Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathematique et de mecanique, ou description du Cabinet de M. Grollier de Serviere. 2. ed. (= 3. Ausg.)., revue, corr. & augmentee de nouvelles machines. Paris, Jombert 1751. 4°. Mit 93 Kupfertaf., gest. v. Daudet. 13 Bl., 152 S., 4 Bl. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Rverg. u. Rsch. (Marmorierung etw. brüchig, einige kl. Wurmlöcher, Ecken, Kap. u. Kanten tls. beschabt, bestoßen).

Wheeler Gift 369. Kat. d. Ornamentstichslg. Berlin 1784 (EA. v. 1719 mit den gleichen Tafeln). - Tafeln num. 1-88 (wobei 39, 48 u. 76 übersprungen sind) u. 31a, 52a, 56a, 72a u. 84a-d. - Third and best edition, "revûe, corrigée, & augmentée de nouvelles Machines. " This book contains the description of the collection of models of machinery formed by Nicolas Grollier de Servière (1593-1686), a great nephew of the famous bibliophile, Jean Grolier. Written by the collector's grandson, the volume contains descriptions and illustrations of numerous models of lathe work, clocks, bridges, sluices, locks, various water-raising machines, water and wind mills, pontoon bridges, an ingenious cyclometer mounted on a wheelbarrow, a revolving machine for reference books, a wheelchair, and drawing apparatus. "It is not clear whether all the mechanisms described were actual models, or whether some drawings and descriptions were included. That many were working models is, however, obvious; and these embodied details which could not be repeated on the grand scale " (Wolf, A History of Science...). It contains 93 plates of a beautiful state, that is to say the 88 plates of the first edition of 1719 plus 8 new plates; plates 39, 48 and 76 were not printed. - Vereinzelt leicht stockfleckig. 1 Taf. mit kl. Randeinriss. 1 Eck geknickt. Tit. u. Vortit. mit leichten Druckstellen. Namenst. a. Vortit. Insgesmt sauberes u. schönes Ex.

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