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Description de Deux Nouvelles Especes de Ptychogaster et nouvelle preuve de l’identite de ce genre avec les Polyporus
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartM. Boudier
Paris: J. Mersch, 1887.Description of Two New Species of Ptychogaster and New Evidence for the Identity of This Genus with Polyporus. Extract from the Journal de Botanique 15 February, 1887. This copy inscribed by Boudier.
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Le Pornographe, ou Idees d’un Honnete-Homme sur, un Projet de Reglement pour les Prostitutes,
AU$1,000 Read MoreAdd to cart[Nicolas Restif de La Bretonne]
Londres and La Haie: Jean Nourse and Gosse Junior, 1770.Propre a prevenir les Malheurs qu’occafionne le Publicisme des Femmes. Avec Des Notes Historiques et Justificatives. [The Pornographer, or Ideas of an Honest Man on a Draft Regulation for Prostitutes, Proper to Prevent the Misfortunes Occurring from the Publicity of Women. With Historical and Justificatory Notes]. Second Edition of the classic 18th century utopian text on sex work in which Bretonne envisions prostitution as a public institution with numerous social and medical benefits. This copy in a likely 20th century rebind in quarter leather with new endpapers, and extra-illustrated with one erotic illustration bound in at page 16.
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Dictionnaire Portatif de Cuisine, d’Office, et de Distillation;
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartAnonymous
Paris: Chez Vincent, 1767.Portable dictionary of cooking, office, and distillation: containing the manner of preparing all kinds of meats, veal, game, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc.: the manner of making all kinds of jellies, pastes .. : and of composing all kinds of liqueurs .. : work equally useful to the most skilled office and kitchen chefs .. : medical observations have been added which make known the property of each food, relative to health, and which indicate the foods most suitable for each temparment.
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Rues et Visages de New-York
AU$2,200 Read MoreAdd to cartChas Laborde; Paul Morand
Paris: Lacouriere, 1950.Streets and Faces of New York. The final, and posthumous, of Charles Laborde’s series of works on famous world cities, having previously produced similar volumes on Paris (1926), London (1928), Berlin (1930), and Moscow (1935). The New York volume produced from sketchbooks he made on his trip in 1932, containing 15 accompanied by text by Paul Morand. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 230.
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La Ballade de la Geole de Reading
AU$1,000 Read MoreAdd to cartOscar Wilde; G. Cornelius
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927.French edition of Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol illustrated with 15 coloured copper engravings by Jean-Georges Cornelius. One of 225 numbered copies.
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L’Homme qui a perdu son Ombre
AU$1,200 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Samtliche Werke: Meraugis Von Portlesguez & La Vengeance De Raguidel (2 Volumes)
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartRaoul de Houdenc; Mathias Friedwagner
Geneve: Slatkine Reprints, 1975.German commentary with the original poetry in French. Edited from all known manuscripts by Mathias Friedwagner.
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E’tude Medico-Legale et Clinique sur L’Empoisonnement
AU$200 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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De la Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Etude Physiologique et Therapeutique
AU$500 Read MoreAdd to cartLeon-Ernest Monnet
Paris: Lille (Camille Robbe Printing), 1884.Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Physiological and Therapeutic Study. A detailed study of the physiological and therapeutic uses of the African stimulant Gotu Kola. In the original Doctor of Medicine Thesis wrappers, reissued as a monograph in the same year. An advertisement for Fisher & Co’s Mighty Alok Kola Nut tonic in The Brisbane Courier, 1898 quotes Monnet’s report: “I gave a strong infusion of Kola Nut to a railroad track layer, who was suffering from ‘blue devil’s’ (hypochondria) extremely, and within two hours he felt like going to his hard duties, and laughed and talked.”
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Histoire d’une Luxation de la Tete du Femur sur la Branche Ascendante de l’Ischion, vers son Union avec la Portion Descendante du Pubis,
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. D’Amblard
Paris and Bourges: Gaon and Bouguet, 1821.History of a Dislocation of the Head of the Femur on the Ascending Branch of the Ischium, towards its Union with the Descending Portion of the Pubis, and Description of a New Method for Proceeding to the Reduction of this Kind of Displacement, followed by a slight overview of the state of Churugia among the ancients and up to the present day. Scarce French medical pamphlet with a folding plate illustrating repositioning of the femur.
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Les Enfants De Jean Bart: Carnaval, Chansons et Parler Dunkerquois
AU$80 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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Dictionnaire Des Ouvrages Anonymes (4 Volumes)
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartAntoine-Alexandre Barbier; Olivier Barbier; Rene Billard; Paul Billard; J. M Querard
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 1999.Suite de La Second Edition des Supercheries Litteraires Devoilees Avec Une Table Generale Des Noms Reels Des Ecrivains Anonymes et Pseudonymes Cites Dans les Deux Ouvrages. Dictionary of Anonymous Works. Originally published 1872-1879.
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Bibliotheque Carlo de Poortere: Verhaeren, Maeterlinck, Rodenbach
AU$150 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 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.