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PERRONET (Jean Rodolphe) Description des projets et de la construction des
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PERRONET (Jean Rodolphe) Description des projets et de la construction des ponts de Neuilly, de Mantes, d'Orléans et autres, du projet du canal de Bourgogne... et de celui de la conduite des eaux de l'Yvette et de la Bièvre à Paris. Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1782-1783. Two volumes in-folio, [6] f., 112 p. + [3] f., 154 p., [1] f. (notice to the binder), fr., pl., fawn half-basin with pastiche corners, 6-ribbed spine, eggplant title page, stamped tomaison on black background, gilt fleurons, red edges (2 headbands faded, worm marks at head and tail of spines, corners a little rubbed| p. IX bound after XI and p. XIV after XVIII| some pages a little browned, very light angular wetness in margin of t.2, marg. russ. not serious).
First edition of this technically pioneering work of luxurious editorial quality. Printed on heavy laid paper, with wide margins, its entirely copper-engraved illustrations include a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by A. de Saint Aubin after C. N. Cochin, and 67 plates, most of them double (nos. I-LXVI and XXXIXbis), showing views of bridges and details of their construction.
First edition of this technically pioneering work of luxurious editorial quality. Printed on heavy laid paper, with wide margins, its entirely copper-engraved illustrations include a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by A. de Saint Aubin after C. N. Cochin, and 67 plates, most of them double (nos. I-LXVI and XXXIXbis), showing views of bridges and details of their construction.