Paris: Chez Bechet Jeune, Libraire, 1827. Second Edition. Half-Leather.
Second edition, revised and enlarged (corrigee et augmentee). Spines repaired, boards lightly rubbed, faintly foxed throughout.
Complete in two volumes. xc, 384; [4], 552 pp. 8vo. Leather spines over marbled boards, marbled edges. 16 engraved plates. A work on the psychology.....
![Item #2325702 Musee de l'Ermitage: Les Grands Maitres de la Peinture [FRENCH TEXT]. Germain Basin](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2325702.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1756491439)
Paris: Cercle d'Art, 1958. Large Hardcover.
Boards lightly faded.
257 pp. French text. A history of the art from the Hermitage Museum with black-and-white illustrations and tipped in color plates.
New York: Dover, 1992. Trade Paperback.
Light edge wear.
When Flowers of Evil was first published in 1857, the book almost immediately became the subject of an obscenity trial, and for several generations afterward its themes of eroticism, lesbianism, revolt and decay earned the author a reputation for depravity and.....
. A Lyon Chez Amble Leroy, 1807. Full-Leather.
Very minor insect wear to spine, bookplates onf front endpapers.
xxiv, 391 pp. Volume 1 of 2. French text. Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king.....
Paris: Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1911. Begule, Lucien. Limited Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition, limited to 300 copies. Rebound with leather spine over marbled boards, with original paper wrappers bound in, gilt titles and double rules, marbled endpapers. Binder's copy, bottom edge of front board a bit faded. Laid in is.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1881. Hard Cover.
Appears to be rebound with new end sheets, with the original spine label laid down. Ink gift note on front flyleaf, a few pages lightly foxed.
viii, 506 pp. French text. A valuable bibliography (in English) follows text, providing publication details for.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1916. Hard Cover.
Front joint base cloth torn, boards soiled, pages toned.
256 pp. Blue boards with gilt titles. Illustration of ship on spine and canon on front board, all edges gilt. French text. 153 gravure illustrations. A history of modern warfare through the middle.....
Paris: Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1802. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First French translation of the work published in English the same year. Lacks the large atlas volume. Rebound with new end sheets. Bottom corner torn from last text page in first volume (no loss of text), faintly foxed throughout.
xxiv.....
Paris: Rue S. Jacques, Chez Antoine-Claude Briasson, 1741. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First French edition. Corners a bit exposed.
159; [160]-301, [3] pp. Full leather, gilt titles and decorations, French marbled endpapers, red edges. A work on chemistry by the influential Enlightenment philosopher best known for L'Homme Machine. La Mettrie's concepts.....
Geneve: Chez Claude Philibert & Barthelemi Chirol. 1770. Reprint. Full-Leather.
1770 reprint, originally published in 1769 in both Geneva and Amsterdam. Bindings appear to be original. Boards a bit rubbed with some loss along front joint of first volume, photographic owner bookplate and small dealer bookplate on front endpapers.
xxvi.....
Paris: Durand, Libraire, 1854. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Former library copies - usual marks.
Two volume set. French text. Maroon morocco spines over matching cloth boards, gilt titiles. An assessment of the philosophical writings of Rene Descartes.
Paris: Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur, 1843. Half-Leather.
Lightly foxed throughout.
xlvi, 475 pp. 12mo. French text. Red leather spine, marbled paper over boards, gilt titles, marbled endpapers. Three philosophical works by Claude Buffier, a Jesuit philosopher, with notes and introduction by Francisque Bouillier. Includes: Traite des premieres verites; Elements de metaphysique; Examen.....
Paris: Le Livre Chez Vous, 2011. Large Hardcover.
Slipcase corners a bit bruised, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
528 pp. French text. Hundreds of color illustrations, providing a detailed account of the uniforms and heraldry of the French cavalry during the First.....
Paris: Histoire & Collections, 1992. Magazine.
French text. Sticker remnant on title page.
82 pp. A French-language magazine series focusing on famous battles of WWII.
Paris: Chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier, Libraires, 1805. Second Edition. Full-Leather.
Second edition. Spine a bit scuffed, fore edge corners exposed, lightly to moderately foxed throughout, ink names and stamps on endpapers.
Complete in two volumes. xliii, 569; 720 pp. French text. Brown leather spines and corners over paper-covered boards.....
. Gallimard, 1947. Mass Market Paperback.
Ink underlining on just a couple pages.
255 pp. Often translated as "The Plague", this French-language novel tells the story of a plague that sweeps through French Algiers.
Roma: Ecole Française de Roma, 1991. Large Hardcover.
Owner bookplate on front endpaper.
viii, 510 pp. 57 black-and-white plates. French text. A 1991 facsimile of the 18th century Italian travelogue, originally published in 1758. Edited by Christian Michel. Cochin was a French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic who worked.....
Paris: Librairie De L. Hachette, 1863. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Smudges on page base, ink name on half-title page.
xi, 687 pp. French text. Comte formulated the doctrine of positivism, and is regarded as the first modern philosopher of science, and a founder of academic sociology.
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Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1877. Soft Cover.
Binding split between pages 304-305, some pages lightly foxed.
x, 462, 4 pp. French text. Auguste Comte was a French philosopher who formulated the doctrine of positivism, and is considered the first modern philosopher of science, and was a significant influence on John Stuart.....
Paris: Charles Houel, 1798. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Rebound: pebbled cloth spine with gilt titles over marbled-paper-covered boards.
484 pp. 8vo. Nine folding plates follow text. French text. A posthumously published work left incomplete upon Condillac's death, which constituted the final volume of his 'Oeuvres.' This and the.....
Paris: S.N., 1789. Hard Cover.
Rebound with new end sheets. Boards rubbed, light stain to top corner of last section of pages, one section of pages bumped on bottom corner.
vi, 228 pp. 12mo. French text. Paper over boards, morocco spine label with gilt titles and decorations. This and the.....
A Londres [Paris]: S.N., 1764. Full-Leather.
Boards rubbed with some loss of gilt on spine and front, a few pages lightly stained along corners, ink name on title page.
viii, 221, [1] pp, French text. Full leather, gilt titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate in text. An anonymous.....
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Germany. Hard Cover.
Printed in Germany, no date or publisher listed. Edge wear with minor loss along top edge, ink name on frontispiece, minor ink marks throughout.
Unpaginated. French text. Front cover depicts a fox and a stork drinking at a table. 4 color plates. The Selected Fables, put into.....
Amsterdam: S.N. [Elie Luzac], 1752. Full-Leather.
Spine leather drying, light stain to front flyleaf.
78, 109, 198, 58, 77, 56, 114 pp. Original full leather, leather spine label, marbled paste-down endpapers. A collection of works by the influential Enlightenment philosopher best known for L'Homme Machine, which takes materialist concepts introduced.....
Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles / D. Jouaust, 1873. Limited Edition. Trade Paperback.
One of 650 copies. Spine faintly creased, binding just beginning to weaken, wrappers lightly soiled.
206 pp. Printer wrappers. Engraved frontispiece portrait of La Mettrie. French text. An essay examining the life and work of the influential Enlightenment.....