Nouvelle construction de cheminées, qui garantit du feu, & de la fumée à l'épreuve des vents, du soleil, de la pluie, & des autres causes qui font fumer les cheminées ordinaires.

8vo: 142-[2] pp.

Sewn, orig. grey blind wr. (rubbed). Good copy, sewn as issued.

Liège edition (1st Paris 1759) of this curious work on chimneys by the French physicist and technician Genneté (1706-1782). Descriptions of a number of experiments and theories on wind and ventilation, etc. Preface dated Paris, 1/6/1759. Genneté was famous for his early description of coal-mining. Complete with 13 engr. folding pl. by the Liège engraver J.P. Dreppe depicting technical drawings of chimneys. At the end bookseller's list of F.J. Desoer (2 pp., p. 2 pasted on inner cover).
Ref. Cp. de Theux 581 (1769 ed., mentions a 1760 reprint). - Kress Libr. 5857. - Berlin Kat. 3842. - Bn-Opale plus. - Not in Opac KBR (reproduction only).
Prov. "Joseph Gatin" (ms. ownership entry with mention "Le prix est de 3 escalins chez Anne C. Bassompierre").