vo. 1
folding map. Contemporary full calf. Rare first French edition of the first history of Kentucky. It contains the
first French map of Kentucky, and is the first book to mention Daniel Boone. The French edition, translated
by Parraud, contains additions not in first American or English editions. The title was first printed in
Wilmingto Delaware, the previous year. Nice copy in a full-calf binding.
$ 4 400,00
16. [FRANKLIN BACHE (BENJAMIN)]. -DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES,
DURING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH CONGRESS, PART I. UPON THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF THE HOUSE,
WITH RESPECTS TO TREATIES. PART II. UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE
BRITISH TREATY. Philadelphia, printed for Benj. Franklin Bache, by
Bioren & Madan, 1796. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary full
sheep. Scarce first edition of this important work for the United
States' History, printed for Benjamin Franklin's grand son. Fine
copy.
$ 1 485,00
17. FREZIER (AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS). -RELATION DU VOYAGE DE LA MER
DU SUD AUX CÔTES DU CHILY ET DU PÉROU, FAIT PENDANT LES ANNÉES
1712, 1713 & 1714, DÉDIÉE À S.A.R. MONSEIGNEUR LE DUC
D'ORLÉANS, RÉGENT DU ROYAUME. Paris, Nyon - Ganeau - Quillau,
1716. 1 vol. 4to. 37 plates (18 doubles). Contemporary calf. First
edition of a classic in the literature of South American Voyages of
exploration. The book was first valued for its cartographic content
(navigators such as Bougainville and La Pérouse quote him) he
depicted a dangerous area not very well known but very important
in communications and trade at this time (Magellan, Horn, etc.) but
it's still appreciated today for the historical, ethnological and
scientific observations, illustrated by several plates. Fine copy.
$ 4 180,00
18. FROGER (FRANÇOIS). -RELATION D'UN VOYAGE FAIT EN 1695, 1696 & 1697 AUX CÔTES D'AFRIQUE, DÉTROIT
DE MAGELLAN, BREZIL, CAYENNE, & ISLES DES ANTILLES, PAR UNE ESCADRE DES VAISSEAUX DU ROY, COMMANDÉE PAR
MONSIEUR DE GENNES. FAITE PAR LE SIEUR FROGER, INGÉNIEUR VOLONTAIRE SUR LE VAISSEAU LE FAUCON ANGLOIS.
ENRICHIE DE GRAND NOMBRE DE FIGURES DESSINÉES SUR LES LIEUX. A Paris, Chez Nicolas Le Gras, au troisiéme
Pilier de la grande Salle du Palais, à l'L couronnée. M. DC. XCIX. 1699. 1 vol. 8vo. 29 plates (10 folding).
Contemporary calf. First edition of this travel account, which was frequently reissued. François Froger (16761715) French engineer and cartographer, boarded in 1695 on a boat from a six ships squadron commanded by
de Gennes to established a colony in the Strait of Magellan area. From this travel he brings back the first
accurate printed map of Rio, and a lot of informations on different topics, richly illustrated with his own
drawings. Gripping book of the first official French travel to the Strait of Magellan.
$ 3 850,00
19. GRIMKE (JOHN FAUCHERAND). [PRINGLE (JOHN
JULIUS)]. -THE PUBLIC LAWS OF THE STATE OF SOUTHCAROLINA, FROM ITS FIRST ESTABLISHMENT AS A BRITISH
PROVINCE DOWN TO THE YEAR 1790, INCLUSIVE, IN WHICH IS
COMPREHENDED SUCH OF THE STATUTES OF GREAT BRITAIN AS
WERE MADE OF FORCE BY THE ACT OF ASSEMBLY OF 1712,
WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SUCH OTHER STATUTES AS
HAVE BEEN ENACTED OR DECLARED TO BE OF FORCE IN THIS
STATE EITHER VIRTUALLY OR EXPRESSLY, TO WHICH IS ADDED
THE TITLES OF ALL THE LAWS (WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE DATES)
WHICH HAVE BEEN PASSED IN SOUTH-CAROLINA DOWN TO THE
PRESENT TIME, ALSO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES WITH THE AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND LIKEWISE THE NEWLY ADOPTED CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF SOUTHCAROLINA. Philadelphia, printed by Aitkens & son, 1790. 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary full sheep. First edition of
this important compilation of South Carolina laws and statutes from the colonial era to the inception of
Federal government. The full Constitution is printed in the appendix (pp.29-36), with the addition (on pp. 3536) of the twelve proposed amendments comprising the Bill of Rights as ratified by South Carolina in January
1790. (In 1791, only ten of the twelve amendments were declared ratified by Congress). The South Carolina
state constitution, adopted 3 June 1790, is included in the appendix (pp.37-43). After reading the law in
Cambridge, John Faucheraud Grimké (1752-1819) came back to America and signed with Benjamin Franklin
the 1774 pamphlet addressed to Georg III to protest against the Boston Port Act. He took part to the
Revolutionary War, officer under Colonel Elbert, in Yorktown or Eutaw Springs. At the end of the war, he was
elected as Judge of the Superior Court in 1783. In the present work, he gives a summary of the Public Laws of
South Carolina, the first State that ratified the first American Constitution. Provenance: John Julius Pringle
(manuscript bookplate on title, last page and lower board), lawyer, (1753-1843). After a stay in Europe as
secretary to Ralph Izard, United States commissioner to Tuscany, Pringles returned to the United States and
was admitted to the bar in 1781. From 1792 till 1808 he served as attorney-general of South Carolina. He
served for a short time as United States district attorney, by special request of General Washington. In 1800,
Thomas Jefferson appointed him to report on any infractions of the treaty with Great Britain that might occur
in his state. Fine copy of prestigious provenance.
$ 6 050,00
20. HELMS (ANTOINE ZACHARIE). -VOYAGE DANS L'AMÉRIQUE MÉRIDIONALE ; COMMENÇANT PAR BUÉNOS-AYRES ET
POTOSI JUSQU'À LIMA, AVEC UN APPENDICE CONTENANT LA DESCRIPTION LA PLUS COMPLÈTE ET LA PLUS EXACTE DES
POSSESSIONS OU COLONIES ESPAGNOLES DANS L'AMÉRIQUE MÉRIDIONALE ; APPENDICE FORMÉ DE L'EXTRAIT DES MEILLEURS
VOYAGES LES PLUS MODERNES ; PAR ANTOINE-ZACHARIE HELMS, CI-DEVANT DIRECTEUR DES MINES DE CRACOVIE EN
POLOGNE, ET NOMMÉ ENSUITE DIRECTEUR DES MINES PAR S.M. LE ROI D'ESPAGNE, ET CHARGÉ D'ÉTABLIR UNE NOUVELLE
MÉTHODE D'EXPLOITATION DES MINES DU PÉROU. TRADUIT DE L'ANGLAIS PAR M.B.B.D.V., MEMBRE DE PLUSIEURS
ACADÉMIES. Paris, à la Librairie Française et étrangère de Galignani, 1812. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 folding maps. Half calf
(posterior). First French edition of this uncommon book. "This translation was made on the English (1806).
The German original was printed in Dresde in 1798. The two translations counts, more than the original, some
informations on the countries described by the traveler, from Alcedo and Ulloa." (Leclerc). Fine untrimmed
copy.
$ 1 100,00
21. HENNEPIN (LOUIS) & DE LA BORDE. -VOYAGE
OU NOUVELLE DÉCOUVERTE D'UN TRÈS GRAND PAÏS, DANS
L'AMÉRIQUE, ENTRE LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE ET LA MER
GLACIALE. [...] Amsterdam, Desbordes, 1712. 1 vol.
12mo. 6 folding engraved plates and 1 folding engraved
map. Contemporary full calf. Early edition of
Hennepin's important account of his American
exploration, together with De La Borde's account of his
travels in the Caribbean. Fine copy.
$ 3 520,00
22. HERRERA (ANTONIO DE). -HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES VOYAGES ET CONQUESTES DES CASTILLANS DANS LES ISLES ET
TERRE-FERME DES INDES OCCIDENTALES. Paris, N. & J de la Coste, 1660 et 1671. 3 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf.
First French edition of this corner stone of early americana. This copy counts the three volumes ever
published, rarely found together, listed as different works. The third volume was published eleven years after
the two first. This is the first Spanish work on America of this importance published in Spain, his author :
Antonio Herrera y Tordesillas (1559-1625) being the first Royal Historiographer for the West Indies.
The third volume, in binding with arms, presents a nice ex-dono : « Ce livre m’a été donné par monsieur le
duc de la Rochefoucauld le 20 de février 1683 ». Fine copy of this major work for the history of New World.
Borba de Moraes, 401 ; Chadenat, 83 ; Leclerc, 282.
$ 13 200,00
23. [JUSTEL (HENRI)]. -RECUEIL DE DIVERS VOYAGES FAITS EN AFRIQUE
ET EN L'AMERIQUE QUI N’ONT POINT ESTE ENCORE PUBLIEZ, CONTENANT
L’ORIGINE, LES MŒURS, LES COUTUMES & LE COMMERCE DES HABITANTS DE
CES DEUX PARTIES DU MONDE. AVEC DES TRAITEZ CURIEUX TOUCHANT LA
HAUTE ETHYOPIE, LE DEBORDEMENT DU NIL, LA MER ROUGE, ET LE
PRÊTE-JEAN. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1674. 1 vol. 4to. 12 engraved plates
and 7 maps. Contemporary calf. First edition of one of the most
important French travels' collection, gathering 10 texts, 5 of them
being written by Jesuits, or connecting with Jesuit missions. Its
compiler, Henri Justel, was a Protestant scholar and bibliophile who
served as Secretary to Louis XIV before he fled to England at the
time of the Revocation of the Edit de Nantes (1685), becoming
Keeper of the King's Library at St. James. The collection includes
travel accounts relating to Africa, the Caribbean, and the English
colonies in North America, some never before printed, others
translated into French from the English or the Portuguese. In his
preface Justel explains that he had the accounts printed in the order
in which copy arrived from the translators - hence the peculiar order
of the book, often readjusted by later binders. This copy, still in its
first binding, retains the original order. The Ligon is illustrated with
plates of Caribbean plants and fruits, scenes of native life, and pottery ; maps of Barbados, Jamaica, Abyssinia
and a map of Maryland, Virginia, and the east coast of North America, engraved by R. Michault after the map
in the 1672 edition of Blome. 12 engraved plates including 3 folding plans of a sugar mill, 7 engraved maps of
which 6 folding; woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials. An excellent copy of one of the rarest 17th century
travels collection.
$ 11 000,00
24. LABAT (R. PÈRE JEAN-BAPTISTE). -VOYAGE DU CHEVALIER DES MARCHAIS EN GUINÉE, ISLES VOISINES, ET A
CAYÉNNE, FAIT EN 1725, 1726 & 1727. Paris, Pierre Prault, 1730. 4 vols. 12mo. [36] & 31 plates and maps.
Contemporary full calf, gilt titles, decorated spine. First edition of this book by Father Jean-Baptiste Labat,
French missionary and explorer. Also engineer and physician, he modernized sugar industry and developped
production techniques while living in Martinique. He wrote many travel books, in America, Africa and Europe,
always illustrated and very successful. This one, devoted to Guinea and Cayenne is noteworthy historically and
ethnographically and presents fine maps and plates. One of the scarcer books by Labat.
$ 3 850,00
25. LACROIX (F. J. PAMPHILE BARON DE). -MÉMOIRES POUR SERVIR À L'HISTOIRE DE LA RÉVOLUTION DE SAINTDOMINGUE. PAR LE LIEUTENANT-GÉNÉRAL BARON PAMPHILE DE LACROIX. AVEC UNE CARTE NOUVELLE DE L'ILE ET UN
PLAN TOPOGRAPHIQUE DE LE CRÊTE-A-PIERROT. A Paris, Chez Pillet Ainé, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding coloured
map, 1 folding plan. 19th half morocco. Scarce first edition of one of the best books on the "perte de cette
colonie" (Chadenat). The book is apparently very rare: described by Chadenat as one of the best books on the
revolution on Saint-Domingo it is not to be found in most of the reference works or bibliographies. Deals
among others with the expedition of general Leclerc, Bonaparte's son-in-law, and 25,000 men to bring the
colony back under French domination. However, during three months Toussaint Louverture and his generals
resisted the French army. At the battle of Crête-à-Pierrot, one of the bloodiest battles fought in which 1200
soldiers held the fort for days against 10 000 French soldiers, the French were finally able to capture the fort
while the enemy army with great skill escaped through the French lines, a remarkable fact that the French
general and author of the present work, Pamphile de Lacroix, admitted as such. What was even worse was that
the enemy armies remained intact and undefeated while the French had suffered severe losses. Finaly, the
French army and Leclerc were unable to execute Bonaprte's intentions, pacification by disarming the blacks,
and the colony was finally lost. On January 1rst, 1804, the second republic in the Western Hemisphere was
proclaimed: Haiti. Fine copy of a rare work.
$ 1 760,00
26. LAVAL (PÈRE ANTOINE JEAN DE). -VOYAGE DE LA LOUISIANE, FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROY, EN L’ANNÉE MIL SEPT CENT
VINGT... A Paris, Chez Jean Mariette, 1728 – 1727 (« Recueil de Divers Voyages »). 1 vol. 4to. 16 maps (4
folding), 11 folding tables, 4
astronomical
folding
plates.
Contemporary full calf. Rare original
edition of the first major publication
relating to Louisiana. A valuable and
scientific books of travels, which enters
very fully into the Physical Geography,
of the French Dominions in Louisiana
and the Mississipi Valley. It includes a
detailed map of the gulf of Pansacola
and the relation of the attack of the
Spanish fortress by French privaters in
1719. A fine copy with large margins
and fine provenance:
“There are
copies on large paper.” Sabin 39276.
Ownership inscription on the title-page
indicating that it was given to the
"Séminaire Royal de la Marine" by the
author on June 2, 1728.
$ 9 350,00
26 bis. [LE CLERC]. ARMEMENT DES NAVIRES POUR LA PÊCHE À TERRE-NEUVE. -ARREST DE LA COUR DU PARLEMENT
DE BRETAGNE, DONNÉ SUR LA REQUESTE Y PRESENTÉE PAR LES NOBLES BOURGEOIS DE LA VILLE DE SAINT MALO. SUR LE
REGLEMENT DES HAVRES & GALLAYS AUX PARTIES DE TERRE-NEUVE. A Vennes chez Moricet et la Veuve Vatar,
Imprimeurs du Roy et de la Cour, 1681. 1 vol. 15 pp. 8vo. Ancient half vellum. Legal document of utmost
rarity, and of significance for the history of the French colony in Newfoundland and its toponomy. It reflects
the conflicts coming from the intensity of the development of the French fishing in this island of North
America. It includes the "Articles de règlement pour la prise des Places & pesche des Poissons Mollus au petit
Nort": following the complaints concerning the occupation of various harbours and then the use of buildings to
dry and salt the fish. The articles regulate the distribution for each captain according to the number of his crew,
and give the details of all harbours in Newfoundland at the time. Fine copy of this rich document. $ 2 000,00
27. [MANUSCRIPT. COD FISHING.] -PROSPECTUS D’UN ARMEMENT À ST PIERRE MIQUELON AUX COLONIES DE LA
GUADELOUPE, LA MARTINIQUE OU CAYENNE. [Saint Pierre & Miquelon, ca. 1800]. [4] manuscript ll. Uncommon
manuscript dealing with the cod fishing (early 19th century), in Canada intended to French ship-owners. The
author, probably a fisherman himself, first describes the current system, the time and the place for fishing, the
boats and men requested, and then suggest a new way to do it to make the fitting out and campaign more
profitable. He bases the idea with precise study of the costs of such an expedition and concludes saying: “Ainsi
donc, même dans l’hypothèse d’une pêche désastreuse, on jouirait encore d’un bénéfice équivalent à l’intérêt
des avances”. Fine condition of this rare document regarding on of the important resources of the French
economy.
$ 1 320,00
28. MICHAUX (FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ). -VOYAGE À L'OUEST DES MONTS ALLÉGHANYS, DANS LES ETATS DE L'OHIO, DU
KENTUCKY ET DU TENNESSÉE, ET RETOUR À CHARLESTON PAR LES HAUTES-CAROLINES ; CONTENANT DES DÉTAILS SUR
L'ÉTAT ACTUEL DE L'AGRICULTURE ET LES PRODUCTIONS NATURELLES DE CES CONTRÉES, AINSI QUE DES RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR
LES RAPPORTS COMMERCIAUX QUI EXISTENT ENTRE CES ETATS ET CEUX SITUÉS À L'EST DES MONTAGNES ET LA BASSELOUISIANE... Paris, Dentu, 1808. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half sheep. 1 folding map. Rare travel account by
the botanist François-André Michaux (1770-1855) of a journey he made in 1801. He first traveled in the
United States in 1785, with his father, André Michaux (1746-1802) who was an explorer and a botanist, to
study the botanical ressources of the country. They settled plant nurseries in New Jersey and South Carolina.
He came back in France in 1790, and in 1801, the French Government send him in New Jersey to sell these
plantations. The present work is the account of this 1801 journey. Fine copy.
$ 2 200,00
29. MOUCHEZ (ERNEST, AMIRAL). -LES CÔTES DU BRÉSIL, DESCRIPTION ET
INSTRUCTIONS NAUTIQUES, PAR ERNEST MOUCHEZ CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU, MEMBRE DE
L'INSTITUT ET DU BUREAU DES LONGITUDES, COMMANDEUR DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR ET
DE LA ROSE DU BRÉSIL. 2E SECTION DE BAHIA À RIO-JANEIRO. SECONDE ÉDITION
PUBLIÉE PAR ORDRE DU MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES, AVEC UN SUPPLÉMENT
COMPRENANT LA CÔTE DE RIO-JANEIRO À LA PLATA. Paris, Challamel Aîné, LibraireEditeur cartes, plans et ouvrages du Dépôt de la Marine de la Commission des
Phares, du Dépôt de la Guerre et de la Cie du Canal de Suez. Atlas des Ports de
France, etc. 30, Rue des Boulangers, et 5, rue Jacob. 1876. 1 vol. 8vo. 12 maps.
Contemporay quarter red shagreen, "Marine et Colonies, Dépôt des Cartes et
Plans" (gold stamped on the first board). Second edition of this rare work by
Mouchez on the coasts of Brazil (OE: 1864). Ernest Amédée Barthélémy
Mouchez (1821-1892), Director of the Observatoire de Paris, astronomist and
hydrograph, went, by order of the Naval Minister, in America for hydrographic
missions. Fine copy.
$ 2 750,00
30. MOUCHEZ (ERNEST, AMIRAL). -RIO DE LA PLATA, DESCRIPTION ET INSTRUCTION NAUTIQUES. ÉDITION DE 1873
CORRIGÉE D'APRÈS LES DOCUMENTS LES PLUS RÉCENTS PAR ERNEST MOUCHEZ, CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU. PUBLIÉ SOUS LE
MINISTÈRE DU VICE-AMIRAL POTHUAU, MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES, MEMEBRE DE L'ASSEMBLÉE
NATIONALE. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, M DCCC LXXIII. 1873. 1 vol. 8vo. 4 double maps. Contemporary
quarter red shagreen. Rare work on Rio de La Plata by the French hydrograph Ernest
Amédée Barthélemy Mouchez (1821-1892). Fine copy.
$ 2 420,00
31. RELIURE AUX ARMES DU DUC D'ANGOULÊME. [MINISTERE DES FINANCES
FRANCAIS]. -ETAT DÉTAILLÉ DES LIQUIDATIONS OPÉRÉES À L'ÉPOQUE DU 1ER JANVIER 1830,
PAR LA COMMISSION CHARGÉE DE RÉPARTIR L'INDEMNITÉ ATTRIBUÉE AUX ANCIENS COLONS DE
SAINT-DOMINGUE, EN EXÉCUTION DE LA LOI DU 30 AVRIL 1826 ET CONFORMÉMENT AUX
DISPOSITIONS DE L'ORDONNANCE DU 9 MAI SUIVANT. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1830. 1
vol. 4to. Contemporary full red gilded morocco, with the arms of Duc d’Angoulême.
Beautiful copy of this impressive work by the French Minister of the Economy, giving
the list of the compensations the Haitian government had to give to the French
Colonists, former owners of the rich plantations of St Domingue, in order to be
recognized by the French Government as an independent Republic. Very nicely
bound.
$ 7 150,00
32. RIVOT (LOUIS EDOUARD). -VOYAGE AU LAC SUPÉRIEUR. EXTRAIT DES ANNALES DES MINES. Paris, Dalmont,
1855. 1 vol. 8vo. 4 folding plates (2 coloured maps). Sewed. First edition of this study of metal undertaken
around the Upper Lake by the French scientist L.E. Rivot (1820-1869).
$ 1 045,00
33. [SAINTARD (PIERRE-LOUIS DE)]. -ESSAI SUR LES COLONIES FRANÇOISES ; OU
DISCOURS POLITIQUES SUR LA NATURE DU GOUVERNEMENT, DE LA POPULATION & DU
COMMERCE DE LA COLONIE DE S.D. [Paris ?], sans nom, M DCC LIV (1754). 1
vol. 12mo. Contemporary full calf. First edition of this scarce book, first work
by Pierre-Louis de Saintard (1718-1766) about Saint Domingue. Saintard
worked for the India Company and traveled in North America, he authored two
other books: « Roman politique sur l’état présent des affaires de l’Amérique »
(Paris, Duchesne, 1756) and « Lettres d’un citoyen sur la permission de
commercer dans les Colonies » (1756), where he stands for a balance between
colonial powers for the increase of trade. The present work is a political,
demographical, economical description of Saint Domingue, with some ideas to
promote the French colonial empire. Fine copy.
$ 4 950,00
34. SAINTE-CROIX (GUILLAUME, BARON DE). -DE L'ÉTAT ET DU SORT DES
ET DES ANCIENS PEUPLES, OUVRAGE DANS LEQUEL ON TRAITE DU
GOUVERNEMENT DES ANCIENNES RÉPUBLIQUES, DE LEUR DROIT PUBLIC ET AVEC DES
OBSERVATIONS SUR LES COLONIES DES NATIONS MODERNES ET LA CONDUITE DES ANGLAIS
EN AMÉRIQUE. Philadelphie (i.e. Paris), 1779. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary full calf.
First edition of this interesting treatise by the Baron de Sainte-Croix (1746-1809). He took part in the 1760's of
a campaign in the Windward islands, with his uncle, Chevalier de Sainte-Croix. Then he prefered to dedicate
him to studies and history, especially of antiquity. In the present work, he discusses and compares the
government and conduct of the ancient nations of Carthage, Phoenicia, Greece and Athens, and the
administration and conflicts of the French and English colonies in the West Indies and North America. Fine
copy.
$ 825,00
COLONIES
35. SCHOELCHER (VICTOR). -COLONIES ÉTRANGÈRES ET HAÏTI, RÉSULTATS DE L'ÉMANCIPATION ANGLAISE. Paris,
Pagnerre, 1843. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding map, tables in-text. Half morocco (19th century). Scarce first edition of
one of the major works by the famous abolitionist Victor Schoelcher (18041893), French humanitarian and statesman. Long involved in the abolition
movement, he presided over a commission that secured the abolition of
slavery in French territory (1848).The present work is interesting for the
history of islands such as Haïti, Jamaïca, Cuba, etc. and an important step to
the abolition of slavery in France. Fine copy.
$ 3 300,00
36. SCHOELCHER (VICTOR). -DES COLONIES FRANÇAISES. ABOLITION IMMÉDIATE
DE L'ESCLAVAGE. PAR VICTOR SCHOELCHER. Paris. Pagnerre, Éditeur, rue de Seine,
14bis. 1842. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half blue sheep. Rare first edition of
one of the first works by the famous abolitionist Victor Schoelcher (18041893). In the 1830’s, he went to America, and saw what slavery was. Soon after,
he became a militant abolitionist; he was the first European who went to Haiti
after her independence. His works (including the present one) are based on
what he saw in the colonies, and played an important part in the abolition. At
the end of the present one: “proverbs and expressions” in Creole. Pleasant
copy, very fresh.
$ 5 500,00
37. WELD (ISAAC). -TRAVELS THROUGH THE STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, AND THE PROVINCES OF UPPER CANADA
1795, 1796 AND 1797. London, Stockdale, 1800. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 hand-coloured folding map,
15 engraved plates (most folding). Contemporary half sheep. Third English edition of two years journey of
adventure and exploration in North America. In 1795, Weld sailed from Dublin to Philadelphia. With Indian
guides, he explored the vast forests and great rivers. He also visited some great cities and met George
Washington. Back in 1797, he published this account: a great publishing success, translated in several
languages. Fine copy of this nicely illustrated work.
$ 1 540,00
DURING THE YEARS
American war
38. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
DESTOUCHES (CAPITAINE, CHARLES
SOCHET). -A MONSIEUR DE LA GRANDIÈRE,
CAPT DU VAU COMMANDENT, LE CONQUÉRENT.
[Baie de Chesapeake], Ce 17 mars 1781.
[2] manuscript ll. Traces of the red wax
seal. Fragile and precious war document, a
letter by Charles Sochet Destouches (1727-1793) to one of his captains Charles-Marie de la Grandière, the day
after the Battle of Cape Henry, the 16th of March 1781. These lines, exchanged between the main protagonists
of the battle, are touching and bring a lot of valuable information. This battle was an important step in the
Revolutionary War because for the first time, American saw the British Navy wasn’t invincible. If the British
fleet, led by Graves, suffered, the battle was very murderous for the Conquérant, 74 guns, led by La Grandière
who lost more than 70 men. Both La Grandière and Destouches (who was the friend of Rochambeau,
Lafayette and Washington) were members of the Society of the Cincinnati. Scarce example of a war document,
by one of the Revolutionary War heroes, telling the violence of an important battle.
$ 7 150,00
39. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. BATTLE OF THE SAINTS. DESTOUCHES (CHARLES SOCHET). -[AUTOGRAPH
LETTER SIGNED- BATAILLE DES SAINTES]. Paris, le 21 août 1782. [2] manuscript ll. Beautiful letter from Charles
Sochet Destouches to Charles-Marie de La Grandière, both members of the Society of the Cincinnati, written
short after his return to France, after their glorious participation to the Revolutionary War. Charles-Marie de
La Grandière served under Chevalier Destouches during the Battle of Cape Henry (March 1781), and took
part of the Battle of the Saint, as Destouches, under Admiral de Grasse. Destouches evokes the unfortunate
trial of de Grasse for his defeat at the Saint, as well as personal matters and his moves to improve La
Grandière’s situation toward the Order of Saint Louis. Precious historical document.
$ 1 980,00
40. BOTTA (CHARLES). -HISTOIRE DE LA GUERRE D'INDÉPENDANCE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE. Paris, J.G. Dentu,
1812-1813. 4 vols. 8vo. 1 portrait, 12 maps. Contemp. sheep. First French edition of this treatise considered as
one of the most important of this time dealing with American Revolution. It is Charles Botta's (1766-1837)
famoust work. This historian was a physician before having a political career in France. Because he was
influenced as an historian by his political experience, he has been compared with Guichardin, the famous
Italian historian and politician, contemporary of Machiavel. Fine copy in a nice contemporary binding.
$ 3 080,00
41. [ELUS-GÉNÉRAUX DES ETATS DE BOURGOGNE]. DÉLIBÉRATION DE MM. LES ELUS-GÉNÉRAUX DES ETATS DE
BOURGOGNE. DU 30 MAI 1782. POUR OFFRIR AU ROI, AU NOM DES ETATS, UN DON GRATUIT EXTRAORDINAIRE D’UN
MILLION DE LIVRES, POUR ÊTRE EMPLOYÉ À LA CONSTRUCTION & ARMEMENT D’UN VAISSEAU DU PREMIER RANG. / ARRÊT DU
CONSEIL D’ETAT DU ROI DU 5 AOÛT 1782. PAR LEQUEL SA MAJESTÉ AUTORISE LESDITS ELUS-GÉNÉRAUX À EMPRUNTER
LADITE SOMME D’UN MILLION DE LIVRES... A Dijon, chez A.M. Defay, Imprimeur des Etats. 1782. 1 vol. 8vo. 4
wood engraved borders. Very rare document regarding the donation by Burgundy to the French King to built a
new ship of the line, to replace the ones lost or destroyed during the Amercian Revolution. (Joined: Bulletin
des Lois de la République Française, n°III.) Fine copy.
$ 715,00
42. KERGUELEN DE TREMAREC (YVES-JOSEPH DE). -RELATION DES COMBATS ET DES ÉVÈNEMENTS DE LA GUERRE
MARITIME DE 1778 ENTRE LA FRANCE ET L'ANGLETERRE, MÊLÉE DE RÉFLEXIONS SUR LES MANŒUVRES DES GÉNÉRAUX ;
PRÉCÉDÉE D'UNE ADRESSE AUX MARINS, SUR LA DISPOSITION DES VAISSEAUX POUR LE COMBAT ; ET TERMINÉE PAR UN PRÉCIS
DE LA GUERRE PRÉSENTE, DES CAUSES DE LA DESTRUCTION DE LA MARINE, ET DES MOYENS DE LA RÉTABLIR. PAR Y. J.
KERGUELEN, ANCIEN CONTR'AMIRAL. [Paris], Imprimerie de Patris, M.DCC.XCVI. 1796. 1 vol. 8vo.
Contemporary half-sheep. First edition of this rare work by Kerguelen de Tremarec (1734-1797), French naval
officer and explorer. In April 1796, retired of the navy, he started working on this text from the notes he took
in 1779. The work, recognized for its liability, relates the main battles of the American Revolutionary War.
Fine copy of this valuable testimony upon naval history by a great explorer.
$ 3 080,00
Asia
43. BROUGHTON (THOMAS DUER). -LES MARATTES. Paris, Nepveu, 1817. 2 vols. 16mo. 10 engraved plates, 6
folding. Original card-board bindings. First French edition. Broughton first arrived in India in 1795 as a cadet
on the Bengal establishment. Following the siege of Seringapatam in 1799, in which he was actively engaged, he
was appointed commandant of the cadet corps. At the time he wrote the present work he was military resident
with the Mahrattas. His book is dedicated to the Marquis of Wellesley, "the acute detector of Mahratta wiles,
the firm repeller of their insolent pretensions, and the formidable barrier to their ambitious projects; their
vigorous opponent in time of war, and their generous pacificator in the hour of victory. " Eight of the ten finely
watercolored plates are after original drawings by a native artist. Fine copy.
$ 1 980,00
44. LAYARD (F. P.).
-SKETCHES IN BENGAL. TO
IDA G. LAYARD FROM HER
AFFECTIONATE
HUSBAND.
Inde, 1850-1851. 1 vol.
folio. 36 original ink
drawings enhanced with
black wash tint (1
watercoloured). Beautiful
album composed with 36
original drawings by F. P.
Layard,
impressive
compositions
depicting
Indian landscapes. The
artist let the vegetation
play an important role in
it: banian, peepul tree,
cotton tree, burr tree
becoming are at the
center of the villages, invade the Ancient sites and are almost charcters. Also scenes of fishing, hunting, daily
life. The author takes care of the details, while thinking of the importance of the composition which don't lack
of dramatism. Remarkable work.
$ 8 250,00
Egypt - Middle East
45. ALCOCK (THOMAS). -TRAVELS IN RUSSIA, PERSIA, TURKEY AND GREECE, IN 1828-9 BY THOMAS ALCOCK, ESQ.
NOT PUBLISHED. London: Printed by E. Clarke and son, Well Street, 1831. 1 vol. 8vo. 1 aquatint folding plate in
frontispiece. Publisher cloth. First edition of this rare account by Thomas Alcock. The beginning of the book
deals with Russia, then Persia, Turkey, and Greece at the end. The account on Greece is mainly dedicated to
the Independance War against the Turks. The beautiful plate depicts Mount Ararat. Fine copy in
contemporary binding.
$ 6 600,00
46. [ART ORIENTAL. CACHEMIRE]. [ORIENTAL ART. KASHMIR]. -[PORTE DOCUMENT ET TOURNE PAGE
ORNÉS]. [ORNAMENTED PORTFOLIO AND PAGE-TURNER]. [Cachemire, 19ème siècle]. 1 vol. folio. 1 page-turner.
Contemporary half morocco, boards covered with a rich varnished decoration in Kashmir style, matching pageturner. Very elegant Indian writting kit, composed with a portfolio and a page-turner, ornamented in a typical
Kashmir way. The polychrom ornaments, on completely golden boards, consist in a rich framing frieze, and
arabasques. Provenance: Forrest family from Scotland. Very refined and decorative item.
$ 3 850,00
47. [DAULIER DESLANDES (ANDRÉ)]. -LES BEAUTEZ DE LA PERSE OU LA DESCRIPTION DE CE QU'IL Y A DE PLUS
CURIEUX DANS CE ROYAUME, ENRICHIE DE LA CARTE DU PAÏS,... A Paris, Chez Gervais Clouzier, au Palais, sur les
degrez en montant pour aller à la Sainte Chapelle, à l'Enseigne du Voyageur. M. DC. LXXIII. 1673. 1 vol. 4to.
Engraved frontispiece, 1 folding map, 7 plates (2 folding). Contemporary calf. First and only edition of this rare
account richly illustrated on Persia. André Daulier Deslandes (1621-1689) accompanied Tavernier in his sixth
travel in Teheran. He is twenty years old and frequents the court of Abbas II of Persia. He also met Thévenot
with whom he traveled for some time. For the present work, the engravings were made by Israël Sylvestre and
Antoine Paillet from the author’s drawings. A copy of the original manuscript of this work was sold in auction
for more than 100.000 €). Fine copy of this nicely illustrated work.
$ 5 500,00
48. DROUVILLE (GASPARD). -VOYAGE EN PERSE FAIT EN 1812 ET 1813 ; PAR GASPARD DROUVILLE, COLONEL DE
CAVALERIE AU SERVICE DE S. M. L'EMPEREUR DE TOUTES LES RUSSIES, CHEVALIER DE PLUSIEURS ORDRES. Paris, Librairie
Nationale et Etrangere, 1825. 2 vols. 8vo. 60 lithographed hand-coloured plates (6 folding), 1 folding map.
Contemporary cardboard binding. First octavo edition of this account of travels in Persia, including many
costume plates and interior scenes. The present copy is one of the 150 coloured copies of the Parisian edition,
expanded version of the first edition published in St. Petersburg (1819). (Cf. Wilson). Fine copy.
$ 3 080,00
49. LORTET (LOUIS). -SYRIE D'AUJOURD'HUI. VOYAGE DANS LA PHÉNICIE, LE LIBAN ET LA JUDÉE. Hachette, Paris,
1884. 1 vol. folio. 1 large folding map, 8 maps, 360 illustrations. Contemporary half red morocco. Original
edition of this remarquable work on Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, beautifully illustrated. His author, Louis
Lortet, was a member of the Faculty of Medicine in Lyon as well as a botanist, zoologist, paleontologist,
egyptologist, anthropologist and a mountaineer. From 1873 to 1909, he performs several scientific missions in
Syria and Egypt. The present work was published after his mission in the Middle East to collect botanical and
zoological material for the Museum d'histoire naturelle of Lyon. It contains 9 maps, including a large colored
map of Palestine, and 364 illustrations, many at full page. Part of the illustrations is engraved from original
photographs taken by the famous Bonfils in Beirut. Fine clean copy.
$ 1 980,00
50. MARSIGLI (LUIGI FERDINAND). -L’ETAT MILITAIRE
DE L’EMPIRE OTTOMAN, SES PROGRÈS ET SA DÉCADENCE PAR
MR. LE COMTE DE MARSIGLI DE L’ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES
SÇIENCES DE PARIS, ET DE MONTPELIER, DE LA SOCIÉTÉ
ROYALE DE LONDRES, ET FONDATEUR DE L’INSTITUT DE
BOULOGNE. ETC. La Haye, Amsterdam, 1732. 2 parts in 1
vol. folio. Titles in French and Italian in red and black,
2 hand coloured maps, 35 engraved plates (7 foldings),
10 half-page illustrations, 3 folding tables, 5 engraved
borders. Contemporary quarter sheep. First edition.
“Marsigli had a long experience of the Ottoman empire
beginning with a stay of eleven months at
Constantinople c. 1679 when he accompanied Ciurani,
Venetian representative to the Porte. During the
Turkish-Hungarian campaigns (1682–99) he was taken
captive by Tartars at Rab and eventually sold to some
Bosnian soldiers during the siege of Vienna in 1683. In
1691 he joined the suite of the grand vizier Zadé
Mustafa Kuprili on his fatal journey to Salankeman.
After the peace of Carlowitz in 1699 the Emperor
Leopold appointed him to establish the limits of the
frontiers between Turkey, Venice and Hungary. His
important work on the military system of the Ottoman
Empire concerns itself with its finances, revenues,
commerce etc. Marsigli gives an account of the different
military functionaries as well as a description of the
different types of artillery, mines, fireworks etc. The
interesting plates illustrate weaponry, costumes, modes
of transport, battle formations, the organization of camps and the layout of actual battles and sieges”
(Blackmer). Fine copy.
$ 10 450,00
51. NIEBUHR (CARSTEN). -DESCRIPTION DE L'ARABIE D'APRÈS LES OBSERVATIONS ET RECHERCHES FAITES DANS LE PAYS
MÊME. PAR M. NIEBUHR, CAPITAINE D'INGÉNIEURS, MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE GOTTINGEN. NOUVELLE
ÉDITION, REVUE & CORRIGÉE. A Paris, Chez Brunet, Libraire, rue des Écrivains. 1779. 2 vols. 4to. 18 plates (1
folding), 7 maps (5 folding), 1 folding table. Contemporary full calf. Second French edition of Niebuhr's
famous work, considered as the best printed of Niebuhr's travel books, and the first scientific expedition to
Arabia. Having the large famous map of Yemen. His work still forms one of the most authoritative descriptions
of Arabia and Yemen in particular. Fine copy.
$ 3 300,00
52. NORDEN (FRÉDÉRIC-LOUIS). -TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND NUBIA. BY FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN, F.R.S. CAPTAIN OF
THE DANISH NAVY. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHED BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF
DENMARK. AND ENLARGED WITH OBSERVATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS, THAT HAVE WRITTEN ON THE
ANTIQUITIES OF EGYPTE, BY DR. PETER TEMPLEMAN. London, Printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers,
MDCCLVII. 1757. Howgego, N38. 2 vols. folio. 159 numbered plates: 59 bound in vol. I (3 folding in two
parts (n°17, 23 et 27); 100 bound in vol. II including 2 folding (n°66, 72 & 73 mounted together), 1 double
(n°108), n°140 & 141, as well as 142 & 143 are on one simple plate. Contemporary full calf. First English
edition of the earliest modern study of Egypt, illustrated with more than 150 plates. "After touring Alexandria
and Cairo he proceeded up the Nile as far as Derr in Nubia, one night unknowingly passing Richard Pococke
travelling in the opposite direction. Norden then retraced his steps to Alexandria and re-embarked for Europe
in May 1738. During his year in Egypt, Norden produced the first coherent maps of the country. He died in
Paris in September 1742, but his friends organized his papers on Egypt and published them in two volumes in
French at Copenhagen in 1752-55" (Howgego). Fine copy.
$ 12 100,00
53. [PECQUET (ANTOINE), VIEUX-MAISIONS (MADAME DE)]. -THE SECRET HISTORY OF PERSIA. CONTAINING
A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT, NOT ONLY OF THAT KINGDOM... London: Printed for M. Cooper, in Pater-noster-Row.
1745. 1 vol. 12mo. Half calf (posterior). Scarce English translation
published the same year than the original French of this key novel, satire
of he court at the beginning of the reign of Louis XV. "The key inserted
in the Notes is taken from one printed privately in Holland, and sent us
with the Original." Fine copy.
$ 935,00
54. POMPONIUS LAETIUS (JULIUS). -OPERA POMPONII LAETI VARIA.
QUORUM CATALOGUM IN SEQUENTI REPERIES PAGELLA. Mainz, Johannes
Schoeffer, 1521. Moguntiae, An M D. XXI. 1 vol. 8vo. Engraved title,
numerous engraved initials. Ottoman binding with a golden medallion,
boards of the 16th century. Rare edition of some pieces by the Italian
humanist Giulio Pomponio Leto (Julius Pomponius Laetus, in Latin)
(1428-1497). Nicely printed with a beautiful engraved title, the book is
finely bound. The binding is described in Burlington catalog as: "Turkish
binding of the 16th century... with sunk panels; elegant arabesque design
on a stippled gold ground". Fine copy.
$ 5 280,00
55. [PRESENTATION COPY]. VOLNEY (CONSTANTIN FRANÇOIS DE CHASSEBOEUF, COMTE DE). -VOYAGE EN
SYRIE ET EN EGYPTE, PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1783, 84 ET 85. TROISIÈME ÉDITION, REVUE ET CORRIGÉE PAR L’AUTEUR ;
AUGMENTÉE... A Paris, chez Dugour et Durand, Libraires, rue et hôtel Serpente, An VII. 1799. 2 vols 8vo. 3
maps, 1 plan, 4 plates (all folded). Contemporary half green morocco. Third edition of this valuable account of
Syria and Egypt. Volney (1757-1820), distinguished French historian and philosopher, spent three years of
travelling in Syria and Egypt. His account contains information about the natural history, politics, commerce,
customs and manners, etc. Includes an account of the Arabic press at the convent of Mrkhamra with a
catalogue of books printed there. One of the most exact and valuable works of its kind ever published (Cox).
His account has never really been surpassed. This copy belonged to Jean-Louis Laya (1761-1833) French
author, who was forced to hide during the French Revolution because of his play "L'Ami des Lois" where he
denounces the excess of men like Robespierre or Marat ("A Mr. Laya, de la part de l'auteur"). Pleasant
presentation copy.
$ 1 650,00
56. SPILSBURY (FRANCIS B.). -PICTURESQUE
SCENERY IN THE HOLY LAND AND SYRIA, DELINEATED
DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1799 AND 1800. BY F. B.
SPILSBURY, OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP LE TIGRE; SURGEON
IN THAT EXPEDITION DURING BOTH CAMPAIGNS.
London, 1819. 1 vol. folio. 19 aquatints
contemporary hand-coloured. Second edition of
this fine work giving the scenery of the Holy Land,
with introductory text and beautifully illustrated 19
hand-coloured aquatint plates. F.B. Spilsbury was a
surgeon on board the H.M.S. Tigre, which together
with the H.M.S. Theseus, under the command of
Commodore Sir Sydney Smith, were sent on a
naval mission to the Holy Land and Syria. This
operation was launched as part of the overall mission to counter the military campaigns of Napoleon in the
Middle East in 1799 and 1800. Spilsbury's original on-site sketches of famous sites and local peoples were
redrawn in London by Daniel Orme. They were etched in aquatint by Joseph Constantine Stadler, a prolific
engraver, who worked in London and created works after some of the leading artists of the day, including
J.F.W. Turner. These prints are characteristic of those made during the Regency period, a time of exploration
of the Middle East spurred by Napoleon's explorations and conquests in Egypt. Fine copy.
$ 7 480,00
57. [VILLOTTE (R.P. JACQUES)]. -VOYAGES D'UN MISSIONNAIRE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS EN TURIQUIE, EN PERSE,
EN ARMÉNIE, EN ARABIE, & EN BARBARIE. A Paris, Chez Jacques Vincent, rue & vis-à-vis l'Eglise de S. Severin, à
l'Ange. M.DCC.XXX. 1730. 1 vol. 12mo. Contemporary full calf. Rare first edition of the account of the 15
travels by Jacques Villotte from 1688 to 1712, in all Middle-East. His missions took him in Turkey, Armenia,
Persia, Arabia, and coming and going with no regard for his safety or confort, Father Villotte brought back a
precious testimony on caravans travels in the desert. He was deeply attached to Armenia and his Armenian
dictionary, one of the first of its kind, was published in Roma in 1714. Gripping book.
$ 2 750,00
Africa
58. COCHELET (CHARLES). -NAUFRAGE DU BRICK FRANÇAIS LA SOPHIE, PERDU, LE 30 MAI 1819, SUR LA CÔTE
OCCIDENTALE D'AFRIQUE, ET CAPTIVITÉ D'UNE PARTIE DES NAUFRAGÉS DANS LE DÉSERT DE SAHARA ; AVEC DE NOUVEAUX
RENSEIGNEMENS SUR LA VILLE DE TIMECTOU. OUVRAGE ORNÉ D'UNE CARTE DRESSÉE PAR M. LAPIE, ET DE PLANCHES
DESSINÉES PAR H. VERNET, ET AUTRES ARTISTES DISTINGUÉS. PAR CHARLES COCHELET, ANCIEN PAYEUR GÉNÉRAL EN
CATALOGNE, L'UN DES NAUFRAGÉS. Paris, Librairie Universelle de P; Mongie Aîné, 1821. 2 vols. 8vo. 10 engraved
plates (5 folding), 1 fac-simile letter, 1 large folding map. Contemporary red boards. First edition of this
relation of the Sophie's shipwreck. The author relates their captivity in the Sahara, and adds descriptions and
informations about Timbuktu, Bedouin tribes from Morroco and Tanger. Excellent map of North Africa and
French-Arabic vocabulary at the end of the second volume. Fine copy.
$ 1 210,00
59. JANNEQUIN (CLAUDE). -VOYAGE DE LYBIE AU ROYAUME DE SENEGA, LE LONG DU NIGER, AVEC LA DESCRIPTION
DES HABITANS QUI SONT LE LON DE CE FLEUVE, LEURS COÛTUMES & FAÇONS DE VIVRES: LES PARTICULARITÉS LES PLUS
REMARQUABLES DE CES PAYS. A Paris, chez Charles Roüillard, M. DC. XLVIII. (1643). 1 vol. 12mo. 18th century
calf. First edition of this account by Claude Jannequin who travelled in Libya from 1637 until 1639. In this
expedition, the French set up for the first time in Senegal. « Lambert and Jannequin ascended the Senegal as
far as Terrier Rouge, where they traded for gum, gold and pepper. Treaties were concluded with the brak of
the Walo and the damel of the Cayor » (Howgego I, p. 604). Fine copy.
$ 8 580,00
Europe
60. [ALBUM / AQUARELLES ORIGINALES / ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS ALBUM]. -[ TRAVEL
LOG IN EUROPE]. [Ca. 1880]. 1 vol. folio. 112 watercolours. Contemporary romantic buckram. Beautiful set of
watercolours fly-on-the-wall from journeys in different European countries by an anonymous traveler in the
19th century. Views depict great Italian cities (Venice, Padoua, Trieste, etc.), northern Italy (Riva) and south
Switzerland and Austria, Paris, Germany and Prussia (Munchen, Berlin, Hamburg), and Turkey. Exceptional
album.
$ 26 400,00
61. BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE (JEAN-BAPTISTE JOSEPH). -LA RUSSIE, OU MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES
DES HABITANS DE TOUTES PROVINCES DE CET EMPIRE. OUVRAGE ORNÉ DE CENT-ONZE PLANCHES, REPRÉSENTANT PLUS DE
DEUX CENTS SUJETS, GRAVÉS SUR LES DESSINS ORIGINAUX ET D'APRÈS NATURE... A Paris, Nepveu, Passage des
Panoramas, n°26, 1813. 6 vols. 16mo. 111 plates, all in contemporary colours but 5. Contemporary pink
boards. Untrimmed copy. First edition of one of the most
remarkable works of the Nepveu collection, dedicated to
Russia and illustrated with 111 plates. This little book is a
learned compilation by Breton of the better contemporary
sources on Russia. It is illustrated with plates from original
and unpublished drawings. Given the few informations on
Russia available in Europe, this work was one of the best
source of the period. It was published short after, but
prepared before the great fire of Moscow in 1812, and so it
gives numerous details which disappeared during this event.
A very pleasant untrimmed copy.
$ 7 150,00
62. GUILBERT (A.). [MANUSCRIT]. -CROQUIS DE ROUTE.
Blois, le 25 octobre 1914. 1 vol. 4to. [1] l., 97 watercoloured
ll. (only one side), numbered 95 (2 bis), and 2 text ll. 4 plans
black or watercolour and 2 manuscript notes on the back. 1
full page watercolour as a frontispiece. Contemporary full
sheep. Remarkable manuscript account of a travel in Italy,
Autria and Germany, illustrated with charm and humour. It
was written only a few months before the declaration of the
First World War. The author gives lovely descriptions of
the places they visited: especially Switzerland, Venezia,
Germany. He came back to this book after the war, to
which he took part. Very nice work, wonderfully illustrated.
$ 4 180,00
Polar and Maritimes Explorations
63. [BONARD (AMIRAL LOUIS-ADOLPHE), BRUAT (AMIRAL ARMAND-JOSEPH), HAMELIN (AMIRAL FERDINANDALPHONSE), POMARE IV]. -[LIVRE DE BORD DE LA FRÉGATE L'URANIE. CAMPAGNE DE TAHITI. / LOG BOOK OF THE
FRIGATE URANIE. CAMPAIGN OF TAHITI.] 1843-1847. 1 vol. folio. [129] ll. - [7] bl. - [4] ll. Contemporary half
vellum. 15 appended items. 12 complementary documents from the contemporary press. An original
document of capital interest for the history of Tahiti and the archipelago of the Society Islands: the precious
log of the frigate Uranie. It recounts all of her Polynesian campaign (1843-47) under the orders of Captain
Louis-Adolphe Bonard (1805-1867). The log is augmented with important handwritten and printed appended
items. This log, very readable, is more than an account of daily navigation. Each event is related in great details,
most of the official acts from French and local authorities are transcribed. The Uranie, her captain and her
crew were the main actors of the events leading to the restoration of the French protectorate on the island. The
wealth of the information in the log and the annexed pieces make of this amazing document a great first hand
historical source, shining a new light on the history of Tahiti and the French presence in the archipelago.
$ 52 800,00
64. CORVETTE DESCURBIERTA - ORIGINAL MAPS FROM SPANISH SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS. [GONZALES
(ANTONIO)]. A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL SEA CHARTS AND VIEWS. INDONESIA, CHILI, PERU, MEXICO, CALIFORNIA,
INDONESIA, SINGAPORE, CHINA SEA, PATAGONIA.]. [Drawn aboard the ship] 1815-1816. 1 vol. folio. 18 manuscript
ll., (ink drawings, 3 hand-coloured, 1 recto-verso, some folding). Bound in a contemporary album. A large set
of manuscript maps and coast views drawn by Antonio Gonzales aboard the famous Spanish exploration ship
“Descurbierta” (Discovery) during exploration journeys from 1810 to 1816. The corvette Descurbierta is
famous for being one of the two ships (with the Atrevida) of the Malaspina's expedition (1786-1788, and 17891794), the most important voyage of discovery dispatched by Spain in the 18th century. After his great
expedition, the Descurbierta stayed in service as a scientific ship up to 1828. The 22 guns corvette was
stationed in Monte Video from 1804 to 1806 and Callao (Lima) from 1810 to 1816. In 1816, she went back to
Cadiz in 1816 for repairing. From 1816 to 1819, she was again based in South America to help General
Morillo and Laborde expeditions against insurgents in Colombia and Venezuela. Back to Cadiz in 1821, the
Corvette was dropped out of service in 1828. The present collection of 18 original drawings was made by
Officer Antonio Gonzales aboard of the Descubierta from 1810 to 1816, during different campaigns. The first
plate is dated from 1810, and is one of the most striking leaves of the set. It is dedicated to Patagonia (rectoverso), with many views and coastal profiles and an amazing representation of an Iceberg observed by lat. 57°
and 69 west, in the South of Patagonia. A large series, dated from 1816, is dedicated to Asia (China Sea,
Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia). Then they cross the Pacific to arrive in Gulf of California, and going
north, we find important maps of Chili and Peru (including a beautiful map of Conception: “Plano de la Bahia
de Concepcion de Chile”). The last chart depicts Saint Helena. Those maps and views are totally unknown
and there is no recorded publication for the details of these campaigns, a continuation of Malaspina expedition
round the world.
$ 34 100,00
65. DALRYMPLE (ALEXANDER). -VOYAGES DANS LA MER DU SUD PAR LES ESPAGNOLS ET LES HOLLANDAIS. OUVRAGE
TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS DE M. DALRYMPLE, PAR M. DE FRÉVILLE. A Paris, chez Saillant & Nyon, chez Pissot, M.
DCC. LXXIV. (1774). 1 vol. 8vo. 3 engraved folding maps. Contemporary full glazed calf. First French edition
of this major work by Dalrymple: “This important work, issued before the return
of Captain Cook’s expedition, is the result of Dalrymple’s strong belief in the
existence of a southern continent” Hill. Fine copy in contemporary binding of this
major work for the South Pacific exploration history.
$ 2 750,00
66. DEFAUCONPRET (A.J.B.). -VOYAGE VERS LE PÔLE ARCTIQUE, DANS LA BAIE
BAFFIN, FAIT EN 1818, PAR LES VAISSEAUX DE SA MAJESTÉ L’ISABELLE ET L’ALEXANDRE,
COMMANDÉS PAR LE CAPITAINE ROSS ET LE LIEUTENANT PARRY, POUR VÉRIFIER S'IL EXISTE
UN PASSAGE AU NORD-OUEST DE L'OCÉAN ATLANTIQUE DANS LA MER PACIFIQUE. RÉDIGÉ,
1° SUR LA RELATION DU CAPITAINE ROSS ; 2° SUR LE JOURNAL PUBLIÉ PAR UN OFFICIER DE
BORD DE L'ALEXANDRE ; 3° SUR LA RELATION DU CAPITAINE SABINE ; 4° SUR LE JOURNAL
PUBLIÉ PAR UN AUTRE OFFICIER. PAR L'AUTEUR D'UNE ANNÉE DE SÉJOUR À LONDRES.
Paris, Librairie de Gide Fils, 1819. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 plates (1 folding), 1 folding map.
Modern binding. First French work giving the account of the first Arctic mission
led by Ross and Parry to discover the Northwest Passage, published the same year
than Ross' account. Fine copy of this scarce work of Polar exploration, untrimmed.
$ 1 980,00
DE
67. DILLON (PETER). -VOYAGE AUX ÎLES DE LA MER DU SUD, EN 1827 ET 1828, ET RELATION DE LA DÉCOUVERTE DU
SORT DE LA PÉROUSE. DÉDIÉ AU ROI, PAR LE CAPITAINE PETER DILLON, CHEVALIER DE L'ORDRE ROYAL DE LA LÉGION
D'HONNEUR, MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ASIATIQUE DU BENGALE ET DE LA SOCIÉTÉ GÉOGRAPHIQUE DE PARIS, EXCOMMANDANT DU VAISSEAU DE LA COMPAGNIE ANGLAISE DES INDES-ORIENTALES LE RESEARCH. A Paris, chez Pillet
Aîné, Imprimeur-Libraire, Editeur du Voyage autour du monde, Rue des Grands-Augustins, n°7, 1830. 2 vols.
8vo. 3 plates, 2 folding, 1 folding map. Contemporary wrappers. First French edition of this travel account by
Peter Dillon: the first who gives the solution of the fate of La Pérouse. The history of this discovery is long of
14 years. Peter Dillon (1788-1847) was not an explorer, but a trader who crossed the South Seas for sandal
wood. In 1826, he went back to Tikopia (from the Solomon), an island that he visited in 1813, and where two
men of his former crew had been left. These men still were in Tikopia when Dillon reached the island. During
their negotiations, Dillon saw that they had some material from an occidental ship. Following his intuition and
after different incidents, Dillon got to Mannicolo where he found the proof that this was the place where La
Pérouse’s expedition ended. He brought back the debris to France and England. Besides solving the riddle of
La Pérouse, Dillon's narrative is a classic account of the south Pacific in the 1820's. Hocken describes the
author as “a splendid specimen of a wild Irishman and seaman' and his narrative reflects the excitement and
dangers of a sole trader in the south Pacific during this era.” Fine copy in publisher wrappers.
$ 3 520,00
68. [FLEURIEU (CHARLES PIERRE CLARET)]. -DECOUVERTES DES FRANÇOIS EN 1768 & 1769, DANS LE SUD-EST DE LA
NOUVELLE-GUINÉE. ET RECONNOISSANCES POSTÉRIEURES DES MÊMES TERRES PAR DES NAVIGATEURS ANGLOIS QUI LEUR
ONT IMPOSÉ DE NOUVEAUX NOMS ; PRÉCÉDÉES DE L'ABRÉGÉ HISTORIQUE DES NAVIGATIONS & DES DÉCOUVERTES DES
ESPAGNOLS DANS LES MÊMES PARAGES. PAR M.***, ANCIEN CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale,
1790. 1 vol. 4to. 12 plates. Contemporary half calf. First edition of this account by Fleurieu, French explorer
and politician, one of the most famous hydrographers of the 18th century. The purpose of the present book,
presented to the French Academy of Science in 1790, was to ensure Bougainville’s and Surville’s rights against
some English sailors’ claims for the discovery of some islands. Fine copy.
$ 6 380,00
69. MULLER (GERHARD FRIEDRICH). -VOYAGES ET DÉCOUVERTES FAITES PAR LES RUSSES LE LONG DES CÔTES DE LA
MER GLACIALE & SUR L'OCÉAN ORIENTAL, TANT VERS LE JAPON QUE VERS L'AMÉRIQUE. ON Y A JOINT L'HISTOIRE DU
FLEUVE AMUR ET DES PAYS ADJACENS, DEPUIS LE CONQUÊTE DES RUSSES ; AVEC LA NOUVELLE CARTE QUI PRÉSENTE CES
DÉCOUVERTES & LE COURS DE L'AMUR, DRESSÉE SUR DES MÉMOIRES AUTHENTIQUES, PUBLIÉE AR L'ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES
DE ST. PÉTERSBOURG, & CORRIGÉE EN DERNIER LIEU. OUVRAGES TRADUITS DE L'ALLEMAND DE MR. G. P. MULLER, PAR
C. G. F. DUMAS. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, MDCCLXVI. 1766. 2 vols. 12mo. 1 folding map.
Contemporary full calf. First edition of the French translation of this important work for the history of the
exploration of Russia, north-east Asia, and north-west coasts of America. The text by Gerhard Friedrich Müller
(1705-1783) is regarded as the best account of Vitus Bering second exploration in Kamchatka (1733-1743),
from which they brought back the proof of the existence of a body of water between Asian and American
continent: the Bering Strait, as well as very important cartographic, hydrographic and ethnological discoveries.
The map depicts the strait, presents a correct delineation of the Kurile Islands, and contains the first
cartographic representation of the Alaska Peninsula. Müller also gives the account of a manuscript in found in
Yakoutsk which establishes that the Bering Strait had actually been navigated and discovered by Simon Djenev
in 1648. Fine copy of this work: “indispensable for the history of discovery and exploration in North Pacific.”
(Sabin).
$ 6 050,00
70. PARRY (WILLIAM EDWARD). -JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE FROM THE
ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819-20, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPER, UNDER THE
ORDERS OF WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, R.N., F.R.S., AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. WITH AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING THE SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE
ADMIRALTY. London: John Murray, Published to the Admiralty, and board of Longitude, MDCCCXXI. 1821.
1 vol. 4to. 6 maps and plans 14 plates (including 9 aquatints). Contemporary quarter calf. First Edition of this
classic of polar exploration. With this first travel, Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855), earned the 5,000
pound reward offered for the first ship to cross the meridian, longitude 110 west. Parry after his voyage with
John Ross in 1818, had the strong thought that Lancaster Sound was not lanlocked, and wanted to go back to
find this passage. The Admiralty, aware of his views, gave him command of the H.M.S. Hecla and Griper for
this expedition of 1819-20. Parry sailed up Baffin Bay, through Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait to the south
side of Melville Island, where he spent the winter. On this voyage, Parry found and named twenty islands,
including Banks and Somerset Islands, penetrated a short distance into Prince Regent’s Inlet, and surveyed the
south shores of Barrow Strait. Fine copy.
$ 2 200,00
71. [PREVOST (ANTOINE-FRANÇOIS)]. -VOYAGES DU CAPITAINE ROBERT LADE EN DIFFÉRENTES PARTIES DE L'AFRIQUE,
DE L'ASIE ET DE L'AMÉRIQUE : CONTENANT L'HISTOIRE DE SA FORTUNE, & SES OBSERVATIONS SUR LES COLONIES & LE
COMMERCE DES ESPAGNOLS, DES ANGLOIS, DES HOLLANDOIS, &C. OUVRAGE TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS. A Paris, chez
Didot, M. DCC. XLIV. (1744) 2 vols. 12mo. 2 folding maps. Contemporary calf. First edition of this charming
literary forgery attributed to Abbé Prévost, who pretend to give the translation of the account of the travels of
Captain Robert Lade, who never exists. The accuracy of some information regarding the new colony of
Georgia, founded ten years earlier, drawn from English sources, gave credit to the theory of a translation of an
English text. But there is no sign of a Captain Lade, and it is more likely a fancy of Prévost, who translate
numerous important English text during his exile in London, and among them major travel relation as Henry
Neville's Isle of Pines (1668), and authored a compilation of voyages. The work is illustrated with two folding
maps, one of them being: “Carte d’une partie de l’Amérique
$ 1 980,00
72. ROSS (JAMES CLARK). -A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC REGIONS,
DURING THE YEARS 1839-43. BY CAPTAIN SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS, R.N. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street.
1847. 2 vols. 8vo. 8 lithographic plates (2 frontispieces, 1 folding), 8 maps (3 folding), 18 steel-engraved
vignettes. Contemporary quarter blue morocco. First edition of the account of the first scientific expedition in
Antarctic, by James Ross (1800-1868). The work, illustrated with maps, impressive plates and nice vignettes (by
Hooker, the expedition’s botanist), is “one of the most important works in the history of Antarctic exploration”
(Hill). Fine copy.
$ 3 850,00
73. ROSS (JOHN). -RELATION DU SECOND VOYAGE FAIT À LA RECHERCHE D'UN PASSAGE AU NORD-OUEST, PAR SIR JOHN
ROSS, CAPITAINE DE LA MARINE ROYALE, CHEVALIER DE L'ORDRE DU BAIN, ETC., ETC. ET DE SA RÉSIDENCE DANS LES
RÉGIONS ARCTIQUES PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1829 À 1833 ; CONTENANT LE RAPPORT DU CAPITAINE DE LA MARINE ROYALE
SIR JAMES CLARCK ROSS ET LES OBSERVATIONS RELATIVES À LA DÉCOUVERTE DU PÔLE NORD ; OUVRAGE TRADUIT SOUS
LES YEUX DE L'AUTEUR PAR A. J. B. DEFAUCONPRET, TRADUCTEUR DES OEUVRES DE WALTER SCOTT, ETC.; ACCOMPAGNÉ
D'UNE CARTE DU VOYAGE ET ORNÉ DU PORTRAIT DE L'AUTEUR, GRAVÉ À LONDRES PAR ROBERT HART, ET DES DEUX VUES
LES PLUS REMARQUABLES DE CES RÉGIONS, GRAVÉES SUR ACIER, D'APRÈS FINDEN, PAR SKELTON. Paris, Belizard, Barthès,
Dufour et Lowell, 1835. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 frontispiece portrait, 2 plates, 1 folding map. Contemporary half calf.
First edition of the French translation of the account of the second travel of Ross to the North Pole (18291833). After the failure of the first expedition, Ross had to convince Felix Booth to fund his next expedition.
During this travel, they spent four winters in the Arctic, and they discovered the magnetic pole. “This
impressive experience, as well as the scientific and ethnological information gathered by Ross's team, brought
him the renown that he had long sought.” Fine copy.
$ 825,00
Maritime
74. BLONDEL DE SAINT AUBIN (GUILLAUME). -LE TRÉSOR DE LA NAVIGATION DIVISÉ EN DEUX PARTIES, LA
PREMIERE CONTIENT LA THEORIE & PRATIQUE DES TRIANGLES SPHERIQUES, ENRICHIE DE PLUSIEURS PROBLEMES
ASTRONOMIQUES & GEOGRAPHIQUES, TRES-UTILES AUX NAVIGATEURS. LA SECONDE ENSEIGNE L'ART DE NAVIGER PAR LA
SUPUTATION & DÉMONSTRATION DES TRIANGLES RECTELIGNES & SPHERIQUES; TANT PAR LES SINUS QUE PAR LES
LOGARITHMES. NOUVELLEMENT MIS EN LUMIERE PAR LE SIEUR BLONDEL S. AUBIN. Au Havre de Grace, chez Jacques
Gruchet, Imprimeur & Libraire de Monseigneur le Duc de S. Aignan, & de la Ville, 1673. 1 vol. 4to.
Numerous wood engravings. Contemporary full vellum. Fine copy of the extremely rare first edition of this
French school book on navigation, teaching on spherical geometry details and its application to navigation and
practice of seamanship. Only 1 copy appeared at auction during the last 40 years.
$ 7 480,00
75. BURCHETT (JOSIAH. ESQ.) -MÉMOIRES DE TOUT CE QUI S'EST PASSÉ DE PLUS CONSIDÉRABLE SUR MER DURANT LA
GUERRE AVEC LA FRANCE DEPUIS L'AN 1688 JUSQU'À LA FIN DE 1697 PAR MR. BURCHETT, SÉCRÉTAIRE DE L’AMIRAUTÉ.
TRADUIT DE L'ANGLOIS. Amsterdam, 1704. 1 vol. 12mo. 1 engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full calf. Rare
first French edition of this work by the Secretary of the Admiralty in England (1695-1742), Josiah Burchett, on
the sea engagements between British and French Navy (1688-1697). His position as Secretary of the Admiralty
allowed Burchett to have access to the materials from which he wrote the present work. “Invaluable for the
naval aspects of the War of the English Succession”. Fine copy.
$ 990,00
76. BURGUES DE MISSIESSY (EDOUARD-JACQUES, COMTE DE). [PRESENTATION COPY]. -TACTIQUE ET SIGNAUX DE
JOUR, DE NUIT ET DE BRUME, À L'ANCRE ET À LA VOILE ; PAR M. LE COMTE DE BURGUES MISSIESSY, VICE-AMIRAL. Paris,
de l'Imprimerie Royale. 1826. 1 vol. 4to. Numerous drawings and schemes in-text. Ancient blue wrappers.
Second edition of this rare work on naval tactics by Burgues de Missiessy (1756-1837). (First edition: 1802).
The confidential nature of this kind of treatise is confirmed by a letter addressed to the recipient of the book:
Captain Leblanc (the book was sent at the request of the Naval Minister). The letter was written in Toulon,
January 30th 1828, by Jacote, from the French admiralty. Jacote recommends: “the greatest circumspection in
the communication you could make of this work, in order to prevent rival navies to be aware about it and to
take advantage of the entirely new data, due to the long experience of Mr. de Missiessy.” Very attractive copy of
interesting provenance: capitaine Leblanc.
$ 1 980,00
77. CAUSSE (PIERRE-CLÉMENT). -ALBUM DU MARIN, CONTENANT LES DIVERSES POSITIONS DU BÂTIMENT À LA MER.
A LA SUITE DE CHAQUE DESSIN, ON TROUVE DES PRATIQUES SUR LA MANŒUVRE DES VAISSEAUX DE GUERRE, À L’USAGE DES
JEUNES MARINS. PAR P.C. CAUSSÉ, CAPITAINE DE FRÉGATE DE LA MARINE ROYALE, MEMBRE DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR.
MDCCCXXXVI. A Nantes, Publié par Charpentier Père, Fils & Cie Editeurs. 1836. 1 vol. oblong folio. 36
engraved plates (2 folding). Contemporary quarter morocco. First and only edition of this work richly
illustrated, made for Navy students. The illustration counts a fine engraved frontispiece and 34 lithographed by
Charpentier from the author's drawings. Pierre-Clément Caussé (1784-1847) were captain of the French Navy,
he presents his work as an appendix of the famous Manœuvrier by Bourde de Villehuet. Fine copy of this
work whose pedagogic aspect doesn't remove the artistic dimension.
$ 3 850,00
78. [COPY ANNOTATED BY AUTHOR]
CORREARD (ALEXANDRE), SAVIGNY (JEANBAPTISTE HENRI). -NAUFRAGE DE LA FRÉGATE LA
MÉDUSE, FAISANT PARTIE DE L'EXPÉDITION DU SÉNÉGAL EN
1816 ; RELATION CONTENANT LES ÉVÉNEMENTS QUI ONT
EU LIEU SUR LE RADEAU DANS LE DÉSERT DE SAHARA, À
SAINT-LOUIS ET AU CAP DACCARD ; SUIVIE D'UN EXAMEN
SOUS LES RAPPORTS AGRICOLES DE LA PARTIE OCCIDENTALE
DE LA CÔTE D'AFRIQUE, DEPUIS LE
CAP-BLANC JUSQU'À
PAR ALEXANDRE
CORRÉARD, INGÉNIEUR-GÉOGRAPHE, ET J.B. HENRI
SAVIGNY, EX-CHIRURGIEN DE LA MARINE ; TOUS DEUX
NAUFRAGÉS DU RADEAU. SECONDE, ENTIÈREMENT REFONDUE
ET AUGMENTÉE DES NOTES DE M. BRÉDIF, INGÉNIEUR DES
MINES. AVEC LE PLAN DU RADEAU ET LE PORTRAIT DU ROI
ZAÏDE. Paris, Eymery, Delaunay & Ladvocat, Treutell
et Wutz, 1818. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary half sheep.
1 hand-colored frontispiece-portrait, 1 plan. Second
edition of this account of the Meduse’s shipwreck.
Scarce copy with important manuscript annotations by Alexandre Corréard, corrections that can be found in
his 1821’th édition. The author is giving more details about the story. A precious copy , unknown by historians,
of the most famous publication about a shipwreck.
$ 2 750,00
L'EMBOUCHURE
DE
LA
GAMBIE.
78 bis. COURTANVAUX (FRANÇOIS CÉSAR LETELLIER, MARQUIS DE). -JOURNAL DU VOYAGE DE M. LE MARQUIS
DE COURTANVAUX, SUR LA FRÉGATE L'AURORE, POUR ESSAYER PAR ORDRE DE L'ACADÉMIE, PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS
RELATIFS À LA LONGITUDE... A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1768. 1 vol. 4to. 1 frontispiece depicting the
Aurore, 5 folding plates (1 map). Contemporary calf. Fine copy of the first edition this account of an important
practical trial to perfect a method of measuring longitude. The present work is his report of a voyage in the
frigate L’Aurore - a vessel that Courtanvaux fitted out at his own expense to allow an accurate daily assessment
for the prize offered by the Academie for the first successful method of measuring longitude). The main
contender assessed was the “Horloger du Roi”, Pierre Le Roy, who invented a completely original marine
chronometer in the 1750's, which he perfected over the next decade and presented to Louis XV in 1766. In
1767 Le Roy entered his machine, which "embodied all the principles upon which later marine chronometers
were constructed" (Norman), in the Academie's competition. The present voyage between Le Havre and
Amsterdam was the first practical trial to which it was subjected. Le Roy was awarded a double prize in 1768,
for his chronometer and for his memoir describing it.
$ 5 500,00
79. DEPERTHES (JEAN LOUIS HUBERT SIMON). [EYRIES (JEAN-BAPTISTE BENOÎT)]. -HISTOIRE DES NAUFRAGES,
OU RECUEIL DES RELATIONS LES PLUS INTÉRESSANTES DES NAUFRAGES, HIVERNEMENS, DÉLAISSEMENS, INCENDIES ET
AUTRES EVÉNEMENS FUNESTES ARRIVÉS SUR MER. PAR DEPERTHES. NOUVELLE ÉDITION, REFONDUE, CORRIGÉE ET
AUGMENTÉE DE PLUSIEURS MORCEAUX TELS QUE LES AVENTURES DE DRURY À MADAGASCAR ; CELLES DE QUIRINI,
NAVIGATEUR VÉNITIEN ; LES NAUFRAGES DU GROSVENOR, DU BRIG AMÉRICAIN LE COMMERCE, DU VAISSEAU L'ALCESTE, DE
LA FRÉGATE LA MÉDUSE, ETC., ETC. PAR J. B. B. EYRIÉS. Paris, Dufour, 1828. 3 vols. 12mo. 6 plates (3
frontispieces). Contemporary half sheep. Very rare edition of this classic on shipwrecks, with the account of the
tragedy of La Méduse. “It is obvious that all of the later anthologies of shipwrecks and disasters at sea levied on
Deperthes, either directly or by stealing from each other” (Huntress). Fine copy.
$ 990,00
80. DUMAITZ DE GOIMPY (FRANÇOIS-LOUIS, COMTE). -TRAITÉ SUR LA CONSTRUCTION DES VAISSEAUX, DÉDIÉ ET
PRÉSENTÉ AU ROI, PAR M LE COMPTE DU MAITZ DE GOIMPY, CAPITAINE DES VAISSEAUX DE SA MAJESTÉ, CHEVALIER DE
L'ORDRE ROYAL & MILIAIRE DE SAINT LOUIS, DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DE MARINE. A Paris, Couturier, 1776. 1 vol.
4to. 2 folding plates. Complete with the l. "Correction de la hauteur du point Vélique". Enhanced with an
engraving depicting a ship. Contemporary full red morocco, with the arms of Jean Baptiste Bertin (1720-1792),
Minister under Louis XV, famous for the creation of the "Cabinet des Chartes". First edition of this innovative
shipbuilding treatise, based on the latest theoretical researches, but expressed in clear terms: to be accessible to
the shipbuilder. French naval officer, Dumaitz de Goimpy (1729-1807) became midshipman in the French
navy in 1746, and lieutenant in 1752. He was commissioned a commander in 1772, and served during the
whole of the war of American independence. He led the 1st division of the fleet under Admiral Count de
Guichen, which defeated Lord Rodney off Dominique three times, and was severely wounded in the first
battle, which he gained for the French by a timely movement. He commanded a division of the fleet that under
Count de Grasse blockaded the Chesapeake bay, and defeated the English on 5 September, 1781. He fought
also under De Grasse in the battles off Dominique on 9 and 12 April, 1782, and in 1783 became a member of
the Cincinnati and a knight of Saint Louis. Fine copy in armorial binding.
$ 3 080,00
81. DUVAL-LE-ROY (NICOLAS). -ELÉMENS DE NAVIGATION. PAR N. C. DUVAL-LE-ROY, ASSOCIÉ NON RÉSIDANT DE
L'INSTITUT NATIONAL DE FRANCE, & PROFESSEUR DE MATHÉMATIQUES AUX ECOLES DE NAVIGATION. A Brest, Paris,
Chez Malassis, Chez Louis, An X -1802. 1 vol. 8vo. 7 folding plates. Contemporary half-sheep. First edition of
this uncommon maritime treatise. Duval who wrote some of the articles for the Maritime Dictionary of the
Encyclopédie (some corrections for these articles are present in this work), is the author of a text on maritime
barometers. Fine copy, complete with the half title (not mentioned by Polak).
$ 880,00
82. EULER (LEONHARD). -THÉORIE COMPLETE DE LA CONSTRUCTION DE LA MANOEUVRE DES VAISSEAUX, MISE À LA
PORTÉE DE CEUX QUI S'APPLIQUENT À LA NAVIGATION. PAR M. LÉONOARD EULER. NOUVELLE EDITION CORRIGÉE &
AUGMENTÉE. A Paris, rue Dauphine, Chez Claude-Antoine Jombert, fils aîné, Libraire du Roi pour le Génie &
l'Artillerie. M. DCC. LXXVI. 1776. 1 vol. 12mo. 6 folding plates. 19th century half calf. Second edition of the
famous shipbuilding treatise by Leonhard Euler (First edition: 1773, St Petersburg). Leonhard Euler (17071783) pioneering mathematician and physicist, is considered as one of the greatest and the most prolofic
scientist of his time. His researches also have applications in shipbuilding. Fine copy.
$ 990,00
83. FLEURIEU (CHARLES PIERRE
CLARET, COMTE DE). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR
ORDRE DU ROI EN 1768 ET 1769, À
DIFFÉRENTES PARTIES DU MONDE, POUR
ÉPROUVER EN MER LES HORLOGES MARINES
INVENTÉES
PAR
M.
FERDINAND
BERTHOUD... A Paris, Imprimerie
Royale, 1773. 2 vols. 4to. 4 folding
maps, 2 plates (1 folding), 5 folding
tables. Contemporary full marbled
sheep, « Ecole d’Hydrographie de St
Brieux », (stamped on the superior
board). Rare first edition of the first
work by Fleurieu, account of his travel
to test Berthoud’s marine clock, from
Fleurieu’s library (stamps). Count
Charles-Pierre Claret de Fleurieu (17381810) is one of the most important
figures of the history of French
exploration. Statesman, scientist and
navigator, he is closely involved in the progress of the cartography and of nautical sciences of his time. He
studied the marine clock with Ferdinand Berthoud, and it is a clock of his master he tested in the campaign of
the Isis, that took them in Cadiz, to the Canaries, in the Caribbean, etc. The results for the cartography were
beyond their expectations. The scientific nature of the voyage, explains the rarity of the book. Fine copy, of
interesting provenance.
$ 9 350,00
84. GODDE DE LIANCOURT (COMTE A.). -TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DES MOYENS DE SAUVETAGE, CONTENANT DES
DÉTAILS COMPLETS SUR L'EMPLOI DE LA BALISTIQUE DES PROJECTILES PORTE-AMARRES : BOMBES, GRENADES, FUSÉES,
FLÈCHES, GRAPINS, ETC., SUIVI DE L'EXPOSITION GÉNÉRALE DES INVENTIONS QUI ONT POUR BUT DE PRÉSERVER LA VIE DES
NAUFRAGÉS, TELLES QUE BATEAUX, RADEAUX, BOUÉES, SIGNAUX, MATELAS DE SAUVETAGE, NAUTILES, EXPLORATEURS
SOUS-MARINS, ETC. TERMINÉ PAR DEUX TRAITÉS SUR L'ASPHYXIE PAR SUBMERSION ET LA PETITE CHIRURGIE DE BORD. .
Paris, 1841. 1 vol. 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Publisher wrappers. First and only edition of this very rare
treatise. This text, by Godde de Liancourt, the founder of the Société Générale Internationale des Naufrages,
is very innovative. The author regrets the total absence of governmental implication in sea rescue, and shows
the importance of his association despite their lack of material means. They diffuse informations, sometimes
through manuscripts, and this publication is rare. It presents official documents regarding the official founding
of the association, and various informations for sea rescue (how turn weapons into sea rescue devices, life boat,
what care shall be given to drowned people, etc). Fine copy of one of the first serious work dedicated to sea
rescue.
$ 2 750,00
85. HELYOT, LIEUTENANT D’ARTILLERIE. -ORDRE DE BATAILLE QUE TENOIENT LES ARMÉES NAVALLES DE FRANCE,
D’ANGLETERRE ET DE HOLLANDE DANS LA MÉDITERRANÉE EN L’ANNÉE 1704, QUAND MONSEIGNEUR LE COMTE DE
TOULOUSE REMPORTA LA VICTOIRE SUR LES ANGLAIS ET HOLLANDAIS ET LES OBLIGEA À ABANDONNER LA MÉDITERRANÉE ET
REPASSER LE DÉTROIT. Sans lieu, 1704. 1 paper roll (6.53 x 0.66 m.) formed by different sheets, showing on 5
lines 180 warships’ portraits by watercolour and gouache, and 11 boats, mostly with manuscript ink captions, 3
manuscript texts. The sheets of paper are pasted down a slim linen canvas. Exceptional original document that
remained unknown to historians, of major interest for the study of tactics of naval combat at the beginning of
the 18th century, depicting, in a plan more than six metres long, the celebrated battle of Malaga. On August
24, 1704, the French-Spanish fleet commanded by Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1678 1737), natural son of Louis XIV, faced the Anglo-Dutch coalition under Admiral George Rooke (1650-1709),
which just had taken Gibraltar. The battle took place off the coast of Velez-Malaga, Andalusian port located
North of Gibraltar. Historically, it is a unique case where a son of a king of France had the command during a
naval battle. Embellished with his arms bearing 3 fleurs-de-lis on a blue background, the battleplan is most
likely commissioned by the Comte de Toulouse intended to embody his victory. Drawn on paper with
watercolour and gouache, it is signed by the “lieutenant of artillery and of the bomb ketch Hélyot”, present at
the battle on board of the “Toulouse”, whose career can be found in the French Navy archives up to the rank
of captain. One of his most remarquable action was to take part as captain of the "Patient" to the successfull
attack of Rio de Janeiro, with Dugay Trouin, in 1712. This officer has succeeded in creating a true masterpiece
in terms of representing a naval battle, without any known equal in a public or private collection, on account of
its enormous dimensions and the precision of information given: each ship is placed in its actual position on
the line of battle, under sails and pavillions, respecting its proportions of hull and rigging. A work that, because
of its realism, is a forerunner of the works of portraitists of ships during the second half of the 18th century (the
brothers Ozanne, Antoine Roux, ...). An ink inscription below each ship details: the type of ship (vessel, frigate,
store ship, fire ship, galley, bomb ketch, hospital ship, ...), number of cannon and crew, and the name of her
commander. In all, 194 ships are represented, among which 68 units for France + 24 galleys (including Spain),
against 62 ships for England and 26 for the Dutch, as well as 14 very small ships scattered between the lines. A
text placed on the right of the document gives a total of 205 units (96 +109) and retraces the chronology of
events as well as the organization of the fleets in 3 squadrons. Malaga is at once the largest battle in terms of the
number of ships of the whole 18th century, as well as a practical demonstration of a line of battle. That
arrangement, theorized about by admiral Anne de Tourville (1642-1701), and Paul Hoste (1652-1700) in their
treatise published in 1693, will remain the rule until the battles of the American War of Independence. An
English edition was even published in 1834, its translator, J.D. Boswall, judging it necessary, nearly 150 years
after its conception, to allow it being read by the officers of the Navy! Hélyot illustrates that arrangement in line
of the squadrons: the ships are in parallel positions and squeezed together to maximize the efficiency of the
artillery. A document without equivalent because of the quality of its execution, its size and the importance of
its iconographic content for history, offering, for most of the ships represented, the only image having survived:
when they were nothing but names on registers, we find them here perfectly drawn, and in full action. A work
of major interest, fruit of the remarkable quality of observation of an eyewitness of the battle who was Hélyot,
with his knowledge of all kinds of ships. An exhaustive work of documentation of all elements of the battle and
its outcome.
$ 165 000,00
86. ISELIN (HENRI). [MANUSCRIPT / ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS]. -LA
MARINE. IMAGES DE LA MARINE. [Paris], 1951. 1 vol. 4to. 2 watercolours
on the boards, 16 original plates: ink and watercolor, all signed.
Unique manuscript copy of this naval history, entirely drawn and
watercolored by Henri Iselin. Confirmed illustrator, Iselin published
several works. In the 16 plates of this manuscript, he recounts naval
history from antiquity to the 20th century. He features the characters,
ships, places, nautical tools emblematic for each period (Antiquity,
15th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century). This nice ludic work was
never published, but the plates were used to illustrate an “Images de la
Marine” for the child periodical “Calamus”. The original manuscript
was sent by the author for the boy of one of his friends.
$ 3 080,00
87. JAL (AUGUSTE). -GLOSSAIRE
NAUTIQUE.
RÉPERTOIRE POLYGLOTTE DE
AUTEUR DE L'ARCHÉOLOGIE
NAVALE ET DU VIRGILUS NAUTICUS. A Paris, Didot Frères, 1848. 1 vol.
4to. 2 engraved plates and illustrations. Contemporary half sheep. First
edition of this reference work, maybe the most important for maritime
history. It gathers all the definitions of nautical terms in every
languages and from all times. It is the result of six years of work by Auguste Jal (1795-1873), archivist then
“Historiographe de la Marine”. “Monumental work, with full definitions, not mere equivalents” (Craig). Fine
copy in contemporary binding.
$ 3 520,00
TERMES DE MARINE ANCIENS ET MODERNES.
88. [MANUSCRIT]. -MÉMOIRE SUR LA MARINE DE 1750. Ca. 1750. 1 vol. folio. 260 manuscript pp. (pp. 101 to
120 not present). Contemporary full vellum. Scarce unpublished manuscript, study on the parctical aspects of
the French Navy in the 18th century. It is organized in five parts: the first is dedicated to the main French
harbours, the second to the officers and any members of the Navy or the harbours. The third is a treatise on
the use of the different varieties of wood (13 kinds). The fourth contains the instructions to arm a vessel
according to the number of the crew, it gives the example of the kind of food or guns you have to take for
1,000 sailors. The last part is dedicated to the merchant ships. A very complete work giving a concrete vision of
the French Navy in the 18th century.
$ 2 750,00
89. MARINE. -LISTE DES VAISSEAUX, FREGATES, CORVETTES, CHEBECS & GALLIOTES À BOMBE, QUI COMPOSENT LA
MARINE DE FRANCE 1779. MONSIEUR, FRERE DU ROI GRAND AMIRAL DE FRANCE. Permis d'imprimer & distribuer à
Nantes, le 27 Février 1769, Chiron. 4 pp. 4to. Very scarce copy of this official publication that gives the list of
the vessels in Brest, Rochefort and Toulon, under the command of the Comte d'Estaing, as well as the list of
the vessels and frigates composing the British Navy in 1779 (Porstmouth, Plymouth, Chalin, Scheerne and
Port Volviers). Those vessels are the one who were engaged in the American Revolution. Fine copy. $ 990,00
90. MAURY (MATTHEW FONTAINE). -INSTRUCTIONS NAUTIQUES DESTINÉES À ACCOMPAGNER LES CARTES DE VENTS ET
DE COURANTS... Paris, Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, Imprimeurs de l’Institut et du Ministère
de la Marine, rue Jacob, 56, 1859. 1 vol. folio. 23 folding plates (3 coloured) on 22 ll. Contemporary blue
sheep. First and only French edition of this important work of nautical instructions by the famous Matthew
Fontaine Maury, "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology" (1806-1873). The present work
presents to sailors through tables the more intelligent ways to take depending on the time of the year. These
tables come with notes on the roads and after studies on winds and streams. Fine copy.
$ 2 750,00
91. MOZIN (CHARLES). -[MARINE]. Paris, Londres.
Goupil et Cie, Editeurs, Imp. Lemercier à Paris.
[1851]. 1 vol. oblong 4to. 36 lithographed and
watercolored plates. Ancient boards. Very rare set of
watercolored engravings featuring maritime scenes in
Normandy at the beginning of the 19th century, by
Charles Mozin (1806-1862). It was published in 6 parts
of 6 plates. The 36 scenes, nicely hand-colored and
very well documented (Mozin worked with ships’
model to be more precise), give an idea of the life of
these people who made a living from the sea, accurate
depiction of various ships, fishing scenes, etc. Fine
copy.
$ 4 950,00
92. PEZENAS (ESPRIT). -NOUVELLE MÉTHODE POUR LE JAUGEAGE DES SEGMENTS DES TONNEAUX, OU SOLUTION D'UN
PROBLÉME PROPOSÉ PAR KEPLER, À TOUS LES GÉOMÉTRES SUR LES PROPORTIONS DES SEGMENTS D'UN TONNEAU COUPÉ
PARALLÈLEMENT À SON AXE... A Marseille, Sibié, sur le Port, 1742. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 tables, 1 folding plate (1 missing).
Contemporary full calf. First and only edition edition of this utmost rare text. Not in Polak or Supplément,
only three libraries reference the book. It is one of the first work by Pezenas, ordered by Maurepas, dealing
with the gauging of the barrels. Fine copy.
$ 1 320,00
93. RENAU D'ELISSAGARAY (BERNARD). -DE LA THÉORIE DE LA MANŒUVRE DES VAISSEAUX. Paris, Michallet,
1689. 1 vol. 8vo. Engraved half-title, 25 engraved folding plates. Contemporary full calf. Rare first edition of
this treatise of nautical science, one of the first of its kind, written by one of the important figures of the Louis
XIV Navy, Bernard Renau d’Eliçagaray (1652-1719). Known as "Petit Renau", he was a famous scientist,
theoretician, sailor. With him and his innovations (especially in shipbuilding), the French Navy, became a real
rival for the English Navy. The present text, that requires technical and scientifical skills, is an important
treatise given to the sailors the best way to
take advantage of the wind.
$ 2 750,00
94. [ROUX (ANTOINE)]. -[CARNET
D'ATELIER DESSINS ORIGINAUX / SKETCH BOOK
FROM THE ARTIST'S WORKSHOP]. 1790. Sans
lieu, 1790. 1 vol. oblong folio. [14] ll. with
20 original drawings (16 in pencil, 4 wash
drawings). Contemporary half vellum.
Remarkable set of original drawings by
the naval painter Antoine Roux (17651835), the most famous of the dynasty.
He was famous for its ship’s portraits: 11
of them in the present set, most of them
belonged to the French Navy. Those pencil drawings are followed by some wash drawings depicting
Mediterranean landscapes and harbors (Toulon’s Baye). Exceptional work.
$ 37 400,00
95. TEMPLE (LOUIS DU). -DU SCAPHANDRE ET DE SON EMPLOI À BORD DES NAVIRES PAR M.L. DU TEMPLE,
LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU, PROFESSEUR DE MACHINES À VAPEUR AU PORT DE BREST. ACCOMPAGNÉ DE 2 PLANCHES.
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Editeur, Librairie Maritime et scientifique, Rue Hautefeuille, 21. [1860]. 1 vol. 8vo. 2
plates (1 folding, 1 double). Publisher illustrated wrappers. First and only edition of this work dedicated to
Cabirol’s diving suit. This suit represents an important step to security, and won the silver medal at the
Exposition Universelle in Paris. Louis Temple, ship lieutenant, offers in this work a description of this suit, the
mechanisms involve, the circumstances when it can useful and some safety procedures. Fine copy of this nicely
illustrated work.
$ 2 750,00
96. VIAUD (PIERRE). -NAUFRAGE ET AVENTURES DE M. PIERRE VIAUD NATIF DE ROCHEFORT, CAPITAINE DE NAVIRE.
Bordeaux, Paris, 1780. 1 vol. 8vo. Contemp. full calf. Fine copy of this edition from Bordeaux of this account
of Captain Viaud’s adventures, and his terrible shipwreck. The book places Viaud at St. Domingue in late
1766. Before returning to France he made a business deal for a voyage from Caye de St. Louis to Louisiana
with the brigantine Le Tigre, with sixteen passengers. The ship encountered bad weather and on February 16,
1767, wrecked off Dog Island (directly opposite the present day fishing town of Carrabelle). Amid much
difficulty they got ashore. The survivors patched a leaky pirogue, and some men departed in it, never to be
seen again. Viaud, his slave, Madame La Couture, and her son constructed a raft. The sick boy was left behind
but the others made it to the mainland. From there they undertook a tortured trip toward St. Marks. Along the
way, they became so weak from hunger that Viand killed his slave, and the deceased chattel became their main
item of food. An English rescue party found and save them. Later, Madame La Couture and her son returned
to Louisiana. Viaud sailed to New York and eventually home to France. A very desirable copy.
$ 1 320,00
Military - Naval tactics
97. ANDREU DE BILISTEIN (CHARLES LÉOPOLD). -INSTITUTIONS MILITAIRES POUR LA FRANCE, OU LE VÉGÈCE
FRANÇOIS - FRAGMENS MILITAIRES, POUR SERVIR DE SUITE AU VEGECE FRANCOIS. Amsterdam, E. van Harrevelt, 17621763. 2 parts in 1 vol in-8°. Contemp. bind. Original and unique edition of these two unusual works due to
Charles Léopold Andreu Bilistein (1724-1777): physiocrat, hydrologist, agriculturalist, demographer,
adventurer, his life is marked by numerous trips (North Rhine-Westphalia, Holland, Prussia, Poland, Russia,
France) and meetings (Casanova). Commercial Counsellor of Catherine II, he was probably murdered. His
ideas led him to suggest to the king the development of the city of Nancy (1778). In France, Russia and Prussia,
kings built canals he imagine. The first text includes a memory on subsistence of an army, and on
contributions. Fine copy.
$ 605,00
98. BRÜHL (HANS MORITZ VON). -ECOLE DE L'OFFICIER, CONTENANT UNE MÉTHODE FACILE & ABRÉGÉE DE LEVER UN
GÉOMÉTRIE ORDINAIRE, UN PETIT TRAITÉ DE LA FORTIFICATION PASSAGÈRE, & DES RÉFLEXIONS
SUR L'ART DE LA GUERRE. TRADUIT DE L'ALLEMAND PAR MAURICE, COMTE DE BRÜHL. Paris, Claude-Antoine Jombert,
1770. 1 vol. 8vo. 9 folding plates. Contemporary full vellum. Fine copy of this only French edition of this
“temporary fortification” treatise, used during the Seven Years' war. Very attractive copy in a binding specially
made for an officer.
$ 1 045,00
PLAN SANS L'USAGE DE LA
99. [FORTIFICATION - MANUSCRIT. - FORTIFICATION AND SURVEYING.] Sans lieu ni date, ca. 1680-1700. 1 vol.
4to. 1-116, 113-130, 118-166 manuscript pp., [5] ll. Numerous in-text illustrations, 37 folding fullpage
illustrations (2 handcoloured). Contemporary cardboard. Interesting and rich manuscript from the end of the
17th century, with several treatise dedicated to fortification (from Errard, Deville, Pagan), and surveying. An
entire chapter deals with the rules to follow for the colouring of various elements in plans. It is richly illustrated
with schemes and plans.
$ 2 750,00
100. [GRAVELOT (H-FRANÇOIS) - ORDONNANCE DU ROI DE L'EXERCICE DE L'INFANTERIE].
-PLANCHES GRAVÉES D'APRÈS PLUSIEURS POSITIONS DANS LESQUELLES DOIVENT SE TROUVER LES SOLDATS, CONFORMÉMENT
À L'ORDONNANCE DU ROI DE L'EXERCICE DE L'INFANTERIE. DU 1ER JANVIER 1766. [A Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale,
1766]. 1 vol. 4to. 1 engraved title, 10 plates with 36 fig. (9 doubles, 9 foldings). Contemp. green vellum. Scarce
copy of this book of plates by Gravelot and engraved by Guillaume de Le Haye, illustrating the "Ordonnance
du Roi" of January 1st 1766. Only one copy referenced on World Cat. Fine copy.
$ 2 750,00
101. [KNOCK ( G.) - CÖNTGEN (H)]. -REFLEXIONS MILITAIRES SUR DIFFERENS OBJETS DE LA GUERRE. Frankfurt &
Leipzig, Knoch et Eslinger, 1762. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 folding plates. Contemporary full glazed calf. Rare first edition
of this treatise reflecting the evolutions of military conflicts after the Seven Years War. According to Barbier,
the work was written by G. Knock (initial on the title page) who is also the publisher. Fine copy, nicely bound.
$ 880,00
102. LE COINTE (JEAN-LOUIS). -LA SCIENCE DES POSTES MILITAIRES OU TRAITÉ DES FORTIFICATIONS DE CAMPAGNE,
À L'USAGE DES OFFICIERS PARTICULIERS DE L'INFANTERIE QUI SONT DÉTACHÉS À LA GUERRE : DANS LESQUEL ON A COMPRIS
LA MANIERE DE SE DÉFENDRE & DE LES ATTAQUER. Paris, 1759 1 vol. 8vo. 10 folding plates with 52 figures engraved
by Patte. Contemporary green morocco with the arms of the Marquis of Argentueil, Jean-Louis-Marie Le
Bascle. Fine copy of this first edition of this military work by Jean-Louis Le Cointe de Marcillac.
$ 2 750,00
103. [MANUSCRIT, MILITARIA]. -ETAT DES GOUVERNEMENTS MILITAIRES TANT GENERAUX QUE PARTICULIERS ET
ETATS MAJORS DES PLACES DU ROYAUME ANNEE 1773. [Ca. 1773]. 1 vol. 12mo. [7] ll. (Engraved title completed
with ink, Introduction, Table), 117 double ll. The text is written by hand with black and red ink, pages framed
with a red line. Contemporary full red morocco, black morocco box. Very interesting manuscript document
given information on the French military places in 1773, one year before Louis XV’s death. Precious item,
carefully written and nicely bound.
$ 7 150,00
104. SAINT AUBAN (ANTOINE BARATIER,
MARQUIS DE). -ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES. [INCLUANT]
MÉMOIRE SUR LES NOUVEAUX SYSTÊM
D'ARTILLERIE [SUIVI DE]
OBSERVATIONS ET
EXPÉRIENCES SUR L’ARERIE. [SUIVI DE] DISCUSSION
SUR
LES
EFFETS
DES
PIÈCES
DE
CANON
DE
DIFFÉRENTES LONGUEURS.
[SUIVI DE] DE L’USAGE
DES ARMES À FEU ; PAR LE COMMANDEUR
D’ANTONI. TRADUIT DE L’ITALIEN PAR M. LE
MARQUIS DE SAINT-AUBAN. ETC. Paris,
Jombert, ou Alethopolis, ca. 1770-1785. 5
vols. 8vo. 6 tables and 6 folding plates.
Contemporary full calf. Very scarce set of the
complete works by Antoine Baratier,
Marquis de Saint Auban, important figure for the artillery in the 18th century, identically bound for his library
and with his bookplate. He took part of all the battles of Louis XV reign, and his works on artillery are
regarded as references. In this set, all his known works (which are rare on the market) as well as publications in
scientific papers. Fine set of this important work for artillery in the 18th century.
$ 3 080,00
Atlas
105. BELLIN (JACQUES-NICOLAS). -DESCRIPTION GÉOGRAPHIQUE DES DÉBOUQUEMENS QUI SONT AU NORD DE L'ISLE DE
SAINT DOMINGUE AVEC DES CARTES ET DES
PLANS DES ISLES QUI FORMENT CES PASSAGES, ET
DES DANGERS QUI S'Y TROUVENT... A Paris,
Didot. 1768. 1 vol. 4to. Engraved title, 34
engraved maps (16 doubles, 2 foldings), 1
engraved border by Choffard. [5]
manuscript pp. Contemporary full calf. Rare
first edition of this routier of the Caribean
Sea by the famous French hydrographer
Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772). Bellin gathered
in this work sailing directions for the waters
north of St. Domingo. The copy certainly
belonged to a sailor: in front of the title page
there is a manuscript page giving the way to
change a tiller on board, and in-fine, a letter
with sailing instructions for the Sea Islands
(Amelia and Cumberland Islands).
$ 3 300,00
106. DU CAILLE (LOUIS-ALEXANDRE). [RIZZI-ZANNONI (GIOVANNI BAPTISTA ANTONIO). ANVILLE (JEANBAPTISTE BOURGUIGNON D’)]. -ETRENNES GÉOGRAPHIQUES. A Paris, chez Ballard, Imprimeur du Roi, Rue St Jean
de Beuavais à Ste Cecile Et aux Spectacles. Avec permission. [1766]. 1 vol. 16mo. Engraved allegorical
frontispiece, engraved title, 26 double-page maps with handcoloured borders. Contemporary red morocco.
Charming pocket atlas by Du Caille, containing 26 maps reduced by Rizzi-Zannoni, very nicely handcoloured.
It counts two world maps, Europe, Asia, Africa, America (2), Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
France (5), Netherlands and a Belgium, Germany (7), Prussia, Portugal and Spain, Italy. The book is entirely
engraved by Durand and Le Roy. Lovely copy in red morocco.
$ 1 980,00
107. [JOLLAIN (GÉRARD IER)]. -TRESOR DES CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES DES PRINCIPAUX ESTATS DE LUNIVERS. Ce
vend A Paris, chez Jollain rue St Jaque a la Ville de Cologne. (ca. 1659 ou 1660). 1 vol. oblong 8vo. 38
engraved maps. Ancient full calf. Very rare first edition by Jollain of one of the first world atlas of this shape
published in France. It is inspired from Mercator-Hondius "Atlas minor", and shows the popularity of this atlas,
but it marks also the beginning of the period (until the end of 18th century) of
the French preeminence in the cartographic production (d’Anville, de l’Isle,
Bellin, Le Rouge, etc.). The caption of the maps are all (except one, n°12) in
French (with fanciful spellings and names). Korea is depicted twice as an
island. Fine copy with contemporary manuscript captions in Latin. Mireille
Pastoureau, Les Atlas français XVI-XVII siècle, pp. 497-500. Philipps 477 (édition de 1667).
Not in JCB
$ 12 650,00
HAVRE] -PLANS DES
PRINCIPAUX PORTS DE FRANCE TOUS RÉDUITS SUR LA MÊME ÉCHELLE. S.l.n.d. [Ca.
1790]. 1 vol. 4to. 1 engraved title, 35 simple ll. with 42 plans of harbours, 4
double leaves with 4 plans. Ancient quarter green vellum. Utmost rare set of
engraved plans of the French harbors. The library of Le Havre keeps a
manuscript of 35 leaves, of similar seize with the present text, untitled: “Plans
des principaux ports de France réduits sur la même échelle, par La Serre,
ingénieur des Ponts et chaussées au Havre”, certainly the original version of
this completely engraved version. Very few copies were printed, and this one
counts four double plates (Toulon, Rochefort, Brest, Lorient) not present in
the manuscript. The plans are very detailed. Attractive copy of this beautiful
and rare work.
$ 4 950,00
108. [LA SERRE,
INGÉNIEUR DES
PONTS
ET CHAUSSÉES AU
109. [MANUSCRIT]. -[TRAITÉ DE GÉOGRAPHIE]. Sans lieu ni date (1777). 1 vol. folio. Numerous illustrations,
black and red ink. Contemporary vellum. Scientific manuscript from the 18th century. The anonymous author
describes all the countries known at that time.
$ 1 980,00
RICHMOND, SURREY). -A GENERAL AND CLASSICAL ATLAS: ACCOMPANIED WITH A
CONCISE TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOGRAPHY; AND WITH A FEW PRACTICAL REMARKS ON THE APPLICATION OF MAPS
TO THE PURPOSE OF INSTRUCTION. BY THE REV. EDWARD PATTESON, M.A. OF RICHMOND, SURREY. Printed for the
author, by G.A. Wall, Richmond: and sold, in London by Messrs. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Mr.
Faden (et al.) ... 1804. 1 vol. in-folio . Scarce original edition of this fine school atlas by Edward Patteson. A
fine copy in original binding, complit with the 2 engraved hemisphere plates and 32 hand-coloured engraved
maps nicely hand coloured.
$ 2 640,00
110. PATTESON (EDWARD,
OF
Science and Technology
111. [ALBERTUS PARVUS LUCIUS, DIT LE PETIT ALBERT]. -SECRETS MERVEILLEUX DE LA MAGIE NATURELLE &
CABALISTIQUE DU PETIT ALBERT, TRADUIT EXACTEMENT SUR L’ORIGINAL LATIN, INTITULÉ ALBERTI PARVI LUCII,
LIBELLUS DE MIRABILUS NATURAE ARCANIS. ENRICHI DES FIGURES MYSTÉRIEUSES & LA MANIÈRE DE LES FAIRE. A Lion,
Chez les Heritiers de Beringos Fratres à l’Enseigne d’Agrippa. M DCC VI. (1706). 1 vol. 16mo. 10 plates (5
folding), 4 illustrations. Quarter black morocco (19th century). Early French edition (the third) of this famous
work of magic recipes and formula. Fine copy of this scarce edition.
$ 1 760,00
112.
[ARCHITECTURE.
MANUSCRIT]. -[MANUEL
ARCHITECTES
COMPOSÉ
DE
À
INGENIERIE.
L’USAGE
DES
DIVERS
TRAITÉS
D’INGÉNIERIE, DE GÉOMÉTRIE ET D’ARCHITECTURE.
ANONYME. HANDBOOK
-/
FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS
COMPOSED WITH VARIOUS TREATISES OF ENGINEERING,
/ ANONYMOUS]. [Paris,
ca. 1750]. 1 vol. 4to. [189] manuscript ll. (brown
ink) illustrated with numerous pencil and ink
drawings (2 on full page). Contemporary full calf.
Rare set of manuscript unpublished treatises,
written in the 18th century, and composing a very
complete handbook for architects. The nine texts
are dedicated to various fields such as land
surveying, hydrostatics, mensuration, engineering
and masonry. From generalities to very accurate instructions based on mathematical demonstrations or a solid
experience as an architect, the author of this work gives to his reader everything he needs to appropriate the
different parts of the profession. The manuscript is carefully written and finely illustrated with schemes or
drawings depicting buildings, bridges, stairs, chimney, fountains, etc.
$ 8 250,00
GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURE
113. ARCONS (CÉSAR D'). -LE SECRET DU FLUX ET REFLUX DE LA MER, ET DES LONGITUDES DÉDIÉ À LA SAPIENCE
ÉTERNELLE. Rouen, L. Maurry, 1655. 1 vol. 12mo. 12 schemes and 4 tables. Contemporary ivory vellum.
Original edition of this surprising treatise of César D’Arcons ( ?-1681), jurist, engineer, physician, and lawyer
but also scholar and theologian, who abandoned a law career for the sea.
$ 2 750,00
114. BERTHELOT (DANIEL). [MANUSCRIT]. -LA VIE DES ASTRES. S.L., 21 mars 1906. 3 booklets 8vo.
Around 70 manuscript ll. (rough copy, notes, preparatory and final text). Modern slip case. Original
manuscript of a conference dedicated to the origin of the solar system, the nature and the environment of the
planets and apparition of life. One of the first scientific text on the habitability of the planets by other living
beings, with a testimony of luminous phenomenon from Mars. Gripping document by this pioneer of
exobiology.
$ 3 850,00
115. BLANCHARD (JEAN-PIERRE FRANÇOIS). -[RECUEIL DE DOCUMENTS SUR LES EXPÉRIENCES AÉROSTATIQUES DE
BLANCHARD, EN EUROPE ET AUX ETATS-UNIS, DE 1785 À 1806.] 1785-1806. Set of 37 manuscript documents
(complete collation on request). Kept in a 18th century portfolio. Rich set of manuscripts regarding the
aerostatic experiences or the life of Jean-Pierre-François Blanchard, the first aeronaut who crossed the Channel
Sea in balloon and to perform a flight in the United States. Among these documents, three letters by Blanchard
(two of his hand, one signed), six documents related to him and testifying of the enthusiasm of his
contemporaries for his discoveries and experiences (including one by Boissy d'Anglas), 28 letters are addressed
to him by famous scientists, prestigious princes from European courts, as well as American politicians. With
these documents, one can see which kind of man Blanchard was, dynamic and passionate, travelling around
the world to push back the limits and going further in the conquest of the airs. Exceptional set on this pioneer
of aerostatics.
Sold
116. [CARON (PIERRE LE). PLATEARIUS (MATTHAEUS)]. -LE GRANT HERBIER EN FRANÇOIS. CONTENANT LES
QUALITEZ, VERTUS, PROPRIÉTEZ DES HERBES, ARBRES, GOMMES & SEMENCES. EXTRAICT DE PLUSIEURS TRAICTEZ DE
MEDICINE COMME DE AVICENNE, DE RASIS, DE CONSTANTIN DE ISAAC & PLATAIRE, SELON LE COMMUN USAGE. BIEN
CORRECT. Imprimé à Paris, par Pierre le
Caron. [1498-1499]. 1 vol. folio. 126 ll.
(double column, 52-53 lines), 308 wood
engravings, printer device on title page
and on recto of colophon leaf. 18th
century full vellum (tinted in green).
Utmost scarce incunabula Parisian
edition of the famous “Grant Herbier en
François”, which was used as a model for
the following editions. Only referenced
copy in private hands of this work by
Pierre Le Caron, who was the first to
illustrate it with French woodcuts. only
three libraries reference this corrected
and enhanced version. According to our
researches, the present copy would be
the only one in private hands. The
extensive index which is printed on the lastest 16 pages, lists the plants according to their medicinal use;
prescriptions against nervous diseases are followed by a list of plants recommended for the eye, ear, nose,
teeth, stomach, skin, etc. Then the herbs are listed in alphabetical order. The 308 woodcuts of plants and
animals are printed within a line border and are here extant in brilliant impressions. Precious copy of this
cornerstone book in history of French printed herbarium.
$ 62 700,00
117. CASSINI (JEAN-DOMINIQUE IV). -VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE
DU ROI EN 1768, POUR ÉPROUVER LES MONTRES MARINES INVENTÉES
PAR M. LE ROY, PAR M. CASSINI, FILS. AVEC LE MÉMOIRE SUR LA
MEILLEURE MANIÈRE DE MESURER LE TEMS EN MER, QUI A REMPORTÉ
LE PRIX DOUBLE AU JUGEMENT DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES
SCIENCES. CONTENANT LA DESCRIPTION DE LA MONTRE À
LONGITUDES, PRÉSENTÉE À SA MAJESTÉ LE 5 AOÛT 1766. PAR M.
LE ROY L'AÎNÉ, HORLOGER DU ROI. A Paris, rue Dauphine,
Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour
l'Artillerie & le Génie, à l'Image Notre-Dame. M. DCC.
LXX. 1770. 1 vol. 4to. 1 folding map, 9 folding plates.
Ancient boards. First and only edition of the account of the
second travel to trial Pierre Le Roy's chronometer, in
America and Morocco. The author, Jean-Dominique Cassini
(1748-1845), was the astronomer of the expedition. In the first
part, he describes the travel, with interesting developments on
cod fishing in Newfound-land, and Salé in Morocco. In the
second he gives a very detailed report of his astronomical
observations (“telles que je les ai rapportées dans le registre
original remis à l’académie“, Preface). The third is devoted to
the use of naval chronometer.
$ 5 720,00
118. CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). -VOYAGE EN CALIFORNIE
POUR L'OBSERVATION DU PASSAGE DE VÉNUS SUR LE DISQUE DU SOLEIL, LE
3 JUIN 1769 ; CONTENANT LES OBSERVATIONS DE CE PHÉNOMÈNE, & LA
DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DE LA ROUTE DE L'AUTEUR À TRAVERS LE
MEXIQUE. PAR FEU M. CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE, DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE
DES SCIENCES. RÉDIGÉ & PUBLIÉ PAR M. DE CASSINI FILS, DE LA MÊME
ACADÉMIE, DIRECTEUR EN SURVIVANCE DE L'OBSERVATOIRE ROYAL DE
PARIS, &C. A Paris, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi
pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, rue Dauphine à l'Image Notre-Dame.
M. DCC. LXXII. 1772. 1 vol. 4to. 1 folding plan of Mexico city, 1
folding table, 3 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf. First
edition of one of the earliest scientific mission in California, sent by
the French Académie des Sciences to observe the Transit of Venus
in 1769. Sabin describes the account as: ''A thrilling account of a
race against time to reach Lower California before the transit of
Venus occurred. After nerve-racking delays, which began in Spain,
and narrow escapes from disaster, the goal was reached late in May.
Two days after the transit was observed a malignant fever spread
through the little group and Chappe d'Auteroche [1728-1769], who
nursed the sick and dying, took it himself and died on the first of
August."
$ 7 700,00
119. CÔTES (ROGER). -LEÇONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPÉRIMENTALE SUR L'ÉQUILIBRE DES LIQUEURS, & SUR LA NATURE &
LES PROPRIÉTÉS DE L'AIR. TRADUITES DE L'ANGLOIS DE M. R. CÔTES, PROFESSEUR DE PHYSIQUE EXPÉRIMENTALE À
CAMBRIDGE. A Paris, Chez David fils, Libraire ruë Saint Jacques, à la Plume d'or. M.DCC.XLII. 1742. 1 vol.
8vo. 6 folding plates. Contemporary half-sheep. First edition of the French translation by Lemonnier. “Cotes
was a close friend of Newton, who selected him to edit and write the preface for the second edition of the
Principia in 1713. He succeeded Newton as Lucasian professor at Trinity College in 1706. These lectures were
among the earliest of their kind given in England. The appendix contains the only English translation of
Newton's Scale of Degrees of Heat, his law of cooling. Also a paper by Halley and two by Dr. Jurin”. (Babson
collection n° 162).
$ 880,00
120. DARWIN (ERASMUS). -ZOONOMIE, OU LOIS DE LA VIE ORGANIQUE, PAR ERASME DARWIN, DOCTEUR EN
MÉDECINE, MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE LONDRES, AUTEUR DU JARDIN BOTANIQUE, ETC. A Gand, 1810-1811. 4
vols. 8vo. 6 hand-coloured plates, 5 engraved plates (1 folding). First French edition illustrated with 11 plates
dealing with the retina and ocular spectrum, and one impressive depicting a chair to correct the distortion of
the spine. The present book is the main work by Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), and the result of 20 years
researches. Dictionnary of Scientific Biography, III, pp. 577-581: "his major treatise on medicine and natural
science". Fine copy.
$ 2 750,00
121. DORTOUS DE MAIRAN (JEAN-JACQUES). -DISSERTATION SUR LA GLACE, OU EXPLICATION PHYSIQUE DE LA
FORMATION DE LA GLACE, & DE SES DIVERS PHÉNOMÈNES. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1749. 1 vol. 12mo.
Frontispiece, 5 folding plates. Contemporary marbled calf. Rare early treatise on Ice. Hoover coll. 554; the first
edition of this book on the formation of ice appeared at Bordeaux in 1716. The frontisp. depicts a glacier in
the mountains, the other snow cristals. His other book published in 1731 was: Traité physique et historique de
l'Aurore and was also an early book on this subject.
$ 715,00
122. GLAUBER (JOHANN RUDOPH). -LA PREMIÈRE PARTIE DE L’ŒUVRE MINÉRALE, OÙ EST ENSEIGNÉE LA SÉPARATION
DE L’OR DES PIERRES À FEU, SABLE, ARGILE, & AUTRES FOSSILES, PAR L’ESPRIT DE SEL CE QUI NE SE PEUT FAIRE PAR
AUTRE VOYE. COMME AUSSI UNE PANACÉE, OU MEDECINE UNIVERSELLE, ANTIMONIALE, & SON USAGE. PAR JEAN RUDOLPHE
GLAUBER. ET MISE EN FRANÇOIS PAR LE SR DU TEIL. A Paris, Jolly, 1659. Six parts in 1 vol. 8vo. 64, 48, 111 pp.
(the three parts of the “Œuvre minérale”), 22 (“La Teinture de l’or”), 63 (“Traité de la medicine universelle”),
64 (“La Consolation des navigants”). Contemporary full calf. First French edition of these scarce texts by
Glauber (1604-1670), known to be the last of the alchemist and the first chemical engineers, and to have
discover the sodium sulfate, or “Glauber’s salt”. Fine copy.
$ 4 180,00
123. [H]ORTUS
SANITATIS.
-D E
ANIMALIBUS ET REPTILIBUS.
PISCIBUS ET NATATILIBUS.
NASCE(N)TIBUS.
MEDICINALIS
DE
CUM
HERBIS ET PLANTIS.
DE
VOLATILIBUS. DE
DE AVIBUS ET
DE LAPIDIBUS ET
IN TERRE VENIS
URINIS ET EARUM SPECIEBUS.
DIRECTORIO
GENERALI
PER
TABULA
OMNES
Strassburg, Johan Pruss, not after 21
october, 1497. 1 vol. fol. (300 x 210 mm) , ff. 360, two
columns, 55 lines, with large woodcut of scholar seated
at lectern and four students on verso of title, 1 large
woodcut of a human skeleton, 1 large woodcut of a
physician and apothecary in an apothecary’s shop, and
1063 woodcuts of plants, animals, etc. in text, capital
spaces with guide letters, several capitals supplied in
red. Contemp. vellum. First Pruss edition, a fine copy
of the first reprinting of the Hortus sanitatis (first Mainz
1491). This edition is rare, and was the prototype for all
subsequent editions. The Hortus sanitatis, in its many
editions and translations was the most popular and
influential herbal of its time, and served as an
encyclopaedia of the plant, animal, and mineral
kingdoms and the medical applications of their
products. Pruss was the man who really profited by the
edition of the Latin Hortus (Meydenbach could not issue a second edition); for his editions are printed with
wide economy of paper, the whole text of Meydenbach's book is brought on 360 leaves (instead of 453) by the
use of 55 lines to the column and a smaller type. Instead of the 7 full-page woodcuts of the Mainz original,
Pruss gives three other full-page cuts, the first and third of which are taken from Brunschwig's Cirurgia, the
second (the human skeleton) from Brunschwig's Anatomia
( an appendix to the Chirurgia). Pruss seems to have used
Gruninger's woodblocks for these cuts. The text cuts are
copied from those of Meydenbach, but sometimes several of
them are used twice, if similar figures were involved. The
most interesting of the new cuts are some of the genre
pictures (especially those to the parts on zoology and
mineralogy), for the draughtsman worked on these more
individually with regard to the costumes, which represent
those in use in Alsace at that time. The woodcut of the
human skeleton a pears here for the first time in an edition
of the Herbals, and was added to nearly all the following
Latin, French, and also to some German editions of the
Hortus up to about 1540. This skeleton picture represents,
from a graphic viewpoint, the best that was published of this
kind before Vesalius . Generally speaking, this edition of
Pruss, and not the original edition of Meydenbach, seems to
have been the model for all the later Latin editions of the
Hortus and its translations into French and German' (Klebs,
“Early herbals”). The Pruss edition is the first appearance of
this group of woodcuts, and became the model for all
subsequent Hortus editions and vernacular versions. Many of
the genre cuts derive from images on playing cards. The date
is based on a manuscript note of purchase dated October 21
1497 in the Arnold Arbonetorum copy described by Joseph
Frank Payne, on the Herbarius and Hortus Sanitatis,
transactions of the Bibliographical Society, vol VI, part 1, p.
115-7 (1901). In addition, we know that the edition was on
sale by November 12 of the same year. As the skelton cut is copied from Brunschwig’s Cirurgia, printed in July
1497 (Gruninguer, Sraassburg, Hain 4018), the Hortus must have been printed sometime between July and
October 1497. Klebs, Early Herbals 47; Nissen, 2364.
$ 159 500,00
TRACTATUS.
124. JACQUINOT (DOMINIQUE). -L'USAGE DE
L'ASTROLABE AVEC UN PETIT TRAICTÉ DE LA SPHÈRE,
PAR DOMINIQUE JACQUINOT CHAMPENOIS. CORRIGÉ,
ESCLAIRCY
& AUGMENTÉ EN CETTE DERNIÈRE
IMPRESSION SUIVANT LA REFORMATION DU CALENDRIER
PAR DAVID ROBERT DE S. LO EN BASSE NORMANDIE,
FAISANT PROFESSION DES MATHEMATIQUES À PARIS,
PLUS EST ADJOUSTÉ À LA FIN UNE AMPLIFICATION DE
L'USAGE DE L'ASTROLABE PAR IACQUES BASSENTIN
ESCOSSOIS. A Paris, En la Boutique de Hierosme
de Marnef, chez André Sittart au Mont S. Hylaire
à l'enseigne du Pélican, M. DC. XVII. (1617). 1
vol. 12mo. many woodcuts in-text and 1 full-page.
Bookplate. Contemporary vellum. Later edition,
expended and updated, of the first French work
on the astrolabe. Jacquinot's publication, a clear
and comprehenisve introduction in the use of the astrolabe, was based on Stoeffler's Elucidatio fabricae
ususque astrolabii. (Oppenheim, 1513). The author dedicated it to Catherine de Medici, then Dauphine, "who
in her scientific knowledge not only surpassed her contemporaries of her own sex, but also most men. In its
preparation he had the advantage of the advice of M. Paschal du Hamel, the Regius Professor" (Gunther). Two
surviving examples of Moreau's re-issue of Danfrie's astrolabe are to be found: in the Adler Planetarium in
Chicago and in the Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. Fine copy.
$ 3 850,00
125. [KITCHINER (WILLIAM)]. -APICIUS REDIVIVUS; OR, THE COOK'S ORACLE... BEING SIX HUNDRED RECEIPTS, THE
RESULT OF ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS INSTITUTED IN THE KITCHEN OF A PHYSICIAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPOSING A
CULINARY CODE FOR THE RATIONAL EPICURE AND AUGMENTING THE ALIMENTARY ENJOYMENTS OF PRIVATE FAMILIES;
COMBINING ECONOMY WITH ELEGANCE, AND SAVING EXPENSE TO HOUSEKEEPERS, AND TROUBLE TO SERVANTS.
London, Samuel Bagster, 1817. 1 vol. 12mo. 2 engraved plates. Contemporary half calf by Goodwyn of
Tetbury (with binder's label). Scarce first edition of an influential manual which was "written in a down-to-earth
style, and demonstrated Kitchiner's familiarity with the entire process, from shopping, through preparing and
serving the dishes, to cleaning up. It was an acknowledged source of inspiration for Mrs Beeton, and was
mined by the writers of other household guides" (ODNB). Fine copy.
$ 1 870,00
126. [LA BEAULUERE (L.)] MANUSCRIT, MATHÉMATIQUES. -ELEMENS DE GEOMETRIE. TRAITTÉ DES
PROPORTIONS. [SUIVI DE] GEOMETRIE PRATIQUE. Sans lieu ni date, [ca. 1716]. 2 vols. 4to, I. 187 manuscript pp. 25
folding engraved plates (by Vallet). II. 224 manuscript pp. 27folding manuscript plates (19 handcoloured).
Contemporary full calf. Fine set of two manuscript, theory and practice of geometry, illustrated with engraved
(first vol.) and manuscript (second vol.) plates. Fine condition.
Sold
127. [MANUSCRIT]. BRUYAS &
FILS.
-[CATALOGUE
D'OBJETS
MANUFACTURÉS DESSINÉS ET AQUARELLÉS
[MANUSCRIPT AND
FRENCH
TRADE
CATALOGUE]. Lyon, circa 1850. 1 vol.
folio. 159 watercolours. Original full
sheep. Exceptional French hardware
trade catalogue containing 159 fine
and detailed watercolour plates, 6
plates with imprints and one sample
sheet on together 91 leaves. The
depicted wares are keys and locks,
screws,
bells,
many
kitchen
accessoires,
knives,
scissors,
revolvers, bells, etc. Very attractive
set.
$ 28 050,00
À
LA
MAIN].
WATERCOLOUR
128. NEWTON (ISAAC). -TRAITÉ D'OPTIQUE SUR LES RÉFLEXIONS, RÉFRACTIONS, INFLEXIONS ET LES COULEURS DE LA
LUMIÈRE. TRADUIT PAR M. COSTE SUR LA SECONDE ÉDITION ANGLAISE, AUGMENTÉE DE L'AUTEUR. SECONDE ÉDITION
FRANÇAISE, BEAUCOUP PLUS CORRECTE QUE LA PREMIÈRE. A Paris, chez Montalant, Quay des Augustins, du côté du
Pont Saint Michel, 1722. 1 vol. 4to. 12 folding plates, 5 vignettes. Contemporary calf. Second French edition
(first quarto), better than the Amsterdam's one. The book is illustrated with 12 folding plates. Pierre Coste,
Protestant, had to leave France for England where he met Shaftesbury and Locke. They encouraged him to
translate Newton, and his work contributes to spread the English physicist and astronomer on the continent.
Fine copy.
$ 4 950,00
129. [PERRAULT (CLAUDE)]. -DESCRIPTION ANATOMIQUE D’UN CAMÉLÉON, D’UN
CASTOR, D’UN DROMADAIRE, D’UN OURS, ET D’UNE GAZELLE. A Paris, chez Frédéric
Leonard, Impr. ordin. du Roy, rüe S. Iacques, à l’Escu de Venise. 1669. 1 vol.
4to. 5 folding plates. 18th card boards, covered with original painted decorated
paper. First edition of the second publication of the "Parisians", due to Claude
Perrault (1613-1688), leader of the famous group of anatomists in Paris; their
publications mark the beginnings of modern comparative anatomy. In June
1667 the Academy was invited to dissect a thresher shark and a lion which had
died at the royal menagerie. The reports on these dissections were the first of a
long series of anatomical descriptions, which ultimately included those of
twenty-five species of mammals, seventeen birds, five reptiles, one amphibian,
and one fish. "Although some of the discoveries on which the Parisians most
prided themselves (…) had been observed earlier, no such detailed and exact
descriptions and illustrations had been published before."– D.S.B., X, pp. 51920. Claude Perrault is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the
Louvre Palace, but he also achieved success as a physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises
on physics and natural history. Fine copy.
$ 3 850,00
130. PICCOLOMINI (ALESSANDRO). -I. LA SFERA DEL MONDO DI NUOVO DA LUI RIPOLITA, ACCRESCIUTA, & FINO
LIBRI, DI QUATTRO CHE ERANO AMPLIATA. II. DE LE STELLE FISSE LIBRO UNO ; DOVE DI TUTTE LE XLVIII
IMAGIN CELESTI MINUTISSIMAMENTE SI TRATTA ; III. INTITULES CON QUAL GRADO DEL ZODIACO NASCHINO ET
TRAMONTINO LE PRINCIPALI STELLE DEL CIELO. I. In Vinegia, s.d. (vers 1595), II. In Venetia, Per Gio. Varisco, &
Compagni. 2 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Numerous in-text drawings, 47 plates printed on both recto and verso.
Contemporary full vellum. Together 2 important texts of Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian philosopher and
astronomer (1508-1578). Author in his youth of several comedies and translator of the Metamorphoses of
Ovid, he was professor of philosophy at Padua. In astronomy, he was a supporter of the Ptolemaic system.
Those present are his two major works. His "Delle stelle fisse" was the first printed star atlas, it is an important
testimony of the astronomical knowledge of the time. Very popular, the book saw at least 12 editions in the
XVIth century. Our copy has a peculiarity: one of his ownera has crossed diagonally with a pen just inked
some pages and scratched the margins with large cross marks, in order to identify the pages or passages he had
read (?). This owner, at the bottom of the dedication leaf, dated 1564, noted that this year was the birth of
Galileo. Richly illustrated with many geometrical and astronomical drawings, 47 plates.
$ 5 500,00
A SEI
131.
ULLOA
(ANTONIO
DE).
[DARQUIER
DE
PELLEPOIX
(AUGUSTIN)]. -OBSERVATION DE L'ÉCLIPSE DE
SOLEIL DU 24 JUIN 1778 FAITE EN MER SUR
L'ESPAGNE, VAISSEAU AMIRAL DE LA FLOTTE DES
INDES, PAR DOM ANTONIO DE ULLOA, CHEF
D'ESCADRE, COMMANDANT DE LADITE FLOTTE.
TRADUIT DE L'ESPAGNOL PAR M. D.
[DARQUIER DE PELLEPOIX.] SUIVI DE
"OBSERVATIONS DE LA VARIATION DE LA
BOUSSOLE, FAITES SUR "L'ESPAGNE"... DANS LA
TRAVERSÉE DE CADIX AU PORT DE LA
VERACRUZ DANS LES INDES OCCIDENTALES
DEPUIS LE 4 MAI 1776 JUSQUES AU 24 JUILLET
DE LA MÊME ANNÉE" ET DES "OBSERVATIONS
"L'ESPAGNE"... EN 1778, DANS LA TRAVERSÉE DE LA VERACRUZ EN ESPAGNE,
LA HAVANE, DE CELUI-CI AU CAP CANTIN, SUR LA CÔTE D'AFRIQUE, DE CE CAP À SAINTE-CROIX DE
TÉNÉRIFFE, AUX CANARIES, ET DE CELUI-CI À LA BAYE DE CADIX". Sl, sn, 1780. 1 vol. 8vo. 2 folding plates.
Contemporary calf. First and only French edition, of this utmost rare text (in any edition or language), of the
account of the observation of the eclipse of the sun, June 24th 1778, the first realized at sea by Antonio de
Ulloa. The text was translated from Spanish by Augustin Darquier de Pellepoix. It was also the first described
observation of a solar flare (they didn’t know at the time what was this phenomenon: solar flare was not defined
before the 19th century). Very rare in public collection or private hand, it is one of the very rare ancient works
completely dedicated to the observation of eclipse of sun. The author, Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795),
explorer, astronomer, officer, and Spanish governor of Louisiana, was an important actor of the scientific
exploration of the 18th century, famous for his numerous works, and his participation of several America
campaigns. In a 50 pp. development, where one can read how enthusiastic he was, Ulloa gives a remarkable
description of the astronomic phenomenon. He first explains the delicate circumstances of the observation (he
had planned to observe the eclipse from earth), and in spite of the lack of precision of the calculation of the
exact beginning of the phenomenon, he managed to observe it almost completely. He gives the description of
sun spots: « Les taches du Soleil furent vues très distinctement avant et après l’éclipse ; elles étaient au nombre
de six : deux à la partie de l’est du disque, peu distantes l’une de l’autre ; deux vers le milieu du disque, aussi
assez près l’une de l’autre ; et deux enfin vers la partie du Nord, un peu vers Nord-Ouest ». At the end of the
book, two remarkable plates (with an explanatory leaf) give a visual depiction of the phenomenon describes by
the author. Very fresh and attractive copy.
$ 10 450,00
DES VARIATIONS DE LA BOUSSOLE FAITES SUR
SAVOIR DE CE PORT À
132. VIGENERE (BLAISE DE). -TRAICTÉ DU FEU ET DU SEL. EXCELLENT ET RARE OPUSCULE DU SIEUR BLAISE DE
VIGENÈRE BOURBONNOIS, TROUVÉ PARMY SES PAPIERS APRES SON DECEDS. DERNIERE EDITION REVEUË ET CORRIGÉE. A
Rouen, chez Iacques Cailloué, tenant sa Bouticques dans la Court du Palais. M. DC. XLII. (1642). 1 vol. 4to.
Contemporary vellum. New edition of this "traité recherché, mélange curieux d'alchimie, de Kabbale, de
mysticisme, et où l'on trouve la manière de fabriquer de l'or", by Blaise de Vigenère, humanist, known for his
diplomatic career and his research on cryptography. Fine copy.
$ 4 950,00
Litterature, Miniature Books & Varia
133. LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). -CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS,
PAR M. DE LA FONTAINE. Amsterdam, [Paris, Barbou], 1762. 2 vols.
8vo. 80 plates after Eisen, 2 portraits, 6 vignettes by Choffard: 2 on
title-page, 2 headpieces for the first tale of each volume, and 2 fullpage as well as 52 tailpieces by Choffard. Contemporary red
morocco. Superb “Fermiers Généraux” edition of the “Contes et
Nouvelles en vers” by La Fontaine. “The Fermiers Généraux, an
association of the members of which had charge of gathering
certain kinds of taxes, formed “the first financial company in the
kingdom”. Seeking to affirm their position, they commissioned this
edition of La Fontaine's broad and spirited tales, a suitable choice
for men of affairs who had recently risen to prominence and did
not pretend to refined and delicate taste. They were determined
that the book should be the best of its kind: “one of the
handsomest disbursements of witty and sensual money of Louis
XV's reign”. Eisen's eighty designs for La Fontaine are the liveliest
and most adroit that he ever drew. (…) Choffard's tailpieces and
four vignette fleurons form a perfect complement to Eisen's plates.”
(Ray, Art of the French Illustrated Book, 26). In some copies, after
the editor’s intervention, some plates are covered, as for the
present copy for: « Cas de conscience » (II, pp. 143) and « Diable
de Papefiguière » (II, 149). Very pleasant copy, in a contemporary
morocco binding.
$ 14 080,00
134. [ALMANACH]. -LE CALENDRIER DE LA COUR, TIRÉ DES ÉPHÉMÉRIDES, POUR L’ANNÉE BISSEXTILE MIL
SOIXANTE HUIT ; CONTENANT LE LIEU, LE LEVER & LE COUCHER DU SOLEIL
ET DE LA LUNE &C. IMPRIMÉ PAR LA FAMILLE ROYALE ET MAISON DE SA
MAJESTÉ, DU FONDS COLOMBAT. [SUIVI DE] ETRENNES MIGNONES,
CURIEUSES ET UTILES, AVEC PLUSIEURS AUGMENTATIONS & CORRECTIONS,
POUR L’ANNÉE MIL SEPT CENT SOIXANTE-HUIT. Paris, rue st Jacques,
Herissant, imprimeur du Roi, des Cabinet & Maison de sa Majesté.
1768. (I.) ; Paris, chez la veuve Durand, rue des noyers, vis-à-vis Saint
Yves. (II.) 1 vol. 32mo. 2 folding maps. Contemporary full red
morroco, richly gilded, with metallic clasps. Attractive almanack for
the year 1768. It gives historical remarks, various governemental or
clerical orders. It is illustrated with two maps: "France Ecclésiastique"
and "Environs de Paris". Fine copy nicely bound in contemporary red
morroco.
$ 935,00
SEPT CENT
135. [ALMANACH]. -LES ROSES, ÉTRENNES AUX DAMES. SECONDE
A Paris, chez Rosa, Libraire au Cabinet Littéraire, Grande
Cour du Palais Royal, 1815. De l'Imprimerie de Fain. 1 vol. 24mo.
12 watercoloured plates. Original publisher pink boards. Attractive
book illustrated with 12 charming watercolours depicting various kind
of roses and poems. Grand-Carteret 1710: "This lovely little set was
very successful and was reprint several times without any change."
Fine and fresh copy.
$ 528,00
ÉDITION.
136. [ARTISANAT RUSSE / RUSSIAN ARTS]. -[PORTE-CARTE EN IVOIRE À RIVETS D’ARGENT / IVORY
CARDHOLDER]. [Russie, ca. 1860]. 1 box (110 x 81 mm.) in ivory with silver rivets, metallic clasp. Fine 19th
century ivory cardholder. In the second half of 19th century the cardholder were very popular, because of the
generalization of the calling card. If men could keep their cards in the pocket, women had to have this kind of
object. The present item, certainly made by Russian craftsman (very typical motives and use of silver rivet), is
very delicate.
$ 990,00
137. [BIBLE]. -LIBRI JOSUE, JUDICUM, RUTH, REGUM. Rome, Andrea Brugiotto pour l'héritier de Bartolomea
Zannetti, 1624. 1 vol. 24mo. Engraved title. Contemporary full morocco. By Andrea Brugiotto some of the
book of the Old Testament, one of the ten parts of the Bible according to the sixto-clementine vulgate
published by Bartolomea Zannetti. It is very nicely bound in contemporary morocco, decorated "à la Du Seuil"
with extract of Psalms in gold on the boards. Fine copy.
$ 660,00
138. BOSSE (ABRAHAM). -TRAITÉ DES
PRATIQUES
GEOMETRALES
ET
PERSPECTIVES
ENSEIGNÉES
DANS
L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DE LA PEINTURE ET
SCULPTURE... A Paris, chez l'Auteur, en
l'Isle du Palais, sur le Quay vis-à-vis
celuy de la Megisserie, 1665. 1 vol.
8vo. 2 engraved titles (l. 1, p. 47), 1
engraved dedication-leaf, 67 engraved
plates (1 double, 1 with 2 movable
pieces). Contemporary calf. First
edition of this work by the famous
engraver Abraham Bosse (1604-1676),
one of the main artists of the 17th
century, and the first to teach
perspective at the Royal Academy of
Painting and Sculpture according to Desargues’ principles. The present treatise is a defense of those ideas, and
is illustrated with engraved plates (including frontispiece and dedication-leaf) the whole entirely drawn and
engraved by Abraham Bosse. Fine copy.
$ 6 600,00
139. [COLLECTION D'ALMANACHS BRODES . COLLECTION OF EMBROIDERED ALMANACS]. -ETRENNES
MIGNONNES. (SEPT ANNÉES). [SUIVI DE / WITH]
DIARIO ECCLESIASTICO PARA O REINO DE PORTUGAL,
PRINCIPALMENTE PARA A CIDADE DE LISBOA, PARA O ANNO 1808, BISSEXTO. Liège, Dessain et Kints, 1749, 1755,
1767, 1772, 1782, 1786, 1792 ; Lisboa, Na impressam Regia. [1807]. 8 vols. 32mo. The Etrennes mignonnes
are illustrated with medals plates, the Diario Ecclesiastico is illustrated with 1 folding handcoloured map.
Embroidered bindings, some ornamented with painted medallions with motto. Very rich collection of
embroidered almanacs. The embroidered binding was always the sign of the richess and the unicity of the
book. It almost disappears in the 16th and 17th centuries, but in the 18th little almanacs were made with
embroidered bindings again. The present set is composed with
7 Belgian Almanacs (Etrennes mignonnes), but most probably
in Parisians bindings, and with 1 Portuguese almanac:
contemporary embroidered red velvet binding, letter "H"
embroidered with golden thread in the center of the boards,
which are richly decorated with floral patterns, as well as the
spine. Lovely almanack for the year 1808, giving numerous
valuable scientific and historical informations. Exceptional
copies.
$ 19 250,00
140. [PRESENTATION COPY]. RIVIERE (HENRI). -LES TRENTE-SIX
VUES DE LA TOUR EIFFEL. PROLOGUE D'ARSÈNE ALEXANDRE. Paris,
Imprimerie Eugène Verneau, 1888-1902. 1 vol. oblong 4to. 36
lithographs. One of the 500 copies on vellum signed and
numbered by the artist. Fine copy of the unique printing of
this famous work by henri Rivière (1864-1951) one of the most
beautiful Art Nouveau illustrated book, encounter of this
aesthetics with Japonism. Provenance: association copy to
André Houdard from Henri Rivière: "Ces 36 vues du seul
Fouji Yama que nous ayons à Paris".
$ 14 850,00
141. GALILÉE. GALILEO GALILEI. [MINUSCULE / MINIATURE]. -GALILEO A MADAMA CRISTINA DI LORENA (1615).
Padoue, Salmia, 1896 (1897). 1 miniature vol. (17 x 11 mm.). Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary
full shagreen. Scarce miniature edition of the famous letter by Galileo to
Cristina de Lorena, one of the most famous miniature book and probably
the smallest printed scientific work. “For many years this tiny book which
is only half the size of an ordinary postage stamp was considered the
smallest printed from movable type” (Louis Bondy, Miniature Books).
Fine copy.
$ 1 650,00
142. [GRUEL (LÉON) & ENGELMANN. RELIURE]. -LE NOUVEAU
TESTAMENT DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JÉSUS-CHRIST. REVU SUR LE TEXTE GREC PAR
DAVID MARTIN. AVEC DES PARALLÈLES. Bruxelles, au dépôt de la Société
Biblique britannique et étrangère, M DCCC LVII. (1857). 1 vol. 16mo.
Contemporary full red morocco with metallic clasps, red edges with
golden stars (signed Gruel). Belgian edition of the New Testament,
beautifully bound by Gruel. Léon Gruel (1840-1923) one of the scarce
binders who signed his works for these religious books. He is the author
of a famous "Manuel historique et bibliographique de l'amateur de
reliure". Very attractive book.
$ 990,00
143. GUARINI (BATTISTA). [MINUSCULE /
MINIATURE]. -IL PASTOR FIDO, & LE RIME DEL M. ILLUSTRE SIGNOR CAVALIER BATTISTA
GUARINI : ET IN QUESTA NUOVA IMPRESSIONE AGGIUNTOUI VARIE POESIE IN MORTE DELL'AUTORE.
Venise, Appresso Nicolo Misserini, 1627. 1 vol. 24mo (97 x 51 mm.). 5 wood-engraved
scenes. Numerous head-pieces and ornamental initials. Contemporary full red morocco.
Charming and scarce miniature edition of Il Pastor Fido, (OE: 1589, Mettayer),
Giovanni Battista Guarini's (1538-1612, poet and diplomat) main work. This text is a
very successful tragic-comical pastoral, and was translated and published all over Europe.
Haendel wrote an opera based on the play in 1712. Beautiful copy of this finely
illustrated edition, in morocco binding.
$ 1 320,00
144. [IMPRESSION MICROSCOPIQUE]. -DE IMITATIONE CHRITI, LIBRI QUATUOR. Coloniae, Sumptibus
Joannis Leonard, Bibliopolae Bruxellensis. M DC LXXXIV. 1684. 1 vol. 64mo. Contemporary red morocco.
Scarce edition from Cologne, in microscopic types of this beautiful text of devotion. The text is consistent with
the one established by Philippe Chifflet in Lyon, 1680. Provenance: "J.B.S." Marquis de Seignelay, JeanBaptiste Colbert (1651-1690), son of the "Grand Colbert", who followed his father as Ministre de la Marine. He
kept working in the direction his father showed, and made the French Navy the equal of her rivals: the Dutch
and British Navies. Fine copy, beautifully bound and from a pretigious provenance.
$ 660,00
145. LEGOUVE (GABRIEL MARIE). -LE MÉRITE DES FEMMES, NOUVELLE EDITION
AUGMENTÉE DE POÉSIES INÉDITES. PAR LEGOUVÉ. Paris, Louis Janet, Libraire, rue SaintJacques, n°59, 1825 1 vol. 18mo. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf, nicely
decorated with blind and gold stamped and painted motives. Very nice copy of this
book of poetry.
$ 550,00
146. [MARCILLY]. [MINUSCULE / MINIATURE]. -LES RIS, LES JEUX, LES PLAISIRS.
ÉTRENNES CHARMANTES. AN 1812. A Paris, chez Marcilly. Rue St Julien le Pauvre,
N°7. [1811]. 1 vol. 128mo. (30 x 21 mm.). 8 full-page wood-engravings.
Contemporary full gilded red morocco, matching slipcase. Rare edition by Marcilly
of these Etrennes Charmantes. The Almanac counts eight songs, with some
indications for the tune, each are illustrated with a lovely engraved plate; the calendar
for 1812, and advertissement for the publisher. Very nice copy, lovely bound in contemporary red morocco.
$ 1 320,00
147. MINIATURE. -[NOTE BOOK EARLY 19ÉME]. SLND (circa 1820) 1 vol in-24. Rare example of an antique
notebook, made with sheets of specially coated gloss paper to allow delete entries made in pencil tool to
surprisingly Smartphone format that everyone uses today to making this feature notes. It carries the days of the
week printed on the top pages and traces of deleted entries. Charming small object book.
$ 275,00
148. [MINUSCULE / MINIATURE]. -SMALL RAIN UPON THE TENDER HERB. DEUT. XXXII. 2. SEVENTH
EDITION. London, Religions Tract Society, 56, Paternoster Row. [ca. 1840]. 1 vol. (30 x 21 mm.).
Contemporary fill red morocco. Seventh edition of this poopular title, giving biblical extracts for every day of
the year, including February 29th. "Small Rain is the smallest of the religious selections for every day of the
year." (Bromer & Edison, p. 78).
$ 220,00
149. [COLLECTION OF 16 MIGNATURES ADVERTISMENT CALENDERS]. Dusseuil Confiseur, Brest, 1893 ; Au Bon
Marché, Paris, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 ; Parfumerie
Legrand, Paris, 1903 ; Nouvelles Gallerie, Paris, 1903. 16 vols. (ca. 55 x 35 mm.). Publisher illustrated
cardboards. Rare set of advertising diaries for great Parisian shops from 1893 and 1916: Au Bon Marché,
Parfumerie Legrand, Nouvelles Galeries. Almost perfect condition.
$ 1 320,00
150. [PORTEFEUILLE - FIN XVIII° SIÈCLE / PORTFOLIO - END XVIIITH CENTURY]. - 1 vol. 12mo. [4] bl.
Red morocco case. Charming booklet covered with blue silk. The first board is decorated with an original
painting depicting some ancient ruins in a green landscape, the second board is decorated with a mirror.
Lovely item.
$ 715,00