Gaspard SCHOTT
Mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica
H. Pigrin • pour J. G. Schönwetter|[Paris] 1657|15.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
H. Pigrin pour J. G. Schönwetter, [Würzburg] 1657, in-4 (15,5 x 20,5 cm), (28 p.) 488 pp. (16 p.), contemporary full pigskin
First edition illustrated with folding frontispiece as well as 46 engravings on 45 plates, at times folded. Armorial vignette on the reserve of the title leaf.Contemporary binding in full pigskin on wooden boards, spine in four compartments decorated with blind tooling presenting the author's name, the title, as well as a library shelf mark in ink, boards framed with multiple fillets and blind-tool stamped dentelle, initials in black ink R. W. A. T. and dated 1663, upper board stamped in the centre with the Austrian Guttenstein coat of arms
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