MONGE, GASPARD + (BERTHOLLET AND VANDERMONDE).

Description de L'Art de fabriquer les Canons, faites en exécution de l'arrêté du Comité de salut public, du 18 pluviöse de l'an 2 de la République francaise, une et indivisible. Imprimée par Ordre du Comité de Salut Public.

Paris, Comité de Salut Public, AN 2 (1794). 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A small tear to leather at top of spine and joint. (4),VIII,231 pp., 4 folded tables and 60 large folded engraved plates. The first few leaves with scattered brownspots.

First edition. The plates are identical with those in Panckoucke's Encyclopedie. " Between 1786 and 1788 Monge investigated with Berthollet and Vandermonde the principles of metallurgy and the composition of irons, cast metals, and, steels. This research enabled them to unite previous, findings in these areas, to obtain precise theoretical, knowledge by means of painstaking analyses, and, to apply this knowledge to the improvement of various, techniques." (DSB) - Poggendorff II,184.

Order-nr.: 56237