LEUPOLD, J. Theatri machinarum hydraulicarum oder Schauplatz der Wasser-Künste (...). Leipzig, B.C. Breitkopf, 1774. 2 in 1 vol. (14), 172, (2); (20), 165, (3) pp. W. 107 engrs. on 105 plates. Fol. Cont. hcf., spine raised in compartments w. gilt dec. & brown label. (Ticket on lower spine, upper joint split, boards scuffed, text somewhat yellowed in places).
2nd ed. of the important manual on hydraulic engineering by Jacob Leupold (1674-1727), German physicist, scientist, mathematician, engineer and early inventor of an air pump. Part of Leupold's "Theatrum machinarum generale", the first systematic treatment of mechanical engineering. - Graesse IV, 188; Poggendorff 1438.€ 500
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