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RÉGEMORTES, Louis de (1709-1774)

Lot 80
21.11.2022 12:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 80 | RÉGEMORTES, Louis de (1709-1774)
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€ 8 000 – 12 000
RÉGEMORTES, Louis de (1709-1774). Description du nouveau pont de pierre construit sur la rivière d'Allier à Moulins...Paris : imprimerie de Lottin l'ainé, 1771.

Exemplaire en maroquin rouge, aux armes du pape Clément XIV. L'ouvrage relate l'exploit technique de Louis de Régemortes, qui parvint à dessiner et bâtir le pont de Moulins, après l'échec de nombre de confrères, parmi lesquels Hardouin-Mansart dont la tentative avait été réduite à néant par une crue.
Après une décennie de travaux, le pont, composé alors de 13 arches ovales, est achevé en 1753 - l'ouvrage documente et célèbre son achèvement près d'une vingtaine d'années plus tard. Une des arches est abattue en 1940, pour freiner l'avancée des troupes allemandes. Peu après la guerre, le pont est inscrit au titre des monuments historiques. Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin, Notices biographiques sur les ingénieurs des ponts et chaussées depuis la création du corps, en 1716, jusqu'à nos jours, pp. 23-24.

Grand in-folio (525 x 375 mm). Édition originale. 1 titre-frontispice allégorique et 16 planches gravées, certaines dépliantes. Reliure de l'époque en maroquin rouge, armes du pape Clément XIV au centre des plats, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées. Provenance : reliure aux armes de Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli (1705-1774), pape Clément XIV à partir de 1769 -- sur le contreplat, ex-libris gravé du Fermier Général Saulot de Bospin. Il s'agit vraisemblablement d'Adrien Charles Saulot de Bospin, Fermier Général donc et administrateur des domaines du roi avant la Révolution. Sa bibliothèque sera dispersée en 1804.

Red morocco bound copy of this impressive publication, documenting the successful construction of the Moulins bridge, by the architect Louis de Régemortes. The binding is stamped with the gilt arms of the Pope Clement XIV.
Place of origin:France
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