42. Etienne, Jean d'.
MEMOIRE / SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE / D'UN CIMENT / IMPÉNÉTRABLE
A L'EAU; / ET SUR L'APPLICATION DE CE
MÊME CIMENT / A UNE TERRASSE DE LA MAISON DE
L'AUTEUR. / Par M. D'Etienne, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal, / &
Militaire de S. Louis, &c. &c. / Prix, trois livres. / A PARIS, / De
l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. PIERRES, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi. / Et
se vend chez l'Auteur, rue de Mesnil-montant, près le Boulevard du
Temple. / M. DCC. LXXXII.
Small 4to. Title page (1 leaf); dedication (1 leaf); text ([1]-19); engraved
headpiece; 1 woodcut tailpiece.
Jean d'Etienne (1725-98) was a French engineer and mathematician.
The cement is, as the title of the book states, "impénétrable a l'eau."
Etienne gives its composition and the preparation of the floor to receive
it. The book is a paperbound pamphlet.
Sowerby described the book as the first edition, a quarto of fourteen
leaves. Jefferson acquired his copy between 1785 and 1789, according
to Kimball (p. 93), and sold it to Congress. This edition was printed
by Philippe-Denys Pierres, who a few years later was to print Jefferson's
Notes on Virginia.
Jefferson ordered the book for the University in the section on
"Technical Arts" of the want list, but there is no record of its having
been received by the library. It should be noted that Jefferson listed this
book under "Architecture" in his catalogue of his own library. The
present copy on the University's shelves has been recently acquired, the
gift of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.
U. Va.
*TP877.E7.1782
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