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.
€ 400
Original edition of vol. 1, 4 of a comprehensive manual of architecture and engineering by the building expert and architect Ludwig Friedrich Wolfram (1781-1846), master builder of Würzburg and since 1816 of Landkreiz Kulmbach. The overall title of the manuel is: Vollständiges Lehrbuch der gesammten Baukunst. 3 parts. (Stuttgart, 1833-1845). The first part is in 4 separate volumes (Abteilungen): 1. Lehre von den Baustoffe. Die natürlichen Bausteinen. 2. Lehre von den künstlichen Bausteinen und Verbindungsstoffen. 3. Lehre vom Bauholze, und 4. (the present volume): Lehre von den Metallen.
With an owner's inscription of the Eisleben Berg Amtsbibliothek and library stamps of the Eisleber Bergschule. First leaves slightly foxed, otherwise in good condition. Poggendorff II, 1361.
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