[Hydraulic engineering] Theatrum machinarum universale

of keurige verzameling van verscheidene grote en zeer fraaie waterwerken, schutsluizen, waterkeringen, ophaal- en draaibruggen. Met hare gronden, opstallen en doorgesnedens. Tileman van der Horst & Jacob Polley. 3 parts in one vol. Amsterdam, W. Holtrop, N.T. Gravius & Petrus Schenk, 1774.

Large folio, rebound in half leather, marbled boards, new endpapers, 2x title in red and black with vignette, 14 + 8 + 1 pp. and complete with 55 engravings by Jan Schenk (25 + 24 + 6) incl. the oft-lacking IJsbreker in the last part. Waterstaining in the text of the second part, else a very good copy of this monumental work.