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699 - Bridge Construction
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Bridge Construction Perronet, Jean Rodolphe Description of the Projects and Construction of the Bridges at Neuilly, Mantes, Orléans and Others … 3 volumes (I, II, Suppl.) With a portrait of the author as an engraved frontispiece (in Vol. I), 2 engraved title pages (repeated), each with a large vignette (I and II), and 82 plates with copperplate engravings and etchings, 36 of which are double-sheet in size and mostly folded. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1782, 1783 and Paris, Didot for Jombert, 1789. Vol. I: 7 leaves (frontispiece, title page, dedication, preface, table of contents), 112 pp., 30 plates (no. I–XXX). Vol. II: 3 leaves (title page, table of contents), 154 (recte 156 plus 2, plate list) pp., 38 plates (numbered XXXI–LXVI, XXXIXbis, plate LXIV double) and III. 1 leaf (title page), 59 pp., 14 plates (numbered XXXI–XXXIV, XXXIV*, XXXIV**, XXXV, XLV–XLVII, LXX–LXXIII). Large folio (61 x 45 cm). Late edition. Binding with a spine of imitation leather and gold-stamped volume number and title (supplement) on mounted labels; the covers are covered with veined paste-coated paper (somewhat rubbed and stained). First edition of the famous work on bridge construction, here with the rare supplementary volume and a virtually complete set of plates. – Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 249. – DSB X, 528. - A pioneering and luxuriously printed work on bridge construction by Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708–1794), the most eminent civil engineer in the final decades of pre-revolutionary France and personal architect to Louis XVI. Perronet founded the ‘École des Ponts et Chaussées’, one of the world’s first engineering schools. - “In the design of bridges, Perronet developed the classical stone arch bridge to its ultimate perfection” (DSB). - The plates and text are printed on thick, sturdy handmade paper with wide margins and a three-sided watermark. The detailed drawings by Jean Far Eustache de Saint-Far (1746–1828), a pupil of the author, were executed by the foremost contemporary engravers and etchers: P. L. Auvray, P. G. Berthault, F. Desbruslin, A. Duval, J. F. Germain, J. P. Tardieu, F. N. B. Dequevauvillier, J. de Longueuil and others. – Plate XIV is mounted. - Plate V with marginal glazes; Plates XXXI and XXXII mounted within the correspondingly large section of the original paper. Title page of Vol. 1 with a small addition between the outer and foot margins; the text pages of Vol. 1 in the outer margin feature a narrow watermark throughout. Paper in the deckle edges with occasional light discolouration and dusty. Overall, a sound copy of this monumental work. Architecture. – Bridge construction. – First edition of the most beautiful work on bridge construction of the 18th century; our copy includes the rare supplementary volume and a complete set of plates. Profusely illustrated with a portrait of the author as an engraved frontispiece (in Vol. I), 2 engraved title pages (repeated), each with a large vignette (I and II) and 82 plates with copperplate engravings and etchings, 36 of which are double-page in size and mostly folded. Bound in later imitation half-leather with gilt number and title (supplement) on a mounted label; covers in veined paste paper (slightly worn and stained). - For references, see above. - A pioneering and lavishly printed work on bridge construction by Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708–1794), the most eminent civil engineer in the final decades of pre-revolutionary France and personal architect to Louis XVI. Perronet also founded the ‘École des Ponts et Chaussées’, one of the world’s first engineering schools. - “In the design of bridges, Perronet developed the classical stone arch bridge to its ultimate perfection” (DSB X, 528). - The plates and text are printed on heavy, sturdy mould-made paper with wide margins and a three-sided deckel edge. The detailed drawings by Jean Far Eustache de Saint-Far (1746–1828), a pupil of the author, were executed by the foremost contemporary engravers and etchers of the time: P. L. Auvray, P. G. Berthault, F. Desbruslin, A. Duval, J. F. Germain, J. P. Tardieu, F. N. B. Dequevauvillier, J. de Longueuil and others. - Plate XIV is bound in incorrectly. Plate V has marginal glazes; plates XXXI and XXXII are mounted in the correspondingly large sections of the original paper. The title page of vol. 1 has a small repair between the outer and foot margins. The text pages of vol. 1 feature a narrow watermark in the outer margin throughout. The paper in the margins and along the deckle edges shows occasional light shelf wear and is dusty. Overall, a sound copy of this monumental work. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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