Kern, Eyn new kunstlichs wolgegründts Visierbuch, Strassburg, 1531

KERN, ULRICH

Eyn new kunstlichs wolgegründts Visierbuch. Strassburg: Peter Schäffer and Johann Schwintzer, 1 April 1531

FIRST EDITION, folio (300 x 195mm.), title-page with woodcut illustration, tables, some printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, folding woodcut diagram, large printer’s device at end, early manuscript annotations in red ink, rebound in a vellum manuscript leaf, title strengthened and slightly soiled, binding slightly worn

A treatise on the construction and use of gauging rods.

LITERATURE:

Benzing-Müller II p.332 no. 12; Hoock & Jeannin K4.1; Tomash & Williams K29; USTC 656233; VD16 K771

PROVENANCE:

bought from The Antiquarian Scientist, Acton, MA, 1985; Erwin Tomash, booklabel