Traité du Nivellement, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cet Art. Avec la Description d'un nivellement nouvellement inventé

by Architecture, Bullet, Pierre

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First edition

First edition. Illustrated with 11 folding engraved plates and one text engraving. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, joints cracked but sound, interior fine. Item #28744 Bullet 1639-1716 , Architecte du Roy, was the author of the often reprinted L'ARCHITECTURE PRATIQUE 1691 , which became a standard v. Fowler, pp. 69-70 for the next 100 years. Bullet's Traité is similarly written in a spirit

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