Author: BÉLIDOR , Bernard Forest de ( 1693 - 1761 ) :
Title: Architecture Hydraulique ou L'Art de Conduire, d'Elever et de Ménager les Eaux pour les différens besoins de la Vie. Première Partie, Tome Premier.[I] - Tome Second. [II] Architecture Hydraulique,Seconde Partie. Qui comprends L'Art de diriger les Eaux de la mer & des rivières. Tome Premier. [III] . Tome Second [IV] (Complete - 2 parts, each 2 vols.)
Description: .: Paris,rue Dauphine, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire de l'Artillerie & du Génie, à l'Image de Notre-Dame. 1737 - 1739 - 1750 - 1770. 4 volumes in-4°, 29 x 20,5 cm, bound in uniform mottled calf, raised gilt spines with double title label. Edges painted red. Binding with some traces of wear and scratches, some damage at the extremeties have been expertly restored. Still a fine set with fine interior. [Vol. I] Tome Premier - Première Partie ; engraved frontispiece + (8)nn pp + xii pp + 412 pp + 6+4+8+10+5+2+9 folding plates, with 3 in text engravings. [Vol.II] Tome Second. , title page with engraved vignette + (6)nn pp + 424 pp + xxviii pp ( table ) + 1+3+4+18+6 ; +6+1+6+8+2 folding plates, with 2 in text engr. [Vol.III] Seconde Partie - Tome Premier , title with engr. vign. + (4)nn pp + xiv pp + (2)nn pp + 412 pp + (xxxii) pp + lx folding plates , with 3 in text engr. [Vol.IV] Tome Second, engr. frontispiece, title with engr.vign. + (viii) pp + 480 pp + xxxvii pp + (3) nn pp ( privilege) + lx folding plates , with 2 in text engr. (complete , with all its plates ; 44 + 55 + 60 + 60 = 219 ). The finest and most complete 18th c. publication in any language on the subject. (hydraulics, civil engineering, canals, bridges, water mills, dykes....). .

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