HULSIUS, Levini (d. 1606). Erster [- vierdter] Tractat der mechanischen Instrumenten, Frankfurt: Wolffgang Richtern, 1604 [1603, 1604, 1505 (sic)], 4 parts in one volume, 4° (195 x 143mm.), (?) FIRST EDITION, 21 engraved plates, 10 folding, illustrations (vignette to title pasted over original vignette, light browning, occasional spotting and dampstaining, new front endpaper), contemporary vellum with ties (another work removed from the front of the volume, upper joint repaired).

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HULSIUS, Levini (d. 1606). Erster [- vierdter] Tractat der mechanischen Instrumenten, Frankfurt: Wolffgang Richtern, 1604 [1603, 1604, 1505 (sic)], 4 parts in one volume, 4° (195 x 143mm.), (?) FIRST EDITION, 21 engraved plates, 10 folding, illustrations (vignette to title pasted over original vignette, light browning, occasional spotting and dampstaining, new front endpaper), contemporary vellum with ties (another work removed from the front of the volume, upper joint repaired).

Provenance

Dr. Johanni Friderico Faust, ab Aschaffenburg, (?)Johamstr. Beyer. M.D., inscription to title.

Lot Essay

The first part contains descriptions of instruments to be used for the geodetic survey; the second illustrates gun levels, etc; the third describes Bürgi's proportional compass based on Galileo's invention; while the final part deals with the construction and use of the "Viatorum," a portable route-measure.

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