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FAULHABER, Johann (1580-1635). Ein Mathematische newe Invention, Einer sehr nutzlichen und geschmeidigen Hauss oder Handmühlin: Welche gleichwol keim Kampff oder Schwingrad hat, aber dannoch gut zart Mehl mahlet... Augsburg: David Francken for Steffan Michelspachern, 1617.
4o (189 x 141 mm). Engraved folding plate signed by "I.F.R." (Minor marginal worming.) 20th-century half morocco.
FIRST EDITION of Faulhaber's description of an invention of a flour mill which the author states is different and an improvement from that of Ramelli (lot 137; page 198, illustration 128) or Besson. Johann Faulhaber, a friend of Descartes and Kepler, was a celebrated German 17th-century mathematician, alchemist, and Rosicrucian. Graesse IV:556.
4o (189 x 141 mm). Engraved folding plate signed by "I.F.R." (Minor marginal worming.) 20th-century half morocco.
FIRST EDITION of Faulhaber's description of an invention of a flour mill which the author states is different and an improvement from that of Ramelli (lot 137; page 198, illustration 128) or Besson. Johann Faulhaber, a friend of Descartes and Kepler, was a celebrated German 17th-century mathematician, alchemist, and Rosicrucian. Graesse IV:556.