Grundliche Anleitung zur Messkunst auf dem Felde, samt zweyen Anhangen ....

Frankfurt & Leipzig: H L Broenner, 1759. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf, raised bands.. Very good; spotting throughout.. 4to, [16], 1 - 304 [312 correct] pp. + 24 engraved plates

Boehm was a professor of mathematics at the Univ. of Giessen. The book offered here is handbook and manual for surveying accompanied by two appendices that are devoted to surveying over water and underground (mine surveying) tailored to special needs, e.g., driving air shafts. The latter subjects are appended to the text as they pertain to a complete understanding of the science of surveying and were of particular practical use. Boehm's other published books are all in the field of military science (artillery etc.) and his comments in the Messkunst associate it with his other published work. He appears to have been particularly well informed on the literature of the subject (that includes French publications) and technically quite adept. He offers suggestions on the construction of special use instruments and apologizes for the omission of any mention of certain kinds of instruments by explaining that they were inaccurate and of little use. In all an excellent treatise on surveying and map making. Poggendorff I, 222.