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BELIDOR, Bernard Forest de.- Architecture hyd...
Currency:EUR
Category:Everything Else / Other
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Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR
NOT SOLD (BIDDING OVER)
0.00EUR+ applicable fees & taxes.
This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2003 Mar 29 @ 10:30UTC+1
BELIDOR, Bernard Forest de.- Architecture hydraulique, ou L'art de conduire, d'élever et de ménager les eaux pour les différens besoins de la vie [- 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]. Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737 [- 1739, 1750, 1753]. 2 parties en 4 vol. in-4° : front.-[8]-xii-412, [8]-423-[1]-xxviii, [8]-xiv-[2]-412-[32], front.-viii-480-[38] pp. et 219 pl. dépliantes (44, 55, 60 et 60) (pet. déchirure à la pl. 38 du t. II, incomplet du portrait-front. au tome III qui porte d'importantes coulées intermittentes d'encre verte). Rel. de l'époque : plein veau marbré, dos fleuronnés dorés à nerfs, tr. rouges (lég. usure aux coins, coiffes et mors).
Edition originale de cet ouvrage important et qui exerça une profonde influence. Son propos dépasse le titre car il couvre les domaines de l'ingénierie mécanique et civile. La première partie est consacrée aux principes de mécanique et d'hydraulique, à la description des différentes sortes de moulins et de pompes, à l'analyse de la machine hydraulique du Pont Notre-Dame à Paris, aux moyens de distribuer l'eau des fontaines et bassins publics et aux jardins (avec description de plusieurs inventions dont la machine de Marly qui desservait Versailles), etc. La seconde est consacrée aux études préliminaires aux travaux et à des cas concrets : (1) l'histoire de Dunkerque depuis son origine jusqu'en 1712, et surtout l'usage des écluses avec études des machines servant à enfoncer ou ôter des pilotis, radiers, bassins, ferrures d'écluses, cabestans à l'usage des manoeuvres dans les écluses et modèle de devis,- (2) description des ports les plus célèbres et leur construction : Cherbourg, Bayonne, Dunkerque, la Tour de Cordouan en amont de la Garonne, Menin, Toulon, Westminster...- (3) usage des eaux en cas de guerre,- (4) création de canaux de navigation, d'arrosage et de dessèchement.
Illustré de 219 belles planches d'ingénierie figurant les sujets précités. 1.500 Euros
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