second edition, 144 (of 154) engraved plates, lacking additional pictorial title, text ff. mounted on stubs, creased and soiled, marginal staining (occasionally just creeping within platemark), contemporary vellum, lower joint cracked, soiled and bowed, folio, Cologne, Paul Principis, 1662. On the ingenious uses of the cog wheel in machinery from gigantic mills to the humble kitchen spit. Includes windmills, water raising devices, roasting spits and paper mills.