Lot 580
L. Voch, Einleitung zur architectura Hydraulica. Augsburg, c. 1780. – In addition: c. 60 copperplate engravings on hydraulics and well-building by Benard.
Estimate
€ 400
Starting Price
€ 260
Lot:
580
Category:
Nature sciences, technology and medicine
Artist:
Lucas Voch
Voch, Lucas: Einleitung zu der Architectura hydraulica, oder gründlicher Unterricht, was man in dieser Wissenschaft von Brunnenkünsten ... zu wissen nöthig hat. 32 Vol. Augsburg: C. Kranzfelder n. d. (c. 1780). With 28 numbered plates (6; additionally inserted: 7; 15). 2 sheets, 32 pages. Half-leather.
(The reverse sides of the plates, as well as the title and parts of the text, are stamped. Water-stained, with signs of wear.)
See Ornamentstichkat. Berlin 3616 (published by E. T. Lotter). - The work comprises six plates. Also bound in are 7 plates on bridge-building and 15 on a work that cannot be identified in more detail. - Supplement: copperplate engravings, some of which are duplicates, from the ‘Encyclopédie méthodique’, published by Panckoucke in Paris c. 1784. Featuring illustrations of fountain construction, garden irrigation, fountains, pumps, hydraulic systems, etc.: 30 loose copperplate engravings measuring between 28 x 19.5 and 31 x 23 cm, and 28 copperplate engravings bound in a modern paperback.
(The reverse sides of the plates, as well as the title and parts of the text, are stamped. Water-stained, with signs of wear.)
See Ornamentstichkat. Berlin 3616 (published by E. T. Lotter). - The work comprises six plates. Also bound in are 7 plates on bridge-building and 15 on a work that cannot be identified in more detail. - Supplement: copperplate engravings, some of which are duplicates, from the ‘Encyclopédie méthodique’, published by Panckoucke in Paris c. 1784. Featuring illustrations of fountain construction, garden irrigation, fountains, pumps, hydraulic systems, etc.: 30 loose copperplate engravings measuring between 28 x 19.5 and 31 x 23 cm, and 28 copperplate engravings bound in a modern paperback.