Main entry:

Espié, Félix François, comte d', 1708-1792.

Title & Author:

Maniere de rendre toutes sortes d'édifices incombustibles; ou, Traité sur la construction des voutes, faites avec des briques & du plâtre, dites voutes plates; & d'un toit de brique, sans charpente, appellé comble briqueté / de l'invention de M. le Comte d'Espie ...

Publication:

A Paris : Chez Duchesne ..., 1754.

Description:

80 pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : plans ; 17 cm

Notes:
: For notes on Espie's pioneering work see No. 1000 above (Louis Dutens' English translation of 1756) and Harris (p. 190-191). In addition to the English version, the text also appeared in an anonymous German translation as Abhandlung von unverbrennlichen Gebäuden ... (Francfort und Leipzig: M. Macklot, 1774). A new critical edition in Italian, with a facsimile of the original French text, was published in Venice in 1996. Espie expanded on the subject of roof-construction in a much less well-known treatise, published in 1788 as Comble carrelagé, ou Construction d'un nouveau comble appellé carrelagé (Toulouse: J.F. Baour, 1788).
A typographical ornament appears above the imprint on the titlepage. Woodcut head-pieces are printed on A2a and A7a, and a tail-piece on A6b. There are woodcut initials on A2a and A7a.
Avery Classics copy: Binding: Contempoary calf with the arms of François-Joachim-Bernard Potier.
NNC
Library copy on 0000769: binding: 18th-century Italian decorated paper wrappers, uncut. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper "Dr. Ferd. Fracchia".
Library CAGE copy: bound (1) with Essai sur l'architecture. Paris : Chez Duchesne, 1753.
Library CAGE copy: binding: 18th-century mottled calf, gilt spine with title label "Essai sur larchit", edges of text red, green ribbon marker.

Subject:

Building, Fireproof Early works to 1800.
Roofing Early works to 1800.
Arches Early works to 1800.
Construction à l'épreuve du feu Ouvrages avant 1800.
Arcs (Architecture) Ouvrages avant 1800.
Arches.
Building, Fireproof.
Roofing.

Form/genre:

Early works
Contemporary bindings (Binding) NNC
Calf bindings (Binding) NNC
Armorial bindings (Binding) NNC

Added entries:

Gesvres, François-Joachim-Bernard Potier, duc de, 1692-1757, former owner.

Traité sur la construction des voutes, faites avec des briques & du plâtre

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 182502
Call No.: 0000769
Status: Available

Location: Library cage y 182501
Call No.: ID95B4889
Status: Available