1664 Bockler Architecture / Hydrodynamics Fountains

1664 Bockler Architecture / Hydrodynamics Fountains

EX Rare & Valuable Architectura curiosa nova Illustrated

This is a wonderful and rare offering of the following work written in Latin.

Main author: Böckler, Georg Andreas.

Title details: Architectura curiosa nova : Exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq[ue] aquæ, aëris interventu in altum levandæ. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientium fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu siphonum genera. 3. mMagnum amoenissimorum fontium, machinarumq[ue]; aquæductoriarum sumtu magno extructarum, ac per Italiam, Galliam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuossisimas, cum plerisq[ue]; principum Europæorum palatiis, hortis, aulis; nec non præcipuis monasteriis atq[ue]; arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductu dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq; labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum / Omnia 200. æri incisis atq[ue] ad vivum maximam partem factis delineationibus, in usum studiosi lectoris & artificis explicata & vernaculo idiomate descripta per Georgium Andream Böcklern ... et in Latinam linguam translata à Johanne Christophoro Sturmio.

Published: Norimbergæ : Impensis Pauli Fürsten ... typis Christophori Gerhardi., [1664]. (parts 1 and 2 only)

Date from dedication.

Other names: Sturm, Johann Christophorus, 1635-1703.

Fürsten, Paulus.

Gerhardus, Christophorus.

Language: Latin

This is a wonderful volume with fantastic contents and would make a great addition to any collection. I have recently been so pleased by hearing how much my books have been delightful gifts for others. Therefore, I encourage you to think ahead…Anniversary, Birthday, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, or any other special occasion! As a book lover there is not much I would rather receive as a gift. This is one of several such works I am listing, so be sure to check out my other listings.

I have included a biography at the end of the listing for those interested.

Wear: essentially free from wear as seen in the photos; BEAUTIFUL antique leather binding professionally bound by the hand of a very skilled bookbinder; see photos

Binding: tight and secure leather binding

Pages: complete with all 30+13 pages; plus 4 pages of plates and prefaces and such

Publisher: Norimbergæ : Impensis Pauli Fürsten ... typis Christophori Gerhardi., [1664]. (parts 1 and 2 only)

Unique features:  rare and excellent contents; ~ 14in X 9in (35cm x 24cm)

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Georg Andreas Böckler (1644-1698), was a German architect and engineer who wrote Architectura Curiosa Nova (1664) and Theatrum Machinarum Novum (1661).

He was an architect in the city of Nuremberg and specialized in hydraulic architecture. Architectura Curiosa Nova was his most important work. It is mainly a book on theory and application of hydrodynamics for fountains, water-jets, garden fountains and well heads with many designs for free-standing fountains. The fourth part includes designs for grottoes and garden pavilions. In 1661 Böckler wrote Theatrum Machinarum Novum, an important work on windmills, pumps and other hydraulic machines.

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