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[HÉBRARD (Pierre). Caminology or treatise on chimneys, containing observations on the different causes that make chimneys smoke, with means to correct this defect. In Dijon, by F. Desventes, 1756. In-8, [2] f., XLIV-187 p., [8] f. (table, errata, cat. of the bookseller), contemporary spotted tan basane, spine with 5 nerves, tan basane title-piece, ornamented caissons, marbled edges (spine gilt with snags at the head, two corners worn, small tear without loss in the margin of the title). First edition, illustrated with 28 figures on 21 copper-engraved plates. (Berlin Kat. 3841; Cicognara 890). Provenance: Duhamel sculptor and architect (bookplate ms. 18th c. on title).
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[HÉBRARD (Pierre). Caminology or treatise on chimneys, containing observations on the different causes that make chimneys smoke, with means to correct this defect. In Dijon, by F. Desventes, 1756. In-8, [2] f., XLIV-187 p., [8] f. (table, errata, cat. of the bookseller), contemporary spotted tan basane, spine with 5 nerves, tan basane title-piece, ornamented caissons, marbled edges (spine gilt with snags at the head, two corners worn, small tear without loss in the margin of the title). First edition, illustrated with 28 figures on 21 copper-engraved plates. (Berlin Kat. 3841; Cicognara 890). Provenance: Duhamel sculptor and architect (bookplate ms. 18th c. on title).
