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Geology - Schwenckfeld, Caspar. *Stirpium et fossi

101 - Geology - Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Stirpium et fossilium Silesiae catalogus. Leipzig, Lantzenberger for Alberti, 1600. 20 leaves, 407 pp., 8 leaves. 21 x 15.5 cm. Original binding in a modern cover.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Agriculture - Abercrombie, John. A Complete Guide

102 - Agriculture - Abercrombie, John. A Complete Guide to the Cultivation and Care of All Fruit Trees and Fruit Shrubs Grown Outdoors in Germany, translated from the English by F. H. H. Lueder. Lübeck, Donatius, 1781. XXIV, 360 pp., 8 leaves. 20.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary leather binding (slightly scuffed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Agriculture - Block, Albrecht. Reports on Agricult

103 - Agriculture - Block, Albrecht. Reports on Agricultural Experiences, Views, and Principles. A Handbook for Farmers and Financial Administrators. 3 volumes. Includes 3 folded lithographic plates and several tables. Breslau, Korn, 1830–1834. 28 x 22 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with title on spine and gilt lettering (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Agriculture - Bruchausen, Anton. Instructions for

104 - Agriculture - Bruchausen, Anton. Instructions for Improving Arable Farming and Agriculture in the Münsterland Region. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 4 folded copperplate engravings. Münster, Theising, 1790. 8 leaves, 184 pp.; 3 leaves, pp. 185–462 (recte 431). 17 x 10 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Agriculture - Weckherlin, August von. Illustration

105 - Agriculture - Weckherlin, August von. Illustrations of Cattle and Other Domestic Animal Breeds on the Private Estates of His Majesty the King of Württemberg. 2 lithographed title pages, 36 chalk- or tinted lithographed plates by Lorenz Ekeman Allesson after his own drawings (plates 1–8), by G. Küstner after Allesson (plate 9), and by Küstner after Fr. Wagner (plates 10–36). Stuttgart, Löflund, 1827–1834. 24 pp. 36.5 x 46 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with title on spine and gil

Estimation

€600 - 900

Agriculture - Forestry - Krause, George Friedrich.

106 - Agriculture - Forestry - Krause, George Friedrich. Compendium of Basic Forestry Sciences. With 65 (1 color) folding copperplate engravings and several folding tables. Berlin, Frölich, 1806. XXXII, 681 pp. 20.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Agriculture - Forestry - Walther, Friedrich Ludwig

107 - Agriculture - Forestry - Walther, Friedrich Ludwig. Handbook of Forestry Technology. 2nd edition, expanded with additions. With 29 folded copperplate engravings. Darmstadt, Heyer and Leske, 1818. 256, 61 pp., 1 leaf, 20.5 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Agriculture - Horticulture - Agricola, Johann Jako

108 - Agriculture - Horticulture - Agricola, Johann Jakob. A Guide to General Housekeeping: A Brief Yet Clear Instruction and Guide for the Householder on Farming, Field Cultivation, Viticulture, Floriculture, and Gardening. As well as hunting, trapping, bird catching, fishing, sheep farming, and livestock breeding, along with a book on cooking, candying, and distilling. 3 parts in 1 volume. With a total of 48 (instead of 49) folded copperplate engravings. Nördlingen, Schultes, 1677. Contemporary par

Estimation

€400 - 600

Agriculture - Horticulture - Court van der Voort,

109 - Agriculture - Horticulture - Court van der Voort, Pieter de la. The Charms of Country Life, or Curious Observations on How to Lay Out Country Houses and Gardens, and How to Properly Divide and Decorate the Spaces; Along with a Complete Guide to the Care of All Kinds of Fruit and Wild Trees, Orangeries, and Plants Grown in Greenhouses and Glasshouses, as Well as All Other Crops and Kitchen Herbs; as taught by fifty years of experience in this field. Translated from the Dutch and French. With 16 f

Estimation

€800 - 1,200

Agriculture - Horticulture - Lueder, Franz Hermann

110 - Agriculture - Horticulture - Lueder, Franz Hermann Heinrich. Letters on the Design and Maintenance of a Flower Garden for Those Who Have No Knowledge of Flowers. Hanover, Helwing, 1777. 8 leaves, 624 pp., 7 leaves, 17 x 11 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Agriculture - Viticulture - A New Booklet on Wine,

111 - Agriculture - Viticulture - A New Booklet on Wine, Adapted to the Local and Surrounding Regions’ Coins and Measures. Lindau, Jacob Otto, 1764. 114 unnumbered leaves. 10 x 6.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding with a central clasp and embossed lines around the covers (slightly water-stained at the edges, headband torn, small wormhole around the clasp anchor).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Agriculture - Viticulture - Sprenger, Balthasar &a

112 - Agriculture - Viticulture - Sprenger, Balthasar & Johann Conrad Nast. A Comprehensive Treatise on Viticulture and Other Products Derived Therefrom, Together with an Appendix on All Other Beverages That Can Substitute for Wine. 2 volumes. With 1 folded copperplate. Frankfurt and Leipzig (Stuttgart), Mezler, 1766/67. 16 leaves, 656 pp.; 5 leaves, pp. 657–1396, 1 leaf, 17 x 10 cm. Contemporary mottled cardboard bindings with 3 gold-embossed spine labels and some gilding on the spine, from the

Estimation

€600 - 900

Mathematics - Bélidor, Bernard Forest de. New Math

113 - Mathematics - Bélidor, Bernard Forest de. New Mathematical Textbook for the Use of Artillery Officers and Engineers, originally written in French by Mr. Bélidor ... translated into German and supplemented with necessary additions by J. Th. Bion. 3rd revised edition. With 34 folded copperplate engravings. Vienna, Bernardi, 1773. 7 leaves, 580 (err. 578) pp. 22 x 17 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Mathematics - Bion, Nicolai. *Neu-eröffnete Mathem

114 - Mathematics - Bion, Nicolai. Neu-eröffnete Mathematische Werck-Schule, or A Thorough Guide to the Proper and Correct Use of Mathematical Instruments ... Second edition. Including an appendix ... by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr. With an engraved frontispiece and 28 folded copperplate plates. Nuremberg, Monath, 1717. 8 leaves, 394 pp. 21.5 x 16.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (slightly stained).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Mathematics - Hofmann, Heinrich. *De octantis inst

115 - Mathematics - Hofmann, Heinrich. De octantis instrumenti mathematici novi, geodaetis, astronomis, geographis, nautis, architectis et fodinarum praefectis utilis libellus. With a woodcut title border, 28 woodcuts (some full-page), 17 geometric figures, and 2 vignettes. Jena, Lippold’s Heirs, 1612. 40 leaves. 19 x 15.5 cm. New paperback binding.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Mathematics - Huberinus, Moritz. *Globorum coelest

116 - Mathematics - Huberinus, Moritz. Globorum coelestis et terrestris fabrica et usus. That is: A Proper and Thorough Instruction on How to Artificially Construct Both Spheres—the Celestial and the Terrestrial—and Put Them to Useful Application ... for all lovers of this noble art who are not familiar with the Latin language ... With woodcut title vignette. Nuremberg, Fuhrmann, 1615. 64 leaves. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. New colored paper cover.

Estimation

€600 - 900

Mathematics - Simson, Robert. *Opera quaedam reliq

117 - Mathematics - Simson, Robert. Opera quaedam reliqua (Frontispiece: Opera quaedam geometrica. Printed posthumously at the expense of Philip, Earl of Stanhope). Namely: I. The two restored books of Apollonius of Perga on the Determinate Section, augmented by two additional books. II. A book of porismata ... III. A book on logarithms. IV. A fragment on the limits of quantities and ratios. V. An appendix containing a few problems intended primarily to illustrate the analysis of the ancient geome

Estimation

€1,000 - 1,500

Mathematics - Geometry - Tacquet, André. *Elementa

118 - Mathematics - Geometry - Tacquet, André. Elementa geometriae planae ac solidae, quibus accedunt selecta ex Archimede theoremata. With 17 folding copperplate engravings. Padua, Manfrè, 1738. 8 leaves, 364 pp. 17 x 11 cm. Contemporary leather binding (restored at the heads).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Mathematics - Surveying - Penther, Johann Friedric

119 - Mathematics - Surveying - Penther, Johann Friedrich. Praxis Geometriae, in which not only all cases encountered in field surveying ... are clearly explained. Second edition (supplement to the first edition). 2 parts in 1 volume. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece, 1 engraved header vignette, 1 engraved title vignette, and 38 (instead of 39) folded copper plates. Augsburg, Wolff, 1738–1739. 5 leaves, 97 pp., 2 leaves, 55 pp. 32.5 x 22 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label a

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Alberti, Michael. Commentatio in Consti

120 - Medicine - Alberti, Michael. Commentatio in Constitutionem criminalem Carolinam medica. With an engraved frontispiece and an engraved title vignette. Halle, Orphanage, 1739. 11 leaves, 364 pp., 8 leaves. 21 x 17.5 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding with spine label.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, Pierre. The

121 - Medicine - Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, Pierre. The Application and Efficacy of Electricity for the Preservation and Restoration of Human Health. Translated from the French and enriched and confirmed by new experiments by Carl Gottlob Kühn. 2 volumes. With 6 folded copperplate engravings. Weißenfels and Leipzig, Severin, 1788–89. XII, 1 leaf, 413 pp.; 4 leaves, 349 pp. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary marbled paperboard bindings (slightly rubbed and scuffed).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Medicine - Black, William. An Outline of the Histo

122 - Medicine - Black, William. An Outline of the History of Medical Science and the Art of Wound Treatment. Translated from the English, edited, and supplemented with several additions by Johann Christian Friedrich Scherf. Lemgo, Meyer, 1789. XVI, 639 pp. 18.5 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Bürger, Peter. *Candidatus chirurgiae*,

123 - Medicine - Bürger, Peter. Candidatus chirurgiae, a brief yet thorough discussion of all—and virtually every conceivable—anatomical and surgical questions concerning all manner of external and internal wounds, injuries, and ailments of the entire human body. With an engraved frontispiece. Hanover and Wolfenbüttel, 1692. 7 leaves, 578 pp., 6 leaves. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (somewhat scuffed and stained).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Dionis, Pierre. Surgical Operations, or

124 - Medicine - Dionis, Pierre. Surgical Operations, or: A Detailed Guide to Wound Treatment, with Numerous Surgical Instruments, Some of Which Are Entirely New Inventions, as Well as Other Matters Necessary for Surgeons to Know, Very Clearly Illustrated in Copperplate. Translated from the French by Selintes (= Christian Weissbach). With an engraved portrait and 61 (of 62) copperplate illustrations. Augsburg, Küntz, 1712. 10 leaves, 884 pp., 13 leaves. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary parchment binding

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Fick, Johann Jakob. Aphorismi Hippocrat

125 - Medicine - Fick, Johann Jakob. Aphorismi Hippocratis notis illustrati. Jena, Fickelscher, 1729. 4 leaves, 808 pp., 7 leaves. 17 x 10 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding (spine label partially worn).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Gmelin, Eberhard. On Animal Magnetism.

126 - Medicine - Gmelin, Eberhard. On Animal Magnetism. In a letter to Privy Councilor Hoffmann in Mainz. 2 parts in 1 volume. Tübingen, Heerbrandt 1787. X, 134 pp.; 247 pp. 16.5 x 10 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding (spine covering cracked).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Heiderich, Friedrich. Stereoscopic Imag

127 - Medicine - Heiderich, Friedrich. Stereoscopic Images of Brain-Skull Topography. With 15 stereoscopic images on cardboard. Munich and Wiesbaden, Bergmann, 1920. Text booklet, 16 pp. Loose in the original cardboard case (slightly scuffed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Heineken, Johann. Ideas and Observation

128 - Medicine - Heineken, Johann. Ideas and Observations Concerning Animal Magnetism and Its Application. Bremen, Wilmans, 1800. X pp., 1 leaf, 231 pp. 21 x 12 cm. Contemporary paperback.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Medicine - Levret, André. Observations on the Radi

129 - Medicine - Levret, André. Observations on the Radical Cure of Several Polyps of the Uterus, Throat, and Nose. Performed Using Newly Invented Methods. 3rd edition. With 6 folded copperplate engravings. Paris, Didot, 1771. 40, 595 pp., 2 leaves. 20 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering (worn, corners bumped).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - McLennan, John. *Fractures and Dislocat

130 - Medicine - McLennan, John. Fractures and Dislocations, translated (into Marathi). With numerous lithographed illustrations in the text. Bombay, Education Society’s Press, 1853. 3 leaves, 126 pp., lithographed entirely in Marathi on bluish paper, except for the English title. 32 x 19.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with marbled covers (buffed, scuffed; front cover with missing sections of the covering).

Estimation

€500 - 750

Medicine - Mesmer, Friedrich Anton. Mesmerism. Or,

131 - Medicine - Mesmer, Friedrich Anton. Mesmerism. Or, A System of Interactions, Theory, and Application of Animal Magnetism as the General Science of Medicine for the Preservation of Human Health. Edited by Karl Christian Wolfart. And: Explanations on Mesmerism. By Karl Christian Wolfart. 2 volumes in 1 volume. With an engraved aquatint frontispiece and 6 (2 partially colored) folded copper plates. Berlin, Nikolai, 1814–1815. LXXIV, 356 pp.; XVI, 296 pp. 21.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated original paperba

Estimation

€400 - 600

Medicine - Offterdinger, Georg Gottlieb. A Guide f

132 - Medicine - Offterdinger, Georg Gottlieb. A Guide for the Rural Population Concerning Their Health. Or, A Continuation of the Methods for Treating Those Febrile and Secret Diseases Not Covered by Mr. Tissot. Zurich, Orell, etc., 1773. 1 leaf, 720 pp., 1 leaf; 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with 2 gold-embossed spine labels and some gilding on the spine (slightly rubbed, some worm damage on the back cover).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Medicine - Schäffer, Johann Gottlieb. The Power an

133 - Medicine - Schäffer, Johann Gottlieb. The Power and Effects of Electricity on the Human Body and Its Diseases, Especially in the Case of Paralyzed Limbs, Explained on Rational Grounds and Confirmed by Experience. With an engraved frontispiece. Regensburg, Bader, 1752. 7 leaves, 92 pp. 18.5 x 12 cm. New cardboard binding.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Medicine - Severino, Marco Aurelio. *De abscessuum

134 - Medicine - Severino, Marco Aurelio. De abscessuum recondita natura. Libri VIII. Editio novissima. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title vignette, and 17 copper plates. Leiden, Kerckhem, 1724. 19 leaves, 557 pp., 29 leaves. 21.5 x 17 cm. Marbled paperboard binding of the period (rubbed, spine with missing covering).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Medicine - Severino, Marco Aurelio. *De abscessuum

135 - Medicine - Severino, Marco Aurelio. De abscessuum recondita natura. 8 books. Latest edition. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved portrait, an engraved title vignette, and 17 copper plates. Leiden, Kerckhem, 1724. 19 leaves, 557 pp., 29 leaves. 21 x 16 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (somewhat stained).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Medicine - Unzer, Johann August. *Der Arzt*. A med

136 - Medicine - Unzer, Johann August. Der Arzt. A medical weekly. Parts 1–12 in 12 volumes (all published issues). With 12 (repeated) engraved title vignettes. Hamburg, G. C. Grund’s widow, 1760–1764. 19.5 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary leather bindings with 2 spine labels and rich gilt decoration on the spine.

Estimation

€300 - 450

Medicine - Virchow, Rudolf. The Strive for Unity i

137 - Medicine - Virchow, Rudolf. The Strive for Unity in Scientific Medicine. Berlin, Reimer, 1849. VI, 48 pp. 22 x 14 cm. Original paperback.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Weikard, Melchior Adam. *The Philosophi

138 - Medicine - Weikard, Melchior Adam. The Philosophical Physician. New, revised edition. 3 volumes. With 2 engraved title vignettes. Frankfurt, Andreä, 1798–1799. 19.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary paperboard bindings with spine label and gilt lettering (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Wicke, Ernst Conrad. An Attempt at a Mo

139 - Medicine - Wicke, Ernst Conrad. An Attempt at a Monograph on St. Vitus’s Dance and Involuntary Muscle Movement, Along with Discussions on the Tarantella Dance and Beriberi. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1844. XXX, 486 pp., 1 leaf. 22.5 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (spine slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Anatomy - Vesling, Johannes. *Syntagma

140 - Medicine - Anatomy - Vesling, Johannes. Syntagma anatomicum, with commentary and appendix, illustrated and expanded by Gerard Leon based on observations from ancient, modern, and his own sources. Blasio. Second edition, corrected and expanded from the first. With an illustrated copperplate title page, an engraved portrait, 2 copperplate plates, and 50 full-page text plates. Amsterdam, Jansson à Waesberge & Weyerstraet, 1666. 11 leaves, 558 pp., 8 leaves; 23 x 17.5 cm. Contemporary leather

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Neurology - Tiedemann, Friedrich. *On t

141 - Medicine - Neurology - Tiedemann, Friedrich. On the Brain of the Negro, compared with that of the European and the Orangutan. With 6 lithographed plates by J. Basire based on drawings by the author, among others. London, printed by Richard Taylor, 1836. 1 leaf, pp. 497–527. 30 x 24 cm. Contemporary paperback (stained).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Medicine - Ophthalmology - Oeller, Johann Nepomuk.

142 - Medicine - Ophthalmology - Oeller, Johann Nepomuk. Atlas of Ophthalmoscopy. 5 installments in 5 folders. With a total of 75 chromolithographic plates. Wiesbaden, Bergmann, 1896–1899. 41 x 31 cm. Loose in original installment envelopes inside original half-linen folders (some of which are slightly browned, somewhat dusty, and stained).

Estimation

€600 - 900

Medicine - Pharmacy - Bacheracht, Andreas (ed.). *

143 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Bacheracht, Andreas (ed.). Pharmacopoea navalis Rossica aut catalogus omnium necessariorum medicamentorum quae secundum ordinem navium classicarum pro itinere semestri in scrinio navali habere oportet. St. Petersburg, 1784. 60 (4 blank) pp. 17 x 11 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (spine restored).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Pharmacy - Goebel, Friedemann, and Gust

144 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Goebel, Friedemann, and Gustav Kunze. Pharmaceutical Commodities, with illuminated copperplate engravings drawn from nature by Ernst Schenk. 2 volumes. With 71 colored copperplate plates in aquatint. Eisenach, Bärecke, 1827–1834. VIII, IV, 240 pp.; VIII, 300 pp. 29.5 x 23.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with embossed title on the spine and gilt spine.

Estimation

€300 - 450

Medicine - Pharmacy - Hufeland, Christoph Wilhelm.

145 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Hufeland, Christoph Wilhelm. Conspectus Materiae Medicae secundum ordines naturales in usum auditorum. A copy with double-stapled binding and dense German annotations in contemporary pen. Berlin, Dümmler, 1816. VIII, 76 pp. 17.5 x 10 cm. Marbled cardboard binding of the period with spine label (rubbed and bumped; paper label at the top of the spine).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Medicine - Pharmacy - Nolde, Adolph Friedrich. On

146 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Nolde, Adolph Friedrich. On the Conditions of the Pharmacist and the Related Duties of State Rulers. Rostock and Leipzig, Stillersche Buchhandlung, 1805. 189 pp., 1 leaf. Contemporary paperback with spine label.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Pharmacy - Pfaff, Christoph Heinrich. *

147 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Pfaff, Christoph Heinrich. Pharmacopoea Slesvico-Holsatica Regia Auctoritate. Kiel, University Bookstore, 1831. XVI, 530 pp., 1 leaf. 22 x 16 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (joints restored).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Medicine - Pharmacy - *Pharmacopoea Borussica* or

148 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Pharmacopoea Borussica or Prussian Pharmacopoeia. Translated from Latin, with notes and additions by Carl Wilhelm Juch. Nuremberg, Stein, 1805. 4 leaves, 378; 1 leaf, 18 pp. 21.5 x 21 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (worn, spine restored).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Pharmacy - *Pharmacopoea Helvetica*, di

149 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Pharmacopoea Helvetica, divided into two parts... With a preface by Albertus Haller. 2 parts in 1 volume. With an engraved frontispiece. Basel, J. R. Imhof, 1771. 13, 28, 1 leaves, 180, 212 pp.; 384, 54 pp. 33.5 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary blue paperboard binding with a red spine label (bumped and slightly rubbed; inner joints show signs of worm damage).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Medicine - Pharmacy - *Pharmacopoea Helvetica*, di

150 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Pharmacopoea Helvetica, divided into two parts... With a preface by Albertus Haller. 2 parts in 1 volume. With an engraved frontispiece. Basel, J. R. Imhof, 1771. 13, 28, 1 folios, 180, 212 pp.; 384, 54 pp. 34 x 21 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label (spine restored).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Medicine - Pharmacy - *Pharmacopoea Wirtenbergica*

151 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Pharmacopoea Wirtenbergica, divided into two parts, the first of which describes medicinal substances from historical, physical, and medical perspectives, and the second of which covers compounds and preparations ... Included are a syllabus of medicinal compounds divided into classes and the necessary indexes. New edition. 3 parts in 1 volume. Lausanne, Pott, 1785. 16, (2), 176; 341, (1); 42 pp. 26 x 21 cm. Contemporary red half-leather binding (some wear and scuffing; co

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Pharmacy - *Pharmacopoeia Augustana ren

152 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Pharmacopoeia Augustana renovata. With an engraved frontispiece by E. Hainzelmann. Augsburg, J. C. Wagner, 1710. 7 leaves, 28, 324 pp., 6 leaves, 40 pp. 33.5 x 21 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€600 - 900

Medicine - Pharmacy - *Pharmacopoeia Augustana ren

153 - Medicine - Pharmacy - Pharmacopoeia Augustana renovata, revisa et appendice aliquot medicamentorum selectiorum aucta. With an appendix: Taxa, sive pretium medicamentorum simplicium et compositorum, In Officinis Pharmaceuticis Augustanis usualium. With an engraved allegorical frontispiece by T. Lobeck after B. G. Göz. Augsburg, Lotter, 1734. 7 leaves, 28, 326 pp., 6 leaves; 39, (1) 33 x 21.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and gold-stamped monogram “W L” on the front co

Estimation

€400 - 600

Medicine - Psychiatry - Jessen, Peter Willers. Ars

154 - Medicine - Psychiatry - Jessen, Peter Willers. Arson in the Context of Emotional Disturbances and Mental Disorders. A Contribution to Forensic Medicine for Lawyers and Physicians. Kiel, Homann, 1860. XII, 335 pp., 1 leaf. Contemporary cloth binding.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Psychiatry - Cox, Joseph Mason. Practic

155 - Medicine - Psychiatry - Cox, Joseph Mason. Practical Remarks on Mental Disorder. With appendices on the issuance of certificates and expert opinions in cases of insanity. Along with an appendix on the organization of institutions for the care of the incurably insane by Professor Reil. Halle, Renger, 1811. 16, 248, (2); (2), 74 pp. 20 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with two spine labels and gilt lettering on the spine.

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Psychiatry - Horn, Ernst. Public Accoun

156 - Medicine - Psychiatry - Horn, Ernst. Public Account of My Twelve Years of Service as Second Physician at the Royal Charité Hospital in Berlin, Along with Observations on Hospitals and Mental Institutions. With 6 folded copperplate plates and 5 folded tables (2 of which are on a single sheet). Berlin, Realschulbuchh., 1818. 12, 333, (3, last 2 blank) pp. 19 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary half-linen binding with spine label (spine somewhat stained, slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Medicine - Folk Medicine - Eleonora Maria Rosalia

157 - Medicine - Folk Medicine - Eleonora Maria Rosalia zu Troppau und Jägerndorff. The Pomegranate That Sprang Forth of Its Own Accord, by the Christian Samaritan ... as well as a new cookbook in which all manner of rare dishes beneficial to patients suffering from various ailments are prescribed. With an engraved title vignette. Nuremberg, Schmidt, 1733. 2 leaves, 588 pp., 5 leaves. 21 x 17 cm. Contemporary leather binding with title on spine (edges slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Mineralogy - Carosi, Jan Filip von. On the Formati

158 - Mineralogy - Carosi, Jan Filip von. On the Formation of Silica and Quartz, Partially Observed in Poland. Translated from the French by the author. With an engraved headpiece and two folded copperplate plates. Leipzig, Müller, 1783. 6 leaves, 80 pp., 1 leaf—with 2 supplementary volumes (see below). Contemporary paperboard binding with gold-stamped spine label (some wear and scuffing; a small tear in the spine covering where a label was removed).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Mineralogy - Gläser, Friedrich Gottlob. An Attempt

159 - Mineralogy - Gläser, Friedrich Gottlob. An Attempt at a Mineralogical Description of the Princely County of Henneberg (Saxon Portion), Together with a Brief History of Its Past and Present Mining Operations. With an engraved title vignette and 1 copperplate map, folded several times, showing the geological formations in color (50.5 x 69.5 cm). Leipzig, Crusius, 1775. 3 leaves, 106 pp., 1 leaf, 24.5 x 20 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding (scuffed and bumped, spine with missing cloth, loose end

Estimation

€400 - 600

Mineralogy - Hampe, Johann Heinrich. A Practical S

160 - Mineralogy - Hampe, Johann Heinrich. A Practical System of Metallurgy, with Notes and Explanations. Translated from the English. With an engraved title vignette. - Dresden, Walther, 1778. 12 leaves, 364 pp. 20.5 x 12 cm. Simple two-color cardboard binding from around 1900 (battered, scuff marks).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Mineralogy - Hermann, Benedikt Franz Johann. Natur

161 - Mineralogy - Hermann, Benedikt Franz Johann. Natural History of Copper, or A Guide to Its Knowledge, Processing, and Use. Part One (all published material), which covers the general properties of copper, the identification of its ores, and instructions for their processing and smelting. With 4 tables (3 folded, 1 in the text). St. Petersburg, 1793. 4 leaves, VIII, 452 pp. 20.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with 2 spine labels and gilt lettering on the spine (worn and bumped, headban

Estimation

€200 - 300

Mineralogy - Hermann, Benedikt Franz Johann. Natur

162 - Mineralogy - Hermann, Benedikt Franz Johann. Natural History of Copper, or A Guide to Its Knowledge, Processing, and Use. Second revised and expanded edition by Karl Freyherr von Meidinger. With 4 folded tables. Vienna, Publisher, 1794. XVI, 336 pp. 20.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with 2 spine labels and some gilt lettering on the spine (slightly rubbed and bumped, head joints torn, small wormhole on the front cover).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Mineralogy - Leonhard, Karl Cäsar von. Natural His

163 - Mineralogy - Leonhard, Karl Cäsar von. Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom. A textbook for public lectures, especially in high schools and secondary schools, as well as for self-study. With 2 (1 colored) folded copperplate plates. Heidelberg, Engelmann, 1825. XIV, 360 pp. 21 x 13.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Mineralogy - Suckow, Georg Adolph. *Principles of

164 - Mineralogy - Suckow, Georg Adolph. Principles of Mineralogy. With an engraved title vignette. Leipzig: Weidmann, 1790. XVI, 447 pp. 19.5 x 11.5 cm. The mineralogy section (through p. 383) contains interleaved quarto sheets (19.5 x 16 cm). Contemporary paperboard binding (rubbed and bumped).

Estimation

€200 - 300

Physics - Alencé, Joachim de. Treatise on Three In

165 - Physics - Alencé, Joachim de. Treatise on Three Instruments as Necessary as They Are Useful, Namely the Barometer, Thermometer, and Notiometer, or Hygrometer. to observe with the utmost precision the slightest changes in the air—in heaviness and lightness, in warmth and cold, in humidity and dryness. ... Translated from the French into German by D. M. H. C. J. With 35 copper plates. Mainz, Bourgeat, 1688. 4 unnumbered leaves, 51 leaves. 18 x 14.5 cm. 18th-century marbled cardboard binding (sl

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€400 - 600

Physics - Cavallo, Tiberius. Theoretical and Pract

166 - Physics - Cavallo, Tiberius. Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Doctrine of Magnetism, with Original Experiments. Translated from the English. With 2 folded copperplate plates. Leipzig, Schwickert, 1788. 4 leaves, 206 pp., 3 leaves. 20 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and elaborate gilt decoration on the spine.

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€200 - 300

Physics - Paulian, Aimé-Henri. Dictionnaire de Phy

167 - Physics - Paulian, Aimé-Henri. Dictionnaire de Physique. 3 volumes. With 3 engraved title vignettes and 16 copper plates. Avignon, Chambeau, 1761. 25 x 20 cm. Contemporary leather bindings with spine label and gilt lettering (slightly rubbed or scuffed).

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€300 - 450

Physics—Sigaud de la Fond, Joseph Aignan. A Guide

168 - Physics—Sigaud de la Fond, Joseph Aignan. A Guide to Experimental Physics. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 18 folded copperplate engravings. Dresden, Walther, 1774. 6 leaves, 292 pp.; 324 pp. 20 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Report on the Verification of the Meter, Which Is

169 - Report on the Verification of the Meter, Which Is to Serve as the Standard for the Production of Republican Measures; By the Commissioners Charged with Determining These Measures. Printed by order of the Committee of Public Institutions. Thermidor, Year III. Paris, Imprimerie de la République, 1795. 15 pp. 22 x 13.5 cm. New cover.

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€200 - 300

Technology - Bélidor, Bernard Forest de. *Le bomba

170 - Technology - Bélidor, Bernard Forest de. Le bombardier françois, ou nouvelle methode de jetter les bombes avec precision. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title vignette, and 8 folded copper plates. Amsterdam, published by the Company, 1734. 3 leaves, 366 pp. 26 x 20 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering (spine restored).

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€200 - 300

Technology - Bischof, Karl August. Physical-Techno

171 - Technology - Bischof, Karl August. Physical-Technological Handbook. Or a Complete Account and Description of All Natural Products and Their Preparations for General and Specific Human Needs. Dedicated to Young Adults. 2 volumes. With 17 copperplate engravings. Nuremberg, Raspe, 1791. 3 leaves, XVI, 352 pp., 1 leaf; 2 leaves, 290 pp., 12 leaves. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with spine label and gilt lettering.

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€240 - 360

Technology - Eytelwein, F. A. On the Design and Co

172 - Technology - Eytelwein, F. A. On the Design and Construction of Rural Potato-Brandy Distilleries Based on Recent Experience in Such Construction Projects. With 4 fold-out copperplate engravings. Berlin, Reimer, 1836. VI pp., 1 leaf, 120 pp. 21 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

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€200 - 300

Technology - Gilly, David. Description of Fire-Res

173 - Technology - Gilly, David. Description of Fire-Resistant Clay-Shingle Roofs, Along with Collected Information and Experience Regarding Construction Methods Using Dried Clay Bricks. 2nd expanded edition. With 4 (1 folded) colored copperplate engravings. Berlin, Maurer, 1796. 96 pp. 20 x 12 cm. Contemporary cardboard binding (slightly stained).

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€200 - 300

Technology - Leupold, Jacob. *Theatrum machinarum

174 - Technology - Leupold, Jacob. Theatrum machinarum generale. A Survey of the Foundations of the Mechanical Sciences. With 71 copperplate engravings. Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1724. 10 leaves, 188 pp., 2 leaves; 38.5 x 25 cm. Contemporary leather binding.

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€400 - 600

Technology - Leupold, Jacob. *Theatrum pontificale

175 - Technology - Leupold, Jacob. Theatrum pontificale, or A Display of Bridges and Bridge Construction, That is: A Clear Guide on How Not Only to Cross Ditches, Streams, and Rivers in Various Ways, but Also to Save One’s Life in Times of Water Emergency Using Certain Machines and Special Equipment, and Furthermore, Depending on All Circumstances and Contingencies, to Build Convenient and Stable Bridges, whether wooden bridges on joists or stone pillars … With 63 copper plates. Leipzig, Gledits

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€600 - 900

Technology - Magirus, Conrad Dietrich. All Aspects

176 - Technology - Magirus, Conrad Dietrich. All Aspects of Firefighting. With 100 illustrations on 10 fold-out lithographed plates. Ulm, self-published by the author, 1850. VI, 67 pp. 21 x 13 cm. Original half-cloth binding.

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€300 - 450

Technology - Rüber, Eduard. The Grass Roof: The Mo

177 - Technology - Rüber, Eduard. The Grass Roof: The Most Inexpensive, Durable, and Fire-Resistant Type of Roofing for Urban and Rural Buildings. With 3 engraved fold-out plates. Munich, Cotta, 1860. VI, 1 leaf, 89 pp. Contemporary cloth binding.

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€200 - 300

Engineering - Sachs, Salomo. A Guide to the Art of

178 - Engineering - Sachs, Salomo. A Guide to the Art of Earthen Construction (Pisa-style construction); applicable to all types of urban and rural structures, along with a comprehensive treatise on the construction of barrel, dome, and cross vaults in pure clay, and on the construction of fireproof roofs without any wooden framework, as well as instructions for constructing foundations down to the building subsoil in bare clay. A handbook for master builders and farmers. With 4 folded copperplate eng

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€200 - 300

Technology—A Survey of the Arts and Crafts, or a C

179 - Technology—A Survey of the Arts and Crafts, or a Complete Description Thereof, Compiled or Approved by the Members of the Academy of Sciences in Paris. Translated into German and annotated by Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi (from vol. 5 onward by Daniel Gottfried Schreber). 21 volumes, including a general index. With 1 engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved title vignettes, 10 engraved text vignettes, 9 folded tables, and 603 fold-out copperplate plates (6 of which are facsimiles). Berlin, Stetti

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€8,000 - 12,000

Technology - Voch, Lukas. Treatise on Fire Pumps.

180 - Technology - Voch, Lukas. Treatise on Fire Pumps. Along with Instructions on How to Conduct Oneself in the Event of a Fire. With 8 copper plates. Augsburg, Rieger, 1781. 6 leaves, 164 pp. 19 x 12 cm. Contemporary paperback (partially stained, spine covering brittle).

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€300 - 450

Technology - Mining - Baader, Joseph von. A Comple

181 - Technology - Mining - Baader, Joseph von. A Complete Theory of Suction and Lifting Pumps, and Principles for Their Most Advantageous Arrangement, Particularly with Regard to Mining and Salt Works, Together with a Description of the Sophisticated Systems in Use in English Mines, and some proposals for improving German hydraulic engineering. With 6 fold-out copper plates. Bayreuth, Lübecks Erben, 1797. 56, 207 (recte 205), (3) Pp. 25 x 21 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and

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€500 - 750

Technology - Mining - Hoffmann, Friedrich. A Brief

182 - Technology - Mining - Hoffmann, Friedrich. A Brief Yet Thorough Description of the Salt Works in Halle. In which many curious physical questions concerning salt, the origin of salt springs, the distinction and uses of salt, as well as its preparation, are explained, designed for the common good. Halle, Orphanage, 1708. 4 leaves, 60 pp., 2 leaves. 17 x 14 cm. 19th-century half-linen binding (slightly scuffed).

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€200 - 300

Technology - Mining - Ichtersheim, Franz Ruprecht

183 - Technology - Mining - Ichtersheim, Franz Ruprecht von. Minera Arenata, that is: A great and very useful treasure contained in a compendium, for Upper and Lower Austria, Bohemia, Silesia, Moravia-Carinthia, Carniola, Styria, Tyrol, and the Salzburg region: Namely: How to usefully and profitably search for the grains of gold and gold dust embedded and hidden in the sand of mineral springs, streams, rivers, marshes, and among rocks and cliffs, and how to properly and inexpensively wash, clean, co

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€300 - 450

Technology - Mining - New Mining Regulations, whic

184 - Technology - Mining - New Mining Regulations, which ... Messrs. Christiani and Joachim Ernst, brothers and Margraves of Brandenburg ... have compiled anew, supplemented with exemptions and new articles. Hof, M. Pfeilschmidt, 1619. 1 folio, 85 pp., 4 folios, 30.5 x 18 cm. Modern parchment binding.

Estimation

€300 - 450

Technology - Mining - Reitemeier, Johann Friedrich

185 - Technology - Mining - Reitemeier, Johann Friedrich. History of Mining and Metallurgy Among Ancient Peoples: A Treatise Awarded Half the Prize by the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen. Göttingen, Dieterich, 1785. 166 pp. 18.5 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary cover.

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€200 - 300

Technology - Mining - Zunner, Johann David (ed.).

186 - Technology - Mining - Zunner, Johann David (ed.). Corpus iuris & systema rerum metallicarum, or A Newly Compiled Book on Mining, consisting of all manner of ancient and modern collections of mining matters. 6 parts in 1 volume. With 4 copperplate engravings on 2 plates and 13 text engravings, as well as several woodcuts in the text. Frankfurt, Zunner, 1698. 32 x 20 cm. Later white half-leather binding with title on spine (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€400 - 600

Technology - Railroads - Hammerschmidt, Otto. Reic

187 - Technology - Railroads - Hammerschmidt, Otto. Reichsbahn Distance Guide for Freight Transport by Rail and Road from Any to Any Freight Station, Based on Official Data as of April 1, 1937. Hagen: Hammerschmidt, 1937. 937 pp. 34 x 25 cm. Original half-linen binding.

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€200 - 300

Technology - Electricity - Adams, George. An Essay

188 - Technology - Electricity - Adams, George. An Essay on Electricity, in which the theory and practice of this science are explained through a series of methodically arranged experiments, together with an essay on magnetism. With 6 folded copperplate engravings. Leipzig, Schwickert, 1785. VI pp., 5 leaves, 270 pp. 20.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary cardboard binding (slightly rubbed).

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€200 - 300

Technology - Electricity - Langenbucher, Jakob. Pr

189 - Technology - Electricity - Langenbucher, Jakob. Practical Treatise on Electricity, completely revised. With an engraved title vignette and 11 (on 10) folded copperplate engravings. Augsburg, Rieger, 1788. 24 leaves, 574 pp. 19.5 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label (slightly rubbed).

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€400 - 600

Technology - Electricity - Socin, Abel. *Fundament

190 - Technology - Electricity - Socin, Abel. Fundamentals of Electricity, in which the author discusses primarily rubbed electrical bodies, the electricity they impart to non-electrical bodies, that which is obtained from silk ribbons and stockings through rubbing and counter-rubbing, as well as the vapor circles, the electrophorus, and various similar experiments, are discussed in eight lectures. 2nd edition, revised by the author. With 1 folded copperplate. Hanau, Waisenhaus, 1778. 4 leaves, 124

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€200 - 300

Technology - Crafts - Bürck, August. Complete Hand

191 - Technology - Crafts - Bürck, August. Complete Handbook for Jewelers, Goldsmiths, Silversmiths, and Jewelry Makers. With 22 folded lithographed plates, 2 (1 of which is folded multiple times) lithographed tables, and numerous tables in the text. Ilmenau, Voigt, 1834. 1 folio, XX, 561 pp. 18 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (slightly rubbed, spine re-bound).

Estimation

€240 - 360

Technology - Crafts - Carton, John. English Jewele

192 - Technology - Crafts - Carton, John. English Jeweler. Knowledge, Valuation, and Pricing of All Gemstones, Pearls, and Corals... 10th London edition, expanded with a subject index, translated into German by a German jeweler. With 1 copperplate illustration. Grätz, Ferstl, 1818. X, 108 pp. 15.5 x 10 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (spine restored).

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€200 - 300

Technology - Crafts - Kleemann, Johann Ludwig. Ins

193 - Technology - Crafts - Kleemann, Johann Ludwig. Instruction for Gold and Silver Workers on the Processing of Precious Metals from a Chemical and Metallurgical Perspective, Together with a Description of the Materials and Ingredients Required for This Purpose, and the Causes of Their Effects. With an appendix. With 1 lithographed plate. Ulm, Stettin, 1819. XVI, 259 pp., 1 folio. 19 x 11 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (spine slightly rubbed).

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€200 - 300

Technology - Crafts - Kunckel von Löwenstern, Joha

194 - Technology - Crafts - Kunckel von Löwenstern, Johann. Ars Vitraria Experimentalis, or The Complete Art of Glassmaking ... Including a Second Main Part, divided into three separate books and comprising more than 200. experiments, covering the grinding, gilding, and firing of glass ... with an appendix on pearls and nearly all natural gemstones. 2 parts in 1 volume. With a copperplate title page and 20 copperplate plates. Frankfurt and Leipzig, published by the author. Leipzig, printed by Chri

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€600 - 900

Technology - Crafts - Loos, Philipp Werner. Encycl

195 - Technology - Crafts - Loos, Philipp Werner. Encyclopedia for Artists. Volumes 1–3, 5–6 (of 6) in 5 volumes. Berlin, Pauli, 1794–1798. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary paperboard bindings (slightly rubbed).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Technology - Crafts - Sample Catalog for Pocket Kn

196 - Technology - Crafts - Sample Catalog for Pocket Knives and Padlocks. 24 (12 partially colored) lithographed plates, labeled "6th Issue." Schmalkalden, lithographed by Varnhagen, ca. 1830. 27.5 x 43.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with marbled covers (buffed, spine rubbed and with missing sections).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Technology - Crafts - Reuss, Christian Gottlieb. A

197 - Technology - Crafts - Reuss, Christian Gottlieb. A Guide to the Art of Carpentry, Compiled for the Benefit of Beginners and Enthusiasts of Architecture, Especially Carpenters, and Illustrated with Necessary Engravings. 3rd edition. With 40 engraved plates, most of which are folded. Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1789. 3 leaves, 65 pp. 36.5 x 22 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding.

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€300 - 450

Technology - Crafts - Sprengel, P. N. Crafts and A

198 - Technology - Crafts - Sprengel, P. N. Crafts and Arts in Tables. Continued by O. L. Hartwig. Fourth–eighth collection in 5 volumes. With a total of 30 (reduced to 29) mostly folded copperplate plates. Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1769–1771. 18 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-parchment bindings (dusty, spine with paper label).

Estimation

€300 - 450

Engineering - Crafts - Trieste, August Ferdinand.

199 - Engineering - Crafts - Trieste, August Ferdinand. Handbook for Calculating Construction Costs for All Aspects of Urban and Rural Architecture. Organized into 18 sections for use by individual trades and technical officials. 10 volumes and 1 (of 2) supplementary volume. Includes 11 lithographic plates, each folded multiple times, and 3 folded tables. Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 1824–1831. 25 x 20.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with spine label and gilt lettering.

Estimation

€240 - 360

Technology - Aviation - Faujas de Saint-Fond, Bart

200 - Technology - Aviation - Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthélemy. Description of the Experiments with the Aerostatic Machines of Messrs. de Montgolfier, Together with Various Treatises on This Subject. With an engraved frontispiece and 7 folded copperplate plates. Leipzig, Weidmann and Reich, 1784. XXXIV, 268 pp. 21 x 13 cm. Contemporary half-parchment binding with spine label (slightly scuffed).

Estimation

€400 - 600

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