History of Ideas

Le vite de’ piu eccellenti Pittori, Scultori et Architetti

Du contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique

Sermons

Traité de l'éloquence

Opus ruralium commodorum

Recueil de pièces et d'actes

Destruction de l'orgueil mondain

Organt

Journal du Voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie

Examen du discours... sur la Loy Salique.

Almanach des Émigrans

Richard Wagner à Bayreuth

Nouvelles observations sur les États-Généraux de France

Documents historiques autour de la cocarde tricolore

Histoire admirable de la possession et conversion d'une pénitente...

Relazione de' felici successi della Santa Fede

Almanach royal de 1789

Milleloquium Veritatis

Icones historiarum veteris testamenti

Sensuit la grāt dyablerie

Traitez du libre-arbitre, et de la concupiscence

La Prenostication nouvelle pour l'an 1499

Almanach, ou Prognostication des Laboureurs, réduite selon le Kalendrier Grégorien

De la démonomanie des sorciers

De Civitate Dei

De Civitate Dei - De Trinitate

Lettres de S. Augustin

Thesaurus Linguæ Sanctæ

Catéchisme de la nature

Essais de morale

Les Essais

Instruction sur les estats d'Oraison

Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes

Discours qui a remporté le prix à l'Académie de Dijon en l'année 1750

[Du contrat social ou] Principes du droit politique

Dictionnaire historique et critique

Les Princesses Malabares

Essai sur le principe de population

De la littérature des nègres

Index Rerum et Verborum

Compte-rendu au roi

Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des romains et de leur décadence

De Civitate Dei

Théorie et pratique des droits de l’homme

Die internationale

Projet et fragmens d’un dictionnaire critique

Homeliae et Sermones

Opuscula varia posthuma - De Jure

Platonis Opera Omnia

Principes du droit politique

Le Prince de Nicolas Machiavel

De Doctrina Platonis Liber

Défense des Constitutions américaines.

Traité du beau. De la philosophie des Chinois. Pensées

Iesu Christi D. N. Novum Testamentum

Very rare "first octavo edition of the New Testament by Théodore de Bèze" encouraged by Calvin, which would later be banned.A superb copy preserved in

Les Œuvres morales

Precious and rare copy of the Morals by Plutarch in the famous translation by Amyot, preserved in its spectacular morocco binding with the coat o

Les Passions de l'âme

First edition of Descartes' last philosophical work, published a year before his death.A very fine copy preserved in its contemporary vellum.

Ecclesiastica Historia

Precious presentation copy preserved in its contemporary Italian binding with armorial decoration.

Obeliscus Pamphilius

Superb copy preserved in its rich contemporary binding.

Congrès de Vérone

First edition of a political work by Chateaubriand that caused “a kind of diplomatic scandal”.The precious copy offered by the author to Edmond de Caz

Leçons catholiques sur les doctrines de l'église

Very anti-Calvinist first edition of the works of the Cordelier who dared to preach the massacre of St. Bartholomew at the court of Catherine de Medic

Philosophiae rationalis

“First edition of a philosophical treatise on grammar, logic, rhetoric, poetics, and historiography, published the year before Campanella’s death. His

Evangelium Secundum Matthaeum…

Precious presentation copy, bound for Francis I by the workshop of the Pecking Crow Binder, named after a gilding tool characteristic of the prod

Catholicon

The famous "Catholicon" completed printing by Koberger on August 21, 1486, complete,preserved in its decorated  contemporary workshop binding.Pro

Le Phédon de Platon traittant de l'immortalité de l'âme

The first French edition of Plato's Phaedo printed in 1553, preserved in its old vellum binding.

La Méthode des Princes

First edition of the grammar dedicated to the Duke of Burgundy.Bossuet's personal copy.

La Raison par alphabet

The Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire, burned in Geneva and banned in Rome and Paris, in contemporary binding with the arms of the Marquis de Barba

Epistola Renati

“Very rare” (Tchemerzine, II, 783).First edition of the famous letter from Descartes to Voet, the rarest of the philosopher's works.A very fine copy,

Catéchisme et sommaire de la religion chrestienne

One of the most famous fanfare bindings of the R. Esmérian library made around 1584 by Clovis Eve.

Bouclier d'Estat et de Justice

“The domination of Europe proves to be the goal of Louis XIV.” A powerful critique of King Louis XIV’s policy.The brilliant copy of Colbert.Provenance

Breviarum Romanum

The Roman Breviary in folio printed by Jacob Kerver in 1583, bound in a fanfare-style contemporary olive morocco.

Discours de la Méthode

First edition of the Discourse on the Method in contemporary Dutch vellum, a most enviable condition for this masterpiece published in Leiden in

Discours de la Méthode

The first edition preserved in its contemporary binding with a crowned cipher, very rare in that condition.

Principia Philosophiae

Rare and precious first edition of Descartes' Principia Philosophiae printed in Amsterdam in 1644, preserved in its contemporary binding of ivory

Discours de la Méthode. Les Méditations Métaphysiques. Les Principes de la Philosophie

“Descartes can be considered the initiator of modern philosophy.”Precious and extremely rare collection of Descartes' Discourse on the Method, Meditat

La bibliographie politique

The first political bibliography.A work by Gabriel Naudé.Extremely rare wide-margined copy preserved in its contempoary overlapping vellum.

Les Passions de l'âme

First edition of Descartes' last philosophical work, published a year before his death.An attractive copy preserved in its contemporary overlappi

De l'Esprit des Loix

First state original edition – extremely rare – out of four.During her research, Catherine Volpilhac-Auger listed 9 first state copies in public colle

L'Office de la Vierge Marie

Father Coton, famous confessor to King Henry IV and Marie de Medici in exile, after the Day of the Dupes on November 12, 1630.Precious Book of Hours,

Histoire du Roy et de Mademoiselle de Fontanges

Manuscript recounting the love affairs of King Louis XIV and Mademoiselle de Fontanges, attributed to Courtilz de Sandras and Bussy-Rabutin.This manus

Iamblichus Chalcidensis

“First edition of this important collection of Ficino's translations (many excerpted) of classical and Byzantine Platonic texts.”Precious copy, the mo

Opera Omnia

Exceptional, extremely rare and magnificent copy of the first edition of the Latin Writings of Martin Luther (1483-1546) printed in Jena in 4 folio vo

Latin-French manuscript of rethoric

Original Latin-French manuscript of rethoric calligraphed towards 1745.

[Adolf Eichmann] Israeli Police. Adolf Eichmann I-VI.

Transcripts of Eichmann in preparation for his trial.One outcome of the trial was a renewed interest in the Holocaust and its effect on the survivors,

Dit es dieve(n) ons llefs Heren Jhesu Cristi

The Life of Christ from 1521, of exceptional rarity decorated with 143 wood engravings in antique coloring.“One of the most beautiful and scholarly wo

Calendrier des bergers

The Great Shepherds' Calendar illustrated with nearly one hundred wood engravings.Beautiful copy of this legendary illustrated work from the Édouard P

[Ad Hispaniae et Hungariae Reges Termaximos. De Leone Belgico

The 112 famous prints by Fr. Hogenberg from the De Leone Belgico of 1583 illustrating the religious wars in the Netherlands from 1559 to 1583 in high-

Corpus juris civilis

The famous copy of Justinian’s Digestum vetus owned by the humanist Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514), printed in Nuremberg by Koberger on November 22, 148

De l’Esprit des Loix

Enlarged and reviewed edition of Montesquieu’s L’Esprit des Loix, published a year after the first one.A beautiful and precious copy preserved in its

Epistolarum

First edition of the first collection of Melanchton’s Lettres “of the utmost importance in the history of the Reform” (A. James).A remarkable copy in

Manifest Komunistyczny

“One of the outstanding political documents of all times” (PMM).Very rare Polish edition of the Manifest of the communist party, published the year be

Opere [Les Œuvres]

Rare and precious edition of the “Opere di Machiavelli”.Madame de Pompadour’s beautiful copy, preserved in its contemporary armorial binding.

Where do we go from here: chaos or community ?

” The glowing spirit and the sharp insights of Martin Luther King Jr. are embodied in this book. I hope that it will be seen as a testament” (Coretta

Nouvelles libertés de penser

First edition of this very rare collection comprising of five first editions by Fontenelle, Du Marsais and J-B. de Mirabeau.A beautiful and precious c

Principes de politique

First edition of this important political work by Benjamin Constant.A beautiful wide-margined copy, kept in its contemporary wrappers, as issued.

Les six livres de la République

“The best edition” (Niceron and Tchémerzine) of La République by Bodin, the intellectual monument of the 16th century,preserved in its 17th century Pa

Enqueste et griefs

Rare first edition of « this very rare satirical opuscule » (Bulletin du bibliophile) published following the saint Barthélémy.Superb copy preserved i

De Civitate Dei

First edition with commentary dated 1468 of The City of God, Saint Augustine’s masterpiece.Strasbourg, Johann Mentelin, 1468.

Speculum humanae salvationis. - [Das ist der spiegel menschlicher behaltnuB mit den Evangelien]

Fifth German edition of the very rare Speculum humanae salvationis, nearly complete copy with 272 fine woodcuts (of 279) in contemporary colouring.A v

Satyre Ménippée de la vertu du Catolicon d'Espagne

“One of those texts whose literary quality, historical and political content have ensured both extraordinary contemporary success and a place in poste