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Bélidor, Bernard Forest de (1698-1761) Architecture Hydraulique, ou l'Art de Conduire, d'Elever, et de Menager les Eaux.
Paris: Charles Jombert, 1737-1753. First edition, four large quarto volumes, illustrated with engraved titles to first and fourth volumes, bespoke hydraulics-themed head- and tail-pieces, and 219 folding engraved illustrations bound throughout the set (plates 10-19 in the fourth volume misbound after plate 34); uniformly bound in full contemporary sponge-decorated French calfskin with gilt-tooled spines and lettering pieces, generally good, some minor damage to heads and tails, a substantial set occupying nine inches of shelf space, 11 x 8 in. (4)
A fine set of Bélidor's substantial contribution to hydraulic engineering, and his greatest work, in Architecture Hydraulique, he uses integral calculus to solve the technical challenges of his designs.
