Bernard Forest de Belidor - Architecture hydraulique, seconde partie, qui comprend l'art de diriger les eaux de la mer & des rivières à l'avantage de la défense des places, du commerce & de l'agriculture - Volume 2 alone - à Paris, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1770 - VIII pp., 480 pages, XXXVII pp. - period full calfskin binding - quarto - 22.5 x 30 cm.
Condition: Crowns, joints in good condition, sound hinges, 3 cropped corners, ribbed spine adorned with gilded fleurons and garnet morocco title and volume number labels (Volume 4 on the spine), some snags on the covers, rare foxing, marginal water stains on some leaves, red edges. Second volume alone of the second part of this very complete work on hydraulics in 4 volumes.
Volume illustrated with a frontispiece, 2 headband figures and 60 large fold-out plates.
Exceptional documentation gathering the knowledge of the time regarding hydraulic engineering and its civil and military applications.
This copy of this reference work of the time is in good condition.
- Object
- Book
- Number of Books
- 1
- Subject
- Architecture, Illustrated, Reference works, Technology
- Author/ Illustrator
- Bernard Forest de Belidor
- Book Title
- Architecture hydraulique, l'art de diriger les eaux de la mer, rivières pour la défense des places
- Condition
- Good
- Publication year oldest item
- 1770
- Edition
- Reprint
- Language
- French
- Original language
- Yes
- Binding/ Material
- Leather
- Number of pages
- 480
- Dimensions
- 30×22.5 cm