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Auction archive: Lot number 6391

PYROTECHNICS. (FRÉZIER, AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS. Traité

Estimate
SEK5,000 - SEK6,000
ca. US$730 - US$876
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 6391

PYROTECHNICS. (FRÉZIER, AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS. Traité

Estimate
SEK5,000 - SEK6,000
ca. US$730 - US$876
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

PYROTECHNICS. (FRÉZIER, AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS. Traité des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle. Nouvelle édition, toute changée, & considérablement augmentée. Par M. F*** D. D. F- D. B. Paris (chez Charles-Antione Jombert) 1747. 8:o. (5), vi-lii, (2), (1)-496 pp. Engraved frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates (all, some marginal foxing and spotting), 3 engraved vignettes. Contemporary brown mottled full leather, somewhat worn, covers slightly warped, gilt spine in six compartments, small damage at head, red edges. Some marginal foxing and spotting. Photo. First edition published in 1706. The present edition is the second, issued by Frézier. There was also a pirated edition published in 1741. Frézier (1682-1773) was a French military engineer. He discusses the history of the production and uses of artificial fireworks in addition to providing formulae for gunpowder and combustibles, and instructions for the construction of rockets and decorative fireworks.

Auction archive: Lot number 6391
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2011
Auction house:
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Nybrogatan 32
? Stockholm
Sweden
info@auktionsverket.se
+46 (0)8 4536750
+46 (0)8 242407
Beschreibung:

PYROTECHNICS. (FRÉZIER, AMÉDÉE FRANÇOIS. Traité des feux d'artifice pour le spectacle. Nouvelle édition, toute changée, & considérablement augmentée. Par M. F*** D. D. F- D. B. Paris (chez Charles-Antione Jombert) 1747. 8:o. (5), vi-lii, (2), (1)-496 pp. Engraved frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates (all, some marginal foxing and spotting), 3 engraved vignettes. Contemporary brown mottled full leather, somewhat worn, covers slightly warped, gilt spine in six compartments, small damage at head, red edges. Some marginal foxing and spotting. Photo. First edition published in 1706. The present edition is the second, issued by Frézier. There was also a pirated edition published in 1741. Frézier (1682-1773) was a French military engineer. He discusses the history of the production and uses of artificial fireworks in addition to providing formulae for gunpowder and combustibles, and instructions for the construction of rockets and decorative fireworks.

Auction archive: Lot number 6391
Auction:
Datum:
14 Dec 2011
Auction house:
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Nybrogatan 32
? Stockholm
Sweden
info@auktionsverket.se
+46 (0)8 4536750
+46 (0)8 242407
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