172 - Heron Alexandrinus. Book of Air and Water Arts, which were translated from Greek into Latin by Friderich Commandino of Urbin. To which Joannis Baptistæ Aleotti's Four Treatises on Air and Water Arts are added. Now translated from Latin into German for the benefit of those who enjoy such knowledge. By Agathum Carionem. And with an appendix of various mill, water, and grotto works from Salomon De Cous ... also compiled by other famous and experienced authors. 3 parts in 1 volume. Frankfurt, Ammon, 1688. 3 leaves, 158 pages, 1 blank leaf, 32, 54 pages. With engraved portrait, 56 engraved plates, and numerous woodcuts in the text. 4to. Spotted leather binding. (Somewhat bumped, spine torn at the top and partially restored).

Heron Alexandrinus. Book of Air and Water Arts, which were translated from Greek into Latin by Friderich Commandino of Urbin. To which Joannis Baptistæ Aleotti's Four Treatises on Air and Water Arts are added. Now translated from Latin into German for the benefit of those who enjoy such knowledge. By Agathum Carionem. And with an appendix of various mill, water, and grotto works from Salomon De Cous ... also compiled by other famous and experienced authors. 3 parts in 1 volume. Frankfurt, Ammon, 1688. 3 leaves, 158 pages, 1 blank leaf, 32, 54 pages. With engraved portrait, 56 engraved plates, and numerous woodcuts in the text. 4to. Spotted leather binding. (Somewhat bumped, spine torn at the top and partially restored). VD17 12: 632319E; DSB VI, pp. 310ff; cf. Schweiger I, 136 (Bamberg edition).- One of two printings of the first German edition (the other: Bamberg 1688). 'The Pneumatics appears to be a collection of notes intended as a textbook, and only the introduction and first six chapters have been given their final shape. Though portions are borrowed from Philo, the style is uniform and very clear, belying charges that Hero was an ignorant compiler' (Roberts/Trent, p. 161, on the Latin edition). 'Heron's Pneumatics is probably the oldest work that has come down to us which deals in detail with experiments on the properties of air and vapors' (Matschoss, page 115). - Title with etched stamp, occasionally slightly stained, 3 plates with minimal perforation, 2 plates trimmed too short (minimal image loss), head margin of text pages partially trimmed too short (occasional loss of pagination and header).