Author: JACOB LEUPOLD
Title: Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicarum, oder: Schau-Platz der Wasser-Künste. Bestehend in einer volkommenen Beschreibung und Unterricht meist aller erfundenen Machinen die Wasser dadurch in die Höhe zu treiben, oder aus der Tieffe zu erheben [etc.]
Description: Christoph Zunkel for Joh. Friedr. Gleditsch, 1724. half leather. Folio, illustrated with engraved folding plates, 53 in the first volume, 52 (numb. 54) in the second, for a total of 105 magnificent engraved plates with hydraulic contraptions. Part of "Theatrum machinarum generale", a ten-volume work. First edition of the most comprehensive illustrated survey of engineering and technology published until then, far exceeding its precedessors in scope and scale, ultimately running to 10 volumes by its completion in 1739.[ref: Poggendorff I, 1438 & Engelmann 224]. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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