[PERRAULT, Pierre]. On the Origin of Fountains. First edition of this

[PERRAULT, Pierre]. On the Origin of Fountains. First edition of this important treatise on hydrology. A copy in a contemporary binding, bearing the monogram of the engineer and bibliophile Louis-Alexandre Barbet. Paris: Pierre Le Petit, 1674. In-12, full brown grained calfskin, ribbed spine, ornamented panels with small gilded ironwork and a central fleur-de-lis, covers stamped with a central gilded monogram “A.B.” rendered in dotted lines and surrounded by a surveyor’s chain, gilded sc

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