LEUPOLD, JACOB. Theatrum machinarum hydrotechnicarum. Schau-Platz der Wasser-Bau-Kunst... Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1724. Title in red and black, 51 engraved folding plates by Johann-Gottfried Krgner (light dampstaining to upper margin.) Folio, half calf antique and marbeld boards; light dampstaining to upper margin. FIRST EDITION. The above is the second of a ten-volume series entitled Theatrum machinarum, each volume of which is complete in itself. Brunet III:1033; Norman 1339 -- LEUPOLD. Theatri machinarum hydraulicarum... Oder: Schau-Platz der Wasser-Knste... Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1724. First volume (only). Title in red and black, 52 engraved folding plates by Creite. First vol. (only), folio, contemporary vellum, small hole in lower cover; light browning, last 25 plates with central small tear. FIRST EDITION. Norman 1340. (2)

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LEUPOLD, JACOB. Theatrum machinarum hydrotechnicarum. Schau-Platz der Wasser-Bau-Kunst... Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1724. Title in red and black, 51 engraved folding plates by Johann-Gottfried Krgner (light dampstaining to upper margin.) Folio, half calf antique and marbeld boards; light dampstaining to upper margin. FIRST EDITION. The above is the second of a ten-volume series entitled Theatrum machinarum, each volume of which is complete in itself. Brunet III:1033; Norman 1339 -- LEUPOLD. Theatri machinarum hydraulicarum... Oder: Schau-Platz der Wasser-Knste... Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1724. First volume (only). Title in red and black, 52 engraved folding plates by Creite. First vol. (only), folio, contemporary vellum, small hole in lower cover; light browning, last 25 plates with central small tear. FIRST EDITION. Norman 1340. (2)
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Haskell F. Norman (sale, Christie's New York, 15 June 1998, lot 616)

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