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LEUPOLD, JACOB. Theatrum Machinarum Generale. Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1724-39. 485 (of 487) plates on 479 sheets, including 67 folding sheets (some with two plate numbers). 8 parts in 3 volumes, folio, contemporary calf, spines gilt, a little wear to joints and extremities, some scraping to covers; some slight even browning with occasional light foxing or spotting. Brunet III:1033; Williams, Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, p. 325 ("the first systematic treatment of mechanical engineering").
Includes: Schau-Platz der Gewicht-Kunst und Waagen. 1726. Parts I-IV. 57 plates; Theatrum Pontificiale. 1726. 60 folding plates; Theatri Machinarum Supplementum. 1739. 38 plates (of 40) on 34 sheets (lacks plates 2 & 3) -- Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicarum. Vols. I-II. 1724-25. 107 plates on 105 sheets; Theatrum Machinarum Hydrotechnicarum. 1724. 51 plates -- Mechanischer Wissenschafften. 1724. 71 plates; Theatrum Arithmetico-Geometricum. 1727. 45 plates; Schau-Platz der Heb-Zeuge. 1725. 56 plates. (3)
Includes: Schau-Platz der Gewicht-Kunst und Waagen. 1726. Parts I-IV. 57 plates; Theatrum Pontificiale. 1726. 60 folding plates; Theatri Machinarum Supplementum. 1739. 38 plates (of 40) on 34 sheets (lacks plates 2 & 3) -- Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicarum. Vols. I-II. 1724-25. 107 plates on 105 sheets; Theatrum Machinarum Hydrotechnicarum. 1724. 51 plates -- Mechanischer Wissenschafften. 1724. 71 plates; Theatrum Arithmetico-Geometricum. 1727. 45 plates; Schau-Platz der Heb-Zeuge. 1725. 56 plates. (3)