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Eric Zink Livres anciens, PARIS, France
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Plein cartonnage d'attente de l'époque. Un volume grand in folio (565x400 mm), 47 pages et titre gravé et 16 gravures hors texte. Un coin du premier plat rogné. Quelques mouillures. La planche 9 est déreliée. Edition originale. Exemplaire dans son cartonnage d'attente, à pleines marges. Tel que paru. Monumentale impression pour la description du pont de Moulins construit de 1754 à 1762 sous la direction de Louis de Règemortes, ingénieur des ponts et chaussées : Plans, coupes, élévations et cartes. A noter l'impressionnante cinquième planche mesurant plus d'1,80m de long représentant les fondations du pont. "L'?uvre qui a illustré son nom est la construction du pont de Moulins, pour laquelle plusieurs tentative infructueuses avaient été accomplies au siècle précédent. La réussite du projet dressé par Louis de Règemorte tient principalement à l'établissement d un radier général en maçonnerie, fortement défendu contre l'action des eaux, avec levées longitudinales insubmersibles attachées aux calées, pour prévenir l'effet désastreux des affouillements et des inondations qui avaient amené la ruine des travaux entrepris sur le même point de 1679 à 1689." Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin (Notices biographiques sur les ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées depuis la création du corps, en 1716, jusqu'a? nos jours, Baudry, 1884) Le désormais "Pont Règemortes" traverse toujours l'Allier plus de 250 ans plus tard, preuve de la réussite de l'entreprise de l'ingénieur. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Contemporary full cardboard. Large folio (565x400 mm), 47 pages and engraved title and 16 plates. A corner of the first cover cropped. Some waterstains. Plate 9 is almost unbound. First edition. Monumental impression for the description of the Moulins bridge built from 1754 to 1762 under the direction of Louis de Règemortes, engineer of bridges and roads: Plans, sections, elevations and maps. Note the impressive fifth plank measuring over 1.80m long representing the foundations of the bridge. "The work that has illustrated his name is the construction of the Moulins bridge, for which several unsuccessful attempts had been made in the previous century. The success of the project drawn up by Louis de Règemorte is mainly due to the establishment of a general masonry base. , strongly defended against the action of water, with unsinkable longitudinal levees attached to the wedges, to prevent the disastrous effect of scouring and flooding which had brought the ruin of the works undertaken on the same point from 1679 to 1689. " Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin (Biographical notes on the engineers of the bridges and roads since the creation of the body, in 1716, until our days, Baudry, 1884) The now "Pont Règemortes" still crosses the Allier more than 250 years more late proof of the success of the engineer. 2700g. Seller Inventory # M201227
Title: Description du nouveau pont de pierre, ...
Publisher: Lottin, Paris
Publication Date: 1771
Binding: Couverture rigide
Condition: Très bon
Edition: Edition originale.
Seller: Eric Zink Livres anciens, PARIS, France
Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. Plein cartonnage d'attente de l'époque. Un volume grand in folio (565x400 mm), 47 pages et titre gravé et 16 gravures hors texte. Un coin du premier plat rogné. Quelques mouillures. La planche 9 est déreliée. Edition originale. Exemplaire dans son cartonnage d'attente, à pleines marges. Tel que paru. Monumentale impression pour la description du pont de Moulins construit de 1754 à 1762 sous la direction de Louis de Règemortes, ingénieur des ponts et chaussées : Plans, coupes, élévations et cartes. A noter l'impressionnante cinquième planche mesurant plus d'1,80m de long représentant les fondations du pont. "L'?uvre qui a illustré son nom est la construction du pont de Moulins, pour laquelle plusieurs tentative infructueuses avaient été accomplies au siècle précédent. La réussite du projet dressé par Louis de Règemorte tient principalement à l'établissement d un radier général en maçonnerie, fortement défendu contre l'action des eaux, avec levées longitudinales insubmersibles attachées aux calées, pour prévenir l'effet désastreux des affouillements et des inondations qui avaient amené la ruine des travaux entrepris sur le même point de 1679 à 1689." Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin (Notices biographiques sur les ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées depuis la création du corps, en 1716, jusqu'a? nos jours, Baudry, 1884) Le désormais "Pont Règemortes" traverse toujours l'Allier plus de 250 ans plus tard, preuve de la réussite de l'entreprise de l'ingénieur. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________ENGLISH_DESCRIPTION : Contemporary full cardboard. Large folio (565x400 mm), 47 pages and engraved title and 16 plates. A corner of the first cover cropped. Some waterstains. Plate 9 is almost unbound. First edition. Monumental impression for the description of the Moulins bridge built from 1754 to 1762 under the direction of Louis de Règemortes, engineer of bridges and roads: Plans, sections, elevations and maps. Note the impressive fifth plank measuring over 1.80m long representing the foundations of the bridge. "The work that has illustrated his name is the construction of the Moulins bridge, for which several unsuccessful attempts had been made in the previous century. The success of the project drawn up by Louis de Règemorte is mainly due to the establishment of a general masonry base. , strongly defended against the action of water, with unsinkable longitudinal levees attached to the wedges, to prevent the disastrous effect of scouring and flooding which had brought the ruin of the works undertaken on the same point from 1679 to 1689. " Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin (Biographical notes on the engineers of the bridges and roads since the creation of the body, in 1716, until our days, Baudry, 1884) The now "Pont Règemortes" still crosses the Allier more than 250 years more late proof of the success of the engineer. 2700g. Seller Inventory # N201227
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Seller: Nigel Phillips ABA ILAB, Chilbolton, United Kingdom
Large folio (550 x 385 mm.), engraved title leaf + 47 pages of text, and 16 engraved plates (11 folding, including one extending to 175 cm across the engraved area). Contemporary sheep-backed boards, spine gilt with red morocco label, small repairs to ends of spine. Text and some of the plates a bit browned, lower margin of title backed and with small piece (4 cm.) missing, but generally a very good copy. SOLE EDITION. A landmark book of bridge engineering, and a fine example of French eighteenth century technical illustration. Before Régemortes undertook the task of constructing the Allier bridge, which he completed in ten years, four bridges had been built on the same site in less than fifty years. Since its publication this book has been recognised as being of great importance to engineers charged with the construction of similar bridges. ?An extraordinarily handsome volume which documents the construction of a bridge across the Allier River at Moulins. Composed of thirteen ovoid arches, it is considered one of the most beautiful bridges in France. His explanation for the failure of these earlier bridges, was, quite simply, that any foundations sunk in the sandy bed of the river were undercut by the strong slow erosion of the water. Régemortes? solution was to set the main support for the bridge on the two banks of the river.? (Roberts & Trent). The suite of plates shows the construction of the bridges in its successive stages. Various new machines were used in the work: plates 6 and 7 illustrate the dredging machine used, plate 8 shows the sinking of the pilings, and plate 9 shows how the bed of the river was levelled. Roberts & Trent pp. 274?275, with a long account of the book. See also Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie Universelle, 41, p. 837. Seller Inventory # 645
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