75/2186 [Civil engineering]. 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., 54 engr. fold. plates and 1 fold. table, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- One plate loose, vol.1 a few pages in duplicate and a few pages misbound, both vols. libr. stamp on first free endpaper/ htitle and libr. ticket on title. Both vols. libr. ticket on spine, paper over boards partly worn off. Good copy.

= 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, p.534-536.