LESAGE, P. C. (EDT.).

Recueil de Divers Mémoires Extraits de la Bibliotheque Imperiale Des Ponts et Chaussees, A L'usage De MM. Les Ingenieurs. 2 Vols.

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1810. Large 4to. Bound in 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-pages. 2 engraved portraits as frontispieces (perronet a. Le Sage).(4),II,296;(2),XVI,324,(2) pp. and 37 fine folded engraved plates.

First edition. The first volume contains interesting memoirs on civil engineering in England, including views of houses in Picadilly and Oxford Street, and the second a translation of Smeaton's account of the Eddystone Lighthouse, with 4 platess reengraved. There is also a fine folding view of the Place and Pont de la Concorde, Paris, after Desprez."(Henry Sotheran).

Order-nr.: 51891