Praxis geometriae, worinnen nicht bu ralle bey dem Feld-Messen forkommende fälle, mit Stäben, dem Astrolabio,

PENTHER Joh. Fried.
Praxis geometriae, worinnen nicht bu ralle bey dem Feld-Messen forkommende fälle, mit Stäben, dem Astrolabio, der Boussole und der Mensul, [...]
Chez Christoph Peter Detleffsen, Augsburg 1732, small in-folio (20,5 cm x 30,5 cm), (10) (97 pp-5 & 11 ff.), (10) 97 pp-5 & 11ff manuscripts in ink, contemporary vellum
First edition, frontispiece by Johann Balthazar Probst and 25 plates, of which 2 folding showing calculations, instruments, gardens, landscapes, etc. Significant tear without lack to two plates.
Contemporary vellum (stained, spine faded), illegible ink title.
Three tears to upper joint with lacks.
The rare first edition of the Praxis geometriae, one of the most famous and most remarkable German studies of applied geometry.
Manuscript notes apparently in Latin and German; the work belonged to a professor, Joh. Paul Spicker (cf. manuscript note to lower margin of frontispiece), no doubt the author of the annotations.