With 53 engraved architectural plates

Bernard Forest de Belidor:

La Science des Ingenieurs dans la conduite des travaux de Fortification et de Architecture civile.

Paris, Claude Jombert, 1729. 4to. 28 x 22 cms. 6 parts in one: [16] + 80 + 64 + 96 + 104 + 80 + 88 [=a total of 528] pp. + 53 engraved plates (51 folding) + engraved frontispiece.

Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label, marbled endpapers, binding worn with slight loss and bumped corners, but sound. Slight musty odor. Gift inscription in blue pen on front free endpaper dated 1953.

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