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La science des ombres from Louis C. Dupain de Montesson
The English title of the book is “ the science of shadows “. The autor is Louis Charles Dupain de Montesson. He was born in 1715 and died in the year 1790. We don’t have the exact date of his birth and death. The book was written in French. It was published in 1760 in Paris. There are no other volumes of the book. We can find this book in the bibliothek of Oechslin “ Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin “. We also can find it here in the centre of Zurich, in the “ zentralbibliothek Zurich, Alte Ausdrucke “. There are old editions but not the first one. You can also find the book online on this website : https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/doi/10.3931/e-rara-3796 The book that you can find on this page is an original one printed in 1762. You can also find a lot of PDF of this book on internet, like on this website: http://chandlercroteau.tk/download/0k5gAAAAcAAJ-lart-de-lever-les-plans-de-tout-ce-qui-a-rapport-a-la-guerre-and-a-larchitecture-civile-and-champetre-seconde-edition-corrigee-and-augmentee