Nouveau traité du nivellement.

4to: [8]-67-[1] pp.

Contemp. quarter calf, gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands, red edges (joints, head and tail def.).

Rare first edition by the engineer and member of the Royal Academy of Science in Berlin S. Lefebvre. Ill. with an engr. headpiece and 7 fold. engr. pl. In this work Lefebvre introduces several modifications in the classic surveying instruments, in particular for the level.
Ref. BnF.
Prov. H. De Schryver (bookpl. and gilt seal on pastedown and flyleaf). - Jean Mosselmans (stamp).