Theatrum machinarum universale, of, Groot algemeen moolen-boek :
behelzende de beschryving en afbeeldingen van allerhande soorten van moolens, der zelver opstallen, en gronden : waar onder veele, die eerst onlangs zyn gebouwt, staande zo buiten de stad Amsterdam, als in de omleggende plaatsen : nevens eene naauwkeurige verbeelding in verscheide platen van de Amsterdamsche modder-moolens, ook een nette verdeeling van de staven en kammen, en meer andere zeer fraaie werken ten nutte der bouw- en teken-konst : nooit zo volkomen in 't licht gebragt /
voor 't grootste gedeelte getekent te Amsterdam door Johannis van Zyl ... ; en in 't koper gebragt door Jan Schenk.
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By Petrus Schenk, konst- en kaartverkoper ...,
[1761]
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| Notes: | Plates I-VII and I-III, with descriptive text on p. 1 (2nd group) and p. 1-3 (3rd group) respectively, illustrate paper mills and paper machinery. "Deel I." Projected in 2 or more parts; no more published. Cf. publisher's preface to v. 2 of T. van der Horst's and J. Polley's Theatrum machinarum universale, of, Keurige verzameling van ... waterwerken ... (Amsterdam, 1736-1737). Descriptive text accompanying 2nd group of plates (p. 1-4 (3rd group)) has caption title: Nieuwe beschryving van gronden en opstallen van verscheide moolens. Signatures: pi (4 leaves) A-Cp2s Dp2s (-D2) Ep2s p2sAp2s chi1 (leaf pi3 signed "*2"; original conjugacy cannot be determined). Title page printed in red and black. Illustrations: 64 prints (65 sheets) : engraving ; plate mark 77 x 55 cm. (1), 45 x 28 cm. (1) and 44 x 55 cm. Includes frontispiece (etching) by J. Schenk after A. van der Laan; subject: allegory on the invention of the sawmill. Two prints numbered "Tab. I" and "Tab. II" (last group of plates) are not included in descriptive text nor in "Blad-wyzer" (p. [1] (4th group)). Publisher's device on t.p.: J. Wandelaar inv. et fec., 1733. 1 print : engraving ; plate-mark 9 x 10 cm. -- Woodcut head- and tailpiece. Physical description: [8], 18, 4, [2] p., [1], LVI [i.e. 110], VI [i.e. 12], II [i.e. 4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 64 ill. ; 53 cm. (fol.) Citations/References: Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking, p. 32 more |
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