2 VOLUMES BY BION ON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

i. Neu-eröffnete Mathematische Werck-Schule, Oder Gründliche Anweisung, Wie die Mathematische Instrumenten. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Hofmann, 1712, FIRST GERMAN EDITION, [12], 394pp., engraved frontispiece and 28 engraved folding plates [bound with] Weitere Eröffnung der neuen Mathemtische[n] Werck-Schule. Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1717, [8], 48pp., 12 engraved folding plates, 2 parts in one volume, 4to, titles printed in red and black, vellum, modern spine label, (Hartung & Hartung, Auktion 79, 2-5 May 1995, lot 620, Erwin Tomash), [T&W B161 and B162; VD18 8028891X and VD18 90113926], minor spotting and staining, vellum slightly rubbed and soiledii. Zwote Eröfnung der neuen mathematischen Werkschule Nicolaus Bions, [8], 48pp., 12 engraved folding plates [bound with] Dritte Eröfnung der neuen mathematischen Werkschule Nicolaus Bions, [12], 176pp., 20 engraved folding plates, Nuremberg: Georg Peter Monath, 1765, 2 parts only (of 3) in one volume, 4to, contemporary calf-backed boards, red edges "I:D:" in ink on top edge, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Libraire Rousseau Girard, Paris, 1987), [T&W B164 and B165; VD18 9002978X and VD18 90029798], minor dampstaining, very light worming at beginning, folding plates slightly soiled and creased, rubbed

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