Ardüser, Johann (1585-1665)
Geometriae. Theoricae et Practiae oder von dem Feldmassen Bucher. Zurich: Ben Johann Jacob Bodmer, 1646.Second edition, expanded from the original twelve chapters published in 1627 to fourteen chapters published here; quarto, illustrated with engraved title page; text diagrams; two large folding woodcuts; and six full-page engravings; [Bound with] Andreas Albrecht's Eigentlicher Abriß und Beschreibung eines sehr nützlich und nothwendigen Instruments zur Mechanica , Nuremberg: Christoff Gerhard, 1673, illustrated with added engraved title bound opposite typographical title page; six full-page and one folding engraving.[and] Gerhrd Mut's Kurtze Beschreibung einer astronomisch-geographischen Kunst-Bewegung: Astro-Geographicum Mobile Novum, Nuremberg: Christoph Gerhard, 1673; illustrated with added engraved title bound opposite the typographical title and one full page plate; the works bound in full original German parchment over boards with yapp edges, nicely preserved, 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.Swiss mathematician Ardüser uses geometry to solve practical problems encountered by the surveyor, including calculating the heights of buildings, the sizes of property from various vantage points, and distances over bodies of water.