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Espié, Félix François, comte d', 1708–1792
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1756
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Arches -- Early works to 1800.
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Arches.
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Building, Fireproof -- Early works to 1800.
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Building, Fireproof.
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The manner of securing all sorts of buildings from fire, or, A treatise upon the construction of arches made with bricks and plaister, called flat-arches, and of a roof without timber called a bricked-roof : with the addition of some letters that have passed between the Count of Espie and Peter Wyche, Esq. on this subject : adorned with two copper-plates serving to illustrate the whole work / written in French by Monsieur le comte d'Espie, Knight of the Military Order of St. Lewis, and translated by L. Dutens.
Creator:
Espié, Félix François, comte d', 1708–1792
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[1756]
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62 pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)
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Rare Books and Manuscripts