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live December 8 | 02:00 PM
Richard Maison de ventes

277 - [Bourbonnais] RÉGEMORTES (Louis de). Description of the New Stone Bridge Built Over the Allier River at Moulins; with an Explanation of the Reasons for Its Location, and Drawings and Details Regarding Its Construction. Paris, Lottin the Elder, 1771. One large folio volume, in a plain contemporary cardboard binding (scuffing, wear, hinges partially split).

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€600 - 800

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25%

[Bourbonnais] RÉGEMORTES (Louis de). Description of the New Stone Bridge Built Over the Allier River at Moulins; with an Explanation of the Reasons for Its Location, and Drawings and Details Regarding Its Construction. Paris, Lottin the Elder, 1771. One large folio volume, in a plain contemporary cardboard binding (scuffing, wear, hinges partially split). First edition of this spectacular work on the construction of the Moulins Bridge, comprising 47 pages of text, an allegorical frontispiece title page engraved on copper, and 16 large plates, 11 of which are fold-out, engraved by Taraval, depicting site plans, elevations, cross-sections, foundations, hydraulic machinery, and various stages of the bridge’s construction. The fifth plate measures approximately 1.90 m in length (sheet).

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Auction details

Sale of antique and modern books
Tuesday, December 8
02:00 PM
16, rue Régemortes
03000 Moulins, France

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Richard Maison de ventes +33 4 28 39 00 20 moulins@richardmdv.com
On Drouot for 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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