Gilles-François SEGONDAT
Traité de la mesure des bois, contenant le tarif de la réduction des bois équarris en pieds cubes
[Treatise on the Measurement of Timber, containing the tariff for converting squared timber into cubic feet; the tariff for converting round timber into cubic feet; the tariff for converting sawn timber into square feet. Printed by order of His Grace the Duke of Choiseul, Minister of State, of War and of the Navy]
P. Faye • Imprimerie de Pierre Toussaints|Rochefort • Saintes 1765|13.3 x 21.3 cm|Broché
Rare first edition, illustrated with four plates hors-texte at the end of the volume (cf. Polak 8728).
This practical treatise was reissued repeatedly until the end of the Ancien Régime.
Our copy is offered in its original state, stitched in the temporary blue paper wrappers.
A waterstain in the right margin of the first fifty leaves, with another affecting the lower margins of the subsequent leaves; title page detached.
Gilles-François Segondat (1724–1791), deputy commissioner of the navy, was to conclude his career as an ordinary commissioner of the ports.
€500