The Science of Shadows, in Relation to Design... Lot 1

The Science of Shadows, in Relation to Design [.] with the following: the Draughtsman in the Cabinet and in the Army. Paris, Ch. A. Jombert, 1750, in-8°. 2 parts in 1 vol. XVI, 92pp, 14pl; (2), III, (1bl), from 95 to 168, (4), III, (1bl)pp, 4pl, FIRST EDITION. Rare. 18 copper-engraved folding plates Bound in full marbled calf with smooth spine. Brown morocco title-piece, coloured end-papers turned. (binding of the ep.) According to the author, it is intended mainly "for those who want to draw Civil & Military Architecture", i.e. surveyors and topographers; the second part of the work is entirely devoted to them. Dupain de Montesson was a topographical engineer; his contribution to the art of cartography is not to be overlooked. We owe him the survey of numerous plans, including those of the place of Courtrai, the course of the lower Rhine and the surroundings of Bayonne.