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[MAILLE, Jean.]
Exposition des proprietes du spalme, considere comme courroi pour la conservation des batimens de mer; comme enduit, pour celle des bois d'oeuvre & des corps en general; comme mastic, pour la jonction des marbres, des pierres & des metaux; avec la maniere de l'employer sous ces trois rapports.
Paris, chez Le Breton, 1763. 8vo, pp. [4], 80, with royal arms in woodcut on last leaf; disbound. First edition of a detailed description and history of this mastic compound invented by the author in 1720 and used in ship building, harbour defenses and in the building trade.
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