拍品 386
  • 386

MACHINES, A COLLECTION OF 4 WORKS BOUND IN 2 VOLUMES

估價
500 - 800 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • A collection of 4 works bound in 2 volumes, comprising:
i. Svendsen, Andreas. Det magiske Skuespil, eller Beskrivelse og Udvikling af Pierres og Degabriels Forestillinger og Kunster, samt de magiske Hemmeligheder i samme, til Underretning for dem, som have bivaanet samme og have Lyst til at giøre lignende Kunster. Copenhagen: Carl Friderich Schubart, 1795, folding engraved plate, [T&W S219], lacking a preliminary leaf, [bound with]ii. Seiferheld, Georg Heinrich (1757-1818). Sammlung electrischer Spielwerke für junge Elektriker. Siebente Lieferung. Nuremberg and Altdorf: J. C. Monath & J. F. Kußler, 1796, 7 engraved plates, [T&W S79], [bound with]iii. Seiferheld, Georg Heinrich. Sammlung electrischer Spielwerke für junge Elektriker. Achte Lieferung. Nuremberg and Altdorf: J. C. Monath & J. F. Kußler, 1799, 10 engraved plates (2 partially hand-coloured), [T&W S80], 3 works in one volume, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards, (Carl Möller, signature; bought from Graham Weiner, London, 1997), minor scattered tears and spotting, worniv. Hindenburg, Karl Friedrich (1741-1808). Beschreibung einer ganz neuen Art, nach einem bekannten Gesetze fortgehende Zahlen durch Abzählen oder Abmessen bequem und sicher zu finden. Leipzig: Siegfried Leberecht Crusius, 1776, 8vo, 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf-backed boards, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Jonathan Hill, New York, 1981), [T&W H139; not in VD18], title calling for 5 "Beylagen" and one engraving (this copy has 3 engraved plates, likely lacking tables), browning, binding worn

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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