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![CAUS, Isaac de. (1590-1648). Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau plus hault que sa source avec quelques machines mouvantes par le moyen de l'eau, et un discours de la conduite d’ycelle. London: [no publisher], 1644.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_17700_0231_002(caus_isaac_de_nouvelle_invention_de_lever_leau_plus_hault_que_sa_sourc122250).jpg?w=1)
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CAUS, Isaac de. (1590-1648). Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau plus hault que sa source avec quelques machines mouvantes par le moyen de l'eau, et un discours de la conduite d’ycelle. London: [no publisher], 1644.
First edition of an illustrated work on hydraulics, adapted from Salomon de Caus's Les raisons des forces mouvantes avec diverses machines (Frankfurt 1615). Architect and engineer to the Elector Palatine in Heidelberg, Caus was a pioneer in the construction of life-sized automata, several of which are illustrated here. The present treatise includes descriptions of a fire engine, various pumps, several types of musical organs, and a sluice. ESTC R35943.
Folio (355 x 235mm). Engraved title, 26 engraved plates of which one folding, woodcut diagrams, head- and tailpieces (lacking letterpress title as often, minor marginal wormtrack in first few leaves, some waterstaining). Contemporary vellum (minor stains). Provenance: shelfmark on pastedown – paper shelf label on spine – (?) Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (library stamp).
First edition of an illustrated work on hydraulics, adapted from Salomon de Caus's Les raisons des forces mouvantes avec diverses machines (Frankfurt 1615). Architect and engineer to the Elector Palatine in Heidelberg, Caus was a pioneer in the construction of life-sized automata, several of which are illustrated here. The present treatise includes descriptions of a fire engine, various pumps, several types of musical organs, and a sluice. ESTC R35943.
Folio (355 x 235mm). Engraved title, 26 engraved plates of which one folding, woodcut diagrams, head- and tailpieces (lacking letterpress title as often, minor marginal wormtrack in first few leaves, some waterstaining). Contemporary vellum (minor stains). Provenance: shelfmark on pastedown – paper shelf label on spine – (?) Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (library stamp).
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