HASSENFRATZ, Jean Henri.

Traité théorique et pratique de l'Art de calciner la Pierre calcaire, et de fabriquer Toutes Sortes de Mortiers, Cimens, Bétons, etc., soit a bras d'Hommes, soit a l'aide de Machines.

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Fine lithographed frontis. port. of the author & eleven folding engraved plates. xvi, 430 pp. Large 4to, cont. sheep-backed marbled boards (upper joint a little rubbed), flat spine gilt, black leather lettering piece on spine. Paris: Carilian-Goeury, 1825. First edition. “Although this work by Hassenfratz gives an excellent overall picture of the manufacture of mortars all over Europe and shows the state of knowledge which existed at this fruitful and productive period in the development of the material, the history behind its writing is also of great interest. Hassenfratz wrote it in his seventies, at the end of a long and distinguished career both in the Corps des Mines and as a professor at the Ecole Polytechnique, and in his rueful preface he laments that young men, specifically Vicat who had been his pupil, fail to acknowledge the work of their predecessors as they forge ahead with their new discoveries. Consequently his own book gathers together and describes the work of every scientist, chemist and engineer, ancient and modern, ever concerned with the development of cement and includes all sorts of different mixes of mortar without distinguishing between good and bad, much to the disgust of his young contemporaries, notably Raucourt de Charleville. Nevertheless, it does contain a great deal of detailed information, though it is probably more useful to the modern historian than it was to the engineers of his own time searching for a strong and reliable mortar among this forest of facts.”–Elton, Cat. 6, 220. Hassenfratz (1755-1827), learned chemistry while working in Lavoisier’s laboratory. He later became professor of physics at the École Polytechnique and later taught the industrial applications of mineralogy at the École des Mines. Fine copy. Bookplate of General J. Doreau. ❧ Cole 609–“This extensive work covers quicklime and limestone, their properties, both physical and chemical, the calcination of limestone, including much information concerning the furnaces used, and the manufacture of mortars and cements. D.S.B., VI, pp. 164-65.

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