Lot 1241: LEUPOLD, JAKOB.

Theatrum machinarum hydraulicarum. Tomus I (-II). Oder, Schau-Platz der Wasser-Künste. Erste (-Anderer) theil. Leipzig: C. Zunkel, for the author and son of J.F. Gleditsch, 1724, [14], 172, [2]; [20], 165, [3]pp., titles printed in red and black, illustration : woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 53+52 engraved plates (2 folding)

Condition Note:

Ibid. Pars I (-IV) theatri statici universalis... Leipzig: C. Zunkel, for the author and son of J.F. Gleditsch, 1726, [12], 92; [4], 197-236; [4], 241-308; [4], 313-332, [4]pp., title printed in red and black, illustration : woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 57 engraved plates

first editions, 2 works in one volume, folio (381 x 237mm.), binding : contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, morocco lettering-pieces, red and speckled edges, calf detaching from boards at edges

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