MANUSCRIPT Machination Herren Andreas Jungenickels Churf Sa

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(MANUSCRIPT.) Machination Herren Andreas Jungenickels Churf. Sachs. Battrimeister. manuscript in german, written in Kurrent script in brown ink, recto and verso, on laid paper. illustrated with over 100 text diagrams in black ink. 100 leaves. 328x210 mm, modern vellum; contents clean; uncut. Germany, later 17th century

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Contemporary illustrated manuscript based on Jungenickel's 1661 Schlüssel zur Mechanica. "This work is structured as a dialogue between an engineer and a mechanic, in which they discuss the principal instruments of machinery including the level, gear, screw, and pulley"--Bibliotheca Mechanica, page 180.