SCHEFFELT, FOUR WORKS IN THREE VOLUMES, 1699-1781

i. Instrumentum proportionum, oder Unterricht vom Proportional-Zirkul. Ulm: Daniel Bartholomaeus, 1708, second edition, 4to, 12 engraved plates, bound with:ii. Pes mechanicus artificialis. Ulm: Wagner, for the author, 1699, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates (one folding)2 works in one vol., titles printed in red and black, bound in an old parchment manuscript leaf, (inscription on title-page dated Helmstedt, 1788; bought from Jonathan Hill, New York, 1981), [T&W S27 (footnote) & S33; VD18 11004266 & VD17 39:121551N], first few leaves somewhat spotted, folding plate neatly repaired, lacking small portion of spineiii. Instrumentum proportionum... Ulm: Daniel Bartholomaeus und Sohn, 1755, 4to, title in red and black, 12 folding engraved plates, modern boards, (bought from Jonathan Hill, New York, 1989), [T&W S29; VD18 13578731], blank corner of title restorediv. Unterricht vom Proportionalzirkel. Neue, durchgehends umgearbeitete und mit einer historischen Einleitung vermehrte Auflage, von Johann Ephraim Scheibel. Breslau: Johann Friedrich Korn, 1781, 4to, 8 folding engraved plates, contemporary blue boards, printed label on spine, uncut, ("Bibliotheca Vaciensis 1804", inscription on title, and bookplate "A Vàczi kegyes-tanitorendi haz konyvtara", from the house of the holy educational order's library in Vàcz; bought from Das Bücherkabinett, Hamburg, 1987), [T&W S30 (or S34, a duplicate entry); VD18 13411578], some spotting, binding soiled and slightly worn

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