1733 · Lyon
by GROLLIER DE SERVIERE, Gaspard II
4to. [xxiv], 152, [8] pp. With 93 full-page engraved plates, engraved
and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary stiff vellum, manuscript
spine title. A gorgeous, fresh copy in fine original condition.
Second edition, greatly expanded, of this densely illustrated cabinet
of machinery assembled by the author's grandfather, the famous engineer and
inventor Nicolas Grollier. Divided into three sections: lathe work, clocks, and
other machines, the book describes 88 different mechanical structures including bridges, locks, pulleys, lamps, farm equipment, water and windmills,
weapons, a wheelchair, and a book wheel. The author states in the preface
that while some of the descriptions and illustrations represent working models, others are optimistic designs that may or may not be realizable. The collection was first published in 1719 and contained 8 fewer plates.
See Poggendorff, I: 957; Wheeler Gift Catalogue, 369. (Inventory #: 19122)
and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary stiff vellum, manuscript
spine title. A gorgeous, fresh copy in fine original condition.
Second edition, greatly expanded, of this densely illustrated cabinet
of machinery assembled by the author's grandfather, the famous engineer and
inventor Nicolas Grollier. Divided into three sections: lathe work, clocks, and
other machines, the book describes 88 different mechanical structures including bridges, locks, pulleys, lamps, farm equipment, water and windmills,
weapons, a wheelchair, and a book wheel. The author states in the preface
that while some of the descriptions and illustrations represent working models, others are optimistic designs that may or may not be realizable. The collection was first published in 1719 and contained 8 fewer plates.
See Poggendorff, I: 957; Wheeler Gift Catalogue, 369. (Inventory #: 19122)