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Original edition of the part on the use of metals in architectural buildings of a well-known German manual

WOLFRAM, Ludwig Friedrich. Lehre von den Metallen : insbesondere Lehre vom Roh-, Schmied-Eisen, Stahl, Blei, Zinn, Zink, Kupfer, Messing, Glockengut, den Bronzen u.s.w, ...
Stuttgart, Carl Hoffmann, 1835. 4to. With 20 full-page engraved plates with 181 figures of details by J. Rees and C. Schach of all kind of furnaces, smelting works, rolling mills, flattening hammers, etc., 1 printed folding table and many tables and schedules in text. Contemporary half calf, black decorated paper sides, red morocco spine label with title in gold, red edges. [4], IV, 5-168, [2] pp. Full description
€ 400
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First edition of a famous technical manual on ship-building illustrated by Jan and Caspar Luyken

YK, Cornelis van. De Nederlandsche scheepsbouw-konst open gestelt. Vertoonende naar wat regel ... in Nederland meest alle scheepen werden gebouwd.
Delft, Andries Voorstad, for Jan ten Hoorn, Amsterdam, 1697. Folio. With engraved frontispiece, with two views of ship-building yards, and numerous detailed illustrations of ship-building on 22 engraved plates by and after Jan and Caspar Luyken (including 13 double-page and once 2 plates on 1 page). 18th-century half calf. [16], "354"[= 364], [8] pp. Full description
€ 15,000
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