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Gallon, (J.G.).

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€ 7 500
Auction dateClassic
18.02.2021 10:00UTC +02:00
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Auktionshaus Kiefer
Event location
Germany, Pforzheim
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ID 488573
Lot 1226 | Gallon, (J.G.).
Gallon, (J.G.). Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Academie royale des sciences. Depuis son établissement jusqu'à present; avec leur description. Dessinées & publiées du consentement de l'Académie. 7 Bände. Paris, Gabriel Martin, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, fils, Hippolyte-Louis Guerin 1735-1777. 4°. Mit Titeln in Schwarz u. Rot u. 495 gefaltet Kupfertaf. Halbleder der Zeit mit goldgeprägt Rückensch. u. reicher floraler Rückenvergoldung (Alt restauriert).
Brunet I, 28. Cicognara 917. Graesse I, 10 u. III, 19. Poggendorff I, 838. Roller-G. I, 440. Erste Ausgabe. - Der franz. Ingenieur, Kapitän und Wissenschaftler J.G. Gallon (1706-1775) beschreibt alle Maschinen und Erfindungen, die der Academie royale des sciences von 1666 bis 1754 zur Begutachtung vorlagen. Darunter die erste von Pascal erfundene Rechenmaschine, turbinengetriebene Bootsmodelle von Chr. L. Camus etc. - Es handelt sich wohl neben der Encyclopedie von d'Alembert und Diderot um das umfangreichste und aufwendigste französische Werk zur Technikgeschichte des 18. Jahrhunderts. - ╔Hier mit dem meist fehlenden 7. Band╗, der posthum erst 1777 erschien. - Einige Taf. im vorderen Rand mit kl. Läs. durch fehlerhafte Faltung, wenige Taf. etwas fl. durch verwischte Druckfarbe. - Aus der Bibliothek des schwedischen Bergbau-Ingenieurs Carl Rinman (1762-1826) mit dessen eh. Namenszug in 3 Bdn. (dat. 1785, vergleiche Hofberg, Schwedisches biografisches Handlexikon, 2. Auflage, 1906). - Gallon describes all machines and inventions that were available to the Academie royale des sciences from 1666 to 1754 for assessment.First edition. 7 volumes. With 495 copper engravings. Contemporary half leather, old restored. Few plates with small damages due to incorrect folding. From the library of the Swedish engineer Carl Rinman with his signature in 3 volumes.
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