Lot 585
M. Wölfer, Der Kunst- und Brunnenmeister. Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1840.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
585
Category:
Nature sciences, technology and medicine
Artist:
Marius Wölfer
Wölfer, Marius: Der auf vieljährige Erfahrung gegründete Kunst- und Brunnenmeister in allen seinen praktischen Verrichtungen. Quedlinburg and Leipzig: G. Basse 1840. 19,5 x 12,4 cm. With 24 lithographic plates and 2 lithographic maps, each folded several times. VIII, 72 pp. Paperback.
(Worn and stained. Spine with a small defect in the binding. Title stamped on the reverse. Some foxing. Plate 7 has a brown stain on the top edge.)
Engelmann, Bibl. mech.-techn., S. 440. First edition of the specialist monograph on well-building and hydraulic engineering. Marius Wölfer, an engineer in the service of the Duke of Saxony, discusses the construction of wells, suction and pressure pumps, water pipes, irrigation systems and other hydraulic engineering installations. - “A highly useful and popular handbook and pocket guide for self-study by aspiring master well-builders, master masons and master carpenters, supervisors of lignite and peat quarries, brewers and distillers, etc., as well as for use in secondary schools and technical colleges” (title).
(Worn and stained. Spine with a small defect in the binding. Title stamped on the reverse. Some foxing. Plate 7 has a brown stain on the top edge.)
Engelmann, Bibl. mech.-techn., S. 440. First edition of the specialist monograph on well-building and hydraulic engineering. Marius Wölfer, an engineer in the service of the Duke of Saxony, discusses the construction of wells, suction and pressure pumps, water pipes, irrigation systems and other hydraulic engineering installations. - “A highly useful and popular handbook and pocket guide for self-study by aspiring master well-builders, master masons and master carpenters, supervisors of lignite and peat quarries, brewers and distillers, etc., as well as for use in secondary schools and technical colleges” (title).