ARCHITECTURE HYDRAULIQUE, OU L?ART DE CONDUIRE, D?ELEVER, ET DE MENAGER LES EAUX POUR LES DIFFERENS BESOINS DE LA VIE. [4 VOLUMES ? PRIMEIRA EDIÇÃO COMPLETA]
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Seller: Livraria Castro e Silva, Lisboa, PortugalLivraria Castro e Silva
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PREMIERE PARTIE, TOME PREMIER [TOME SECOND] Par M. BELIDOR, Commissaire Provincial d?Artillerie. A PARIS, RUE S. JACQUES, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert. Libraire de l?Artillerie & du Génie, à l?Image Notre-Dame. M. DCC. XXXVII. M. DCC. XXXIX. [1737, 1739] Avec Approbation et Privilege du Roy.SECOND PARTIE Qui Comprend L?ART DE DIRIGER LES EAUX de la Mer & des Rivieres à l?avantage de la défense des Places, du Commerce, & de l?Agriculture. Par M. Belidor, Colonel d?Infanterie, Chevalier de l?Ordre Militaire de Saint Louis, &c. TOME PREMIER [TOME SECOND] A PARIS, RUE DAUPHINE, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roy pour l?Artillerie & le Génie, à l?Image Notre-Dame. M. DCC. L., M. DCC. LIII. [1750, 1753]. Avec Aprobation & Privilége du Roy.4 Volumes de 29x22 cm. Com [viii], xii, 312 [i.e. 412]; [viii], 424, xxvi, [ii]; [viii], xiv, [ii], 412, [xxxii]; viii, [xl], 480 págs.Encadernações da época inteiras de pele com nervos, rótulos e ferros a ouro em casas fechadas na lombada e nas seixas. As dos primeiros dois volumes são ligeiramente distintas dos últimos, tanto ao nível dos ornamentos usados nos ferros a ouro como nos cortes, que são marmoreados nos dois primeiros volumes, com um padrão semelhante ao das guardas, e carminados nos últimos. Volumes I e II preservam uma fita marcadora em seda verde. O rótulo do terceiro volume está gravado «Tomo I», ao invés de «Tomo III».Profusamente ilustrado com 219 gravuras desdobráveis em extratexto, distribuídas pelos volumes da seguinte forma: I ? 44; II ? 55; III ? 60; IV ? 60. Executadas por alguns dos melhores gravuristas técnicos da época como Antoine Hérisset (1685-1769), Robert François Bonnart (fl. 1726-1759) e Jacques Rigaud (1681-1754), as gravuras representam diagramas técnicos com cálculos de engenharia e maquinaria hidráulica diversa: moinhos de água e de vento, bombas e máquinas elevatórias, aquedutos e canalizações, eclusas e portos, obras fluviais e marítimas. Inclui também tabelas no texto.Com exceção do terceiro volume, todos abrem com um belo frontispício alegórico gravado por Rigaud, diferente em cada volume, representando maquinaria hidráulica como moinhos, fontes e repuxos sobre deslumbrantes paisagens; o terceiro volume, por sua vez, inclui um retrato do autor gravado por J. G. Will em 1750 a partir de pintura de L. Vigée.Magnífica impressão em caracteres redondos e alguns itálicos sobre papel de qualidade, mais encorpado no primeiro volume do que nos restantes. Os ornamentos tipográficos foram executados por ilustres artistas como Pierre Soubeyran, François-Antoine Aveline, Nicolas Cochin fils, Flipart e Chedel. Folhas de rosto a preto e vermelho decoradas com: xilogravura com motivos vegetalistas no volume I; calcogravura de Soubeyran com instrumentos bélicos no volume II; calcogravura gravada por Cochin e Flipart com a Virgem com o Menino, rodeada de instrumentos de engenharia nos volumes III e IV. As dedicatórias são encimadas por elaborados cabeções calcográficos: no primeiro volume, gravura de Soubeyran com sete putti e instrumentos científicos numa sala da Academia; no terceiro volume, cabeção de Aveline com alegoria militar e a legenda «Belicae Virtutis Praemium». Inclui ainda iniciais decorativas, vinhetas de abertura de capítulo por Rigaud e Chedel, ocasionais filetes tipográficos decorativos e florões de remate.Exemplar com pequenas falhas de pele nas lombadas (coifas em falta) e nas pastas. Etiquetas de cota (16/17/18/19) coladas nas lombadas. Assinatura de posse de Filipe de Vilhena na guarda anterior de todos os volumes. Anotações coevas a tinta na página 187 do primeiro volume, riscando e corrigindo passagens do texto. Leves manchas de humidade nas primeiras e últimas páginas de cada volume. No terceiro volume, as gravuras VII, XIV, XVIII, XXVII, XXXVI e XLVII apresentam danos por humidade nas laterais e pequenos estragos causados por dobragem incorrecta, sem comprometer a leitura das mesmas.Páginas 389 a 412 do primeiro volume estão numeradas 289.…
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- ARCHITECTURE HYDRAULIQUE, OU L?ART DE CONDUIRE, D?ELEVER, ET DE MENAGER LES EAUX POUR LES DIFFERENS BESOINS DE LA VIE. [4 VOLUMES ? PRIMEIRA EDIÇÃO COMPLETA]
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- BELIDOR. (Bernard Forest de)
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- Engenharia / Engineering, Física / Physics, Hidráulica / Hydraulics
Livraria Castro e Silva
Lisboa, Portugal
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