LA FAYE, Polycarpe de.

Mémoire pour servir de Suite aux Recherches sur la Préparation que les Romains donnoient à la Chaux. Dont ils se servoient pour leurs constructions, & sur la composition & l'emploi de leurs Mortiers.

viii, 110, xviii, [2] pp. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, black morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1778. First edition. “La Faye claimed to have rediscovered a secret Roman method of making mortar, of which a crucial property was its ability to harden under water, from his interpretation of various passes from Vitruvius (Book II) and also from Saint Augustine (Book XXI of the City of God)...[this is] the second of La Faye’s two works on the ancient uses of cements and concretes, again widely citing Vitruvius, and including the Roman method of road and terrace construction, ways to make mortar set etc. together with three letters from de Bruno, a French diplomat who had spent much time in India, on construction techniques there.”–Elton Engineering Books, Cat. 6, items 227 & 228. Fine copy.

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