(BUILDING MATERIALS.) Bound volume containing 3 works on the composition and use of mastic, cement, and mortar. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends worn, joints starting; scattered foxing. first editions. Paris, 1763-77
Maille, Jean. Exposition des Propriétés du Spalme. [4], 80 pages. Paris: Le Breton, 1763. On a mastic compound invented by the author for use in ship building and general construction Loriot, Antoine-Joseph. Mémoire sur une Découverte dans l'Art de Bâtir. 53, [3] pages. Paris: Michel Lambert, 1774. On a new form of cement invented by the author La Faye, Polycarpe de. Recherches sur la Préparation que les Romains donnoient à la Chaux dont ils se servoient pour leurs Constructions, & sur la Composition & l'Emploi de leurs Mortiers. vi, 83, xi pages. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1777. On the use of cement and mortar in ancient Rome.
