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521 Fritach (Adam). L’Architecture Militaire ou la Fortification Nouvelle, augmentee et enrichie de forteresses regulieres, irregulieres, et de dehors; le tout a la practique moderne, 3 parts in one, 1st French edition, Elzevier, Leiden, 1635, engraved title, 35 double page engraved plates, eight double page tables, occasional small mainly marginal wormtracks and light soiling, small ink stamp of Lord Clifford and shelf number to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, lacking one tie, some stains, folio, together with Goldman (Nicolas), La Nouvelle Fortification, 1st French edition, Elzevier, Leiden, 1645, engraved title, numerous engraved illustrations, leaf L2 misbound after L3, occasional marginal wormtrack, a little light soiling, marginal damp stain to first few leaves, bound without front endpaper?, small booklabel of Vallardi, Milan to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a few light stains, folio Willems 425 & 587 respectively. (2)
524 Linperch (Pieter). Architectura Mechanica, of Moole-Boek van eenige Opstallen van Moolens, nevens hare Gronden, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, 1727, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 32 engraved plates on 31 sheets, most double page, re-guarded, bound with Groot Volkomen Moolenboek; of Naauwkeurig Ontwerp. Van Allerhande tot nog toe bekende soorten van Moolens..., by Leendert van Natrus, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, 1734-36, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 52 engraved plates on 49 sheets, most double page or folding, some light offsetting and soiling, front endpaper repaired, contemporary half calf, rebacked, most of original spine relaid, rubbed, folio (550 x 335mm), together with Zyl (Johannis van), Theatrum Machinarum Universale of Groot Algemeen MoolenBoek, Behelzende de Beschryving en Afbeeldingen van allerhande soorten van Moolens, der zelver Opstallen, en Gronden, volume I [all published], 1st edition, Amsterdam, 1734, half title, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 62 double page engraved plates on 61 sheets (56 plates on 55 sheets plus six supplementary plates at end), sometime reguarded, occasional light water stains and light soiling, later calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, folio (570 x 355mm)
£500-800
522 Green (Mowbray A.). The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bath, Bath, 1904, numerous monochrome maps, plates and illustrations, a few folding, errata slip, all edges gilt, modern green full morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, Bath, 4to Limited edition 408/500. (1)
Lot 524
The mechanics of windmills. Pehr Lindberg (or Linperch) visited the Netherlands to study Dutch windmills and his book contains technical drawings and text on various types of windmills and their mechanics. (2) £700-1000
£200-300
523 Hann (James). The Theory, Practice, and Architecture of Bridges..., volume 1 (of 2), published John Weale, 1839, additional engraved titles for both volumes bound before printed title, 61 mostly folding engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations to text, some spotting and light browning at front, untrimmed, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed and slightly soiled, a little loss of cloth at head and foot of spine, small folio Complete with all the plates relevant to volume 1, numbered 2-4, 6-16, 2022, 25, 27-33, 41, 43, 45, 54-58, 62-63, 71-83, 92-100, 100a, 101-103. Without volume 2 (The Practical Engineering and Architectural Treatise by William Hosking) and a Supplement published 1852-3. (1) £150-200
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