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Title: Architectura Curiosa Nova. Das ist: Neue Ergotzliche Sinn- und Kunstreiche Auch Nutzliche Bau- und Wasser-Kunst...
Author: Boeckler [Böckler], George Andreas Description: Four parts in one volume. [8], 32; [2], 14; [2], 26; [2], 29 pp. 231 copperplate engravings on 200 plates including one folding; added engraved title. Parts 2-4 with separate title pages. (Folio) 13¼x9, later full vellum over boards. First Edition in German.Profusely illustrated work on hydraulic engineering in architecture by the architect to the city of Nuremberg, George Andreas Böckler. Published in German and Latin in close succession. The plates contain images of fountains, grottoes, palaces, mazes, etc. Berlin Catalogue 3579; Brunet 1024. Heading: Place Published: Nuremberg Publisher: Paul Furstens Date Published: [1664] Condition reportEx-library from the Montana State College Library with call numbers on spine, embossed stamp on engraved title and common title, ink number stamp at foot of preliminary leaf. Vellum soiled, some wear to extremities; a few plates with outer margin widened by the addition of a strip of paper; an occasional spot of foxing; else very good.
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