André Cailleau

The rare first edition.
Contemporary brown full calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Headcaps torn. One lack to the tail compartment. One corner slightly bumped. The privilege continuation has been placed at the end of the novel, probably because it contains the table on the verso.
Story of the son of the King of Sweden who finds himself transported through the air by means of a cloud and winds and finds himself in Spain where we witness his adventures. The reader's notice specifies: "Les avantures dont je parle ne sont pas chimériques [...] Elle sont tirées de l'histoire secrette de Suède." ["The adventures I speak of are not chimerical [...]

New French edition, quite rare. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Peter I and a large folding map. Reprint of the original French edition published in 1717 by Jean Boudot.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, ornamented. Head cap partly worn. Surface damage to boards. Rubbing to headcaps and edges.
This edition was provided by Hugony, following Peter I's voyage to France. Like the texts then available on Russia, this is a 17th-century account by an English engineer who was employed in Russia for many years; the strictly historical sections have been updated. This account is highly esteemed; it is the first to have given us accurate notions about

First edition, published without the author's name, and illustrated with a frontispiece by Guérard and 26 folding plates by the same artist. The second work is also in its first edition and is illustrated with a frontispiece and 4 plates by Guérard.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps worn. Upper joint cracked at head and foot. Lower joint cracked at head. Corners bumped and trimmed. Overall rubbed.
A great classic on bridge construction and regulation. The second work is a technical analysis of bridge construction and the knowledge and calculations necessary for their realization. It includes measuremen