[ARCHITECTURE]LE CAMUS DE MEZIERES, Nicolas. Traité de la fo - Lot 23

[ARCHITECTURE]LE CAMUS DE MEZIERES, Nicolas. Traité de la force des bois. Interesting treatise on the use of wood in architecture in the 18th century. Paris, chez l'auteur et Benoît Morin, 1782. In-8, posterior bradel boards, smooth spine with green title page. T., 372 pp, (1) ff, 2 plates, one folding. Interior somewhat yellowed, foxing and wetness to first few leaves. An architectural treatise giving a method for using wood in buildings, the means of distinguishing the best qualities of wood and calculating their strength, illustrated with two engraved plates, one of which is a fold-out engraved by Sellier. Also included is a method for exploiting forests. A study by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières (1721-1789), the important architect behind today's Paris Bourse de Commerce and the Hôtel de Beauvau. Handwritten bookplate on title naming Vérité Daubigné. A good copy, complete with plates, in a fine posterior binding.