La Méchanique des gens du monde

by Louis Legris

$1,450 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Paris: 1824. 8vo. 67 pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Folding lithographed plate. Original printed blue wrappers. Bookplate of Maurice Chardon du Ranquet. Uncut. An excellent copy. Item #20074 Only edition of this strange and somewhat delusional catalog of aspirational inventions. Here the author, who styles himself an engineer, presents his designs for 55 devices to be used in agriculture, construction, and transportation.

• Binding: Wrappers

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