75/2419 Prony, G.C.F.M.R. de. Nouvelle architecture hydraulique, Contenant l'art de lever l'eau au moyen de différentes machines, de construire dans ce fluide, de le diriger, et généralement de l'appliquer, de diverses manieres, aux besoins de la société. Paris, F. Didot, 1790/ 1796, 2 vols., XII,621,(3),72; (2),203,(1),38p., 52 (of 54) engr. fold. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Lacks 2 plates; text partly yellowed; both vols. library stamp/ ticket on title-p.; bookplate on upper pastedown. Joints and spine-ends sl. rubbed.

= Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica p.267-268: "First appearance of this compendious work on hydraulic architecture (...) It presents rational mechanical and engineering principles, using Lagrange's analysis to demonstrate theories of statics, dynamics, and hydrodynamics. (...)". Poggendorf II, 534-536.