M. Dupain De Montesson - L'art de lever les plans de tout ce qui a rapport à la guerre & à l'architecture civile & champêtre - 1792

Rare illustrated edition of this technical work by M. Dupain De Montesson, which serves as a manual of applied geometry for the art of surveying, that is, for topographic and architectural surveying practice.

It explains the principles of distance measurement, triangulation, the use of surveyor's instruments, and the graphical representation of terrains and structures.

The text is set in the context of the late 18th century, marked by the growing need for cartographic precision for administration, the military, and civil engineering projects.

The work illustrates the desire to rationalize and codify survey methods by embedding them within a scientific tradition inherited from the Enlightenment.

M. Dupain De Montesson - The Art of Drafting Plans Related to War, Civil, and Rural Architecture - 1792 - Barrois the Elder, Firmin Didot
288 pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its original full brown leather, epidermures, signs of wear, rubbed areas, rounded corners, wear on the headbands, red edges, smooth decorated spine.

Good interior condition, rare foxing, work enriched with 6 color-illustrated plates outside the text, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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