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MONNET, Antoine Grimoald.

Traité de l'exploitation des mines.

Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1773.

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600 €

First edition.
Antoine Grimoald Monnet (1734-1817) is a French mineralogist, he was trained at the mining school of Freiberg, in Saxony, from where he brought back the material to compose his Treatise. In 1776 he became inspector general in the Royal Corps of Mines, for which he traveled to mines throughout France.

MAYNIEL, Jean-Henri.

Traite Experimental Analytique et Pratique de la Poussée Des Terres et des murs de Revêtement.

Paris, Colas, 1808.

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250 €

First edition.

Copy signed by author.

QUETIN, Victor.

Le magasin de meubles n°2: Album complet & Reference de tous Meubles qui se fabriquent a Paris contenant environ 250 modèles, dessinés en perspective.

Paris, Victor Quetin, [v.1865].

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250 €

First edition.
Collection of furniture designs by Victor Quetin, as required by the production of the time, the style of furniture oscillates between what would later be called the Louis-Philippe style and the Napoleon III style.

JOBLOT, Louis.

Observations d'histoire naturelle, faites avec le microscope.

Paris, Briasson, 1754-1755.

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2500 €

Second edition.
Posthumous edition increased by 53 spectacular plates resulting from the observations of Louis Joblot under the microscope. The second volume is devoted to the technical evolutions of microscopes on which Joblot worked, which allowed him to explore the unknown world of protozoa.

EIFFEL, Gustave.

Les Observations courantes en météorologie et comparaison des stations de Beaulieu, Sèvres et Vacquey.

Paris, Imprimerie de la bourse de commerce, 1905.

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600 €

First edition.
Off-print of a conference made at Société astronomique de France on 4 janvier 1905.
Presentation copy signed by Eiffel on cover.

EIFFEL, Gustave.

Études Pratiques de Météorologie et observations comparées des Stations de Beaulieu, Sévres et Vacquey pour L'Année 1903. Atlas des Planches.

Paris, L. Maretheux, 1905.

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80 €

First edition.
Atlas of plates for this report of meteorological records carried out by Gustave Eiffel's network of observatories. Some curves printed on tracing paper to facilitate comparisons.

EIFFEL, Gustave.

Installation d'un laboratoire d'Aérodynamique.

Paris, 19 rue blanche, 1910.

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750 €

First edition.
Off-print from mémoires de la société des ingéneurs civil de France.
After experimental aerodynamic tests obtained by free fall from the second floor of the tower he had built on the Champ de Mars in Paris, Gustave Eiffel had a wind tunnel built there in 1909. It was made up of a vein of tests of 3 meters in diameter over a length of 2.5 meters. The flow, generated by a propeller driven by a 70hp engine, could vary between 5 and 20 meters per second. The installation was enclosed in a 240 square meter hangar so as not to be influenced by the outside wind. This installation was used, in particular, for testing the Eiffel wing profiles which would equip a large number of French aircraft from the First World War. It was moved to Auteuil in 1912 and is still in operation today, operated by the Aérodynamic Eiffel company.

Presentation copy signed by Eiffel on cover.

STRUVE, Otto Wilhelm.

Expédition chronométrique exécutée par ordre de Nicolas I entre Poulkova et Altona pour la détermination de la longitude géographique relative de l'observatoire centrale de Russie.

St Petersbourg, Académie impériale des sciences, 1844.

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Report of the chronometric expedition between the observatories of Poulkova (St Petersburg) and Altona (Hamburg) carried out in 1843.
It involved making chronometers travel between these two points in order to compare the relative times and thus set the finer the distance in longitudes separating the two observatories.
This data will serve as a basis for astronomical calculations.
81 chronometers (including some offered by Breguet) traveled from Russia.

GRIEBEL, C.

Brevets d'invention de cinq ans pour un cadran dit nocturne.

s.l., s.n., [1844].

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30 €

Extract from patents published in the encyclopedia "Description of machines and processes specified in patents of invention" (1844).

BREGUET, Abraham Louis.

Brevets d'inventions du régulateur à tourbillon et de l'échappement à force constante.

s.l., s.n., [1844].

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Extracts from the patents published in the encyclopedia "Description of machines and processes specified in the patents of invention" (1844) of the two main patents of invention of Abraham Breguet.
The tourbillon regulator and the constant-force escapement are the two most complex horological complications ever invented and still in use today in luxury watchmaking.

BERTHOUD, Ferdinand.

Essai sur l'Horlogerie dans Iequel on traite de cet art relativement à l'usage civil, à l'astronomie et à la navigation, en établissant des Principes confirmés par l'expérience.

Paris, Jombert, 1763.

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1400 €

First edition.
The best horological treatise published at this time.
In addition to the description of various construction techniques, Berthoud reported numerous experiments for the first time.

PILES, Roger de.

Dialogue sur le coloris.

Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1699.

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450 €

Second edition.
"The discourse on art was born in France during the reign of Louis XIV thanks to two antagonistic figures: Félibien (1619-1709) and Roger de Piles (1635-1709). The latter became the major theoretician of color in the quarrel which opposed Rubenists and Poussinists during the last three decades of the 17th century." (trad. from Bernard Teyssèdre, "Roger de Piles and The debate on color, 1957)

De Piles supports Rubens by arguing that color is the major subject of painting and must come before drawing.

[POLYTECHNIQUE] CHAUVISE, Jules Thimotée.

Recueils d'Epures.

s.l., s.n., 1837-1839.

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650 €

Collection of drawings, by Jules Thimothé Chauvisé (X 1837 ; 1817-????).
The structure of these drawing as taught at the Ecole Polytechnique is often the same, with parts more or less developed, and drawings more or less elaborate according to the times and students.
We thus find drawings of curves, surfaces, perspectives, shadows, stone cut, architecture, machine and gears, topography and fortifications.

LEGRAND, Louis.

Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Marsy
Hôtel de Mme Riensch de Osa.

Paris, s.n., 1894-1905.

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2000 €

18 architectural plans of Parisian mansions printed from the drawings of the architect Legrand. The plans show the interior layout, layout and facades.

- 10 plans for Mademoiselle De Marsy's Hotel (1905)
Marie-Louise Marsy, real name Anne-Marie-Louise-Joséphine Mars (1866-1942), member of the Comédie Française which she left in 1902 after becoming Mme de Vassart d'Hozier.
Hotel located at the intersection of Boulevard Jules Sandeau and Rue Octave Feuillet in the 16th arrondissement. The current facades at this address do not correspond to the architect's plans.

- 8 plans for the Hotel de Mme Riensch de Osa (1894).

Augusta de Osa (1855-1944), née Riensch, was born into a wealthy industrial family in Hamburg. The diplomatic position of her husband allowed Augusta to lead a brilliant social life by frequenting the Parisian high society of the Belle Epoque.
Each plan is countersigned by Mme Riensch de Osa with the mention Read and approved.
Hotel still visible at the current 35, avenue Georges V (current boutique which adjoins the Prince de Galles hotel).

PALISSY, Bernard.

Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy revues sur les exemplaires de la Bibliothèque du Roi ; avec des notes par M. Faujas de Saint Fond, et des additions par M. Gobet.

Paris, Ruault, 1777.

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450 €

First edition of the complete works of Bernard Palissy. As always without the portrait and the dedicatory epistle to Franklin, which were deleted by the editor prior to publication.
In this copy a later portrait as been added.

It contains the texts on alchemy, but also on agriculture, geology, botany, ceramics, embalming, engineering, hydrology , medicine, metallurgy, meteorology, mineralogy, paleontology, philosophy, physics, toxicology and zoology.

Palissy, first became famous through his technique for making a rustic enameled earthenware, a skill which gained him the appointment of inventeur des rustiques figurines du roy. Palissy was probably one of the first men in France to teach natural sciences from facts, specimens and demonstrations rather than hypotheses. (DSB).

LEREBOURS, Noël Paymal.

Galerie Microscopique ET Instruction pratique sur les microscopes, contentant la description des microscopes achromatiques simplifiés.

Paris, N-P Lerebours, 1843.

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400 €

Three works on microscopes given by Lerebours
First french edition of the Microscopic cabinet of Pritchard.

Second edition of the "Description des Microscopes achromatiques simplifiés" followed, with title page and separate pagination of "description des microscopes achromatiques simplifiés " (third edition).

The Lerebours family had become specialists in the development of optical tools for scientific purposes. After being interested in daguerreotypes, Noël Paymal Lerebours turned to microscopy.
His achromatic microscopes of excellent quality are still sought after by collectors.

ADELINE, Jules.

Lexique des termes d'art.

Paris, A. Quantin, [v.1884].

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50 €

First edition.
A very practical handbook, especially for students of Art and Art History, who want to learn the different technical terms of architecture, sculpture, etc.

Numerous engravings in the text pages.

[LE ROY, Julien-David]. LE ROI.

Nouvelles recherches sur les Vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs.

Paris, Chez les libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1786.

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600 €

Rare first edition.
Le Roy, was an architect and professor at the Academy of Architecture.
He is interested in the Navy and seeks to make technical improvements.
To validate his solutions, he will build a prototype that he will sail and in this book he presents his results.

FIGUIER, Louis.

L'Année Scientifique et industrielle (7 volumes).

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1858-1876.

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100 €

One of the first popular science journals.
Each volume devoted to a year: 1856,1859,1860,1861,1862,1869,1874.

BURTY, Philippe.

Chefs d'Oeuvre des arts industriels.

Paris, Ducrocq, [1866].

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30 €

First edition.
Ceramics - Glassware and stained glass - enamels - metals - goldsmithery and jewelery - tapestry.
With 200 woodcuts in the text.

LEGRAND, Louis.

Maison de M. le Marquis de Pracomtal,
Hôtel de Mme de Saint Paul
Hôtel de M. de Chanteaud.

Paris, s.n., 1893.

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1000 €

8 plans of the House of M. le Marquis Pracomtal
House whose facade we still discover 10 rue Goujon Paris (8th) with its impasse d'Antin stables.

-9 plans of the Hôtel de Mme de Saint Paul
Hotel which was to be located between Dumont d'Urville and Galilée streets in the 16th arrondissement. The current facade does not correspond to the architect's plans.

- 7 plans of the Hôtel de Mr Ch. Chanteaud (1893)
Charles Chanteaud (?-1905) pharmacist who introduced dosimetric medicine to France.
Hotel which was intended for 39 rue Raynouard in Passy, the existing facades currently do not correspond to the plans.

BEZOUT, Etienne.

Cours de mathématiques à l'usage des gardes du pavillon et de la marine.

Paris, Ph-D Pierres, 1781-1784.

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500 €

Rare complete course of Bezout containing the four parts, the continuation of the fourth part and the treaty of navigation.
Part 1 and 2 are bound together in the first volume. Complete with the 38 engravings.

"Native of Nemours, professor of mathematics with the guards of the Navy and the School of artillery (Monge succeeded him in 1783), Étienne Bézout (or Bezout, as very often said and written nowadays) edited many textbooks educational. " (chronomath).

VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré.

Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier.

Paris, Marion et Cie, 1857.

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300 €

First edition.
Désiré Van Monckhoven is one of the most famous Belgian photographers. Chemist he participated in the dissemination of knowledge of photographic chemistry then in full explosion.
Photography on paper was invented a few years earlier by Talbo to overcome the drawbacks of daguerreotypes, in the 1850s it was still little used but it was this process (negative-positive) that allowed the photographs to be widely distributed.
In this book Monckhoven gives the precise implementation of this process by giving in particular two samples of paper which allow to touch the papers which were then used in the middle of the XIXth century.

Following Monckoven's text were added 8 handwritten pages on collodion (another photographic process) and two notes on loose paper on these processes.

[ECOLE FORESTIERE] BARDONNAUT, H.

Épures.

s.l., s.n., 1880.

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300 €

Collection of drawings, by H. Bardonnaut.
For a long time, the Forestry School has depended on the Polytechnic School; it has retained the particularity of having its engineering students draw sketches: Development of maps and architectural models oriented towards the management of water and forests.

[ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE] BARDONNAUT, Ernest.

Épures - Ecole Polytechnique – 1847-49 (2vols).

s.l., s.n., 1847-1849.

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600 €

Collection of drawings, by Marie Henri Ernest Bardonnaut (X 1847).

The structure of these drawing as taught at the Ecole Polytechnique is often the same, with parts more or less developed, and drawings more or less elaborate according to the times and students.
We thus find drawings of curves, surfaces, perspectives, shadows, stone cut, architecture, machine and gears, topography and fortifications.

OZANAM, Jacques.

Méthode de lever les Plans et les Cartes de terre et de mer avec toutes sortes d'instrumens, et sans instrumens.

Paris, Michallet, 1693.

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650 €

Rare first edition.
In addition to detailing the geometric methods of surveying, Ozanam describes the composition and use of the material specific to the surveyors of the time: copper plank, compass, Huygens level.

LEROY, A.

Traité pratique des machines locomotives. A l'usage des mécaniciens, des chauffeurs et autres agents spéciaux des ateliers et dépôts des chemins de fer.

Dijon, Ropiteau, 1879.

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125 €

Rare first edition. Text only. Without the atlas published separatly.

BECQUEREL. BABINET. DUHAMEL.

Instruction sur les Paratonnerres des magasins à poudre.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1867.

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100 €

Rare offprint from 'Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Sciences'.
In order to guarantee the powder warehouses against the risk of lightning, the Minister of War commissioned this study to the french science academy.

MEDONI, François.

Un Voyage sur le Lac Majeur et description de ses abords.

Lugan, François Veladini, 1835.

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400 €

Second edition.
Edition printed at the expense of Pierre Miani, mechanic of the Verban steamboat. The Verban was the first steamboat to sail on Lake Maggiore and among the first European steamers to navigate inland waters. It was then a question of promoting the tourist interest of such navigation.

PENN, Johannes Jacobus.

Handboek der Schoone Bouwkunst.

Breda, F.P. Sterk, 1841.

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200 €

Architecture book in Dutch.

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Engineering

MONNET, Antoine Grimoald.

Traité de l'exploitation des mines.

MAYNIEL, Jean-Henri.

Traite Experimental Analytique et Pratique de la Poussée Des Terres et des murs de Revêtement.

First edition.Copy signed by author.

QUETIN, Victor.

Le magasin de meubles n°2: Album complet & Reference de tous Meubles qui se fabriquent a Paris contenant environ 250 modèles, dessinés en perspective.

First edition. Collection of furniture designs by Victor Quetin, as required by the production of the time, the style of furniture oscillates between what would later be called the Louis-Philippe style and the Napoleon III style.

JOBLOT, Louis.

Observations d'histoire naturelle, faites avec le microscope.

Second edition.Posthumous edition increased by 53 spectacular plates resulting from the observations of Louis Joblot under the microscope. The second volume is devoted to the technical evolutions of microscopes on which Joblot worked, which allowed him to explore the unknown world of protozoa.

EIFFEL, Gustave.

Les Observations courantes en météorologie et comparaison des stations de Beaulieu, Sèvres et Vacquey.

First edition.Off-print of a conference made at Société astronomique de France on 4 janvier 1905.Presentation copy signed by Eiffel on cover.

EIFFEL, Gustave.

Études Pratiques de Météorologie et observations comparées des Stations de Beaulieu, Sévres et Vacquey pour L'Année 1903. Atlas des Planches.

First edition.Atlas of plates for this report of meteorological records carried out by Gustave Eiffel's network of observatories. Some curves printed on tracing paper to facilitate comparisons.

EIFFEL, Gustave.

Installation d'un laboratoire d'Aérodynamique.

STRUVE, Otto Wilhelm.

Expédition chronométrique exécutée par ordre de Nicolas I entre Poulkova et Altona pour la détermination de la longitude géographique relative de l'observatoire centrale de Russie.

GRIEBEL, C.

Brevets d'invention de cinq ans pour un cadran dit nocturne.

Extract from patents published in the encyclopedia "Description of machines and processes specified in patents of invention" (1844).

BREGUET, Abraham Louis.

Brevets d'inventions du régulateur à tourbillon et de l'échappement à force constante.

BERTHOUD, Ferdinand.

Essai sur l'Horlogerie dans Iequel on traite de cet art relativement à l'usage civil, à l'astronomie et à la navigation, en établissant des Principes confirmés par l'expérience.

First edition.The best horological treatise published at this time.In addition to the description of various construction techniques, Berthoud reported numerous experiments for the first time.

PILES, Roger de.

Dialogue sur le coloris.

[POLYTECHNIQUE] CHAUVISE, Jules Thimotée.

Recueils d'Epures.

LEGRAND, Louis.

Hôtel de Mademoiselle de MarsyHôtel de Mme Riensch de Osa.

PALISSY, Bernard.

Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy revues sur les exemplaires de la Bibliothèque du Roi ; avec des notes par M. Faujas de Saint Fond, et des additions par M. Gobet.

LEREBOURS, Noël Paymal.

Galerie Microscopique ET Instruction pratique sur les microscopes, contentant la description des microscopes achromatiques simplifiés.

ADELINE, Jules.

Lexique des termes d'art.

First edition.A very practical handbook, especially for students of Art and Art History, who want to learn the different technical terms of architecture, sculpture, etc.Numerous engravings in the text pages.

[LE ROY, Julien-David]. LE ROI.

Nouvelles recherches sur les Vaisseau long des anciens, sur les voiles latines, et sur les moyens de diminuer les dangers que courent les navigateurs.

Rare first edition.Le Roy, was an architect and professor at the Academy of Architecture.He is interested in the Navy and seeks to make technical improvements.To validate his solutions, he will build a prototype that he will sail and in this book he presents his results.

FIGUIER, Louis.

L'Année Scientifique et industrielle (7 volumes).

One of the first popular science journals. Each volume devoted to a year: 1856,1859,1860,1861,1862,1869,1874.

BURTY, Philippe.

Chefs d'Oeuvre des arts industriels.

First edition.Ceramics - Glassware and stained glass - enamels - metals - goldsmithery and jewelery - tapestry. With 200 woodcuts in the text.

LEGRAND, Louis.

Maison de M. le Marquis de Pracomtal, Hôtel de Mme de Saint PaulHôtel de M. de Chanteaud.

BEZOUT, Etienne.

Cours de mathématiques à l'usage des gardes du pavillon et de la marine.

VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré.

Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier.

[ECOLE FORESTIERE] BARDONNAUT, H.

Épures.

[ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE] BARDONNAUT, Ernest.

Épures - Ecole Polytechnique – 1847-49 (2vols).

OZANAM, Jacques.

Méthode de lever les Plans et les Cartes de terre et de mer avec toutes sortes d'instrumens, et sans instrumens.

Rare first edition.In addition to detailing the geometric methods of surveying, Ozanam describes the composition and use of the material specific to the surveyors of the time: copper plank, compass, Huygens level.

LEROY, A.

Traité pratique des machines locomotives. A l'usage des mécaniciens, des chauffeurs et autres agents spéciaux des ateliers et dépôts des chemins de fer.

Rare first edition. Text only. Without the atlas published separatly.

BECQUEREL. BABINET. DUHAMEL.

Instruction sur les Paratonnerres des magasins à poudre.

Rare offprint from 'Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Sciences'. In order to guarantee the powder warehouses against the risk of lightning, the Minister of War commissioned this study to the french science academy.

MEDONI, François.

Un Voyage sur le Lac Majeur et description de ses abords.

Second edition.Edition printed at the expense of Pierre Miani, mechanic of the Verban steamboat. The Verban was the first steamboat to sail on Lake Maggiore and among the first European steamers to navigate inland waters. It was then a question of promoting the tourist interest of such navigation.

PENN, Johannes Jacobus.

Handboek der Schoone Bouwkunst.

Architecture book in Dutch.

First edition.

Copy signed by author.

First edition.
Collection of furniture designs by Victor Quetin, as required by the production of the time, the style of furniture oscillates between what would later be called the Louis-Philippe style and the Napoleon III style.

Second edition.
Posthumous edition increased by 53 spectacular plates resulting from the observations of Louis Joblot under the microscope. The second volume is devoted to the technical evolutions of microscopes on which Joblot worked, which allowed him to explore the unknown world of protozoa.

First edition.
Off-print of a conference made at Société astronomique de France on 4 janvier 1905.
Presentation copy signed by Eiffel on cover.

First edition.
Atlas of plates for this report of meteorological records carried out by Gustave Eiffel's network of observatories. Some curves printed on tracing paper to facilitate comparisons.

First edition.
The best horological treatise published at this time.
In addition to the description of various construction techniques, Berthoud reported numerous experiments for the first time.

Hôtel de Mademoiselle de Marsy
Hôtel de Mme Riensch de Osa.

First edition.
A very practical handbook, especially for students of Art and Art History, who want to learn the different technical terms of architecture, sculpture, etc.

Numerous engravings in the text pages.

Rare first edition.
Le Roy, was an architect and professor at the Academy of Architecture.
He is interested in the Navy and seeks to make technical improvements.
To validate his solutions, he will build a prototype that he will sail and in this book he presents his results.

One of the first popular science journals.
Each volume devoted to a year: 1856,1859,1860,1861,1862,1869,1874.

First edition.
Ceramics - Glassware and stained glass - enamels - metals - goldsmithery and jewelery - tapestry.
With 200 woodcuts in the text.

Maison de M. le Marquis de Pracomtal,
Hôtel de Mme de Saint Paul
Hôtel de M. de Chanteaud.

Rare first edition.
In addition to detailing the geometric methods of surveying, Ozanam describes the composition and use of the material specific to the surveyors of the time: copper plank, compass, Huygens level.

Rare offprint from 'Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Sciences'.
In order to guarantee the powder warehouses against the risk of lightning, the Minister of War commissioned this study to the french science academy.

Second edition.
Edition printed at the expense of Pierre Miani, mechanic of the Verban steamboat. The Verban was the first steamboat to sail on Lake Maggiore and among the first European steamers to navigate inland waters. It was then a question of promoting the tourist interest of such navigation.