[PERRINET d'ORVAL] [FREZIER (Amédée-François)] - Treatise on - Lot 13

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[PERRINET d'ORVAL] [FREZIER (Amédée-François)] - Treatise on - Lot 13
[PERRINET d'ORVAL] [FREZIER (Amédée-François)] - Treatise on Fireworks for Entertainment, new edition, completely revised and considerably expanded. Paris, Published by Nyon, 1747. One volume, in-8°, LIV-[2]-496 pp., XIII folios of folded plates, frontispiece; 8vo, LII pp.-1 ff.-496 pp., frontispiece and 13 folded plates, full period calf, decorated spine, red morocco title label, bound in sheepskin, spine with five raised bands and decorated panels, title. Red edges. Top and bottom edges worn Barbier IV, 780 Approval dated August 27, 1745. Royal privilege granted to Jean-Luc Nyon the Younger for three years on October 21, 1745; “I hereby assign… to Mr. Jombert half of the rights to the *Treatise on Fireworks*, in accordance with our agreements. In Paris, November 16, 1745. Nyon, Jr.” - Frontispiece, headpieces for the three parts (drawn by C. N. Cochin Jr., engraved by Soubeyran or Chedel), and large copperplate engravings (explanations pp. xxxix–lii); title vignette (coat of arms of the King of France), headpieces, initials, and tailpieces engraved on wood; typographic headpieces - Table of Contents (pp. [xxvii]–xxxviii). Errata (pp. lii–liv). “Explanation of Terms Specific to Fireworks, Arranged in Alphabetical Order.” (pp. [483]–496)
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