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BÖCKLER, GEORG ANDREAS. Theatrum machinarum novum; das ist, Neuvermehrter Schauplatz der mechanischen Künsten. 154 engraved plates. [12], 55 pages, including engraved additional title. Folio, 350x218 mm, contemporary panelled calf gilt, rebacked retaining most of original backstrip, front joint cracked, cords intact; text browned, plates relatively clean. Nuremberg: widow and heirs of Paul Fürst, 1686
Second edition of the 1662 Latin translation of an illustrated work on mills and hydraulic machinery originally published the year before in German. Plates 73 and 74 show papermaking equipment and processes, "the clearest delineation of the art to this date" (Hunter, The Literature of Papermaking, page 18).
