A practical essay on a cement and artificial stone, justly supposed to be that of the Greeks and Romans, lately re-discovered by Monsieur Loriot, Master of Mechanics to His Most Christian Majesty, for the Cheap, easy, expeditious and durable construction of all manner of buildings; and the formation of all kinds of ornaments of architecture, even with the commonest and coarsest Materials. Translated from the French original, lately published, by the express Orders of the above Monarch.
- Loriot, Antoine-Joseph, 1716-1782.
- Date:
- M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]
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Also known as
Mémoire sur une découverte dans l'art de bâtir. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]
Physical description
55,[1]p. ; 80.
Contributors
Edition
The third edition.
References note
ESTC N20679
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.