186 - Natrus, L. van, Polly, J. u. Vuuren, C. van. Groot volkomen moolenboek; of well-designed design of all sorts of things not to be missed, with hair on the ground and opstallen, and the green color of the toe behoort. [First deel, of 3]. Vol. 1 (of 3). Amsterdam, Covens and Mortier, 1734. 2 sheets, 9 pages with 27 double-sheet sizes. engraved. Plates by Jan Punt after the authors. Folio. Marble. Hldr. d. Currently (bumped and more heavily scuffed).

Natrus, L. van, Polly, J. u. Vuuren, C. van. Groot volkomen moolenboek; of well-designed design of all sorts of things not to be missed, with hair on the ground and opstallen, and the green color of the toe behoort. [First deel, of 3]. Vol. 1 (of 3). Amsterdam, Covens and Mortier, 1734. 2 sheets, 9 pages with 27 double-sheet sizes. engraved. Plates by Jan Punt after the authors. Folio. Marble. Hldr. d. Currently (bumped and more heavily scuffed). Bierens de Haan 3524.- The first part of the work on the construction of Dutch windmills, but also watermills.- The Dutch mill books primarily describe windmills powered by wind. The subject is the various uses of windmills for processing wood or oilseeds, for paper production, and for pumping water from the polders. Even more so than in Johann Christoph Sturm's work, the scale accuracy of the technical drawings is striking. These works, with their illustrations, which already bore a strong resemblance to future machine drawings, were no longer aimed at laypeople, but at a technical audience, in this case millwrights in the Netherlands as well as abroad. (Hilz: Theatrum Machinarum, page 124).- Plate 25 with fold-out section.- Modern engraved bookplate of the engineer Rex Wailes (1901-1986) on a mirror.- Some foxing or finger marks.