BÉLIDOR, Bernard Forest de.

Architecture Hydraulique, ou l'Art de conduire, d'elever, et de menager les Eaux pour les differens besoins de la Vie.

Three engraved frontis. (one is a port. of the author), 219 folding engraved plates, & many fine engraved headpieces. Titles printed in red & black. Four vols. Large 4to, modern morocco-backed boards (some browning & foxing). Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1737-39-50-53. First edition of the most widely used and influential engineering text of the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is “one of the earliest scientific books in the field of engineering. Concentrating on civil construction he considers transportation, shipbuilding, waterways and water supply, ornamental fountains, windmills and pumps, epitomizing their state on the eve of the Industrial Revolution.”–Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 30. This work “proved to be invaluable to architects, builders, and engineers. [It amounted] to rationalized engineering handbooks in which the man in charge of a construction might look up model specifications for a foundation or a cornice, a pediment or an arch; fine diagrams he could follow or adapt; and consult job analyses and work plans for dividing and directing the labor.”–D.S.B., I, p. 582. This was the first work of its kind to make practical use of the integral calculus. Good set. Signature removed from head of each title. Small oval embossed stamp of the Peabody Institute in lower corners of frontispieces and titles. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica.

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