PRONY, (CASPARD CLAIR de).

Nouvelle Architecture Hydraulique, contenant l'art d´lever l'eau au moyen de différentes machines, de construire dans ce fluide, de le diriger, et généralement de l'appliquer. de diverses manieres, aux besoins de la société. 1.-2. Partie. 2 Vols.

Paris, Firmin Didot, 1790-96.

Large 4to. 2 contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Titlelabes with gilt lettering. Wear to top of spines. A paperlabel pasted on spines. stamps on title-pages. XII,621,(3),71(tables);(2),203,(1) pp., 53 large folded engraved plates (numb. 1-52, no. 42 omitted (lacks ?), 16 + 47 bis). Occassional light browning to margins.

First edition of Prony's famous lectures on hydraulics, where volume two deals with the construction of steam-engines. At the time of publication he was inspector at the École des Ponts et Chaussés.

Order-nr.: 56426