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L’Homme qui a perdu son Ombre
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAdelbert de Chamisso; Bernard Naudin
Paris: A. M. Peignot, 1913.French translation from the original German of Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte (English: The Man with No Shadow) by the exiled French aristocrat, poet, and botanist, Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838). The story follows Peter Schlemihl who sells his shadow to the Devil for infinite money. The first edition with 15 engravings by French artist Bernard Naudin (1876-1946) limited to 100 numbered copies, this being one of 75 copies on Van Gelder paper, in a signed fine binding by Bernasconi with the original wrappers bound in. Peter Schlemihl was Naudin’s first major project after giving up painting to devote himself exclusively to printmaking.
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Histoire Naturelle des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartG. Sicard
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1883.Natural History of Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms by Guilleaume Sicard. Rebound in plain cloth with the plates in a second volume. VOLBRACHT 1981.
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Les Champignons Toxiques et Hallucinogenes
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoger Heim
Paris: Societe Nouvelle des Editions Boubee, 1978.Toxic and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms. Published with the assistance of the National Centre for Scientific Research. The Second Edition, completely revised and expanded.
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La Psilocybine (Experiences et autocritique): Revue de Mycologie Tome XXV, Fasc 1, 15 Juin 1960
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoger Heim; Henri Michaux
Paris: Laboratoire de Cryptogamie du Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 1960.Single number of the Revue de Mycologie with a feature article by Henri Michaux on psilocybin.
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Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Veneneux de la France et des pays Circonvoisins
AU$2,500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Richon; Ernest Roze
Paris: Octave Doin, 1888.Atlas of edible and poisonous mushrooms of France and surrounding countries containing 72 color plates or figures of 229 types of the main species of mushrooms sought for food, and similar suspect or dangerous species with which they are confused drawn from nature with their reproductive organs amplified by Charles Richon… Accompanied by a monograph of these 229 species and a general history of edible and poisonous mushrooms by Ernest Roze… Text illustrated with 62 photoengravings of primitive drawings by old authors and organographic figures by recent authors after reproductions made by Charles Rolet. Key late 19th century work of French mycology. VOLBRACHT 1753. BITTING pg. 398. This copy with the bookplate of French mycologist Raymond Bertault.
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Ecole Pratique des Accouchemens.
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. B. Jacobs
A Gand: Chez J. F. Vander Scheuren, 1785.First French translation of the important Dutch obstetrics manual by Jan Bernard Jacobs (1734-1790). At the time of its appearance, it was one of the most complete treatises on the art of childbirth and remained a standard work into the middle of the nineteenth century being described as a pearl of scientific production from the last years before the French Revolution.
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Les Champignons Comestibles et les especes veneneuses avec lesquelles ils pourraient etre confundus
AU$1,200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLouis Favre-Guillarmod
Paris: Librairie Agricole, [1869].Edible and poisonous mushrooms in the Canton of Neuchatel, Switzerland. The first complete edition with the 2 parts in 1 volume. The first part being a reprint of the 1861 edition, Les champignons comestibles du canton de Neuchatel, the second with a new introduction and further invaluable information on the edibility of mushrooms VOLBRACHT 586. This copy with the mycological bookplate of Jacques and Helene Bon.
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E’tude Medico-Legale et Clinique sur L’Empoisonnement
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmbroise Tardieu; Z. Roussin
Paris: Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1875.Medico-Legal and Clinical Study on Poisoning.
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Les Enfants De Jean Bart: Carnaval, Chansons et Parler Dunkerquois
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJean Denise
Dunkirk: Westhoeck-Editions, 1978.Musical score by composer Jean Denise. Includes introduction by Christian Bommel and contributions by Serge Blanckaert, Jean Chatroussat, Michal Heyden, Roch Vandromme, Jean Wispelaere, and David Riefenstahl.
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Bibliotheque Carlo de Poortere: Verhaeren, Maeterlinck, Rodenbach
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCarlo de Poortere
Liege: Vaillant – Carmanne, 1985.Carlo de Poortere (1917 – 2002), son of Belgian carpet manufacturer Louis de Poortere and later co-manager of the family business, was a bibliophile and collector. His library included fine 17th and 18th century bindings, and other works from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. He also collected manuscripts and memorabilia, and it is those that this book documents, by Emile Verhaeren (Belgian Symbolist author, 1855 – 1916, Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian poet and playwright, 1862 – 1949), and Georges Rodenbach (Belgian Symbolist writer and poet, 1855 – 1898). Produced in a limited edition of 350 copies, numbers 1 – 50 printed on Deluxe watermarked Ingres Van Gelder paper; this being one of the deluxe edition, being number 36.
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Les Associations Fongiques des Hauts-Marais Jurassiens et de Quelques Regions Voisines
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJules Favre
Liestal: Druck Ludin, 1960.The Fungal Associations of the Hauts-Marais Jurassiens and some neighboring regions. Volume X, Fasciule 3 of Materiaux pour la Flore Cryptogamique Suisse.
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Hit-Parade des Champignons: Champignons Sauvages, Champignons & Nature
AU$55.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSerge Hureaux
Paris: Iris, 1974.French guide to wild mushrooms.
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Miserable Miracle (La Mescaline)
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHenri Michaux
Monaco: Editions du Rocher, 1956.The accounts, observations, and literary manifestations of Henri Michaux (1899-1984), Belgian born French poet and artist, while on mescaline. Associated with the Tachiste movement in the 1940s and 1950s, Michaux was one of the original 20th century artists to take drugs and make art. This copy has been finely bound in full leather by Queensland bookbinder Karen McGuire, with a design based on one of Michaux’s drawings. One of the standard edition of 1,500 numbered copies, of which this is 1,256.
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Le Cycle Patibulaire (Premiere + Deuxieme, 2 Volumes)
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGeorges Eekhoud
Bruxelles: La Renaissance du Livre, 1927.First 2 volume edition.
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Distillation et Rectification des Liquides Industriels
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Mariller
Paris: Dunod, 1925.Distillation and Rectification of Industrial Liquids including alcohols, benzols, oils, ethers, chemicals, air and liquid gases, recovery of solvents.
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Les Narcotiques: suivi de Les Ames mal lavees
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartS. I. Witkiewicz
Lausanne: l’Age d’Homme, 1980.First French translation of drug writing by Polish artist, known for consuming and painting, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939).