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BOECKLER (GEORG ANDREAS) Theatrum machinarum novum, [Cologne, Paul Principis, 1662]
15 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£800 - £1,200
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BOECKLER (GEORG ANDREAS)
Theatrum machinarum novum, exhibens aquarias, alatas, iumentarias, manuarias, pedibus ac ponderibus versatiles, plures, et diversas molas... Ex Germania in Latium recens translatum opera R.D. Henrici Schmitz, additional engraved title by Sommer retaining imprint of Paul Fürst, Nuremberg, and 154 plates after Boeckler, some mostly marginal dampstaining and foxing to text, lacking printed title, following 2 leaves slightly creased and frayed, some plates with marginal foxing, nos. 31 and 32 repaired affecting image, contemporary mottled calf, gilt panelled spine, edges worn, upper joint cracked, folio (330 x 208mm.), [Cologne, Paul Principis, 1662]
Footnotes
First Latin edition of this finely illustrated work by the German architect and engineer Boeckler, following the Nuremberg printing of the year before. The plates illustrate the construction of gigantic mill wheels and various sytems of hydraulic machinery to be operated not only by water or wind, but by weights, horse power or human energy.
Provenance: De Prony and Mme. de Corancez, ink stamps at foot of additional title.