§ CAMBRAY (Louis-Guillaume de). Description of a fire engine built for the Saltworks of Castiglione. With details on the most known Machines of this kind, & on some other Hydraulic Machines, followed by a Memoir on the construction of the Saltworks & on the quality of the Salts &c. Parma, Carmignani, 1766.
In-4 of [3] ff.-180 pp.-[2] ff. Ep. marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, title p. in red marble.
Original edition illustrated with 10 intaglio engraved plates and 6 tables dépl. h.-t. Without the portrait of the author.
Used jaws, restored corners, qqs epidermures otherwise very good copy, very good interior condition.
Very rare work describing the first steam mechanism used in Italy by the French engineer Louis-Guillaume de Cambray-Digny (1723-1798) to pump sea water to the saltworks of Castiglione; this machine was used as a model for the one in Chaillot.
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