Notice pour servir a l’Éloge de M. Perronet, Premier Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées de France.

PERRONET, J.C.).

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Titre : Notice pour servir a l’Éloge de M. Perronet,...

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Edition : 1st Edition

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By Pierre Charles Lesage. Finely engraved frontispiece port. of Perronet by Queneday after Cochin fils, one folding engraved map, & one engraved plate, delicately printed in sepia (see below). 2 p.l., 128 pp. Large 4to, orig. pink paste-paper boards (corners a little worn or jammed), uncut. Paris: Bernard, 1805. First edition, presentation copy, with an inscription on the free front endpaper stating that this copy was given by the author to "Mr De Caux," dated 12 May 1803. Perronet (1708-94), performed epoch-making work in the construction of stone bridges, among them the Pont de la Concorde in Paris and the Pont de Neuilly. The present volume, which contains the first biography of Perronet, describes in great technical detail all the bridges constructed by Perronet and those designed by him but not executed. It also contains several memoirs by Perronet and descriptions of machinery which he invented. The last chapter deals with some of the public works in which Perronet acted as consultant: construction of harbors, a cannon foundry, buildings for the porcelain factory at Sèvres, etc. This copy is complete. OCLC provides a false collation, based on the extra-illustrated copy (10 plates) at the Smithsonian. Other libraries have slavishly copied that collation. This is an excellent example of how on-line catalogues can make mischief. Fine and fresh uncut copy. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. ? D.S.B., X, pp. 527-28–"In the design of bridges, Perronet developed the classical stone arch bridge to its ultimate perfection.". N° de réf. du libraire JHABES1129