New and Rare Inventions of Water-Works Shewing the Easiest waies to Raise Water higher than the Spring. Translated from French into English by John Leak.
by Caus, Isaac de
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London: printed by Joseph Moxon: and sold at his shop in Corn-hill at the signe of Atlas, 1659.. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. [vi], 34pp. Engraved architectural title. First English edition, a translation of the Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau (London, 1644), illustrated with the same plates. Nineteenth-century calf, repaired. With twenty-six numbered engraved plates and numerous woodcuts in text. Woodcut initials, type ornament headpieces. Johnson 64 (for engraved architectural title); Norman 417; Cf. Thorndike VII, pp. 592-593; Wellcome II, p.315; Wing C1527; ESTC R17548.
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- New and Rare Inventions of Water-Works Shewing the Easiest waies to Raise Water higher than the Spring. Translated from French into English by John Leak.
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- Caus, Isaac de
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- London: printed by Joseph Moxon: and sold at his shop in Corn-hill at the signe of Atlas, 1659.
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