RUGGIERI, Claude F. Élémens de pyrotechnie, divisés en cinq parties. Paris, Barba et Magimel, An 10 − 1802.
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Description
8vo, mm. 200x120; Contemporary leather binding, spine adorned, golden frame on covers, marbled endpapers, yellow edges; pp. XXIII, including half Tittle and Title page, 390, i.e. 393, 3.Pictorial Frontispiece and 24 plates out text.folded at the end.
A total of 25 plates engraved on copper.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITION.
The work is divided into five parts: The Treaty of materials; the fires of earth, air and water; the balloons fires; the fires for the theater; the fires of war. The part devoted to the theater contains several specific applications. At the end there is a vocabulary with technical terms used in the book.
The Ruggieri, originating in Bologna, were a family of pyrotechnic famous: long-settled in France, setting up shows for Louis XV, Louis XVI and Napoleon.
Philip R060.1
Nice copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
A total of 25 plates engraved on copper.
RARE ORIGINAL EDITION.
The work is divided into five parts: The Treaty of materials; the fires of earth, air and water; the balloons fires; the fires for the theater; the fires of war. The part devoted to the theater contains several specific applications. At the end there is a vocabulary with technical terms used in the book.
The Ruggieri, originating in Bologna, were a family of pyrotechnic famous: long-settled in France, setting up shows for Louis XV, Louis XVI and Napoleon.
Philip R060.1
Nice copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
