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1748 ARCHITECTURE TREATISE on THERMAL WATERS antique ILLUSTRATED w/10 ENGRAVINGS
1748 ARCHITECTURE TREATISE on THERMAL WATERS antique ILLUSTRATED w/10 ENGRAVINGS
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by [DURAND, Leopold]; CALMET, Augustin
A Nancy; 1748
8vo: 5 by 8"
333-[23] pp.; 10 plates
First edition of the work on thermal waters of Plombières (mainly), Bourbonne, Luxeuil and Bains.
Illustrated with 10 folding plates.
With an amusing chapter "Indécence dans la manière de prendre les Bains et L'Étuve, et de recevoir la Douge à Plombères".
The Benedictine monk A. Calmet (1672-1757) edited, with some additions, the manuscript of Léopold Durand (1666-1749), French architect.
- Ref. Blake p. 130 (under Durand). - Duveen p. 114 (under Calmet). - Not in Wellcome.
Original marbled sheep, gilt ornamental spine with raised bands
Very good condition, minor wear.
Text in French
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