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Memoire Sur Le Laminage Du Plomb
by Sainte Albine (Remond de)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
Jacques Guerin, Paris, 1746. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Third edition and the first with illustrations. Sainte Albine (Redmond de) Mémoire sur le Laminage du Plomb. Title with engraved vignette of foundry, woodcut ornament, 3 folding engraved plates by Dheulland, light spotting to one or two margins, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, corners a little worn, upper joint and spine ends repaired, small 8vo, Paris, Jacques Guerin, 1746. xii 78pp [2] 16 x 10 cms [Kress S.1923] A rare work. The First illustrated edition of this scarce work on rolled-sheet lead for roofing and gutters, first published in 1731. Rolled lead had been in use in Britain since 1670 but there was resistance in France from the guild of plumbers. Sainte-Albine defends the advantages of rolled sheet versus cast lead and explains the manufacturing techniques.
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- Bookseller
- finecopy ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110208
- Title
- Memoire Sur Le Laminage Du Plomb
- Author
- Sainte Albine (Remond de)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- later edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jacques Guerin, Paris, 1746
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...