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  • 113097_2 113097

    Recherches sur la Constitution des Spectra d'Émission des Éléments Chimiques.

    RYDBERG, J.R.
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    The precursor to bohr's quantum theory. First edition of this significant work that lays out the empirical formulae governing the frequencies of at...

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    Le Nouveau Candide.

    PENROSE, Valentine.
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    Superb association copy - inscribed to André Breton. A superb association copy, inscribed by the author to André Breton on the half-title, 'à André...

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  • 108998_2 108998

    L'Architecture et Art de Bien Bastir

    ALBERTI, Leon Battista.
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    First edition in French. The first edition in French of Leon Battista Alberti's (1404-1472) monumental treatise on the art of building, De re aedif...

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  • Pour Eugenia.

    PICASSO, Pablo.
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    Specially printed presentation copy inscribed by Douglas Cooper to his adopted son & heir William [Billy] McCarty. Limited edition of Picasso's...

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  • 93790_2 93790

    Calligraphic manuscript:

    PONCET DE LA GRAVE, Guillaume.
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    A unique manuscript on the French navy presented from Louis XVI to Marie-Antoinette. An exceptional presentation & association manuscript, boun...

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  • [Set of Nineteenth-Century Scientific and Mathematical Treatises]:

    AVOGADRO, Amadeo; BELLANI, Angelo [et al]; CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis; LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie; MONGE, Gaspard; PRONY, Gaspard de.
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    An attractive set of nineteenth-century scientific and mathematical treatises, bound to match.. I) First edition of Avogadro's magnum opus, contain...

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  • Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des européens dans les deux Indes.

    RAYNAL, Guillaume Thomas.
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    The definitive edition. The final, expanded edition of this radical tour-de-force of global commerce and politics. The definitive version of the te...

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    Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres [with] Supplément a l'essai sur la Théorie des Nombres.

    LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie.
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    Second edition of this important work by Adrien Marie Legendre (1752-1833), first printed in 1797-98, complete with the first supplement published...

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    La Vie Mahomed;

    BOULAINVILLIERS, Henri, Comte de.
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    Second edition of this scarce work on the prophet Muhammed by Henri de Boulainvilliers. This book is a thorough history of Muslim and Islamic cult...

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    Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard.

    [MONTMORT, Pierre Rémond de].
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    Pierre Rémond de Montmort (1678-1719) was a French mathematician who is considered a pioneer of probability theory. He is best known for Essay d'a...

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    Les Nouvelles Amoureuses.

    AUBERT, Charles.
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    Complete sets of these racy French novelettes are very scarce. Titles include Une Mission delicate, La Jarretiere, Le Ballon Rouge, Le Fruit Defen...

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  • 107027_2 107027

    Les plans, profils, et élévations des ville [sic] et château de Versailles, avec les bosquets et fontaines, tels qu'ils sont à présent[...].

    [VERSAILLES].
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    A record of Versailles as completed for the Sun King: Louis XIV. A collection of plans and views of the Palace of Versailles, made between 1714 and...

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    Les Amours de Ronsard.

    ROSNARD, Pierre de.
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    Finely bound illustrated edition. First appearing in the 1550s, Les Amours recount two of Ronsard's love affairs: the first with Cassandre, the sec...

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    Les Après-Midi de Montmartre.

    BAUDU, René.
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    Presentation copy. An excellent edition of René Baudu's Les Après-Midi de Montmartre. Inscribed by the author, enhanced with an original sketch sig...

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    Le Capital.

    MARX, Karl.
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    First edition in French of the first volume of Das Kapital. This is the first issue with the publisher Lachâtre's imprint. The book was published ...

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    Ten Lyrics.

    [PEAR TRESS PRESS]. IBBETT, W. J.
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    First edition, limited to 100 copies only, of which this is number 20; 8vo (250 x 164mm); pictorial title intaglio printed in red and blue designe...

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