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SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS OF HYDRAULICS
STRADA, Jacobus de, [and Benjamin BRAMER]. Künstliche Abriss allerhandt Wasserkünsten, auch Wind- Ross- Handt- unnd Wasser-Mühlen, beneben schönen und nusslichen Pompen, und andere Machinen, damit das Wasser in die höhe zu erheben, auch lustige Brunnen der gleichen vor diesem nie gesehen worden.
Frankfurt am Main, Gerhardo Grevenbruch, 1618. Folio. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 2 fine engraved title-pages by Matthias Merian, 2 large engraved coats-of-arms and 100 splendid double-page plates, depicting fountains, watermills, hydraulic installations, etc. Contemporary vellum.
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Reissue of a richly illustrated posthumous work on all aspects of water techniques and hydraulics all drawn by Jacobus de Strada (1507-1588), and brought to the attention of the publisher by his son Octavius de Strada (1550-1612). The first part was published in 1617 (here 1618) and followed by a second part in 1618, at the same time both parts where also issued in French. A second German edition appeared in 1623.
De Strada was active in many fields, as an architect, painter, designer for goldsmiths, art collector, antiques dealer, author, publisher, etc, and, judging from the present work, technically gifted. He gives a clear exposition of pumping engines, watermills and all sorts of water-powered machines accompanied by short descriptions and an introduction by the German architect and mathematician Benjamin Bramer (1588-1652).
Very good copy. Binding also in very good condition.
