Vollstandige Muhlen Baukunst, 1778. A German Illustrated Book on Mill Architecture.
A
fantastic book of writings and illustration on European mill machinery
published in 1778. By celebrated German
architect Leonhard Christoph Sturm.
32 pages of text, 48 full page copper plate engravings. Tipped
in full page spread, unattached. Page 33/34 missing; Tab. XIV &
XXVII missing. Watermark of a pope or cardinal on rear end paper. The boards
are newer; perhaps 100 years old.
Pen and ink corrections on Tab. II and XII.
Four lines added to the bottom of the title
page in perfect calligraphy, including "C.P.S.C.M. Francis Academ."
Good condition. Most plates clean. Minor
worming at upper-inner corner of pages does not touch illustrations or
text. Reattached front e.p. Browning on page edges of , minor foxing.
Ragged outer edges on the two unattached pages.
A watermark of a pope or cardinal on the rear
end paper.
