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Schott (Gaspar) Technica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Artis: Libris Xii Comprehensa, 2 vol., second edition, Würzburg, Johann Jobst Hertz, Johann Andreas Endter & Wolfgang Endter, 1687.

Schott (Gaspar) Technica Curiosa, Sive Mirabilia Artis: Libris Xii Comprehensa, 2 vol., second edition, half-title, printed title in red and black with engraved portrait of the dedicatee on verso, engraved additional title, 60 engraved plates on 58 sheets, a few closely trimmed, half-title and engraved title holed by an inkblot, occasional light foxing or offsetting, modern speckled boards, [Tomash & Williams S60; VD17 23:269555T], 4to, Würzburg, Johann Jobst Hertz, Johann Andreas Endter & Wolfgang Endter, 1687. ⁂ "This two-volume work was Schott's description of the latest technological wonders and experiments... It includes hundreds of devices used in pneumatics, water movement, time keeping, cabalistic and secret writings, etc. The most famous section deals with the experiments of Otto van Guericke with vacuums." - Tomash & Williams.