‎Georges Viers‎
‎Les Pyrénées‎

‎Les Premieres Negotiations De La Presente Paix Entre L'Espagne et La France. Nouvelle edition. - [THE TREATY OF THE PYRENEES]‎

‎Paris, 1659. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine, edges of boards gilt. Light wear to extremities, leather cracked and a few holes to boards. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally nice and clean. (4), 187 pp.‎

‎Exceedingly rare, allegedly new, edition of this work on the peace treaty between France and Spain, The Treaty of the Pyrenees. An edition printed by Sebastien Cramoisy in Paris, also in 1659, and despite the fact this has “nouvelle edition” printed on the title-page it is not entirely clear if this in fact was printed first or is a pirate-edition since the Cramoisy-edition seems to be expanded compared to this present edition. We have not been able to trace a single copy at auction and OCLC only list one copy (The Wiesbaden State Library, Accession no. 1260124839) The Treaty of the Pyrenees was a peace treaty signed on November 7, 1659, between France and Spain. It ended the conflict known as the Franco-Spanish War, which had been ongoing since 1635 as part of the wider Thirty Years' War. The treaty was negotiated and signed in the town of the Pyrenees Mountains, which served as a neutral ground between the two powers.‎

‎Caractéres chimique et spectroscopiques d'un nouveau métal, le Gallium, découvert dans une blende de la mine de Pierrefitte, vallée d'Argelès (Pyrénées). (Séance du Lundi 20 Septembre 1875). (+) Sur quelques propriétés dy gallium. (Séance du Lundi 6...‎

‎(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1875. 4to. No wrappers. In: ""Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences"", Tome 81, No 12 and No 23. Pp. (485-) 508 a. (1065-) 1148. (2 entire issues offered). Boisbaudran's papers: pp. 493-495 a. pp. 1100-1105.‎

‎First printing of the paper in which Boisbaudran announced his discovery of Gallium, together with the first printing of the paper in which he, by a series of experiments proved that Gallium, the metal that he had discovered amd named in honour of France, is a true element. A larger paper on the discovery was published in 1877 in ""Annales de Chimie et Physique"". In 1879 Bausbaudran was awarded the Davy Medal for his discovery of Gallium. ""In 1875 Boisbaudran spectroscopically discovered a new element, gallium, which he found in zinc blende from a mine in Hautes-Pyrénées. Continuing his work in Wurtz’s laboratory in Paris, he was a able to obtain the free metal by electrolysis of a solution of the hydroxide in potassium hydroxide. Gallium, Boisbaudran realized, was the ""eka-aluminum"" predicted by Mendeleev, and was the first of Mendeleev’s predicted elements to be isolated. Boisbaudran’s finding thus provided valuable evidence for the validity of Mendeleev’s periodic classification of the elements.""(DSB).""Lecoq de Boisbaudran announced his discovery (by spectroscopic analysis) of the new element gallium. Mendeleev had first predicted its existence and had named it eka-aluminium. The discovery was made in the author's private laboratory, in a specimen of zinc blende from the Pierrefitte mine in the Angelès Valley in the Hautes Pyrénées. He describes how on the evening of 27 August 1875 he detected the existence of this new element, which he named ""gallium"" in honor of France (Gallia)... A month later he ""performed in Wurtz's laboratory in Paris....a series of experiments to prove that gallium...is a true element""(Weeks). he discusses how he eventually isloated small amounts of pure metallic gallium and determined its physical and chemical properties. The paper (the paper offered) first describes gallium compounds (e.g., ammonium gallium alum,, chloride, oxide, and sulphate).""(Roy G. Neville II, p. 29).‎

‎Voyage aux Pyrénées. Septieme ed. Illustrée par Gustave Doré.‎

‎Paris, 1873. 8vo. Cont.hcalf. Richly gilt back. Clothsides. VI, 536 pp. Woodcuts, plates a.textillustr.‎

‎Faits d'Armes de l'Armée Francaise en Espagne" Dediés a l'Armée des Pyrénées sous le Ordres de Son Altesse Royale... Duc d'Angoulême.‎

‎Paris, Cordier, 1824. Folio. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Spine a bit rubbed. Stamp on title-page. title-vignette. Lithographed portrait as frontispiece. (82) pp., 2 plates, 1 engraved and handcoloured map (40 x 51 cm.) ""Carte d'Espagne pour servir... par Ch. Picquet"". Printed on thick paper. A long dedication-letter in French inserted, giving the volume to the Danish King (Frederik VI) 10 July 1825, probably signed Louis Antoine (the editor). With the crowned gilt monogram of King Frederik VI on upper board.‎

‎Pyrénées Magazine ( lot de 23 num. hors-série ) : n° 1. Neige ; 2. Balades & Randonnées ; 3. Pays des Pyrénées ; 4. Balades et randonnées, été 1991 ; 5. Pyrénées insolites ; 6. Balades et randonnées, été 1992 ; 7. Hiver 92-93 Pays de neige ; 8. Balades et randonnées, été 93 ; n° 11 Hiver 94-95. Les Pyrénées et les peintres ; Eté 1995, Pays Basque ; 15. Hiver 96-97 Pyrénées paysannes ; Balades et randonées, été 97 ; n° 17 Les Pyrénées espagnole ; Balades et randonnées, été 98 ; n° 19. 150 ans de photographie aux Pyrénées ; Balades et randonnées, été 99 ; n° 21. Pyrénées espagnoles ; Balades et randonnées été 2000 ; n° 23. Pyrénées espagnoles ; Balades et randonnées été 2003; Mars 2010, numéro spécial histoire de la frontière pyrénéenne ; Balades et randonnées, été 2012 ; Mars 2013, numéro spécial histoire, L'aventure des trains .‎

‎23 vol. in-4 br. couv. ill. couleurs, nombreuses photos couleurs, Pyrénées Magazine, Milan Nature et Territoires, 1990 à 2013, env. 130 pp. par numéro. Liste des titres : n° 1. Neige ; 2. Balades & Randonnées ; 3. Pays des Pyrénées ; 4. Balades et randonnées, été 1991 ; 5. Pyrénées insolites ; 6. Balades et randonnées, été 1992 ; 7. Hiver 92-93 Pays de neige ; 8. Balades et randonnées, été 93 ; n° 11 Hiver 94-95. Les Pyrénées et les peintres ; Eté 1995, Pays Basque ; 15. Hiver 96-97 Pyrénées paysannes ; Balades et randonées, été 97 ; n° 17 Les Pyrénées espagnole ; Balades et randonnées, été 98 ; n° 19. 150 ans de photographie aux Pyrénées ; Balades et randonnées, été 99 ; n° 21. Pyrénées espagnoles ; Balades et randonnées été 2000 ; n° 23. Pyrénées espagnoles ; Balades et randonnées été 2003; Mars 2010, numéro spécial histoire de la frontière pyrénéenne ; Balades et randonnées, été 2012 ; Mars 2013, numéro spécial histoire, L'aventure des trains .‎

‎Très bon état. Prix pour l'ensemble. Poids de 9,5 Kg.‎